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How Might AI Impact the AEC industry and Construction

The Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is one of the most rapidly evolving industries of the 21st century, and to me, it is feeling like the speed is accelerating. With the introduction of AI (Artificial Intelligence), the industry is undergoing a transformation that is expected to have a major impact on the AEC design tools, data, construction process, and the entire industry, including all of us. The what and how we build. The potential applications of AI in the... Read more →

Testfit.io - A Building Design Automation Startup

In the world of architecture and real estate development, the preliminary development and design process can be time-consuming, and costly. However, with the emergence of startups like Testfit.io, the game is changing. Read more →

Snaptrude – Innovating the Architectural Design Process

The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry is no stranger to innovation, and disruption. We have seen new technologies such as Building Information Modeling (BIM), Augmented/Virtual Reality (AR/VR), and 3D printing that have transformed the way we design and build. Now, Snaptrude, a relatively new AEC startup aims to further revolutionize the industry with its architectural design platform harnessing the power of intelligent automation and real-time visualization on the cloud. Read more →

AEC Design Software Trends

The AEC Trend Nostradamus.. The Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) design software and technology market has been rapidly evolving over the past two decades, with numerous trends shaping or morphing the industry. Here are some of the most significant trends that have emerged in recent years: Cloud-based solutions: Cloud-based AEC design software has become increasingly popular due to its accessibility, scalability, and flexibility. This trend has enabled users to collaborate on projects in real-time and work from anywhere, leading to... Read more →

Roadmap AMAs and Handling Multiple Updaters in the Revit API

Recordings of the roadmap presentations are now available to help us all see and understand where things are headed, and updaters and worksharing help us monitor what is happening right now: Community conversation roadmap AMAs Platform Services Parameters API Handling multiple updaters WorksharingUtils help check element status Chuong Ho is featured Speckle developer via Jeremy Tammik thebuildingcoder.typepad.com Read more →

Three Autodesk Community Conversations This Week

Join us for one or more of the sessions, bring your questions. Read more →

AEC Product Roadmap Ask Me Anything Series Recordings

Last week we held 5 live events on the future roadmap of AEC products, and hundreds attended and asked their great questions using Slido. The annual event was to learn about highlights from recent releases, including Revit and the AEC Collection Ask product managers and experts about the future roadmap of the Autodesk AEC products. Thank you to all that participated and here are the recordings for those unable to attend. We will be posting a list of questions asked/answered very soon. Read more →

AEC Product Roadmap Ask Me Anything Series This Week

Join us and learn about highlights from recent releases, including Revit and the AEC Collection and ask the Product Managers and experts about the future of Autodesk AEC products such as Revit, Dynamo, InfraWorks, Civil 3D, ReCap, Structures, and MEP. Join the conversations! Read more →

Autodesk Excellence Customer Awards 2022 for AEC

The Autodesk Excellence Awards celebrate groundbreaking customer projects driving innovation and impact across the world through the power of technology. A round of applause is due to ccelebrate theAutodesk Excellence AEC Customer Award winning customers. Read more →

AEC Product Roadmap Ask Me Anything Series

Join us for the Autodesk AEC Public Roadmap AMAs in January 2023! Register to learn about the road ahead for Autodesk’s solutions from a panel of Autodesk product managers in an Ask Me Anything format live broadcast event. Have questions about the public roadmap for architecture products? We've got answers! Join us for a Community Conversation about the future of Autodesk AEC solutions. •- Learn about highlights from recent releases, including Revit and the AEC Collection •Ask product managers and experts about the future of Autodesk AEC products •Check the roadmap and join the conversation! Read more →

Autodesk Gabe Paez of The Wild on Evan Troxel's TRXL Podcast

“Gabe Paez of Autodesk’s The Wild joins Evan Troxel popular podcast TRXL to talk about the intersection of humans and immersive technologies, the magic of experiencing ideas together, shared reality, the difficulty of change in relation to new tools and workflows, the value of working in different ways, the (controversial) notion of having fun at work, Extended Reality (XR) as it relates to remote work, shortening the distance between an idea and an experience, experiential tools, the value of collaboration, synchronous and asynchronous work on projects, interactive and manipulatable environments, persistence of virtual environments, and more.” Read more →

