2023.09.28

AUGI HOTNEWS -- September 2023, Issue No. 244

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The full issue contains the below articles, plus sections — AUGI Forums (hot topics), Autodesk News (recent news relating to Autodesk), AUGI Volunteering (opportunities), AUGI Members’ Blogs…

2023.09.07

AUGIWORLD September 2023 -- 22nd Annual AUGI Salary Survey

AUGIWORLD September 2023
It’s the long-awaited month at AUGI, the Salary Survey issue! Our authors here at AUGI also get their own topic choice! Read this month’s issue at AUGIWORLD, take some helpful notes, plan for your future, and enjoy!

In the September 2023 issue:

Simulation Overview with 3ds Max — Brian Chapman provides an overview to demystify the process so users might further expand their capability and opportunity in the steps to generate photo simulations with 3ds Max.

I Can Make More Money Elsewhere — Mark Kiker decided to start his own series with this month’s topic, focusing on blending together the Secrets and the Salary Survey!

5 Often Overlooked Ways to Use AI to Improve Your Customer Service — Ray Blakney shares about his journey as the owner of Kairos Venture Studios, bringing in his experience and expertise into the topic of artificial intelligence being the key ingredient missing from various customer service initiatives.

Unlocking the Financial Benefits and Freedom of BricsCAD — Craig Swearingen explores the numerous benefits of BricsCAD network licensing, how it enhances efficiency, productivity, and creativity, as well as the various ways BricsCAD delivers financial advantages, enabling users to optimize their workflows, reduce costs, and enhance overall profitability.

Civil 3D: AI in Civil — Shawn Herring delves into the impact of AI on civil engineering design, exploring its applications, benefits, challenges, and the path forward. Shawn also discusses how AI has been used in our everyday Autodesk products for years and how they’ve already been assisting us in disguise!

Visibility in Revit — Jason Peckovitch dives into the visibility in Revit, turning it into a common topic that is referred to as the throwback game of Where’s Waldo.

22nd Annual AUGI Salary Survey — Melanie Stone brings us our annual salary survey for AUGI and includes present and past percentage charts along with fun facts about AUGI’s salary survey!

Beyond vs Infrastructure Delay — Brian Sroufe & Sam Lytle bring in a graphic novel approach on this topic, sharing a storyline we’ve never brought over to AUGIWORLD before!

Inside Track — Shaun Bryant brings us more opportunities to advance our skills, processes, and workflows in our firms using the most current AEC related software and hardware updates that are available.

AUGIWORLD September 2023 Issue Released!

2023.08.31

AUGI HOTNEWS -- August 2023, Issue No. 243

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2023.08.03

AUGIWORLD August 2023 -- Management Strategies and Principles

AUGIWORLD August 2023
Managing a company requires a collection of collaboration, cooperation, strategies, and principles that are acquired over time and through the wisdom of your peers.

Read this month’s issue at AUGIWORLD, take some helpful notes, read first-person experiences of management from our AUGIWORLD managers, and enjoy!

In the August 2023 issue:

Unlocking the Power of Reality Capture: 5 Ways AI Drafting is Transforming Surveying Workflows — Rob Sinclair introduces five ways that AI drafting is helping surveyors make the most of their reality capture workflows.

8 Ways to Use ChatGPT to Grow Your Business — Ray Blakney influences us on how ChatGPT can amplify your business growth.

Positive Corporate Growth Requires a Respectful Working Environment — Mark Behrens talks about their experience with culture change many times in attempts to improve processes that have been met with mixed results. Mark mentions that by learning from past failures, we have created positive change.

Mechanisms & Mentorship: Remove Heat Shrink Tubing — Rafael Testai analyzes CAD designs and thought process behind the solution. Rafael asks his interviewee questions about the projects, roadblocks, challenges, specific insights they learned, and how they’re using SOLIDWORKS to solve real world problems.

The CAD Management (a.k.a. The Conductor) — Adam Black gets down to the nitty gritty of what and/or who is a manager, and he continues banging-on about his “Control vs. Chaos” and the “Dunning-Kruger Effect” realities until the global Engineering industry has their own changes in perception.

