Did you make the upgrade to AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016? If you did, you’ll know that there are a whole load of new features including an updated interface, support for attaching coordination models to a drawing, point cloud tools, an InfraWorks 360 data exchange, IFC file import and export, data shortcut management tools, and more. It’s a lot to take in.

Autodesk Revit 2016 R2 is available to Maintenance and Desktop Subscription customers worldwide.

This update builds on the speed and project performance improvements that distinguish Autodesk® Revit® 2016 software products. With over 25 new features and user-requested enhancements, including Global Parameters, Revit R2 for Revit 2016 contributes to project productivity by helping users more efficiently and effectively capture design intent.

I recently posted how you can adjust AutoCAD’s Ribbon and its Quick Access Toolbar. Here I am going to wrap it up with going through the other tweaks I do when I install AutoCAD on my laptop.

Exciting new for Autodesk Revit software subscribers.  Autodesk is making an updated release of Revit software for Building Information Modeling (BIM) available as of October 22, 2015 to both Maintenance Subscription and Desktop Subscription customers.

The problem with 3D printing is that it . . . well . . . kinda sucks right now.

Don’t get me wrong. There are a lot of things that are cool about 3D printing. It gives us the ability to handle any level of complexity. It ensures pinpoint accuracy. The things we can make are limited only by our imaginations. And it delivers the promise of mass customization.

But I just don’t think it’s quite right. This technology was supposed to revolutionize manufacturing. Put creativity in everyone’s hands! Disrupt the production model! A printer in every home!

If you’re involved in transportation infrastructure design or engineering then you’ll be excited about a new Transportation Extension for AutoCAD Civil 3D. It also benefits anyone working on a project that involves a road or rail corridor. The extension is available to Subscription customers as well as Infrastructure Design Suite Premium and Ultimate Subscribers and can be added to the Civil 3D deployment.

What’s Included?

The new Transportation Extension includes two key features areas – reporting utilities and general productivity tools.

If you like to use the popular Box file-sharing services, then you'll love this. Autodesk has just become a key partner of Box which means that accessing and sharing design and engineering files just got a whole lot easier. In the past Box users were frustratingly unable to view or share their design files, but now users can take advantage of the new integration between Autodesk A360 and Box to view, share, and review designs.

By Jean Thilmany

You know your way around a job site or a shop floor like nobody’s business. You know the software inside out. You have awesome “hard skills,” but what about “soft skills” for engineers and designers?

And what are soft skills, exactly? It’s those personality traits and characteristics that make one person a “people person,” the other an office hermit.

Revit users, don't miss this chance to pose your software questions to the folks at Autodesk behind Revit® or Revit LT™!

Yes, it's time for another installment in the Autodesk Answer Days series. This online event will take place on Wednesday, October 7th from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm Pacific Time.

Who doesn’t want to get more out of their software investment? Well, thanks to Autodesk Exchange (Autodesk’s app store) you can get a lot of bang for your buck when it comes to AutoCAD apps. In fact, the most popular apps from Autodesk Exchange are AutoCAD productivity enhancers.