Three Autodesk Community Events Week of December 5th 2022 and One December 15th

We have the final Autodesk Community Conversation events for 2022 coming up including some non-English events. These are not just a live webinar, they are a conversation where you can ask questions as a more personal and connecting event with the experts and the attendees. Join us for Autodesk Community Conversations: https://autode.sk/CommunityConvos Read more →

Swipe Right – For the Autodesk Construction Cloud Relationships API

Learn how the Relationships API runs as a shared API component under the hood Read more →

How to Make Furniture for Revit Using Fusion 360

Using Autodesk Fusion 360 to create content for Revit. A nice instructable by Michael Hidalgo. A reminder that there is still a free Fusion 360 version: Fusion 360 for Personal Use – Still FREE Read more →

Autodesk Revit 2023.1

Revit 2023.1 was made available last week and introduces Twinmotion for Revit, upgrades to MEP modeling tools, more analytical to physical model automation for structural analysis, and so much more. Read more →

AEC Cloud Information Model API Beta

”Autodesk Platform Services – the platform formerly known as Forge – has a brand new service that’s soon going into beta: the AEC Cloud Information Model API. This API will allow you to access design parameters in Revit models hosted in the cloud with no need to pass by an instance Revit.” Read More from Kean and get involved in the Beta Join the beta for the AEC Cloud Information Model API Read more →

Upskill Using Free Autodesk Industry Courses

Just taking 15 minutes a day to go through Autodesk courses could make you far better prepared for your current role or advance yourskills for a new role. These curated courses cover Architecture, Engineering, and Construction, Design and Manufacturing, Cross-Industry. Search over 500 available courses developed by the best in the industries. Read more →

Two Live Events Thursday November 16th

How to Respond to Changes Faster Using Civil 3D Project Explorer Understanding the File Linking Options for Cloud Workshared Revit Models Read more →

New Autodesk Community Voices Authors

We added 8 New Autodesk Community Voices Blog authors last week, check out the blog, subscribe, tell others, and bookmark it. Read more →

Two Live Events this Week

Wednesday ,October 27, 2022, 10am PDT Fusion 360 Ask Me Anything: Electronics Design Join Richard Hammerl, a Fusion 360 Community Specialist in Electronics, and Jorge Garcia a Fusion 360 Technical Specialist, Electronics to ask questions on Electronics in Fusion 360 as well as share helpful tips. Register free to Join us live! Thursday, October 27, 2022, 10 am PDT We have informative & fun Halloween-themed Dynamo Office Hours "Parametric Pumpkins". Are you all about the Spooky Season? Do you like... Read more →

New Dynamo Office Hours Events Scheduled for October November and December

Join a great series on Dynamo where you will learn great tips, updates, and ways to accomplish automations and computational design from some of the best in the AEC industry such as Jacob Small, Sol Amour, Lilli Smith, Zach Kron and more for free. We always have time for you to ask your questions in this conversation format event. Read more →

Putting The Wild in Forge APIs

Learn how The Wild put the Forge APIs to work, creating immersive, data-rich, AR/VR collaboration environments that AEC teams can access with a single click. Read more →

3 - Autodesk Community Conversation Events this Week: Fusion 360, Revit, Civil 3D, and InfraWorks

Three Autodesk Community Conversation Events this Week– Fusion 360, Revit, and Civil 3D and InfraWorks Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 08:00 AM PDT Fusion 360 Ask Me Anything: Electronics Design Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 10:00 AM PDT Documenting Revit Materials Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 11:00 AM PDT Vehicle Tracking Roundabouts Design Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversations at Autodesk University 2022 in Person and Online

There will be three Autodesk Community Conversation events live in-person at Autodesk University 2022 in New Orleans. In addition to in-person, we will also be streaming live over Zoom for those unable to attend as well as post the recording. Read more →

Recent Blog Posts on the Autodesk Community Voices Blog

Community Voices is a blog by the Community, for the Community. You'll find product tips and workflows, career stories, and industry insights, all shared by members of Autodesk’s global community. Subscribe to keep up to date with the latest content from Community members. Check out the most recent posts by the awesome Community Voices authors. Read more →