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Two Awesome Autodesk Community Conversations This Week

This week we have two awesome and free Community Conversations with experts in both AutoCAD and Dynamo. Join us and bring your questions to the conversation! Wednesday, October 20, 2021 08:00 AM PDT Going mobile with AutoCAD with Shaun Bryant, Part 1 Join Autodesk Expert Elite member Shaun Bryant for the first part of a series on "Going mobile with AutoCAD", ask your questions live and learn all about: Using your Autodesk ID in the AutoCAD desktop app Utilizing the... Read more →

Congratulations to the 2021 Autodesk Excellence Awards Recipients!

Autodesk Excellence Awards celebrate the people, projects, and technologies behind exceptional contributions to the fields of architecture, engineering, and construction; product design and manufacturing; and media and entertainment.These customers will be spotlighted at Autodesk University 2021. Learn more about them throughout the Autodesk University 2021 conference or click here to view their inspiring projects. Read more →

What Are Your Top 5 AU 2021 Sessions?

We have been asking our Autodesk Community and seeing what sessions they think others in their industry should bookmark and attend at the upcoming Autodesk University 2021 or watch the sessions after the recordings are posted. Looking for some great #AU2021 sessions in AEC? Check out 5 session recommendations from Purvi Gandhi Irwin, AIA LEED AP BD+C to consider attending, or watching after the recordings are posted. Register (its FREE to attend) now to build your schedule: https://autode.sk/3m6ICvb Read more →

When Geeks Play with Zoom

This happened yesterday when testing to find ways to expand participation in Dynamo Meetups. It was a fun time with Sol Amour an Jacob Small. Please join us after Autodesk University when our Autodesk Community Conversations on Dynamo begin again. I present to you, Send in the Clones, Generative Zoom, Generative Sol 7 Jacob, or submit your own title in the comments. Sol and Jacob are amazing technical talented and great humans. So honored and proud to call them colleagues. Read more →

Revit 2022.1 Released Today

From the Revit Blog: What’s New in Revit 2022.1 Jason Peters said on Twitter today ”Revit 2022.1..... @AutodeskRevit you had me at duplicate sheets....” Revit 2022.1: Duplicate Sheet More 2022.1: Revit 2022.1: Snap to Middle of Two Points Revit 2022.1: Dynamo 2.12 for Revit Revit 2022.1: Enhanced Rebar Modeling and Detailing Revit 2022.1: Sloped Fabrication Layout Improvements From Lilly Smith ”Export Outcomes with images, specify input files, and more Generative Design in Revit updates in Revit 2022.1 Out today! youtu.be/LliPUgosPfY... Read more →

What Are Your Top 5 Autodesk University 2021 Sessions to Attend?

Looking for some Autodesk University 2021 sessions? We have been asking our Autodesk Community and seeing what sessions they think others in their industry should bookmark and attend at the upcoming Autodesk University 2021. We asked several in different industries what their top 5 were from the list of sessions. Register today, its free to attend! Register now to build your schedule: https://autode.sk/3m6ICvb Check out these 5 session recommendations. More Top 5 Session recommendations coming. Please feel free to list... Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversation – DesignScripting with Dynamo

Our 16th Dynamo focused Autodesk Community Conversation was a fun and informative. Our experts Jacob Small, Sol Amour were joined by our special guest Vikram Subbaiah. We had about 70 attendees and some great conversations on best practices as well as “Python vs DesignScript – which is proper for what I do” type questions. The session is recorded for those unable to attend. Watch the session on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SndGdDpeY84 The series YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdlF7MirPEC2yNFTGymESd3t7Xosfk9c2 Read more →

Revit Architecture Forum

Wendy Lim, a AEC Community Manager posted this helpful list of Knowledge Articles for Revit.that may help you solve issues you have run across. Link to the forum post: Weekly New Knowledge Articles by Support team | Sep 8th - 14th Read more →

What Are Your Top 5 AU 2021 Sessions?

We have been asking our Autodesk Community and seeing what sessions they think others in their industry should bookmark and attend at the upcoming Autodesk University 2021. We asked several in different industries what their top 5 were from the list of sessions. Here is one example from Jonathan Hand and his AEC Top 5 for AU 2021. Stay tuned for the Top 5 for AU. Register now to build your schedule: https://autode.sk/3m6ICvb Thank you Jonathan! Please feel free to... Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversation - DesignScript(ing) All The Things

Join us next week Thursday, Sep 9, 2021 at 10:00 AM PDT for the next in the series focusing on Dynamo, DesignScript(ing) all the Things. Dive into DesignScript, the native language of Dynamo with Jacob Small and Sol Amour and explore where you can author DesignScript code and how nodal descriptions give you breadcrumbs to get there, jumping into DesignScript only awesomeness such as replication and features that help you in your daily Dynamo life, explore how to build definitions... Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversation - Catalogs and Library prep for Revit Families with Donnia Tabor-Hanson

Please join us as we start back up after our August Community Conversations summer break to attend this lively, informative, and fun session covering Revit’s Catalogs and Library prep for Revit Families with my good friend, and Revit maestro Donna Tabor-Hanson. When should a family be a catalog family? How to you get a catalog out of a family? What files are needed to create a catalog? What clean up needs to be done prior to putting any family into... Read more →

Digital Twin is So Much More Than Just a 3D Model

A digital twin is not just a 3D model representation of something in the real world. A digital twin can contain more information than even a BIM model and can include contextual IOT sensor data, simulation data, real-world performance data, controls, predictive insight, and more. A great example of a digital twin project is my friend and colleague Kean Walmsley's Project Dasher. Lessons from Project Dasher: Building a Digital Twin Using Forge Read more →

