Between the Lines

Between the Lines Blog and Coho the Dog Birthdays Today

This Between the Lines Blog is turning 21 years young today! This blog started in 2003 as an experiment, became very popular with thousands of unique page views a day 4389 posts 5389 comments, and over 20 million viewers. I have continually been blogging since launching even when on vacation, sick, sabbatical, or in the Amazon jungle. Thank you to everyone for reading and contributing to this blog over the years. If there is something I can do to improve or make your experience more entertaining, educational, or perhaps and Autodesk topic related guest blog post, please let me know with an email. August 21, 2003 Getting the feel for this Blog. My silver labrador pup named Coho also coincidently turns 1 years old today, at a bouncing playful 99 pounds. Thank you and I hope to see you in a month in New Orleans and Autodesk University 2022. #AU2022 Shaan's AU 2022 Events Notification List Autodesk Community Conversations at Autodesk University 2022 in Person and Online Autodesk University 2022 Free Digital Passes Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversations at Autodesk University 2022 in Person and Online

There will be three Autodesk Community Conversation events live in-person at Autodesk University 2022 in New Orleans. In addition to in-person, we will also be streaming live over Zoom for those unable to attend as well as post the recording. Read more →

Between the Lines - A 21 Year Old Blog

This blog Between the Lines can legally go grab an a drink at the bar, if it was a person. On this upcoming Sunday the 21st birthday for this blog will be reached. I didn't think it would make 6 months back in 2003, let alone 21 years active blogging even when I was traveling or on sabbaticals. Thank you for reading Between the Lines over the past 21 years. -Shaan Read more →

Use a Drone to Geolocate Your Models

With the help of ‪Matt Wunch we feel a LOT more confident on how to do it using Recap Pro, Infraworks and more! Read more →

Shaan's AU 2022 Events Notification List

I have created a list for people attending AU that want to connect and to be notified if something special comes up like a meetup, reception, photo walk of New Orleans, or a Autodesk Community Voices Blog author meetup, a behind the scenes tour, perhaps a New Orleans project visit or a NOLA coffee. Read more →

My Labrador, Coho, Turns One Next Week August 21st

From 8 pounds when I got him and now Coho is a 99 pound Silver Labrador. He has been a real bonus and entertaining, active outdoor adventure buddy, and best friend addition to my life. I had no idea he was going to be this big, but that's ok with me if he can’t fit on my kayak or SUP. When he was a puppy, and ate much less. Read more →

Portland Adult Soapbox Derby is This Weekend

Portland Soapbox Adult Derby this Saturday, August 20th. This is the world’s largest gravity race event. I will keep you safe, laughing, and accepting high fives, snacks, and cold beverages. Read more →

Recent Blog Posts on the Autodesk Community Voices Blog

Community Voices is a blog by the Community, for the Community. You'll find product tips and workflows, career stories, and industry insights, all shared by members of Autodesk’s global community. Subscribe to keep up to date with the latest content from Community members. Check out the most recent posts by the awesome Community Voices authors. Read more →

This Weeks Community Conversation Recordings and an Exciting Autodesk University 2022 Announcement

We are back from our annual July Summer break of live communty events. We held two Autodesk Community Conversation events this week, and have many more planned including next week. Below you can see the two sessions we held yesterday on AutoCAD and Dynamo and the recording of the sessions. We have Autodesk Community Conversations in-person Wednesday September 27 at Autodesk University 2022! Read more →

Autodesk University 2022 Free Digital Passes

The Autodesk University 2022 free virtual passes for are now available in addition to the in-person registration Read more →

AutoCAD 2023.1 and AutoCAD LT 2023.1 Updates Released

In a continuous effort to improve Autodesk products based on your feedback, new updates were just released. Read more →

Revit Database Explorer - RevitLookup

Jeremy Tammick posted on his blog The Building Coder about the initiative to improve the RevitLookup including a link to a first build of the RevitDbExplorer. Read more →

New Dynamo Primer and Video Tutorials Released & Dynamo Office Hours

Queue the applause. The Dynamo Team released new streamlined videos this week for learning Dynamo. •Introductory Tutorials for Dynamo 2.13+ •Dynamo Primer Read more →

XR Technology Opportunities at Autodesk

Kean posted open roles seeking candidates with a passion and experience in XR. If you are that XR person, or know someone please look into this opportunity to join Autodesk in an exciting new role and mission. Read more →

