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:

State and local fiscal year-end is fast approaching, and it's a great time to make an investment in design software and services. After all, unspent funding is not only a lost opportunity, it may send a signal to budget-setters that they should reduce funding next year.

With Autodesk's 2016 software release now fully rolled out, now is a great time to review your design, visualization and collaboration needs and make the most of your remaining budget.

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Building Information Modeling (BIM) is changing the way both the public and private sector work together to design, communicate, solve problems, and build better projects faster and at less cost. As BIM practices and technologies continue to evolve, what does the future hold?

From mobile-enabled BIM to simplifying the prefabrication of building materials, this new white paper takes a look at the Top 7 BIM Trends that are Game Changers for the Public Sector. We've summarized the highlights below:

I have always been a big proponent of making 3D views with a section box to better understand design iterations and the relationship of the parts of the building model. Taking this to high detail and illustrating a segment of the model to resolve design issues quickly can result in having to make several, if not dozens, of views during schematic and design development phases.

By Jeff Yoders, Line//Shape//Space

AutoCAD has supported 3D parametric constraints since AutoCAD 2010, but except for 3D power users, most AutoCAD drafters don’t take advantage of this dynamic modeling environment and the accuracy and information it can bring to your drawings. Here are eight AutoCAD tips for parametric modeling.

By Kate Ming Application Specialist Ideate, Inc. and George Hatch Senior Technical Specialist Autodesk, Inc

Developed with the needs of transportation designers and engineers in mind, Autodesk Vehicle Tracking (AVT) is a comprehensive transportation analysis and design solution for vehicle swept path analysis. AVT makes it easier for municipal planners and engineers to:

The new release of Autodesk InfraWorks 360 (great for engineering infrastructure, road and bridge designs in context) includes a very cool feature that boosts collaboration by allowing you to share your entire model with other teams in a web browser. This is great for demonstrating conceptual-stage plans to non-technical stakeholders and the general public.

If you're an Autodesk user then you may be aware that how you purchase software and even what you can purchase is changing.

How are BIM, cloud, big data and data management technologies changing the way our utilities infrastructure is designed and managed? Here are four fast facts:

1) BIM

Sure, BIM has made it easier to share 3D intelligent models of infrastructure design projects, but BIM is more than a 3D model. It's and entire process for creating and using that model across planning, design, and infrastructure management phases.