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Part-Time Civil 3D Technician

looking for a Civil 3D technician for some part-time work to start right away.

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Webcast Autodesk - 3D Laser Scanning Technology Overview - Road & Highway Series Part 1:

2/25 10AM PST

3D Laser Scanning Technology Overview -

Road & Highway Series Part 1:

To attend the webcast on Thursday, February 25, 2010, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, simply complete the brief form below.

Description:

In this webcast, we’ll identify current trends and challenges facing the use and adoption of laser scanning technology within current civil design and infrastructure management software environments. You’ll get an overview of the laser scanning collection technologies available today, including: Aerial Terrestrial And vehicle based We will also discuss current perceived issues within this industry, such as: How to use massive point clouds How to make point clouds accurate enough for survey grade transportation usage And how to categorize the point cloud data and make it valuable within the civil engineering and mapping industries Software solutions, such as AutoCAD® Civil 3D® and AutoCAD ® Map 3D, will be used to provide examples of how this smart point cloud information can be consumed and used in a production environment. You won’t want to miss this highly informative presentation.

Date and Time:	2010-Feb-25 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Pacific Standard Time
Deadline:	2010-Feb-24
Location:	Online
Hosted By:	Autodesk, Inc.

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Source: Civil-Wized - A Roads Scholar Production

Spring is in the Air

I have heard that you can model springs in REVIT and had seen some images of them. So i decided to figure out how. In some ways, BUILDZ kind of beat me to the punch with the posts on helixes, which are essentially the same thing...but i was attacking the problem from a different direction...because i believe that anything worth building is worth over-building! Links to both the models shown here are at the bottom of this post....

First, I created half a coil using a parameter driven reference arc with lofted circular profiles as such:

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BIM Troublemaker: Thick and Juicy Fun with Curtain Panels

"Oh man. BIM Troublemaker is at it again. Extreme BIM. Great jobt BT. Keep 'em coming.

Repost: http://bimtroublemaker.blogspot.com/2010/02/thick-and-juicy-fun-with-curtain-panels.html

I really like the curtain panels in Revit. They're fun. While playing with the templates, I realized that I could add thickness."

Revit3D.com - BIMBoom Revitlution:

REVIT Rocks !: REVIT Stepped Footing Tutorial

Out of the box REVIT just doesn't make it easy to create stepped footings.

We need to:

1. Create some Reference Planes

2. Model the stepped footing using an In-Place family

3. Split the walls

4. Apply the Concrete Material and then Join Geometry

Below are 5 CADclips embedded in a single viewer on how to create the stepped footing you see above. This is good for both for REVIT Architecture or Structure.

Top 10 New Features in NavisWorks® 2010

1. Interoperability:

Autodesk Navisworks continues its commitment to support the latest versions of design applications, including non-Autodesk products and laser scanning formats. Upgrades to the Revit exporters include support for shared coordinates, rebars, and True North.

The following is a list of updated File Readers and exporters:

• AutoCAD® software, AutoCAD® Architecture software, AutoCAD® MEP software, AutoCAD® Civil 3D® software
• Autodesk® Revit Architecture software, Autodesk® Revit ® Structure software, Autodesk® Revit® MEP software
• Autodesk® Inventor® software
• Autodesk® 3ds Max® software
• JT Open
• CIS/2
• Graphisoft ArchiCAD 12
• Faro

A full 64-bit version of Autodesk Navisworks Manage provides users with access to the increased performance and memory available from 64-bit operating systems. This provides the opportunity to handle even larger project datasets.

Autodesk Navisworks fully supports the following operating systems:

• Windows® XP software: 32-bit versions and 64-bit versions
• Windows Vista® software: 32-bit version and 64-bit versions

2. Clash Detective:

You can now group clash results into folders to simplify the management of related clashes. The group can be dealt with as a single issue, while retaining an audit of each individual clash. A Group Clashes Involving Item option is available to automatically create a new group for all clashes involving the selected item. Clash reports support the new clash group functionality. Using the View In Context button, the camera will automatically transition from the clash location to a chosen vantage point "outside" of the model, allowing you to orientate yourself. The camera will then transition back into the clash location. Along with making the the new Transparent Dimming display option, this allows you to visually locate the clash within the surrounding model. You can now automatically transition to the next clash result rather than jumping straight to the next clash through the View In Context feature, thereby allowing you to keep track of your updated location. A new Reviewed clash status has been added to clearly identify those clashes that require a design change or need to be discussed with relevant trades, before being able to Approve or Resolve the clash.

3. TimeLiner:

CSV files created from external applications, such as Microsoft®Excel® software, can be linked from the Navisworks TimeLiner module. Any schedules created in TimeLiner, or modifications to linked schedules can now be exported to the common CSV format. This provides the opportunity for that data to be imported into other applications. In addition, you can now copy and paste TimeLiner dates to other tasks, or to other applications such as Microsoft Excel. The same selection of objects can also be attached to multiple tasks. This allows you to simulate multiple operations that need to be preformed, when only a single geometry source exists. Take a wall, for example, this may be modeled as a single object whereas it may be constructed of an inner and outer wall, insulation, drywall, and a finishing layer. This feature allows all of these tasks to be siulated on a single piece of geometry.

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Certifications

As most of you know TBAUG is working on getting our user better prepared to take their Certifiactions. Wether that be a AutoCAD, Revit, Civil3D or any other certification program you may wish to try. In order to do this we want to as our users what are some of your thoughts or questions you might have regarding Certification.


Chime in, Post a comment or email me your thoughts or questions. We want to make sure we're working on getting to you the information that's most relevant to you.


Thank You,





Steven Torres
Tampa Bay Autodesk Users Group