AutoCAD Community Conversation Live Events

In this session, AutoCAD Expert Dan Kuhmann will cover the top AutoCAD queries asked about fixing issues in the Autodesk Community — from cursor issues to linetype questions, using 3D objects, and more, followed by time for your live questions and answers. Join us for more Autodesk Community Conversations as we come back from our July Summer break with these and many more already on the calendar from Dynamo, Revit, InfraWorks and VR. https://autode.sk/CommunityConvos Read more →

Construction Doesn’t Need to Be Filled With Mixups

Here is a humorous video from Autodesk Construction Cloud highlighting a not so funny construction industry reality that isn’t so funny. Read more →

Autodesk Vision Series August 3rd and 4th

Register for free to attend the Autodesk Vision Series Aug 3 & 4 to be inspired and hear from creative minds like Playground Games Lead Technical Artist, Dan Wulczynski, on how he and his team used 3ds Max to create fire environments for the ideo game Forza Horizon 5. Read more →

Six Part Series on Revit 2023 Walls

The Autodesk Community Voices Blog has been publishing a six part series on Autodesk Revit 2023 by Voices blog author Dzan Ta. The Autodesk Community Voices Blog is a place to connect, share, and learn with the community. The blog features product tips, workflows, articles, updates, and more, all shared by members of Autodesk’s global community. Read more →

2022 Portland Adult Soapbox Derby Course Marshal Again

Look out Portland! I will be the bullhorn & radio abusing course marshall again in top of the action-packed course section 4 aka “blood alley” at the 2022 Portland Soapbox Adult Derby Saturday, August 20th. #pdxsoapboxderby Read more →

Autodesk Fusion 360 Ask Me Anything Event on Thursday, July 28

Join the Autodesk Fusion 360 and Autodesk Community teams for a special Ask Me Anything event in the Design, Validate & Document forum. Read more →

Autodesk University 2022 Registration Open July 12th, 2022

Just a friendly reminder that the registration will open tomorrow July 12, 2022 for the first in-person Autodesk University “AU” in 2 years. This years AU event will be held in just 77 days on September 27-29 in New Orleans Louisiana United States. https://www.autodesk.com/autodesk-university/conference/overview AU 2022 is your opportunity to learn and connect with industry experts who are progressing architecture, engineering, construction, design, manufacturing, and media and entertainment. Get ready for great sessions, beignets and jambalaya and more local fun... Read more →

Been Out for the Past Week for Holiday and Vacation

I really needed the downtime with so much going on. I spent the time with friends and Coho the 90-pound labrador puppy, projects around the house and garden, getting my dental implant reinserted (ouch), and a lot of time outdoors and on the rivers and lakes. A few photos from the outdoors portion of the week off since I'm fairly confident you weren't interested in photos of my dental implant issue, but just in case. Outdoors: Read more →

Down the Melting Neon Rabbit Hole of AI-Generated Art

I have recently been experimenting with a new technology, I know, I'm a techy geek and your are not shocked that I'm geeking out on something new. There are many new technologies harnessing AI to generate images based on words and instructions you feed it like Dall-E, Dall-E Mini aka CrAIon, and Midjourney. I got on the beta of Midjourney. Midjourney runs using Discord (desktop or mobile) as its interface using the bot to send the commands to their trained... Read more →

Autodesk Forge Digital Twin Example Using Data Visualization API

The Forge team has provided a reference architecture example of a digital twin application using the Forge platform data visualization APIs, complete with some documentation and code samples. | The live web browser based reference architecture will demonstrate the type of applications you can build using the available Forge APIs. You could build your own custom digital twin application customized for your business or industry needs. Documentation https://forge.autodesk.com/en/docs/dataviz/v1/developers_guide/quickstart/ Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversation Thursday June 30

This Thursday there will be a live Autodesk Community Conversation with speakers Sol Amour, Jacob Small, and special guests Tomasz Fudala & Stephan Gumpert​. Dynamo Office Hours: Dynamo Talking to Robot Structural Analysis and Advance Steel Come join Sol, Jacob, Tomasz and Stephan as we dive deeper into the Dynamo + Robot Structural Analysis and Dynamo + Advance Steel connections. We will explore the particulars of both these programs, via host specific functionality and approach, discovering the unique aspects of... Read more →