Autodesk AEC Community Newsletter

If you are interested in the AEC Industry and the power of the Autodesk Community, this is a great resource quarterly by our Autodesk AEC Community Manager Wendy Lim. There is a plethora of information on top product solutions, resources, and information. The next newsletter comes out next month, so get signed up today! Sign Up Here June 2021 edition in pdf: AEC Community Newsletter | June 2021 - Autodesk Forums Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversation - Geolocating Models Using Drones and ReCap Pro, ReCap Photo, InfraWorks, Civil 3D, Revit, Navisworks, and BIM 360/ACC

Join expert Matt Wunch for a fun and informative demonstration of using a drone to get accurate geolocations for your models, with Autodesk software used across several disciplines. Matt will walk us through the process of uploading photos to ReCap Photo and tying in ground control points to create a point cloud, geo-TIF, mesh, and digital terrain model. How can you modify a point cloud using ReCap Pro and then bring that into an InfraWorks model along with the geo-TIFs?... Read more →

AEC Collection Essentials - Generative Design Workflows

There is a great AEC webinar tomorrow, free and also recorded for those that are unable to attend live. If you use Revit and are evaluating how to implement generative design, this is your opportunity knocking. August 10, 2021 at 10am PT / 1pm ET (1 hour) AEC COLLECTION ESSENTIALS: Generative Design Workflows Generative Design in Revit: Three workflow examples to jumpstart your practice. Exploration is key to the design process. In this webinar, we’ll demonstrate how generative design workflows... Read more →

Dynamo Goodness

In the recent Autodesk Community Conversation for Dynamo “DYN(er) with Friends”, Sol Amour mentioned the new release of Dynamo and some of the new functionality and changes. Here are the links as well a links to the Community Conversation and the entire series of 15. Dynamo Blog: http://dynamobim.org/blog/ Dynamo 2.12 Blog posts: https://dynamobim.org/dynamo-core-2-12-release-part-1-2/ https://dynamobim.org/dynamo-core-2-12-release-part-2-2/ This was the last Community Conversation and we are taking an August break, and will be back in September. This is a great time to catch... Read more →

Community Conversation - DYN(er) with Friends

Do you make really cool things and want to share them with others? Are you excited about empowering your peers and exponentially leveraging your time? Then come dive into the worlds of Sharing Dynamo content and Dynamo Player with Sol Amour, Jacob Small and our awesome guest speaker and Dynamo master Dana De Filippi! You’ll learn how to bundle up your graph and share it with others, understanding what will ship with your graph naturally and what you’ll have to... Read more →

Where is Revit Heading – Find Out

If you are like me, you want to know where things you rely on are heading in the future, and how to influence that direction. The Revit Team knows this and responds by publishing their live public roadmap regularly and just posted the latest Sumer 2021 updates. Check it out,and bookmark it. Revit Public Roadmap Update | Summer 2021 Read more →

Autodesk Tandem Available

Just announced: “Autodesk Tandem digital twin platform is now commercially available and enables teams to harness BIM and transform the Built-Asset Lifecycle in a completely digital process. https://autode.sk/2VsHh6R” Read more →

The Revit Perspective - How Project Information Modeling Revolutionizes Design

If you use Revit, there is an Autodesk Community Conversation with some Revit experts coming up July 14th, 2021. In a single generation, the very nature of design tools has evolved far beyond what we expected. In order to understand how to best move forward, this session examines the key events in the Autodesk world that have triggered these changes and how they continue to affect the way designers work. The session begins by reviewing milestones of products such as... Read more →

Looking Under Dynamo's Hood with Jacob Small and Sol Amour

If you currently use, or want to learn how to use Dynamo to automate, supercharge, and expand your Revit design process, this is one of the best free series from Dynamo experts Jacob Small and Sol Amour. We have had held over 12+ sessions, and this next one (mark your calendar now) is Looking Under the Hood of Dynamo. This is the mental image that pops into my head with Dynamo Looking Under the Hood, Jacob Small digging into an... Read more →

Demystifying BIM360 License & Workflow Questions

This will be a great Autodesk Community Conversation for anyone that uses Autodesk BIM 360. Come learn and join the conversation! There are still so many unknowns about how BIM 360 licenses work, especially with the recent changes and BIM Collaborate and BIM Collaborate Pro release. Can the users continue working on BIM 360 or should they switch to the Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) platform. ‘How does Cloud work-sharing work now? Can we download BIM 360 or ACC issues in... Read more →

Join in the Autodesk Community Conversations

Check out the past Autodesk Community Conversations recordings or see and RSVP the upcoming Community Conversations on the Calendar. Would you like to be a presenter for Community Conversations? See our guidelines and how to submit your proposal here Read more →

12 Amazing Computation Design with Dynamo Training Sessions

We have 12 Dynamo sessions in the bag, and these represent a wealth of Dynamo knowledge from two of the best, Sol Amour and Jacob Small. If you are looking to learn or up level your usage of Dynamo these are for you as well as join us for next session on How to Extend Dynamo this week where ou can ask your questions in the Community Conversation session. Dynamo Series Playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdlF7MirPEC2yNFTGymESd3t7Xosfk9c2 How to Plan a Dynamo... Read more →

Extending Dynamo with Sol Amour and Jacob Small

Come join Jacob and Sol (aka the DynaDuo) as we learn all about how to Extend Dynamo. Maybe the out-of-the-box experience, while awesome, doesn't quite have everything you need and you want a little more pep in your step. Enter Extensions! Similar to how Packages enable new nodal workflows, Extensions customize your Dynamo workspace and come in two primary flavors; out-of-the-box, which are shipped to every Dynamo install, and user chosen, shipped via the Package Manager. We will dive into what an Extension is, what ones you can find out-of-the-box, and cover a couple of community created Extensions. Read more →