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Join us for Autodesk Community Conversations

Join us for our free Autodesk Community Conversations events this month. Bring your brain to absorb great information and your questions to ask the experts live. Community Conversations are virtual meetups featuring expert speakers from across Autodesk Community. Sessions range from deep dives, tips and tricks, and live demonstrations on products such as AutoCAD, Revit, Dynamo, and Fusion 360, to roundtables on industry insights, emerging trends, and career stories, and more. All experience levels, from beginner to expert, are welcome.... Read more →

DAISY AI in Toronto Collaboration with Autodesk Research on Using AI for Sustainable Structural Design

DAISY AI in Toronto collaborated with Autodesk Research team in London to produce residential construction designs using artificial intelligence. Read more →

Many Live Events in April

Community Conversations are virtual meetups featuring expert speakers from across Autodesk Community. Sessions range from deep dives, tips and tricks, and live demonstrations on products such as AutoCAD, Revit, Dynamo, and Fusion 360, to roundtables on industry insights, emerging trends, career stories, and more. All experience levels, from beginner to expert, are welcome. The month of April has many events whether you are looking for AEC or Design & Manufacturing expert live conversations you will find something in our Autodesk... Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversations for April 2022

Our Autodesk Community Conversation schedule for April is up. Join us for some Revit Hints and Hacks with Donnia, Dynamo with Sol & Jacob, Civil3D & InfraWorks collaboration tips with Tony, Fusion 360 with Phil, or some AEC Ask Me Anything AEC Roadmap events. And much more! Register for free: http://autode.sk/CommunityConvos Read more →

Get Those Autodesk University 2022 Proposals Submitted

We all want to go to Autodesk University (New Orleans in September this year), but for many, that usually begins with submitting our proposals for sessions as a speaker to get a complimentary pass and possibly an honorarium for multiple accepted session as primary speaker. AU 2022 September 27-29 Call for Proposals March 15 – April 15 Submit your proposal via the Call for Proposals page. Proposal Requirements Guide Requirements and recommendations for submitting a winning proposal in 2022 (pdf)... Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversations for Dynamo Users

The next 4 Dynamo Office Hour Autodesk Community Conversation events: March 31, 2022 Building More with Dynamo: Come join Sol and Jacob as we dive deeper into the Dynamo and Revit connection, plumbing the depths of Element Binding; where it's stored, why it's needed, and how to use it. We'll then explore Transactions and Documents, finding out what they are, how to navigate them and their nuance, before deeply understanding Revit's Application Environments, such as Product, Family or Massing and... Read more →

Dynamo Office Hours: Hosts of the Dynamo Party

The recording from last Thursdays Autodesk Community Conversation is online. The recording is posted on the event page and in the Dynamo Office Hours YouTube Playlist: Join Sol and Jacob as they dive into the Dynamo for FormIt/Alias/Robot Structural Analysis and Advance Steel connections; exploring how their relationships are a two way street, the differences in UI that support a smooth host experience, dive into the Library and additional nodes that these hosts bring to the table, and then traverse... Read more →

March 2022 Autodesk Community Conversations

Join experts from Autodesk Community in our virtual meetups to delve into product features, discover innovative workflows, learn tools and techniques, and make connections. See all sessions Dynamo Office Hours: Getting Civil with Dynamo Thursday 03 March 10 AM PT | 1 PM ET (1 hour) Presented by Sol Amour and Jacob Small Come join Sol and Jacob as we dive into the Dynamo for Civil 3D connection; exploring how this relationship is a two way street, the differences in... Read more →

Upcoming Autodesk Community Conversations & Two Recordings

Community Conversations are virtual meetups featuring expert speakers from across Autodesk Community. Sessions range from deep dives, tips and tricks, and live demonstrations on products such as AutoCAD, Revit, Dynamo, and Fusion 360, to roundtables on industry insights, emerging trends, and career stories, and more. All experience levels, from beginner to expert, are welcome. Join a session to delve into product features, discover innovative workflows, learn tools and techniques, and make connections in the Community. We are adding more and... Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversation - Dynamo inside a Host February 3rd, 2022

Come join Sol Amour & Jacob Small as they jump into "Dynamo Inside a Host", exploring how Dynamo functions inside the host environment; Revit, Civil 3D, FormIt, and all your favourite integrations. We will explore what it means to have Dynamo in or out of process, how the Library changes, dive into application specific data, content locations and package management and discover how nodes show up from different hosts. We will then touch upon how to re-use graph content across... Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversations for January & February 2022

Join us for one of the new Autodesk Community Conversations! "Autodesk Turns 40 Years Young" January 28th "Dynamo inside a Host" February 3rd "AutoCAD Electrical with Tifani and Tiffany" February 10th https://autode.sk/3qGKTjd Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversation – Dynamo inside a Host

