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AUGIWORLD June 2024 -- What's New?

This month at AUGIWORLD, our authors will take a dive into the new releases of products and their input on them! Keeping up with changes and updates might be a daunting task, so let’s make sure you don’t miss anything good.

Take some good notes and we hope you enjoy this month’s issue!

In the June 2024 issue:

Fix; Finish — Mark Kiker focuses on the process of finding issues and addressing them as they escalate—proceeding from last month’s article dissecting the ‘Find’ and now moving onto ‘Fix’ and ‘Finish’.

BricsCAD: What’s New In V24.2 — Craig Swearingen dives in and explores what’s new in BricsCAD V24.2 with the help of the global technical teams at Bricsys®!

A Sneak Peek into 3ds Max 2025 — Brian Chapman reviews some of the several features and updates that Autodesk focused on updating and improving for 3ds Max’s overall user experience.

What’s New in Revit 2025 for MEP? — Jason Peckovitch highlights a few of the nearly 50 enhancements and features in the Revit 2025 release, discovering how the latest version of Revit can help you design, model, and document MEP systems with more efficiency and accuracy.

Civil 3D: Customizing with Subassembly Composer — Miguel Medina reveals a way to customize AutoCAD Civil 3D (Reprinted from AUGIWorld October 2015).

Inside Track: Tagis — Marco Oregon introduces a revolutionizing field access to Critical Project Information and represents a paradigm shift in the way we interact with project data in the field!

AUGIWORLD June 2024 Issue Released!

AUGIWORLD May 2024 -- Implementation

This month at AUGIWORLD, our authors will inform you all about how to execute plans, ideas, goals, and how to take advantage of all softwares and programs getting put into effect!

Take some good notes and we hope you enjoy this month’s issue!

In the May 2024 issue:

Revolutionizing AEC Workflows with 3ds Max — Brian Chapman explores how AI is integrated into 3ds Max to revolutionize workflows and improve design efficiency today!

Find; Fix; Finish — Mark Kiker focuses on the things that slowly and imperceptibly degrade, then stop working, or go off the rails.

How to Overcome the Barriers to Implementation in the AEC Industry — Jason Peckovitch dissects some of the most common challenges that AEC firms encounter when implementing new technologies or workflows, and how they can overcome them with the help of Revit and a host of other software.

Autodesk AutoCAD Civil3D 2025: What’s New in Civil 3D 2025? — Shawn Herring highlights a few new things, features, and functionalities in AutoCAD platform products in 2025, as well as Civil 3D 2024.2 and 2024.3!

Inside Track: 3 Add-Ins that live on my screen! — Rina Sahay introduces you to some of her old friends (add-ins) who have been living in her Revit UI for a long time!

AUGIWORLD May 2024 Issue Released!

AUGIWORLD April 2024 -- Collaborate, Contribute and Create

In order to ensure success, you must always get new input, be one step ahead, and accept insights from others.

This month at AUGIWORLD, we’re focusing on the ways to contribute and collaborate in order to create excellence! Take some notes and we hope you enjoy this month’s issue!

In the April 2024 issue:

Budget Prep — Mark Kiker discusses the major preparation steps needed to usher in your budget request.

Enhance Efficiency, Productivity, and Reinvest Through BricsCAD® Pro Integration — Craig Swearingen unravels the story of how BricsCAD® Pro has become the linchpin of innovation for forward-thinking individuals and organizations worldwide.

Revit Architecture® Shared Coordinates (Still) Help Achieve Project Success — Jonathan Massaro shares a simplified, updated workflow for working with shared coordinates because none of those new tools help us with Revit’s new numerous tools and features.

Revit MEP: What MEP Needs from Your Architectural Model — Jason Peckovitch explores how the architectural and structural aspects of a project impact critical workflow processes and provide insights on how to optimize collaboration with these teams for greater project efficiency.

AutoLISP: Free Samples, The Spring Edition — Paul Li introduces the lisp command, explains what it does and discusses what came of it as AutoCAD continues to develop after another 12 releases of the current version.

Inside Track: TTH Toolset: Enhancing Productivity in Pipe Networks and Sheet Set Management — Marco Oregon highlights a few key tools within the set designed for both Pipe Networks and the Sheet Set Manager, encouraging you to try them out for yourself!

AUGIWORLD April 2024 Issue Released!

