Spending on technology is a roll of the dice that may pay off in rewards that can benefit your firm if it can think that far down the road. But when is the right time to do that? Mark Kiker offers some advice.
posted by Mark Kiker
A properly configured workstation will allow you to take full advantage of Revit and its formidable capabilities. HP delivers a host of options.
posted by David Harrington
Brian Benton offers a closer look at AutoCAD WS, a product recently introduced by Autodesk to facilitate file sharing, editing, and collaboration in the cloud environment.
posted by Brian Benton
A BIM conference brings together Autodesk France and members of AUGI France for a preview of Autodesk's BIM strategy.
posted by David Harrington
All appears to be well as 2007 begins. The country chapter rollout expands AUGI's international presence in eight countries, AUGI CAD Camps begin an aggressive 55-city schedule, and AUGI membership ticks up. Still, tension behind the scenes continues to grow.
posted by David Harrington
AUGI President Mark Kiker, Autodesk Vice President Guri Stark, and Senior Software Development Manager Tal Weiss discuss AutoCAD WS, a cloud-based file sharing, editing, and collaboration tool that facilitates access to DWG and other files via any web browser as well as a variety of mobile devices.
posted by Mark Kiker
Brian Benton discusses his favorite AutoCAD features. Perhaps some of them are your favorites, too. Take a look!
posted by David Harrington
posted by David Harrington
The HP booth at AU 2010 will be a hub of activity. You can test drive HP workstations with your favorite Autodesk products, gets some great tips & tricks, and enter drawings for fabulous prizes.
posted by David Harrington
CAD managers make agreements - minor and major - all the time. Here, from Mark Kiker, are nine tips to ensure a smart approach to agreements.
posted by Mark Kiker
A parting with its management provider puts the AUGI Board of Directors back in the pilot's seat. The year ends on an up beat with more than 27,000 new members joining the organization.
posted by Mark Kiker
The Civil Side columnist Christian Barrett serves up a half-dozen tips for increasing your efficiency and productivity with AutoCAD Civil 3D.
posted by Christian Barrett
A parting with its management provider puts the AUGI Board of Directors back in the pilot's seat. The year ends on an up beat with more than 27,000 new members joining the organization.
posted by Chad Crowell
Take a look at what's in store for you as an AUGI member at Autodesk University 2010. Check out the AUGI booth, participate in the Top DAUG challenge, attend the Leadership Conference, the Annual Meeting and, of course, the Beer Bust!
posted by Mark Kiker
In this part of Revit Fundamentals David dives into applying changes to the controls to make objects appear differently.
posted by David Harrington
posted by David Harrington
I remember being in my mid twenties when the concept of a duplicable-business-system was introduced to me. My perspective about business changed forever. I found myself re-evaluating everything I had previously understood about smart business.
posted by Mishka Louw
Most recently, I finished working on the first IPD project on the east coast (how’s that for a superlative), Autodesk ’s AEC Head- quarters in Waltham, MA. Tocci was awarded the project with KlingStubbins in May of 2008 and obtained the Certificate of Occupancy on January 15, 2009.
posted by Laura Handler
An application programming interface (API) allows users and developers to extend the capabilities of an existing application by writing a program or script that adds new functionality to the software. The Autodesk Revit API allows programmers to change elements in the Building Information Model (BIM) directly or to access the data to perform specialized tasks.
posted by Matt Mason
Moving to BIM is a “business decision”. It’s less about a simple “CAD upgrade” and more about a deliberate business decision made by owners who know that BIM will impact their firm at all levels. Once the owners have made this decision, the first aspect of this venture is for the owners to support their staff.
posted by Cyril Verley
