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Construction Collaboration: PDF Secrets Part 1 – Estimating Takeoff

Carol Hagen

Construction collaboration with PDFs has been utilized poorly. Even with the Microsoft Office 2010 release that gives you the ability to convert documents to PDF built-in, it’s lacking when it comes to collaboration for the AEC Industry. What PDFs do best is share documents in a format that everyone can access.

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Construction PDFs: How General Contractors Streamline Processes

Carol Hagen

When it comes to sharing documents, the Portable Document Format (PDF) is the standard. Everyone receives PDFs via email, but not all PDFs are designed for construction industry use. So what do I mean by a construction PDF? A quick list of functions you can do with a Construction PDF includes: 1.

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New in Autodesk Construction Cloud: 50+ the Latest Product Releases

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The construction industry is always evolving. To help you keep up with all the new product changes, we’ve compiled all the latest and greatest updates across Autodesk Construction Cloud products. . Autodesk Construction Cloud . Autodesk Construction Cloud Unified Products . Autodesk Build . BuildingConnected .

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Behind the Build: Interview with Jay Mathes, Virtual Construction Civil Lead, Miron Construction

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Adaptability is becoming imperative within the construction industry because of the ever-changing technology landscape. Jay Mathes is the Virtual Construction Civil Lea d at Miron Construction Co., an d a 40 Under 40 Champion of Construction in 2021. At Miron, I specialize in virtual construction.

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How Architectural and Engineering Firms Convert Thousands of Files to PDF Quickly

Carol Hagen

If you create in AutoCAD, Solidworks or Microsoft Office you may need to publish your documents to PDF for distribution purposes. This can be a full time job if you generate 1000′s of documents monthly. These articles might be of interest to you: Construction Team Meetings.

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Construction Collaboration: PDF Secrets Part 3 – Large Format Drawings and Markups

Carol Hagen

Collaboration on large format construction drawings often has the expectation that all the team players have the same tools. Architects and engineers spend countless hours in AutoCad then share their drawings with the General Contractor. Most smaller GCs have a license of AutoCad just to open these files and make a few annotations.

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PDF Editing, Sharepoint and ECM for the AEC Industry

Carol Hagen

Editing PDFs is a daily occurance in the construction industry. Everyday PDFs are instrumental in the construction conversation to show mark ups on Microsoft Office documents, interactively draw on tablet PCs and then share these PDFs on Servers. But PDF editing software licensing is expensive and often cumbersome.