How to Use View Filters for Other View Types in Revit
By Chris Perry, CADSoft Consulting
Color schemes are a great visual tool in views to highlight or callout specific criteria of information in the view, generally used in plan-type views.
Net-Zero U.S. Cities and Communities are Here Already
By Jonathan Rowe
Today, more than half of the world’s population calls a city home. And over the next few decades, that number is projected to rise.
From an environmental perspective, cities are already responsible for the majority of the planet’s energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. To meaningfully battle climate change and stay within our carbon budget, getting things right at the urban scale is critical.
Lynn Allen's Top 5 AutoCAD Tips for Government Users
A few weeks ago Autodesk evangelist and Cadalyst contributor, Lynn Allen, joined our partners DLT Solutions and CADD Microsystems for a government seminar in Washington, D.C.
Lynn Allen on the Future of Design
A few weeks ago Autodesk evangelist and Cadalyst contributor, Lynn Allen, joined our partners DLT Solutions and CADD Microsystems for a government seminar in Washington, D.C.
New Tool Lets you Navigate a BIM Model and See it as if in the Real World
Earlier this week, as a member of the Autodesk AEC Bloggers Council, we got a sneak peek at Stingray, a powerful engine that can be used by AEC professionals to make BIM-informed 3D visualizations in 3ds Max fully interactive in a real-time environment. In plain English, it means that building designers using Revit can go anywhere in the BIM model and see everything as you would in the physical world.
Stingray has its origins in 3D gaming software and is built on the Bitsquid engine, which Autodesk acquired last summer.
Summer CAD School - 8 Free Online Training Resources for Govies
The dog days of summer have arrived and what perfect time than to grab 5, 30 or even 60 minutes to brush up on your CAD skills.
Whatever your discipline, staying ahead of the curve is essential, but with tight government budgets training isn’t always that easy to come by.
Good news! We’ve put together a cross-section of upcoming webinars and online training that won’t cost you a dime. Go ahead, register for one today and surprise your boss with new ways of thinking and doing!
1. On-Demand Videos: Lynn Allen Video Library of AutoCAD Tips and Tricks
Have you Visited the Autodesk Exchange Apps Store?
Autodesk recently reached its one-millionth app download from the Autodesk Exchange Apps Store.
What app was the one-millionth download? CoolOrange threadModeler for Autodesk Inventor. The app helps users to generate a realistic modeled thread based on an existing Inventor thread feature.
Civil 3D DWG File Size To Big? Try These Steps
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Have you ever seen a drawing file you created with Civil 3D balloon in file size? Has this caused performance to take a nose dive?
The following steps should help you get some improvement on getting smaller file size, and hopefully better performance:
Type Faster and Work More Efficiently with Revit and Inventor Keyboard Shortcuts
Who doesn't want to do things faster and more easily? Well, if you're a Revit or Inventor user, check out the newly released keyboard shortcut guides. With over 100 shortcuts, you can annotate, analyze, search, view, add contextual elements, and more, in one easy keyboard shortcut.
View them below (you can also download PDFs):
Autodesk A360 Users - Get Support with Project Accelerator
Do you use Autodesk A360 Team to collaborate in the cloud from any device? Looking to get more out of your investment? If so you may be interested in joining A360 Project Accelerator.