April 7, 2017
This Week's 3 Must-Watch Videos
"There's a great misconception that when you go to Revit, everything you're gonna do will be in Revit. That's not true." says David Butts in How’s BIM Doing in Your Multioffice Pond? Watch now.
2. “Understand, identify, and utilize advanced functions of the sheet set manager” with AU all-star Sam Lucido, CAD Services Manager and Civil Designer with Haley and Aldrich, Inc, in Advanced Topics Using the Sheet Set Manager in AutoCAD. Watch now.
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March 24, 2017
This Week's 3 Must-Watch Classes
“If there is a wrong way to do it, I’ve done it - and corrected it.” Check out Curt Moreno’s tips for developing CAD standards in IT22348: Standards for Developing Standards: A How-to for Busy CAD Managers. Watch now.
2. Eric Bansen on the four phases of design thinking in CP11709: Bridging the Gap Between Concept and Manufacturing. Watch now.
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March 21, 2017
Heather Kerrick and the quest for a robot that learns on the job
A 6-axis robot, such as you might see in an automotive plant, is an incredibly versatile machine, capable of an almost infinite number of movements and actions. But most 6-axis robots spend their lives doing only a single specific action over and over, limited by the directions specified in their programming. In a sense, until now, robots have been capable of “learning” only what the programmer teaches.
Heather Kerrick is trying to change that by giving robots the tools to learn on their own. She’s a senior research engineer in the Applied Research Lab at Autodesk’s Pier 9. Kerrick’s project,...
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March 17, 2017
UAVs, mixed reality, and the future of AEC
Curious about the future of UAVs in AEC? Look no further than Simon Yorke's class from AU 2016. An advanced design technologist for Aurecon, a global engineering firm, Yorke illustrated his innovative recipe of UAVs, photogrammetry, AR, VR, ReCap, ReMake, 3dsMax, Dynamo, and Stingray using the case study of the earthquake-damaged Deans Head site in New Zealand.
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March 10, 2017
This Week's 3 Must-Watch Classes
Learn to adjust AutoCAD settings to plot and publish drawings effectively. Find out why although PDF is the norm, DWF is more sophisticated and has higher technical functionality. Watch now.
2. Discover how one developer leapt from old school to new school in a single project using BIM 360 Docs - and how it can help you avoid writing off $50,000. Watch now.
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