• Introducing Collaboration for Plant 3D with BIM 360

    Enhanced cloud-based collaboration for plant designers and engineers March 25, 2020. We are excited to introduce Autodesk Collaboration for Plant 3D. This releaseexpands our BIM 360 platform to include a connection with the AutoCAD Plant 3D toolset. Now, with Collaboration for Plant…


  • Have you tried? Revit Path of Travel Tool

    Save time calculating egress and path of travel with a new automation tool in Revit.


  • Loading Steel Connections from Libraries using Dynamo

    The new version (2020.2.115) of the Autodesk Steel Connections 2020 Dynamo package introduces a bunch of new Dynamo nodes and capabilities. One of these new features allows Dynamo scripts to load preconfigured connection types from external Revit files, rather than requiring them…


  • Automation and cloud collaboration workflows for structural steel in BIM 360 and Revit

    During Autodesk University Las Vegas 2019, I taught a class called “Connected BIM for structural steel design, detailing and fabrication with BIM 360”. I discussed how structural steel design, detailing, and fabricating teams can work together with BIM in the cloud, and…


  • Shifting Strategies & Roles for Structural Analysis Software

    It was almost 40 years ago when structural analysis methods and technologies were subject to a major innovation: enabled by the personal computer. It became widely available, as promoted on engineering diplomas of those graduating in leading universities, that engineers began adopting…


  • Highlights from a winning Fabrication Experience at Connect & Construct!

    A larger than ever Fabrication Experience made a significant impact on attendees at the 2019 AU Connect & Construct Summit. With close to a hundred classes, presentations and exciting keynotes from industry leaders, everyone left armed with leading-edge knowledge about new products,…