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Throwback Thursday – How to Get Started in AutoCAD Circa 1986

This book is about 80 pages making the irony not lost on me. Learn AutoCAD Without Reading the Manual. Here is the tough AutoCAD History trivia question: Who is Kelvin R. Throop, the author of this book? Read more →

Snagit Magic

I have used Snagit for over 20 years as a customer on an almost daily basis for work and images for this blog. This software is one of my most essential tools and I am always finding out powerful features all the time. Today I learned I can replace areas of an image much like Content Aware cut and paste in Photoshop without the big price tag and large install footprint. Sometime you just need something to do your basic... Read more →

Final Day to Submit AEC Videos for Showreel

Autodesk is looking for videos of our customer's best building, infrastructure, and construction projects created using Autodesk software for our new AEC showreel. Learn more and submit today: autode.sk/2srwA67 Examples of Past AEC Showreels Autodesk AEC Showreel 2019 – YouTube Autodesk AEC Showreel 2018 - YouTube Read more →

Join the Autodesk Inventor Team in Portland

We’re hiring a senior software engineer for the Autodesk Inventor Platform team. This position is based in sunny Portland, Oregon in our awesome award winning building. Autodesk Portland is One of the Best Places to Work in Portland Oregon The key requirement is really C++ programming experience (7 years+ with a bachelor degree) and passion for what you do and make. Interested, Read more and apply Here Read more →

Innovations Are Coming to Disrupt the Construction Industry

“You’re on the construction site, outfitted in your Terminator-like robot suit that gives you exponential strength, letting you effortlessly lift hundreds of pounds as integrated sensors send your vitals and atmospheric data to the cloud. Meanwhile, your augmented-reality glasses superimpose 3D models over your work while your colleagues back at the office guide your movements, tracking your exact location through your GPS-enabled boots. Sound like sci-fi? This scenario is not far off. From wearable tech and roads made out of... Read more →

Windows 7 Ends Today

I hope by now everyone reading this has already moved on from Windows 7 machines, and if not hopefully this causes you to consider that move. Today Microsoft set the End of Life support for Windows 7 meaning security updates and more wont be released. I remember 10 years ago when beta testing Windows 7 (AutoCAD 2010 on Microsoft Windows 7) and how stable and nice that was compared to prior releases of Windows, but that was many many years... Read more →

AEC Hackathon 7.0 Copenhagen

One of my favorite events filled with innovative thinking and ideas combined with collaborative fun and technology are the AEC Hackathons held around the world. The next big AEC Hackathon is being held next month in one of my favorite cities in the world, Copenhagen Denmark. ] Feb 21 2020 18:00 - Feb 23 2020 20:00 In a nutshell, the hackathon starts with a group of people from industry, academia, tech, architects, and programmers that for the most part don't... Read more →

Throwback Thursday – Revit R1

This BIMalicious historic entry is from my Autodesk history collection after I received every physical release of Revit from longtime Autodesk Research employee now Rick Rundell. Rick was with the Revit startup before Autodesk acquired them in 2002. I even have a Revit 1.0 short to proudly wear to special events. “Design It Rev It” Here is the CD ROM case opened and showing the CD ROM. The exterior of the CD Rom case. Revit Timeline: Revit Timeline from 1.0... Read more →

Autodesk Portland is One of the Best Places to Work in Portland Oregon

This past November I gave a tour to a team from the local Portland magazine Portland Monthly. The current January 2020 issue has Autodesk featured as one of the best Portland offices to work in.We moved into this renovated 1913 building almost two years ago, and absolutely love it. Autodesk has had a office in the Portland area for over 25 years and this is where Autodesk Mechanical Desktop, Autodesk Inventor, and Fusion 360 products were born. Now the office... Read more →

Happy Holidays

Its that time of the year for many Autodesk employees to spend time with their families and friends for the holidays and take our annual week of rest off. I will be back to work January 6th after my time with friends and family including my new granddaughter Brook an my other granddaughter Charli. Have a very safe and joyous holiday season, and a happy and healthy new year! -Shaan Read more →

Architecture, BIM, and Mechanical Community Meetups

Architecture Community Virtual MeetUp Do you work in the architectural field? Do you have questions about tools within AutoCAD, Revit, or another Autodesk architectural software platform? Are you looking to pick the brains of talented professional engineers in your field? If so, please join us for our Architectural Community Virtual Meetup on the 4th Tuesday of each month. Next Architecture Community Virtual MeetUp Tuesday, January 28, 2020 8:00am PT | 11:00am ET This month you’ll learn how to develop sets... Read more →

Over 700 Hours of Training for Free

If you weren't able to attend Autodesk University 2019 in Las Vegas last month or missed a class in your busy schedule here is an amazing resource and opportunity. There are over 700 hours of recorded AU 2019 sessions are now online for free, from labs and keynotes to instructional demos and panels. The learning is just getting started. https://autode.sk/38yDkiK Read more →