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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Top 10 Kudo Capturing Autodesk Community Voices Blog Posts

Based on kudos from readers of the Autodesk Community Voices Blog, here are the top 10 posts in kudos. Autodesk Community Voices is a blog by the Community, for the Community. It’s our place for Community members to connect, share, and learn together. The blog features product tips and workflows, career stories, and industry insights, all shared by members of Autodesk’s global community. Visit Community Voices to browse recent posts and subscribe to keep up to date with the latest... Read more →

Become an Autodesk Community Voices Blog Author

Autodesk Community Voices — a new blog by the community, for the community. It’s your place to connect, share, and learn with the community. The blog will feature product tips, workflows, articles, updates, and more, all shared by members of Autodesk’s global community. The blog was launched just barely a month ago, and is growing fast with 20+ authors and 20+ blog post articles. A few things about the Voices Blog Currently all authors are Autodesk customers that participate in... Read more →

Autodesk Community Voices Blog Goes Live

Autodesk Community Voices—a new blog by the community, for the community. Link: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autodesk-community-voices/bg-p/voices-blog This new Autodesk Community blog is a place to connect, share, and learn with the community. The blog will feature product tips, workflows, articles, updates, and more, all shared by members of Autodesk’s global community. We’re pleased to kick things off today with 4 great posts, including reflections on Autodesk’s 40th birthday this week by Shaun Bryant “AutoCAD Turns 40. How time flies….” and Sam Lucido “Happy... Read more →

Autodesk Community Journal Blog

Announcing Autodesk Community Journal, our first-ever blog from the Autodesk Community Team! We’re pleased to announce the launch of the Autodesk Community Journal, our brand-new blog from the Autodesk Community team. Read and bookmark to keep up to date with community news and resources, learn more about our team and what we do, and find out how you can get involved. https://blogs.autodesk.com/community-journal/ Link to announcement post` Read more →

Between the Lines is 18 Years Old on Saturday

On August 21, 2003, this blog started thanks to the encouragement of two Autodesk colleagues Bill Johnston and Eric Wright. I was one of the top posting members in the Autodesk Discussion Forums on my own time, and at times answered the same plotting question week after week. I was told blogs might be a great platform to post a solution share the link when asked the questions again as well the posts would be found easily by others on... 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 →

Dealing with Office Occupancy with a Dynamo Mega-Graph

My colleague, amazing developer, fellow blogger, and good friend Kean Walmsley published a timely and informative third article in a series on how to use Dynamo to evaluate safe office occupancy in the age of COVID virus. The latest in the series is Building a Mega-Graph. COVID Office Occupancy: Single-Objective Optimization COVID Office Occupancy: Multi-Objective Optimization COVID Office Occupancy: Building a Mega-Graph Read more →

4 Easy Tips To Save Time and Work More Efficiently in AutoCAD

Today is a guest post by Brandon of CADintensions with some great AutoCAD Tips to make you more efficient. You can follow Brandon on Twitter at @cadintentions and visit his blog http://cadintentions.com/ for many more great tips like these. If you would like to guest author a blog post on Autodesk product tips and tricks email me. Thank you, Brandon! -Shaan 4 Easy Tips To Save Time and Work More Efficiently in AutoCAD 1. Setup and Use a Drawing Template:... Read more →

Happy 17th Birthday to Between the Lines Blog

17! Seventeen years ago I started this blog as a fun side project after a couple Autodesk employees Bill Johnson and Eric Wright approached me about this new thing called Blogs, and I have been throwing words and photos up here ever since. Next year the blog will be 18 years old, and I will have to consider if I am kicking it out of the house since it will be an adult if it were human. Thank you to... Read more →

Autodesk University 2019 Blogger and Social Media Meetup

Every year at AU we invite active bloggers, social media participants and other “friends” to join us for a little food and drink at AU – a chance for us to meet some of these people face to face and to thank them for their (typically unpaid) efforts around Autodesk products. Read more →

