Today is the first formal day of Autodesk University 2013 (AU). It is Autodesk''s premier customer focused training and marketing event. Then Penn AND Teller selected a "volunteer" (Autodesk staffer) from the audience. They turned over the stage to Jeff Kowalski (Autodesk CTO). MORE

There didn't appear to be any way around this via AdA so I visited the Autodesk Portal for my account. I've had a few successes with AdA recently. It applied its own update and I've received a couple of notices for updates too. MORE

Ken Marsh published his first book dedicated to Autodesk'' Robot Structural Analysis Professional 2013 (it''s also the first book for it). Ken is a structural engineer and was, until recently, the Revit Structure Quality Assurance Analyst at Autodesk. MORE

Your project will be included in a showcase book that will be shared globally once the competition has closed, and may also be considered for an Autodesk success story featured on our website where it will be seen by thousands of visitors. MORE

Project Frog , a leading technology and building systems provider, today announced an alliance with MORE

The Autodesk Insight 360 team has put together an industry marketing survey. Analysis Autodesk Building Performance Insight 360 Product Feedback Request Survey WinI have no idea how many readers of this blog are active users of this product. Just in case. The survey itself is HERE and THEIR BLOG POST provides more information. What's in it for you? Take the survey, enter your email address and you’ll be entered to win one of ten (10) $50 Amazon gift cards. MORE

Autodesk Desktop App Issues Troubleshooting Updates WhiningI was pleasantly surprised when Ada started working right after installing Revit 2018. It managed to work long enough to get most everything else installed. MORE

PC Construction’s virtual construction manager, Jason Peters, and I recently had the opportunity to attend Autodesk University (AU). Continue Reading. All Technology MORE

GRAITEC BIM Connect is available on Autodesk Exchange for Autodesk Revit MORE

They were kind enough to invite me along with them to Autodesk University (AU) this year. advertising Autodesk University content Families Insight Kinship Plug products Project Information MORE

AISC is happy Autodesk has joined the Institute as an associate member,” said Scott Melnick, Vice President of AISC and Editor and Publisher of Modern Steel Construction, AISC. This new relationship aligns with Autodesk’s commitment to structural detailing and fabrication. MORE

Construction Business Owner Managing Editor Elizabeth Manning traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, to attend Autodesk University, Autodesk's annual customer event. The 3-day event covered a variety of different tech solutions for the construction industry, including some of Autodesk's own innovations MORE

At the moment the only place other than Autodesk sites that I recall reading information about this change is the Revit Add-Ons post on the day it happened, so well done Tim. Specifically, you may have been, or will be, greeted by a message when attempting to search Autodesk Seek via Revit's Insert ribbon? As of January 18, 2017 Autodesk Seek has been transferred to BIMobject. Autodesk Seek BIM Changes content Families News Revit MORE

Autodesk Revit software provides tools for modeling 3D concrete reinforcement in an advanced Building Information Modeling (BIM) environment. This book provides insight into how to use these tools in the best way for creating complete, detailed, and accurate reinforcement designs MORE

Revit 2019 improves the interface while Dynamo 2.0 offers a new file format, simplified script language and easier browsing MORE

Enhanced analytical model improves your ability within Autodesk Revit to manipulate the analytical model to help solve round-tripping issues between Autodesk Revit and structural analysis software In this release the structural analytical model was improved in several different areas. MORE

Autodesk staff are reviewing the terms that are used for software installation and applying updates. Autodesk Deployment Development Feedback Installation Language Survey Terminology UpdatesThey are looking for our help by performing a set of exercises that should take less than 15 minutes to complete. Your responses will help them organize and more clearly describe things that are delivered as part of the installation or update process. Would you like to help? START HERE. MORE

David Light, Autodesk Senior Customer Success Manager also reviewed the book and said this: "Finally, the AEC industry and the Revit user has an unparalleled guide for helping you understand, as well as deliver COBie from Autodesk Revit! MORE

If you struggle with understanding Revit's coordinate system then have a look at THIS LINK to Autodesk's own Documentation. It's September already.no posts in August.time flies. This post is brief, merely a referral and suggestion. In the past I've been critical of the documentation they've provided on this subject, if not in posts here then certainly while talking to people about it face to face. MORE