Come join Sol and Jacob as we explore how Dynamo functions inside the host environment; Revit, Civil 3D, FormIt and all your favourite integrations. Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversation - Dynamo 2021 Wrap Up Recording Posted

Sol and Jacob held a festive final Autodesk Community Conversation recapping their 20 Dynamo focused sessions tips and techniques, and as always, some great conversations. Jacob even showed how to create a generative snowflake in Dynamo. Check out the recording on the session page: Dynamo 2021 Wrap Up YouTube Playlist of the 20 Dynamo sessions To learn more about Autodesk Community Conversations, including how to become a presenter, find more information here: LInk We will see you in late January... Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversation of 2021 This Week

Join us this Thursday December 9th, the last Autodesk Community Conversation of 2021, until 2022. Join the generative design elves Sol Amour & his merry cohost Jacob Small for the 2021 Dynamo Wrap Up Autodesk Community Conversation. RSVP Now! Dynamo 2021 Wrap Up Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversation Recordings from This Week

In case you weren't able to attend our two sessions last week, the recordings are now posted on the session pages. . Going mobile with AutoCAD with Shaun Bryant, Part 4 Join Autodesk Expert Elite member Shaun Bryant for the 4th part of this series on "Going mobile with AutoCAD", ask your questions live and learn all about: Syncing back to the desktop app with the AutoCAD mobile app Syncing back to the desktop app with the AutoCAD web app... Read more →

Join Us for a Great Conversation

I I hope you will join me, Shawn Bryant, Donnia Tabor-Hanson, and Kimberly Fuhrman tomorrow for another 2 great Autodesk Community Conversations. There is still time, RSVP to join us! https://autode.sk/3qGKTjd Going mobile with AutoCAD, Part 4 with Shaun Bryant Favorite, Fabulous, Formulas for Families in Revit with Donnia Tabor-Hanson Read more →

Autodesk Civil 3D Event in Chinese Language

Our Autodesk Community Journal blog is going global with an international post s... Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversation Recordings from Last Week

In case you weren't able to attend our two sessions last week, the recordings are now posted. https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/community-conversations/how-to-make-dynamo-sing/ec-p/10715464#M253 https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/community-conversations/going-mobile-with-autocad-with-shaun-bryant-part-3/ec-p/10715365#M251 While here thinking about this, RSVP for the December Autodesk Community Conversations. Read more →

The Best of Autodesk University 2021

Set aside some time to check out the top sessions from Autodesk University 2021, it is completely worth it. A lot of work goes into these sessions by the amazing speakers with a great deal of knowledge to share with you. This was our second year doing it digitally online due to the pandemic, but we are hoping we all get safely back together in real life together for maybe the next event. https://autode.sk/3nrpbO6 ”Inspiring speakers and sessions are what... Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversation with Donnia Tabor-Hanson

We just added a new Autodesk Community Conversation to our December sessions! What: Favorite, Fabulous, Formulas for Families in Revit with Donnia Tabor-Hanson What is your favorite formula used for? Turning things one or off as needed? Setting arrays? Selecting sizes? Preventing null values on extrusions? Adding or removing parts? How many “if” statements can you really put in a formula? Lots of formulas to play within this session. When: Dec. 2nd at 10am PDT RSVP Now, its Free! https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/community-conversations/favorite-fabulous-formulas-for-families-in-revit-with-donnia/ec-p/10761704#M260... Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversations – Join Us

We have many Autodesk Community Conversations planned this month, including 2 tomorrow morning. They are free, you always learn something that helps you, and you can ask questions because its a conversation. Come join us, RSVP now https://autode.sk/3qGKTjd Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversation The Dyfference Between Dynamo Things

Join Jacob Small & Sol Amour for The Dyfference Between Dynamo Things Thur. at 1pm EST. Explore the world of Custom Nodes inside of Dynamo & discover how packaging up content in this way can change your workflows and empower your content creation. Join and also invite others! https://autode.sk/31lAIG1 Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversation Snakes on a (Dynamo) Plane The Many Resources and Recording

We have posted the recording and the many great Dynamo and Python resources Sol Amour shared i the Community Conversation. Come dive into the world of Python inside of Dynamo with Jacob and Sol and explore how this powerful scripting language interacts with the Dynamo environment. You will understand the difference between engines (IronPython vs. CPython) and releases, how to access the authoring environment and all the power that this node brings you, how to leverage intellisense and directory searching... Read more →

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 →

Autodesk Community 5k Day One

Today Autodesk University 2021 opened and the Autodesk Community 5k Fun Run started. This is not a race, nor a run or a length 5k – it is just having fun and being active. I did a 8 mile mountain bike ride this morning and was rooted-on by a friendly squirrel and some waterfowl. Wherever you are on the planet, post photos from your Autodesk Community 5k! October 5th to the 14th. Use hashtag #AC5k when sharing your photos on... Read more →