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What a Garden!

Last weekend I attended a small gathering for a bonfire and party. I was taking some aerial photos of the event and the most amazing private garden I had seen, and in my neighborhood. I hope to get a nice tour in the near future of this amazing and peaceful and uniquely designed space. The small building located in the center, is a greenhouse. Several birdhouses around the garden, a pond that was covered, and small houses on the peripheral.... Read more →

AutoCAD 2022 GSF aka Graphics System Fabric

The “GSF” is the new AutoCAD 2022 (and the Specialized Toolsets) graphics system and an acronym for Graphics System Fabric. “GSF is a completely new cross platform 3D graphics system being developed for AutoCAD, leveraging all the power of modern GPUs and multi-core CPU to offer a smooth navigation experience for much larger drawings.” The AutoCAD Team is looking for your feedback on a GFS update. AutoCAD 2022 GSF Update Feedback Requested Read more →

Throwback Thursday- What a Long Strange Trip It's Been

Fun historical Autodesk fact. The singer/guitarist for the band Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia once visited an Autodesk office. Read more →

Fun Finds

In packing my house up to move, I am going through boxes of my technology and Autodesk history items and having a blast remembering all the tech and fun times. There is a slew of my phones and PDA, from the Palm to the super teeny iPhone 5s. The Blackberry with the missing scroll ball saved my life many years ago while in my shirt pocket during a gas fireplace explosion, and my Blackberry was taking the shard of glass... Read more →

Arabic Language in Autodesk Community

Arabic language support launched in Autodesk community such as the Autodesk community forums, user group network, and Expert Elite. This will provide Arabic speakers their voice in participating in our community in their language. يسعدنا أن نعلن عن إطلاق برامجنا المجتمعية باللغة العربية، انضم لمجتمع مميز من مستخدمي برمجيات أتوديسك المختلفة لتبادل الخبرات ومساعدة بعضنا البعض حيث يمكنك التواصل مع شبكة مجتمعية نشطة من المنطقة العربية وجميع أنحاء العالم. https://autode.sk/3dTeRJI السلام عليكم أتمنى ان تكونوا بخير. يسعدني أعلامكم أن منتديات... Read more →

I'm Vaccinated!

(above) Photo of board where people placed their stickers they had to wear with their waiting times after vaccination. I have had both vaccination shots of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. While I had some minor side effects like low energy and aches in joints on the first vaccination, with the second I really hydrated myself for the second and had virtually no side effects other than minor discomfort in my arm for 24 hours. I do hope you too get... Read more →

Collaborative Future at the Reimagined Smithsonian Arts + Industries Building

How will we design sustainable communities in the future? Debuting this November, take a first look at the new interactive exhibit from Autodesk and Smithsonian Arts + Industries Building “Future Communities” highlights the benefits of automation in how we work. http://autode.sk/32KLSkR Quote from Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost “Proud to be part of an experience that highlights the benefits of automation in how we work” ”Design shapes billions of lives. What if we could invite everyone to create, together, almost every... Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversation - Model / Physical types with Dynamo

Thank you to all that attended last Thursdays Community Conversation titled “Computational Geometry: Model / Physical types with Dynamo” with Jacob Small, Sol Amour. Sol and Jacob took several Dynamo questions, explained model geometry types, and walked through how to design a complex slat wall using Dynamo. Visit the event page to see the recording and continue the conversation in the comments area. The next session in this series will be May 6, 2021. Computational Geometry: Geometry Modifications in Dynamo... Read more →

The Autodesk Inventor Team Acted on Your Feedback

If you have tried out the Autodesk Inventor 2022, and found the feature Model States a favorite, you can thank a fellow Autodesk Inventor user Curtis W. and 767 people that voted, and 90 who commented on it. The request was in the Inventor Product Ideas board where people share and vote on ideas for future product releases.. Level of Detail for Parts Level of Detail for Parts The ability to suppress features and create Level Of Detail representations in... Read more →

Community Conversations- Computational Geometry: Model/ Physical Types with Dynamo

I'm hosting a free Community Conversation online meetup event this week, come learn Dynamo. Thursday, Apr 22, 2021, at 10:00 AM PDT With Dynamo experts Jacob Small and Dynamo Product Manager Sol Amour. After exploring Abstract geometry types in depth, come learn all about Model geometry types in Dynamo with Jacob and Sol. We’ll dive into all of the physical aspects of geometry, such as points, curves and surfaces, exploring how they function, what their relationships are and how to... Read more →

The Smarter Way to Exchange DWG Across Disciplines

Autodesk has released the new Design Collaboration Module that provides a means for easy cloud collaboration with DWG files in Revit. “What’s the Design Collaboration module? Design Collaboration is a web-based product module included in our cloud offerings BIM Collaborate (for project reviewers) and its Pro version (for design authors). Our Revit-reliant customers have been using Design Collaboration to manage the exchange of design data between teams ever since BIM Collaborate Pro, formerly “BIM 360 Design”, was launched.” Read more... Read more →

Autodesk University 2021 Call for Proposals

The call for proposals and voting on submitted proposals are open, but time is running out and only a couple more weeks to get your proposal in or vote those you would like to see at AU 2021. Check out Donnie Gladfelter “The CAD Geek” and his nice and thorough blog post for even more details. https://thecadgeek.com/blog/au-2021-call-for-proposals/ Read more →

