Shawn Herring highlights a few new things, features, and functionalities in AutoCAD platform products in 2025, as well as Civil 3D 2024.2 and 2024.3!
Jason Peckovitch dissects some of the most common challenges that AEC firms encounter when implementing new technologies or workflows, and how they can overcome them with the help of Revit and a host of other software.
Brian Chapman explores how AI is integrated into 3ds Max to revolutionize workflows and improve design efficiency today!
Mark Kiker talks about how everyone should focus on how implementing new tech impacts your standards and how your standards need to be stable, flexible, and up to date.
Paul Li introduces the lisp command, explains what it does and discusses what came of it as AutoCAD continues to develop after another 12 releases of the current version.
Jason Peckovitch explores how the architectural and structural aspects of a project impact critical workflow processes and provide insights on how to optimize collaboration with these teams for greater project efficiency.
Jonathan Massaro shares a simplified, updated workflow for working with shared coordinates because none of those new tools help us with Revit’s new numerous tools and features.
Mark Kiker teaches the ways of project “housekeeping”, project archiving, and cleaning out the clutter safely and efficiently.
Shawn Herring helps us navigate the little things that go unnoticed in Civil 3D and lists some of his favorite little tasks, some new, and some oldies but goodies!
Jason Peckovich hopes to have his article serve as your compass to navigate the intricacies of Revit, offering 10 tips and tricks that you can seamlessly integrate into your daily practice.
Mark Behrens explains how without a plan that encompasses both challenges together, the best efforts and intentions will ultimately fail. Getting buy-in from management is usually challenging enough. Minimizing the chance of failure is in your best interest early in the process!
Mark Kiker continues his running series, Secrets that Tech Managers Keep, teaching project managers about the road for success, support, and improvements along the way. This month is about decision fatigue and the toll it can take on a Tech Manager over time, including defining the symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.
Kristina Youngblut explores how collaboration on design projects in real-time used to be a thing of the past. She shares how with the advancement in software, up-to-date cloud sharing, and cutting-edge communication tools, today’s design landscape thrives on the ability to integrate cross-disciplinary efforts seamlessly, and why this allows professionals from various fields to contribute their unique expertise, which enhances the overall project outcome.
Stephen Walz runs through his thought process of a recent D4C3D script initially developed as a Proof of Concept (POC) that turned into a scalable solution supporting our data processing and mining efforts that have provided many value-adds to our project.
Brian Chapman dives into some of the most essential standards needed to harness the full potential of 3ds Max for AEC projects!
Emily Vineyard takes you through how masterful works of art aren’t accidental, and they don’t happen overnight. Like any other remarkable creation, crafting model masterpieces takes time, and in the age of facility maintenance models, digital twins, and models that serve as the primary deliverable, our attention to how we model, what we model, and how we coordinate these components needs to be front and center.
Mark Kiker continues his running series, Secrets that Tech Managers Keep, teaching project managers about the road for success, support, and improvements along the way. This month is about the ones that put you or your firm at risk!
