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View the 2018 Autodesk University Sessions attended by thousands

Autodesk University (AU) 2018 was an action-packed week for the CADD Microsystems team. As the premier learning and networking event among Autodesk software users, this conference is an opportunity for professionals in the architecture, design, manufacturing, and media industries to network and learn from Autodesk and industry experts, as well as share tips on using and getting …

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Introducing AutoCAD 2019 for Mac

Productivity / By Donnie Gladfelter

Autodesk just released AutoCAD 2019 for Mac for all customers with a current subscription to AutoCAD. Like its Windows counterpart released in March, the new AutoCAD for Mac brings many of the AutoCAD 2019 (for Windows) features to Mac while maintaining a native macOS experience. Was this release delayed? Before we explore what’s new in …

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BIM Interoperability Tools for Revit Major Update

CADD Care, Productivity / By Jason Kunkel

We are huge fans of the BIM Interoperability Tools for Revit over here at CADD. We blog about them a lot and we even make files for them to share on our CADD Community. The original four tools: Classification Manager, Model Checker, Model Checker Configurator and COBie Extension for Revit have recently released a major update. …

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Revit Detail Components and Detailing with Keynotes

Productivity / By Purvi Gandhi Irwin

I am a huge fan of loadable components both 3D and 2D. So today, I’m going to take this post and talk about detail components (the 2D ones) inside Revit and why you should be using them. First of all, I am 100% a keynote person, and not just keynotes in general, but element and …

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The Most Overlooked Revit Tools – Displace Elements

Productivity / By Jason Kunkel

We are rolling down the highway in our comically small car as we highlight some of the best Revit commands that usually get ignored because their buttons are so small! If you missed parts 1-3 of this series, you can read the individual posts in the links below. Check out Part 1 on the Linework …

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Where did my Bluebeam Revu stuff go?

Productivity / By Chris Lindo

Bluebeam Revu 2018 is here and with it, comes a new look and interface. With a focus on workflow, ease of use, customization, and tool setup, the new interface has introduced a lot of changes. A major change with Bluebeam Revu 2018 (other than the interface) is its ability to add Keyboard Shortcuts! The ability …

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Leveraging User-Defined Properties for Civil 3D Parcel Design

Productivity / By Donnie Gladfelter

While lot number, area, and frontage reign supreme when it comes to parcel design, those bits of data rarely tell the whole story we need to tell. Perhaps you’re working on a multi-use community and need to document the land use classification of each parcel. You could resort to a workaround like using standard AutoCAD …

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The Most Overlooked Revit Tools – Match Type Properties

Productivity / By Jason Kunkel

I think I might rename this blog series to Tiny Tools Adventures. What do you think? Now you have the theme song stuck in your head, don’t you? Check out Part 1 on the Linework command here. Check out Part 2 on the Selection Box here. Match Type Properties You know when you have a …

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Managing Linked CAD File Line Patterns in Revit

Productivity / By Purvi Gandhi Irwin

You’ve been told to ALWAYS link a CAD file into Revit, never import and DEFINITELY never explode. This is how you keep CAD junk out of your Revit model, right? Turns out that the answer is yes…and no. While linking doesn’t bring in the layers and linetypes, I just discovered recently that it does bring …

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Dynamo 2.0.0 and 2.0.1 – What’s New and What’s Different

Productivity / By Nick Sipes

Dynamo 2.0 has been out for about 4 months now. Because this was such a major revision to the software, we wanted to allow some time prior to writing a post on what to expect. Dynamo 2.0.0 Dynamo 2.0.0 was released on April 16, 2018, to much excitement. Okay, maybe just excitement to those of …

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