Categories 3D Printing

Don’t Let the Kids Brains Turn to Mush

While many kids are home from school, take this as an opportunity to keep them learning. Find some interesting and fun projects (good to use fun to hide the learning benefit with kids) on the Instructables site. Also consider Tinkercad which is free, fun and can build and…

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Categories Misc.

We All Need a Happy Hour – You In?

With so many working from home or feeling anxious and isolated due to COVID-19 uncertainty, I thought it might be a good thing to get together at least digitally to talk about tech, life, laugh, summer plans, and just socialize. We must not get isolated and sad and…

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Categories Announcements

A Message from Autodesk on COVID-19

Please take a moment to read the message from Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost on what Autodesk is doing about coronavirus COVID-19 for our customers, employees, partners, families, and our communities. Read the Message autode.sk/covid-19

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Categories AEC

AEC Mass Timber Summit and Hackathon Postponed

The AEC Mass Timber Summit and Hackathon planned for next weekend in Portland Oregon has been postponed due to the coronavirus health emergency.For more information, please stay tuned to https://www.masstimberhackathon.com/ This is the message from AEC Hackathon co-founder Greg Howes: “Due to Covid-19 we have postponed the first…

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Categories Misc.

Tips and Tricks for Working Remotely

Many of us out of caution by our employers may be finding themselves working from home, and need a support group with tips on how to effectively work from home and perhaps the social  isolation that creates from colleagues. The Autodesk community has started a thread for people…

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Categories Autodesk

Congratulations Old Timers

At 22 years with Autodesk, many consider me an “old timer”,  but I’m really not compared to others at Autodesk. Internally back in the day Autodesk employees referred to themselves as “deskers”, and “old timers” was a term of respect for those with a 20 year gold badge…

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Categories Misc.

Thank You Bill Adams

Bill was a rare human that no matter what was going on, Bill made you smile or laugh. Bill Adams has been a longtime smiling Revit BIM and Star Wars loving Autodesk community member at AU, AUGI, the Internet (yes the entire Internet) and honestly everywhere where he…

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Categories AEC

Manufacturing and AEC Construction Industries are Starting to Converge

“For years, architects, engineers, and contractors have talked about converging manufacturing and construction processes. AECOM is working to make it happen.” This is a good article detailing a customer case and how AECOM is working in the converging industries of manufacturing and AEC construction. Creating the Conditions for…

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Categories AEC

Autodesk Gets Even More Serious on Industrialized Construction

Industrialized construction (IC) is a construction system that uses more innovative and integrated techniques that connect the design to-make process. Just this past Friday it was announced that that Amy Marks aka “Queen of Prefab” has joined Autodesk as the Head of Industrialized Construction Strategy and Evangelism. Amy…

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Categories Announcements

Up Close and Personal with 3ds Max Event

Join the team behind 3ds Max for a first look at and discussion around recent Max updates. During this 2 hour and 30 minute live stream event, we’ll be joined by guests from Scanline VFX, Ubisoft, and Hoare Lea. 1:00-1:20: Introduction & Updated Roadmap; Nancy LaRue, Industry Marketing…

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