• Unity model on Ipad

    Unity Technologies announces Unity Reflect

    Unity Technologies has announced plans to release Unity Reflect, a new product that connects to Revit to make it easier for project stakeholders to review and make updates to BIM or CAD projects in immersive, interactive 3D environments. Unity Reflect will be available…


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    Autodesk at AIA Conference, Las Vegas, June 6-8, 2019

    The American Institute of Architects (AIA) will host its annual conference on architecture and design in Las Vegas from June 6-8. You’re invited to visit Autodesk at AIA at booth #5535 at the Expo Center. Here are a few of the things you…


  • Explore generative design workflows with the Project Refinery beta

    For the past several years, Autodesk has been exploring the use of generative design for architecture, engineering and construction. In 2017 we opened our new Autodesk Toronto office in the MaRS Discovery innovation hub which was designed using computational workflows and generative learning. This process helped the design team optimize for the…


  • Portal Frame Geometry in Dynamo

    In this post I would like to show you how to create a fully parametrized portal frame geometry in the Dynamo environment. Recently, I added a few Dynamo nodes to the Structural Design package (version 1.1) to help you create such structural…


  • Revit to PlanGrid BIM

    Connect Revit data to PlanGrid in the field

    Great news for PlanGrid users: PlanGrid–an Autodesk company– has released PlanGrid BIM, a powerful new product integration with Revit that lets you access BIM data from Revit directly within PlanGrid on your mobile devices. With this integration, PlanGrid users can now drill…


  • Image created with cloud rendering for Revit

    Spectacular improvements to performance and quality for Revit Cloud Rendering

    If you thought the December 2018 update to Revit cloud rendering was a big deal, you were right. But those updates were only some of what the team was working on.  That initial release has been followed by several big incremental improvements…