AUGIWORLD March 2024 -- Tips & Tricks

Everyone can always use new input, more help, and more knowledge for anything in their life!

This month at AUGIWORLD, we’re focusing on our most progressive and productive tips and tricks! Take some notes and we hope you enjoy this month’s issue!

In the March 2024 issue:

3ds Max Tips & Tricks — Brian Chapman covers some great tips you will like while using 3ds Max!

Making Tech Support Run like a Great Resort — Mark Kiker talks about how when he thinks of the talents that a Tech Manager needs, one that is always at the top is customer service! Mark lists a few things to keep in mind, set in the context of good service at a resort, hotel, or restaurant.

BricsCAD® Tips & Tricks To Streamline Your Workflow — Diana Gagiu explores some of the unique BricsCAD® features that will help you streamline your workflow. With these features, you’ll not only elevate the performance for heavy drawings, but you’ll also make sure the drawing accuracy is at its highest!

CAD Training: The Best Practices For Herding Cats — Mark Behrens explains how without a plan that encompasses both challenges together, the best efforts and intentions will ultimately fail. Getting buy-in from management is usually challenging enough. Minimizing the chance of failure is in your best interest early in the process!

Design and Virtual Construction: Why LOD400 Matters — Steve Blumenbaum discusses a method to improve the shape of the influence curve within projects.

Navigating the Digital Blueprint: MEPF Revit Tips and Tricks for Daily Use — Jason Peckovich hopes to have his article serve as your compass to navigate the intricacies of Revit, offering 10 tips and tricks that you can seamlessly integrate into your daily practice.

Autodesk Civil 3D: Tips and Tricks! — Shawn Herring helps us navigate the little things that go unnoticed in Civil 3D and lists some of his favorite little tasks, some new, and some oldies but goodies!

Inside Track: pyRevit Extensions — Rina Sahay explores more of pyRevit’s neat FREE tools that feature in pyRevit Extensions!

AUGIWORLD March 2024 Issue Released!

AUGIWORLD February 2024 -- Efficiency with Industry Standards

Every company, person, software, and environment needs standards. They are the key and guideline for any situation out there!

This month at AUGIWORLD, our authors will give you their own standards that they think deserves a spotlight. Take some notes and we hope you enjoy this month’s issue!

In the February 2024 issue:

IFC: What is it and Why is it Needed? — Emma Hooper realizes that we had the capability to create the digital twin of the infrastructure, the type of which could be inferred from the specific BIM model in use. She dives into her case study, and identifies the main steps ahead.

BIM: Orchestrating a Model Masterpiece on Purpose — Emily Vineyard takes you through how masterful works of art aren’t accidental, and they don’t happen overnight. Like any other remarkable creation, crafting model masterpieces takes time, and in the age of facility maintenance models, digital twins, and models that serve as the primary deliverable, our attention to how we model, what we model, and how we coordinate these components needs to be front and center.

Decision Fatigue — Mark Kiker continues his running series, Secrets that Tech Managers Keep, teaching project managers about the road for success, support, and improvements along the way. This month is about decision fatigue and the toll it can take on a Tech Manager over time, including defining the symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.

3ds Max Standards: Achieving Precision and Efficiency In the AEC Industry — Brian Chapman dives into some of the most essential standards needed to harness the full potential of 3ds Max for AEC projects!

Data Processing and Mining with Dynamo for Civil 3D — Stephen Walz runs through his thought process of a recent D4C3D script initially developed as a Proof of Concept (POC) that turned into a scalable solution supporting our data processing and mining efforts that have provided many value-adds to our project.

The Busy Drafter’s Dilemma: Why Spending Time Now Will Actually Save You Time Later — Rose Barfield takes advantage of spending time now to save time later. She argues that by learning, that is time you could spend working on more projects, increasing your professional performance, or simply spending time with your family. The benefit is you could learn something new that could save you hours of work in the future.

The Collective Power of National Standards in Decluttering Design — Kristina Youngblut explores how collaboration on design projects in real-time used to be a thing of the past. She shares how with the advancement in software, up-to-date cloud sharing, and cutting-edge communication tools, today’s design landscape thrives on the ability to integrate cross-disciplinary efforts seamlessly, and why this allows professionals from various fields to contribute their unique expertise, which enhances the overall project outcome.

AUGIWORLD February 2024 Issue Released!