Between the Lines

Celebrating 21 Years of Between the Lines Blog and 3 for Coho the Labrador

Today marks a big blog milestone—21 years of "Between the Lines Blog." What started as a simple idea has grown into a fun and trusted source for those in the AEC and manufacturing design technology industry. It’s wild to look... Read more →

This Between the Lines Blog Is Guided Reading in a Textbook

I recently received a message from a person located in Panama, who was taking an English class. He wanted to know if this was really me in the textbook where they used a blog post as an example. It was... Read more →

Recent Adventures

I am still traveling and visiting with family, but soon will be back and ready and reviewing future opportunities and adventures. This Between the Lines Blog will remain my blog, as always, and be back to an active cadence, although... Read more →

Happy Holidays

Most Autodesk employees and offices will be closed starting Monday starting, December 19th, for our annual Week of Rest for the holidays. This break is actually longer than a week, but it allows our employees to spend time with their family, friends, and rest. We then come back after the New Year refreshed and ready to make an amazing 2023 for our customers. 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 →

Autodesk’s Digital Builder Insider

With rising pressure to deliver projects on time and on budget, construction firms are looking for new ways to achieve certainty. Enter the promise of Industrialized Construction (IC). Approaching construction from a manufacturing mindset is not only smarter; it’s imperative to meet the demands of a growing global population. Read more →

Blog Issues Recently

November 4th, 2022 I am still having issues with the load times, content, and formatting after a week. Hopefully, Typepad gets this fixed asap. 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 →

Between the Lines Blog and Coho the Dog Birthdays Today

This Between the Lines Blog is turning 21 years young today! This blog started in 2003 as an experiment, became very popular with thousands of unique page views a day 4389 posts 5389 comments, and over 20 million viewers. I have continually been blogging since launching even when on vacation, sick, sabbatical, or in the Amazon jungle. Thank you to everyone for reading and contributing to this blog over the years. If there is something I can do to improve or make your experience more entertaining, educational, or perhaps and Autodesk topic related guest blog post, please let me know with an email. August 21, 2003 Getting the feel for this Blog. My silver labrador pup named Coho also coincidently turns 1 years old today, at a bouncing playful 99 pounds. Thank you and I hope to see you in a month in New Orleans and Autodesk University 2022. #AU2022 Shaan's AU 2022 Events Notification List Autodesk Community Conversations at Autodesk University 2022 in Person and Online Autodesk University 2022 Free Digital Passes Read more →

Between the Lines - A 21 Year Old Blog

This blog Between the Lines can legally go grab an a drink at the bar, if it was a person. On this upcoming Sunday the 21st birthday for this blog will be reached. I didn't think it would make 6... Read more →

Six Part Series on Revit 2023 Walls

The Autodesk Community Voices Blog has been publishing a six part series on Autodesk Revit 2023 by Voices blog author Dzan Ta. The Autodesk Community Voices Blog is a place to connect, share, and learn with the community. The blog features product tips, workflows, articles, updates, and more, all shared by members of Autodesk’s global community. Read more →

Top 10 Kudo Capturing Autodesk Community Voices Blog Posts

Based on kudos from readers of the Autodesk Community Voices Blog, here are the top 10 posts in kudos. Autodesk Community Voices is a blog by the Community, for the Community. It’s our place for Community members to connect, share,... Read more →

Become an Autodesk Community Voices Blog Author

Autodesk Community Voices — a new blog by the community, for the community. It’s your place to connect, share, and learn with the community. The blog will feature product tips, workflows, articles, updates, and more, all shared by members of... Read more →

Autodesk Community Voices Blog Goes Live

Autodesk Community Voices—a new blog by the community, for the community. Link: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autodesk-community-voices/bg-p/voices-blog This new Autodesk Community blog is a place to connect, share, and learn with the community. The blog will feature product tips, workflows, articles, updates, and more,... Read more →

Autodesk Community Journal Blog

Announcing Autodesk Community Journal, our first-ever blog from the Autodesk Community Team! We’re pleased to announce the launch of the Autodesk Community Journal, our brand-new blog from the Autodesk Community team. Read and bookmark to keep up to date with... Read more →

Between the Lines is 18 Years Old on Saturday

On August 21, 2003, this blog started thanks to the encouragement of two Autodesk colleagues Bill Johnston and Eric Wright. I was one of the top posting members in the Autodesk Discussion Forums on my own time, and at times... Read more →

Revit 2022 Sneak Peek –Today

Jeremy Tammik provided a heads up on his Building Coder blog to a session with Revit Product Managers Harlan Brumm and Sasha Crotty today at 12:30 Pacific Time and another full what's new session on April 13th. Link: Sneak Peek,... Read more →

Dealing with Office Occupancy with a Dynamo Mega-Graph

My colleague, amazing developer, fellow blogger, and good friend Kean Walmsley published a timely and informative third article in a series on how to use Dynamo to evaluate safe office occupancy in the age of COVID virus. The latest in... Read more →

4 Easy Tips To Save Time and Work More Efficiently in AutoCAD

Today is a guest post by Brandon of CADintensions with some great AutoCAD Tips to make you more efficient. You can follow Brandon on Twitter at @cadintentions and visit his blog http://cadintentions.com/ for many more great tips like these. If... Read more →

Happy 17th Birthday to Between the Lines Blog

17! Seventeen years ago I started this blog as a fun side project after a couple Autodesk employees Bill Johnson and Eric Wright approached me about this new thing called Blogs, and I have been throwing words and photos up... Read more →

Autodesk University 2019 Blogger and Social Media Meetup

Every year at AU we invite active bloggers, social media participants and other “friends” to join us for a little food and drink at AU – a chance for us to meet some of these people face to face and to thank them for their (typically unpaid) efforts around Autodesk products. Read more →

16 Years of Between the Lines Blog

Two years ago on this day there was an solar eclipse, this year just me saying thank you sincerely for reading between the lines and Autodesk who gave me the freedom to speak freely with support and encouragement in speaking... Read more →

Hard to Believe but Between the Lines Blog Turns Sweet 16 Tomorrow

Sixteen years ago tomorrow I started this blog as a fun side project after a couple Autodesk employees Bill Johnson and Eric Wright approached me about this new thing called Blogs and I have been throwing words and photos up... Read more →

15 Years of Between the Lines Blog

15 years ago today I started this Between the Lines blog. I won’t be able to celebrate as epically as last years 14 year blog anniversary where there was a total solar eclipse, but this is a big one nonetheless.... Read more →

Calling All Autodesk Product Experts

Do you have a great tip or unique content that you would like to share with Autodesk product users around the world for fame and good karma? While on sabbatical starting Friday June 22nd, I would love to share your... Read more →