On behalf of the Autodesk® React Structures team I am pleased to provide you with our first of many Technical Previews of our next generation structural analysis platform. MORE

Autodesk will host a presentation tomorrow at 11 AM (EST) via the web. Autodesk News New Releases Revit UpdateIf you'd like to see and hear what they is on offer for 2014 Revit products check it out. Once that's over I expect the blogging and tweeting will begin in earnest. MORE

Nisha with Autodesk wrote to let me know that they''ve opened a rendering competition, beginning today, to help demonstrate the usefulness of rendering via Autodesk 360. They will select three winners and those three will feature exclusively in their Autodesk® 360 newsletter, worldwide distribution, as well as receive prizes like an iPad, a $500 gift card and more! Visit Rendering in Autodesk® 360 and sign in to your Autodesk® 360 account. MORE

Shaan Hurley posts about Autodesk's latest milestone.time flies. Happy Birthday Autodesker's, don't eat too much cake! Autodesk Shaan Hurley News BirthdayI stole this picture from his post.founders "floating" in air. MORE

Plus, GreenStaxx and Triumph Modular refine a Lego-like building process for student housing and tech startup Concrete Sensors attracts Cemex funding MORE

This month, Autodesk will be rolling out its next generation of BIM 360 products that will include BIM 360 Design and BIM 360 Build modules ( [link] ), making this suite the industry's first unified design-construction platform. MORE

The opening of a new technology training center at Folsom State Prison’s Women’s Facility in California this October marks a milestone in a three-year-old program that is the only authorized Autodesk-certified CAD training in a state prison MORE

AU2011 Autodesk UniversityIt's that time of year again. Jim Balding ( The ANT Group ) was kind enough to let me ride along with him on Sunday morning. We arrived a little after 1 PM. We ran into Robert Yori and Roberto Mencarini (SOM) almost as soon as we started wandering. MORE

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Aaron at D|C|CADD's BLOG posted a bit about Project Dasher , an Autodesk Research project they are sharing some information and videos for now on their site. I heard about Dasher during a marketing session I attended on Monday at Autodesk University. MORE

The fact, that Autodesk rules over the Global AEC is not new, it has been in the making for several decades. So, by all logic, I should also declare defeat and unconditionally succumb to the Autodesk Church, but – no surprises there – I just cannot. MORE

Users of Autodesk's BIM 360 construction management platform now have access construction video and photography captured in Earthcam and TrueLook accounts MORE

This site was created with the intention to make it easier to make sure our computer and graphic card choices are supported by Autodesk's software. Autodesk Support Graphics Hardware Outdated Support Troubleshooting MORE

As I mentioned in the podcast I did with Bill (Grumpy Steve) I think it had a better name before when it was called Autodesk Application Manager. Boy this app doesn't get much love. I've read a couple of posts elsewhere that are far less charitable than I've been. MORE

If you were at Autodesk University last week (I wasn''t) or at least watching the social media feed from the people you follow on Twitter, Facebook etc. you probably saw something about Autodesk changing how subscription will work in the future. Scott Shepard shared (with Autodesk and blogger for "It''s Alive in the Lab") a transcript of a Q&A session regarding what these changes are likely to mean to Autodesk''s customers. MORE

Autodesk Graphics Video Cards SupportThe Revit Clinic shared a link to Without a Net which has a post about a new site dedicated to help customers find graphics card/driver information. link] I tried it and guess what. "no no information found". MORE

The post Advance Steel in Autodesk AEC Collection appeared first on BIM and Beam. Steel Detailing Steel Fabrication Advance Steel AEC Collection Autodesk BIM News MORE

Autodesk's Cyborg Project takes center stage at the TED Conference. Autodesk executives and the designers of Project Cyborg believe, however, that they can recreate the thriving commercial ecosystems that the company has now evolved in engineering design at a Lilliputian scale. MORE

Acquisitions, software deals, provider pairings and other collaborations enlivened the space in the past few weeks MORE

GRAITEC PowerPack for Autodesk® Revit® is an add-on packed with tools that deliver more functionality, better control and more automation for Revit users across all industries. MORE

Automating construction and creating a collaborative, seamless cloud-based central space for all aspects of a project cycle dominated the scene at Autodesk University 2017 MORE