2020 was a year like no other and saw many businesses having to completely transform the way their workforce operates with mobile solutions; a change in infrastructure that would normally have taken years to happen globally.
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One of the great things about Revit MEP is that I can incorporate the standards for presentation, mechanical and electrical services, and deliverables into my project template so that every new project I create starts from the same position, saving me time, promoting consistency, and reducing errors in my project.
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It seems like such a long time ago that we were all wondering how the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) would impact our businesses and it’s easy to imagine that the problem has now gone away, but ignore it, and you could be making an expensive mistake.
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We all have favourite places where we leave them so that we can easily find them later, it may be on a bedside table, in the kitchen draw, a coat pocket, etc. Wherever it is, we know where to start looking, but what about office equipment and assets, where are they?
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In this blog article, we are going to take a deep dive into what an AutoCAD Electrical project is and why it is important to have the correct project setup when starting to use AutoCAD Electrical for the very first time.
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A small building services company with less than fifty employees recently inquired about what the value of Autodesk’s AEC Collection was to them? In this blog article we will look at how you can get the best out of Autodesk's AEC Collection by first understanding what you want to deliver and configuration management.
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Autodesk’s Inventor software provides users with a huge variety of tools, far more than they will use on a regular basis. Most day-to-day users will only use the very basics of Inventor, harnessing around 20 - 30 percent of the products capability. This will get them through their everyday work, so why take the next step, or go on the next Inventor training course? Explore the benefits of moving from Inventor Part 1 to Part 2 training, and how your company will achieve more.
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In July 2020, the government published a new draft bill which is titled the Building Safety Bill. In this bill the government proposed regulatory reform on the back of the report produced by Dame Judith Hackitt. The bill introduces new requirements in the building fire safety sector, potentially affecting owner operators, contractors, architects, and specialists in fire engineering.
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Landscaping in Revit is still a challenge, but we are getting closer with our recent additions to Naviate Site & Landscaping. Last summer it became clear that Autodesk Site Designer got deprecated for Revit 2021. As a result, Naviate Site & Landscaping got some added features during the autumn last year to support Landscape Architects working in Revit. Back in August 2020, we hosted a webinar and asked the participants what pains they would like to find easier solutions to in near future. In particular, two topics where discussed;
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Outlook is a great tool and has many features that you have probably never noticed and for most people, Clean-up is one of those. This blog looks at what a clean-up does and whether you could regret using this tool.
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It’s a problem that all organisations face. They don’t want to constrain the creativity of staff but at the same time they need them to follow policies and adhere to certain rules.
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For businesses using Microsoft 365, data security has never been more important. That’s why it’s a great idea to migrate to this platform for security and peace of mind, but does that mean you are protected from recovering data that has been lost?
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You can perform surface analysis in Civil 3D based on different parameters, such as elevations or slopes. A number of ranges will be generated, and a colour assigned to each of them, which will then be displayed in the surface using the surface style. A typical use of this functionality is to display various depths of cut and fill in different shades of red or green colours.
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As we're getting closer to the end of 2020 we would like to finalise the year with some recommendations to take with you over to next year. Below you'll find a selections of posts and other content we think you will like.
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Our Building Services Model Health Check provides a more integrated approach to supporting you and the delivery of your project, with Symetri perhaps providing that pit crew to support, advise and maintain your effort for the duration of the race. However, if you are looking for a lighter touch then you could think of a model health check as something more aligned to an interim service that gives you the confidence that you are on track, or that maybe a few areas are in need of attention before you continue on your journey.
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Shortcuts and quick access tools allow regular users of Inventor to save hours of time per year using a more manual process. Not only do these functions bring time saving capabilities, but they provide users with a more seamless workflow during their modelling process. Standard Inventor functionality provides these benefits with keyboard shortcuts and a tool wheel on the right click menu. On the Excitech toolkit for Inventor we have added further enhancements to the standard Inventor processes, designing shortcuts for tools that are regularly used.
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2020 brought a shift in learning. We moved from predominantly classroom training to virtual. Explore what we found, and how people prefer to learn.
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In this blog article, we are going to look at how we can automate a manual task such as generating PDF’s from drawings in Autodesk Vault.
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