Ease the Pain of AutoCAD Workstation Configuration

This tip is from 2019 by Frank Mayfield, but super relevant today with the recent new releases of Autodesk products and most everyone using multiple products or managing multiple machines and users and needing an easier method to uninstall products than one by one. There is a little known Uninstall Tool included that can reduce the amount of time uninstall products.The bonus is the install process with 2022 products is much more streamlines and reported to be faster. Read Frank’s... Read more →

Data Interoperability Is Game-Changing

“Imagine a collaboration utopia for architects, engineers, fabricators, contractors, and project owners. What would it be like? Maybe it’s a world where all software talks to each other, regardless of which company sells it. Maybe it’s a world where no one has to remodel and duplicate work on a project because there’s a seamless flow of information handed off from discipline to discipline. Or maybe it’s a world where all collaborators can work together in a common data environment and... Read more →

The Autodesk Community

The Autodesk Community is a global network of connected customers, partners and employees who learn from each other, develop professional practice, and drive innovation in their respective industries. Autodesk Community programs help anyone connect, solve problems, share expertise and realize business value. Get Involved Today! https://www.autodesk.com/community Read more →

Autodesk’s Drive Towards DfMA

Here is a nice article AECMAGAZINE’s Martyn Day featuring Autodesk’s Amy Marks, Autodesk’s Head of Industrialized Construction Strategy & Evangelism a,so known as “Queen of Prefab.” “Everybody’s talking about Design for Manufacturing and Assembly. While very few firms are actually doing it, the concept is attracting advanced BIM users, fabricators and software firms to try it out. Martyn Day looks at Autodesk’s efforts and future vision.” ”Out of all the major AEC software firms that we cover, Autodesk has been... Read more →

FAA Part 107 Small UAS Recurrent Non-Part 61 Pilots Exam Went Live Today

In the United States, Commercial UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems aka drone) FAA Part 107 testing has changed for those requiring a recurrent exam. I have been certified as a remote UAS pilot since the FAA Part 107 Commercial UAS certification started, but was coming up on my annual 2 year renewal for the recurrent exam.The new online testing went live today including flying over people and at night ratings included so I gave it a try. I just took it,... Read more →

AutoCAD Electrical and Dynamo in This Weeks Autodesk Community Conversations Events

Register now for this weeks two separate Autodesk Community Conversations. What are Community Conversations? Community Conversations provide opportunities for engineers, designers, artists, and makers to meet in a safe, live, virtual setting to share expertise, get to know leaders in your field, and grow your community network. Community Conversations speakers will be Autodesk employees, customers, partners, and students. You’ll hear from someone with special expertise, have a chance to ask questions live and get to know fellow participants who share... Read more →

What's New in Revit 2022

This YouTube playlist highlights 37 new features for design productivity, interoperability, documentation efficiency, and developers in Autodesk Revit 2022. Revit 2022 Playlist Some Direct feature video Links: The Shared Views feature makes it easy for you to share 2D and 3D views and sheets of your Revit project across the project team. Improve your conceptual design workflows with seamless FormIt Pro integration. Revit 2022 helps structural engineers place steel connections quickly and accurately using automated tools and predefined ranges of... Read more →

Autodesk Inventor 2022 Released

The new Autodesk Inventor is available and has several key updates, enhancements, and as usual a bunch under the hood for usability and fixes and attributed to customer feedback in the pre-release customer betas, Inventor Idea board, and user sessions. One of my own highlights, because I'm passionate about DfMA workflows which are based on converging AEC and Manufacturing is the Revit inoperability such as saving native Revit project files for allowing collaboration on BIM projects. The Inventor team, many... Read more →

Revit 2022 Sneak Peek –Today

Jeremy Tammik provided a heads up on his Building Coder blog to a session with Revit Product Managers Harlan Brumm and Sasha Crotty today at 12:30 Pacific Time and another full what's new session on April 13th. Link: Sneak Peek, Automatic Column, Arc Angle, Career Read more →

Autodesk Construction Cloud API Added to Forge Dev Portal

The Forge teams Mikako Harada just announced on the Forge blog that there is a new API type. Autodesk Construction Cloud API, has been added to the Forge dev portals My Apps->Create App page. This is a precursor to the releases of APIs that are specific to Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) unified products. Read more about this new API here: https://autode.sk/3cQu9yz Read more →

Spring Break on the Oregon Coast

I just returned refreshed from disconnecting and enjoying the beautiful Oregon Coast for spring break. The time was restorative with sunny fresh ocean breeze days watching the ocean waves, exploring tide pools, adventures, and watching sunsets. I also received my COVID first vaccination yesterday. Cheers, Shaan A low tide hike into the Devils Punchbowl. I love sunsets. Read more →

Autodesk University 2021 – Start Submitting Your Proposals

It’s never too soon to begin planning for Autodesk University, and the call for proposals opens today March 30th and closes April 30th. (5 weeks). Good tip is to “Simplify and Clarify” for your proposals and read the AU proposal FAQ and sample proposals. Read More, submit a proposal, and be a presenter at AU 2021! https://www.autodesk.com/autodesk-university/conference/call-for-proposals Read more →

Happy 10th Birthday Tinkercad!

Tinkercad turned 10 years old today. This free cloud-based 3D creative design tool is used by students to retired makers and 3D print hobbyist, and loved by millions from 5-100+ years old. Reflecting on 10 Years of Tinkering as Tinkercad Turns Double Digits Check out what people have made: https://www.tinkercad.com/search?q=tinkercad10 Read more →