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The Revit – Have You Tried This List

Jeff Hanson, Senior Content Experience Designer on the Autodesk Revit team posted a great blog post highlighting some great features and tips using them that many may be able to benefit and pick up a tip or try something out. Check it out, I bet you learn something! Have You Tried? Investigating Revit features and workflows. Read more →

Hello 300 Mission in San Francisco

Autodesk has added a new San Francisco office at 300 Mission. Jenny Lum Director of Global Project for Workplace & Travel at Autodesk tells the story how COVID-19 and employee input as well as other considerations were used to build out our second San Francisco based office. I can’t wait to visit the new space. Doubling Down on San Francisco: Hello 300 Mission! Read more →

Explore Your Fusion 360 Designs Using Augmented Reality

Fusion 360 has now added the ability to export to the standard format USDZ (Universal Scene Description). This will give you the ability on Apple iOS to view the design in the context of your real world space using Augmented Reality “AR”, Mixed Realty “MR” or Extended Reality “XR”. So imagine you design a sculpture or a lamp and want to see how it might look in your office or studio space or want a client to be able to... Read more →

The New Technology Manager Community Blog

Lets welcome the new Autodesk community resource for technology managers from Autodesk Community Team member Tiana Dame. We have just launched our new Technology Manager Community and are so excited to share it with you! The new site boasts a new modern feel and ease of use. The homepage now has all new features including, a quick scan table of contents for the Technology Manager Roadmap, the newest resource content and easy links to access the Community. The navigation bar... Read more →

Let's Talk Design & Manufacturing - Join the June Autodesk Community Conversations

Community Conversations are live, virtual events designed to allow you to gain expertise, connect with leaders and grow your community network. Read more →

Historic Preservation is a Digital Gift to the Future

In honor of Historic Preservation Month, Nicolas Magnon Vice President of Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) Business Strategy and Marketing at Autodesk has wrote a nice article on the importance of preservation. Read the Article and learn more how Autodesk and Autodesk technology has been involved in several historic presentation projects including the Apollo 11 Command Module, the USS Arizona, the 3,000-year-old medieval city of Volterra, and the Notre-Dame de Paris. Read more →

Get the most out of Revit Families – Expert Series from Donnia Tabor-Hanson

If you haven't joined for a session with one of our favorite Revit trainers and a Revit Family Counselor, Donnia Tabor-Hanson, you should. You can watch the recordings or join for the next in the series on Thursday June 3rd this week for valuable Revit tips and tricks and bring your questions. June 3, 2021 Building the Muscle for a Revit Family Once your bones and ligaments (I mean, your Reference Planes and Parameters) are set in a family it... Read more →

Weekend Snapshots – Walla Walla Win95

I was in the Walla Walla Washington region the past weekend, and went flying practice one my 97mph FPV drone over some nice open fields. In one photo taken during a flight, it looked similar to the old Windows 95 screen background image. Read more →

AutoCAD Facebook Live Event - AutoCAD with Dan on Wednesday May 26, 2021

There will be a Facebook Live event with AutoCAD Team member Dan Kuhmann. Dan is a very knowledgeable member of the AutoCAD core product team as well as all around funny and nice human.Dan will be going over new features and tips and tricks within AutoCAD 2022. Please join AutoCAD Community Manager Tiana Dame and Dan Kuhmann to learn something, ask a question, and get to know the others in the AutoCAD Facebook Community. The Autodesk AutoCAD Facebook Community group... Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversations – Ask the Expert with Expert Elite Mike Thomas on Autodesk Inventor

We are excited to announce that Ask the Experts will be happening again, in a new LIVE format, throughout the upcoming year! Expert Elites from different industries will be answering your questions during these special meetups to help you with technical issues, workflows, and to help you get the most out of your product. Don’t have a question, but want to participate? We’d love to hear how you are using the products, any feedback that you may have, or how... Read more →

Autodesk University 2021 Dates and It will be FREE

Autodesk University 2021 will be a free, digital conference happening this October Mark your calendars! Oct 5–7- Americas Oct 6–8 - EMEA and India Oct 13–14 - APAC and Japan Read more →

Do You Have Ideas for Autodesk Products?

Everyone has an idea for Autodesk products, and the Autodesk Ideas boards are where you can enter your ideas and have them voted on by other community members. You can also just vote on the already summitted ideas to help the product teams. Your ideas could become the next feature or change to Autodesk products. Here is a great example on a customer who submitted an idea that I wrote about here on the this Between the Lines blog ”... Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversations - Dictionaries in Dynamo Thursday, May 20, 2021

Continuing our Dynamo series with the two experts Jacob Small and Sol Amour teaching core concepts on computational geometry using Dynamo, and also take your questions. This week it is Dictionaries in Dynamo with Sol Amour and Jacob Small If you build giant graphs and sometimes get lost with complex list manipulations, or want a clean and easy to understand way of building graphs, then come join us to learn all about Dynamo Dictionaries with Jacob Small and Sol Amour!... Read more →