16 Years of Between the Lines Blog

Two years ago on this day there was an solar eclipse, this year just me saying thank you sincerely for reading between the lines and Autodesk who gave me the freedom to speak freely with support and encouragement in speaking to our awesome customers. I started blogging 16 years ago this day after two Autodesk employees Eric Wright and Bill Johnson suggested it in response to me being the top answer poster in the Autodesk discussion groups and answering the... Read more →

Hard to Believe but Between the Lines Blog Turns Sweet 16 Tomorrow

Sixteen years ago tomorrow I started this blog as a fun side project after a couple Autodesk employees Bill Johnson and Eric Wright approached me about this new thing called Blogs and I have been throwing words and photos up here ever since. Its amazing since my daughter just turned 18 and this blog started when she was barely two years old. I need to think about what I'm going to say on the Sweet Sixteen anniversary of a blog... Read more →

15 Years of Between the Lines Blog

15 years ago today I started this Between the Lines blog. I won’t be able to celebrate as epically as last years 14 year blog anniversary where there was a total solar eclipse, but this is a big one nonetheless. 15 years… The purpose of this blog was to provide a central place to answer Autodesk product questions and technology topics in easy to understand straight talk and be indexed in search engines so people could find the answers easily... Read more →

Calling All Autodesk Product Experts

Do you have a great tip or unique content that you would like to share with Autodesk product users around the world for fame and good karma? While on sabbatical starting Friday June 22nd, I would love to share your amazing content as guest posts for others to learn and benefit from so I can focus on the trails or road trips during my 6 week sabbatical and feel the need to blog less. Are you interested in sharing your... Read more →

Experimenting with the Banner

After several years of the same blog banner image, I am switching it up. There may be a couple iterations of my generative design themed banner image over the next few days. The Autodesk Corporate Strategy team is using this same image internally and externally, and since I am on that team it makes sense to follow suit. I kept my mugshot since many have told me they recognized me at events from reading my blog and seeing my mugshot... Read more →

Between the Lines Blog Turns 14 Years Old

Hard to believe, but this blog has been active for 14 years now. This blog was created August 21, 2003. What a long strange journey and amazing feeling of gratitude for all the readers over the years. 14 years = 168 months and over 14.5 million hits and 2.1 million unique visitors. Sincere Thank You, Shaan Read more →

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Blog Comments Temporarily Disabled

I have had to temporarily disabled the blog comments for a few days as I migrate back to the built in blog comment system. I am changing from Disqus as they plan to display ads in the comments starting Feb. 8, 2017 unless a blog owner pays a new monthly fee to remove the ads. I am working to get all prior comments migrated and then re-enable commenting. -Shaan Read more →

13 Years of Between the Lines

On this day 13 years ago, this Between the Lines blog was started as the first Autodesk employee blog and one of the first in the CAD industry. There have been thousands of posts and comments and millions of readers. Thank you so very much for reading and if you ever have any suggestions, please feel free to email me. Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

Check out the Autodesk Fusion 360 Design Differently Blog

There is an Autodesk Fusion 360 blog named Design Differently that has great tips, tricks, and info like what is in the latest monthly Fusion update. If you are a Fusion 360 beginner or a seasoned Fusion user looking for advanced techniques and inspiration this might be the perfect regular resource for you. http://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/blog/ There was a post this week detailing the latest Fusion update that was far more than just a new logo. April 13, 2016 Fusion Product Update... Read more →

Thank You

Thank you to all of you that attended the annual Blogger and Social Media Meetup, and those that could not attend Autodesk University 2015 but blog and participate in social media and forums about Autodesk products and technologies, The meetup wass a big succcess and have many of you attending as well ass VIPs like Roman Mars of the podcast 99% Invisible, Scott Pawlowski of the National Park Service with the 3D print of the USS Arizona, the Skycatch crew... Read more →