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Tips and tricks for using AutoCAD, Revit, Autodesk Inventor, Civil 3D, Autodesk Vault, InfraWorks, BIM 360, Fusion 360, and more.

  • Forma Build Essentials vs. Forma Build

    Forma Build Essentials vs. Forma Build

    Choose between Forma Build Essentials and Forma Build based on project complexity, team needs, and control requirements.

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  • Stop Overcomplicating Construction Technology

    Stop Overcomplicating Construction Technology

    Learn how Autodesk Forma Build Essentials simplifies jobsite execution with easy setup, mobile access, and tools built for real field workflows.

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  • Why Construction Teams Struggle with Field Technology

    Why Construction Teams Struggle with Field Technology

    See how Autodesk Forma Build Essentials simplifies workflows, improves field adoption, and increases jobsite visibility.

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  • Powering Smarter Data Center Delivery with Autodesk Forma

    Powering Smarter Data Center Delivery with Autodesk Forma

    Autodesk Forma helps data center owners plan smarter, reduce risk, and deliver projects faster with better visibility and standardized workflows.

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  • MicroStation to Autodesk: How to Plan a Successful Transition

    MicroStation to Autodesk: How to Plan a Successful Transition

    Planning a move from MicroStation to Autodesk? Learn key drivers, readiness tips, and conversion steps. Watch the on-demand webcast to get started.

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  • Civil 3D - resizing slope arrows

    Civil 3D - resizing slope arrows

    Editing the look and size of Surface Slope Arrows.

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  • Dimensions - Using Different Suffixes in same style

    Dimensions - Using Different Suffixes in same style

    Create a dimension style that uses a foot mark suffix for linear dimensions and no suffix for radius or diameter dimensions.

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  • Vault: Resolving 500 – Internal Server Error

    Vault: Resolving 500 – Internal Server Error

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  • What's New in AutoCAD 202744:15

    What's New in AutoCAD 2027

    Take a closer look at what’s new in AutoCAD 2027 with IMAGINiT’s AutoCAD expert, Ryan Wunderlich. In this session, Ryan walks through the latest updates and enhancements designed to improve your day-

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  • Civil 3D: How to Suppress Decimal Values for Contour Labels

    Civil 3D: How to Suppress Decimal Values for Contour Labels

    Do you want to Contour labels to show or hide decimals as needed? This post will help you exactly that.

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  • Meet Autodesk Forma: The Next Evolution of Construction Cloud

    Meet Autodesk Forma: The Next Evolution of Construction Cloud

    Autodesk Forma is the next evolution of Autodesk Construction Cloud, bringing the same trusted tools into a more connected platform that simplifies workflows and improves collaboration.

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  • Fixing Civil 3D Labels That Randomly Move or Disappear

    Fixing Civil 3D Labels That Randomly Move or Disappear

    Issue: Labels in Civil 3D: shift position unexpectedly, disappear after regen or reopen, lose leaders or flip direction, and/or behave differently between drawings

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  • Why Your Pipe Network Won’t Update in Profile View

    Why Your Pipe Network Won’t Update in Profile View

    Issue: Pipe networks display correctly in plan, but in profile view: Pipes do not move when edited, Structures stay at old elevations, Labels do not update, and Profile view appears “stuck”

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  • Why Your Civil 3D Drawing Opens with Missing or Flickering Imagery (and How to Fix It)

    Why Your Civil 3D Drawing Opens with Missing or Flickering Imagery (and How to Fix It)

    Civil 3D drawings that contain aerial imagery or raster references may behave inconsistently when opened, even if they worked previously.

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  • Why DREFs Break Styles (But XREFs Don’t)

    Why DREFs Break Styles (But XREFs Don’t)

    Problem: You change styles and: XREF updates correctly but DREF does NOT Root Cause: DREFs: pull object data only styles are resolved locally in host drawing

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  • Fixing Civil 3D “Drawing File is Write Protected”

    Fixing Civil 3D “Drawing File is Write Protected”

    Error: “Drawing file is write protected” even when: you have full permissions, no one else has the file open, and the file worked fine in previous versions. Here's what you need to know and do.

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  • IMAGINiT Vault Server Utilities: Warning The installed versions of the Vault Explorer DLLs are not the same as those distributed with Vault

    IMAGINiT Vault Server Utilities: Warning The installed versions of the Vault Explorer DLLs are not the same as those distributed with Vault

    IMAGINiT Vault Server Utilities: Warning The installed versions of the Vault Explorer DLLs are not the same as those distributed with Vault Utilities.

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  • Civil 3D: Pipe Network Style Mix Up in Data Short Cuts

    Civil 3D: Pipe Network Style Mix Up in Data Short Cuts

    Have you ever had a pipe or structure display incorrectly in a Data Shortcut drawing?

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  • IMAGINiT Vault Client Utilities: PDF Creation Fails Only on Some Job Processors

    IMAGINiT Vault Client Utilities: PDF Creation Fails Only on Some Job Processors

    This article was inspired by a situation where a client had multiple Job Processor machines with the IMAGINiT Vault Client Utilities in use for PDF creation

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  • AutoCAD Electrical: Assemblycode vs. Assemblylist

    AutoCAD Electrical: Assemblycode vs. Assemblylist

    AutoCAD Electrical won’t let you create additional records in the database with the “Unable to add record” due to your record having values that match an existing entry message.

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