Inviting Critique — Mark Kiker ponders the scenarios that might help you make progress when someone is digging in their heels against your plans through criticism and critique.

Applying Project Management Principles to 3ds Max — Brian Chapman dives into some practical examples he’s experienced working with various organizations in 3D.

Explore GAMMA AR’s Augmented Reality for BIM Model Visualization and Collaboration — Kristina Youngblut explores an innovative solution called GAMMA AR and learns how you can streamline your construction site monitoring and documentation.

Effective CAD Software Management: Streamlining Design Processes for Optimal Efficiency — Craig Swearingen delves into the importance of CAD software management and explores the best practices that organizations can adopt to maximize their design capabilities.

Inside Track — Shaun Bryant brings us more opportunities to advance our skills, processes, and workflows in our firms using the most current AEC related software and hardware updates that are available.

AUGIWORLD August 2023 Issue Released!

2023.07.25

AUGI HOTNEWS -- July 2023, Issue No. 242

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The full issue contains the below articles, plus sections — AUGI Forums (hot topics), Autodesk News (recent news relating to Autodesk), AUGI Volunteering (opportunities), AUGI Members’ Blogs…

2023.07.10

AUGIWORLD July 2023 -- 3rd Party Apps

AUGIWORLD July 2023
It’s officially July, and here at AUGIWORLD, that means it’s time for you to get some valuable knowledge, quick time-saving hacks for the BIM/CAD world, and so much insight on some new 3rd party apps you never knew about!

Read this month’s issue at AUGI, take some helpful notes, and enjoy!

In the July 2023 issue:

CAD Standards: Company Culture and the Hybrid Work Environment — Mark Behrens explains how the challenges facing today’s hybrid working environment are many, and why a company needs a well-established corporate culture to avoid challenges in daily operations.

Criticism and its Motivation — Mark Kiker takes a look at what might be motivating the critic to pick at your plans and attached some reasons that might motivate folks to respond with negative feedback.

Majenta BIM Pulse: Guiding You Through the Digital Construction Landscape—Data Centers — Jack Stevens explores why the UK is an attractive location for data center construction. He looks at the companies involved, the annual value of investments, and how a digital construction BIM business can assist owner-operators.

Speckle: The Only Open Source Solution For 3D Data — Senda Ben Abdallah introduces the only open source solution that aims to democratize 3D data for all and shift the power balance in our favor: Speckle.

Mechanisms & Mentorship: 50 years of CAD Engineering Management — Rafael Testai takes a look behind the scenes to see how a hand-picked engineer has designed one of their mechanisms in granular detail. Rafael “opens the hood” to analyze their CAD design and thought process behind the solution.

What’s the Point of Artificial Intelligence in BricsCAD® BIM? — Wouter Nys deep dives into that exact question and outlines six key processes in the design phase of a typical construction or refurbishment project.

AutoCAD and BricsCAD—Competitors or Companions? — Jim Coppinger talks about two systems that he thinks work wonderfully together, side-by-side in the same office environment: AutoCAD and BricsCAD.

BIM-to-CAD Workflow Evolves with Automated DWG Drawings — Cyrena Respini-Irwin influences us about the rise and positives and negatives of BIM & CAD, as well as how ARES Commander 2024 can generate smart 2D DWG drawings from Revit or IFC BIM projects automatically, transforming a time-consuming task into a one-click process.

Revit and Grasshopper Integration: Expanding Design Possibilities — Micheal Angelo delves into the benefits of integrating Grasshopper into Revit and how it expands design capabilities.

Overtur for Revit Plugin Premium Tools: Not just for openings! — Brad Brown informs you about everything you need to know involving Overtur, and how now with Overtur, all stakeholders can work with peace of mind, knowing that pushing information onto the platform ensures that everyone has access to the data they need.

Inside Track — Shaun Bryant brings us more opportunities to advance our skills, processes, and workflows in our firms using the most current AEC related software and hardware updates that are available.

AUGIWORLD July 2023 Issue Released!

2023.06.29

AUGI HOTNEWS -- June 2023, Issue No. 241

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