Top 10 AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Solutions 4/2/2021

Tiana is our awesome Autodesk Community Manager for AutoCAD, and recently posted this article showing the recent most popular AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT solutions. Top 10 AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Solutions | Autodesk Knowledge Articles Read more →

Create VR for Maya

Create VR is an immersive conceptual design tool that empowers artists and designers to start their creative process directly in 3D. Using simple curve and surface tools designers can explore form and shape while being fully immersed in virtual reality alongside their design. Sketches and models can then be easily exported to Maya or other content creation applications for the final realization. Features Create and edit models using NURBs and SubD surface tools. Freeform sketching and NURBs curve tools to... Read more →

We Need Your Feedback to Help Plan Autodesk Community Events

We need your feedback as a member of the Autodesk Community to hold some Autodesk Community events around Autodesk University 2021 this year. We have discussed ideas internally and want to get those ranked, and also get your ideas to consider doing around Autodesk University 2021. We are all part of the Autodesk Community, so lets get some great ideas to have some fun, informative, and impactful events together around Autodesk University 2021. Please take the easy 3 Minute, 2... Read more →

Two Autodesk Community Conversation Events this Week

This week there are two great Community Conversation events to join and learn great tips or get your questions answered. These session are recorded for those unable to attend. Revit Tips, Tricks and Troubleshooting with Paul Aubin AutoCAD Electrical with Tiffany Bachmeier For more Autodesk Community Conversation Events see the Community Conversations Calendar Read more →

Community Conversations – Geometry Modifications in Dynamo Recording Posted

If you were unable to attend last weeks Community Conversation “Computational Geometry: Geometry Modifications in Dynamo with Dynamo experts Jacob Small, Sol Amour, and myself as the host last Thursday, we have you covered with the recording now posted. Note all the Community Conversations are recorded for your benefit and schedule. Go watch the Recording “Now that we understand all geometry types in Dynamo, let’s explore how we can modify them! Join Jacob Small and Sol Amour as we take... Read more →

Ducks and Lambs Oh My

The past few days I have been moving after recently selling my home. For some strange reason animals have been drawn to my house including wild baby ducks under my deck and a baby lamb.Perhaps it was the way the neighborhood was saying “good bye” to me. On Wednesday I heard a “quack” out my window while in a work meeting from home, but we get ducks and geese flying over this area often and thought nothing of the random... Read more →

Learning Pathway for Autodesk Certification

Did you know there is learning content, free, and available to all? Choose the Learning Pathway that’s right for you, then choose to get certified. https://www.autodesk.com/certification Read more →

May the Fourth be With You

Flashback to Autodesk University 2015, what a great event, and so memorable having a fun group of Star Wars Stormtroopers with me. I took them for gelato, skinny jean shopping, dancing, looking at cars, to an Autodesk Inventor class, and then they had to take a break before the AU party. Back in the large event days, restroom lines effected everyone. Read more →

AutoCAD Facebook Live Event Wednesday May 5, 2021

Tomorrow on Facebook there will be a Facebook Live event with AutoCAD Team member Dan Kuhmann. Dan is a very knowledgeable member of the AutoCAD core product team as well as all around funny and nice human. Please join AutoCAD Community Manager Tiana Dame and Dan Kuhmann to learn something, ask a question, and get to know the others in the AutoCAD Facebook Community. The live event will begin at 10 AM PST. The Autodesk AutoCAD Facebook Community group has... Read more →

Autodesk Community: Spotlight on Women in STEAM

The Autodesk Community Team held a panel interview with three of our Community Members that are women within the AEC Industry. We asked them to shed some light on being a woman in STEAM and what advice they had for the younger generations. Introduction The Autodesk Community Diversity & Inclusion Program ran an event on March 26th, that put the spotlight on Women in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics). We had three women who are active in our... Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversations - Revit Tips, Tricks and Troubleshooting with Paul Aubin Wednesday May 12, 2021 10:00 AM PDT

With a program like Revit, we are always on the lookout for a new tip or technique to make our daily workflow go a little more smoothly. In this session we’ll build a dormer, create a layered viewport presentation, explore family cutting behavior, address file maintenance and maybe even sprinkle in a little Dynamo. Join us for this session where you’ll gain some tips that you can use right away the next time you are in Revit. This session will... Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversations - Computational Geometry- Geometry Modifications in Dynamo with Sol Amour and Jacob Small Thursday, May 6, 2021

Continuing our excellent series on how to use and understand Dynamo from two Dynamo experts that answer your questions live as well as show you fundamental and powerful concepts. Join Jacob Small and Sol Amour as we take a journey through Dynamo’s geometry modification nodes; learn how to best leverage these modifications, explore how you can derive interesting and new geometry from intersections, and touch upon some best practices to get your Dynamo geometry singing. This series is part of... Read more →