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If you use BIM 360 Design don’t overlook the Revit 2020.2.1 Hotfix

If you use Revit 2020 (yes) with BIM 360 Design (yes) and migrated projects (yes) with lots of families (yes) don’t delay installing this hotfix (which will be offered in the Autodesk Desktop App). It fixes a corruption which could result in data loss. Fixed an issue that resulted in the loss of family data in some workshared models when family definitions had not been recently modified. This fix does not repair models which have encountered loss of family data, for more information refer to Family Corruption in Revit 2020.2 Clipped from: https://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2020/ENU/?guid=RevitReleaseNotes_2020updates_2020_2_1_html Read more →

Autodesk Design 359 - Because it currently can't complete the circle

When is a project lifecycle system not a lifecycle system? Say you have a system which uses a single database and project management system, for multiple connected applications, spanning multiple phases of a project, from design to operation. Say one of those products, in fact the primary one the system is promoted with, has a compulsory file format upgrade between annual versions. If the core collaboration database/project cannot handle that upgrade it is not a lifecycle system. The Revit upgrade cycle defeats BIM 360 Upgrading Revit projects from year to year has always been rather tedious, especially with complex linked... Read more →

Next generation of Autodesk BIM 360 announced #AU2017

BIM 360 revision announced Read more →

Forge DevCon and why I really came to #AU2017 (Day –1)

It was quite an impulsive decision which resulted in me attending Autodesk University 2017. I had been thinking about it for a while, but not seriously, and was browsing the session catalogue one evening when I saw: FDC128313 -- Quantum: A Next-Generation BIM Ecosystem – Jim Awe & Shiya Luo I immediately clicked Register, then grabbed a seat in this one hour session. Eleven thousand Kilometres is quite a long way to go for a 60 minute meeting and it wasn’t even part of the main AU event! Forge DevCon? The Quantum session was part of Forge DevCon which ran... Read more →

Autodesk on MindManager?

Lets say you had to explain how the Autodesk account, user, application, cloud app/services stack fits together to someone who hadn’t used any of it. A job for a map… Read more →

Auckland Fusion 360 Meetup inaugural meeting announcement

The new formed Auckland Fusion 360 Meetup has announced its first meeting, see you there: Meet & Greet, Fusion 360 Introduction When: Tuesday, June 21, 2016, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Where: CADPRO Systems Limited, 527b Rosebank Road, Level 1 Avondale, Auckland (map) The main intention of this meetup is to start building a community of users, both professional & hobbyists, to grow knowledge & inspire others with the work being created by Auckland based Fusion users. I will have some content prepared to present, but will vary it based on the skills of the attendees. If any of you... Read more →

New Zealand Autodesk Fusion 360 Meetups

Or, how I went to buy sushi for lunch and ended up joining another CAD Meetup group! A chance meeting, at the sushi shop, with Fusion 360 guru Scott Moyse led me to his new Autodesk Fusion 360 Meetup for users of this Product Design/Simulation/CAM platform. Scott is launching the Auckland based group soon, but you can join up now to get meeting notices. For Mainlanders Gavin Bath hosts a Christchurch Fusion 360 Meetup which has already had its first meeting. If you are interested in learning, or sharing your knowledge, about Fusion 360 signup! Auckland - www.meetup.com/Fusion-360/ Christchurch -... Read more →

DWF and Design Review debate is Alive in the Lab

Scott recently posted about the new A360 Integrated Viewer which can view many native design file formats. It is integral in many of the A360 portals but is also available as a separate on-line viewer: Just open https://360.autodesk.com/viewer Drag your file into the viewer to upload it (having read the associated terms and conditions…) View and share! Scott’s post has a lot of info on the new viewer but the discussion about the future of Autodesk’s Design Web Format (DWF) and Autodesk Design Review (see the comments in addition to the article) is well worth reading for current users of... Read more →

Are Cisco Jabber & A360 Desktop related?

I like both — totally different applications — and hadn’t noticed the similarity until Windows desktop auto-arrange put these two icons next to each other… Read more →

Autodesk Application Manager — One update to rule them all

I’ve been doing a few software installs recently; updates to Autodesk Building Design Suite 2015 at the previous workplace and a fresh install at the new one. As a result I’ve come to really appreciate Autodesk Application Manager; one of the best support applications Autodesk have ever made. Remember the pain? Install an app — or more like a dozen for the Design Suites — then spend hours finding which have been updated, downloading patches and installing (or updating deployments) on the machine. That is history as Autodesk Application Manager makes it a one click process, well nearly. You still... Read more →