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

  • How IMAGINiT Clarity Makes BIM Automation More Accessible Across Your Organization

    How IMAGINiT Clarity Makes BIM Automation More Accessible Across Your Organization

    Learn how IMAGINiT Clarity helps BIM teams automate model audits, reporting, data extraction, and project workflows while improving accessibility across organizations.

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  • From Markup to Multi-System Action: What the AEC/O Community Really Wants to Know About Bluebeam Max and Agentic AI

    From Markup to Multi-System Action: What the AEC/O Community Really Wants to Know About Bluebeam Max and Agentic AI

    Bluebeam MAX uses AI and agentic workflows to automate tasks, connect project systems, and help AEC teams work smarter and more efficiently.

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  • How to silently install Autodesk Products updates

    How to silently install Autodesk Products updates

    To install Autodesk updates silently, use the -q switch.

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  • Eliminate Duplicate Entry and Improve Financial Visibility with IMAGINiT’s Forma–Yardi Connector

    Eliminate Duplicate Entry and Improve Financial Visibility with IMAGINiT’s Forma–Yardi Connector

    The Forma–Yardi Connector keeps Autodesk Forma and Yardi in sync, reducing manual entry and improving financial visibility.

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  • Reduce Document Chaos and Improve Collaboration with IMAGINiT’s Forma–Bluebeam Connector

    Reduce Document Chaos and Improve Collaboration with IMAGINiT’s Forma–Bluebeam Connector

    IMAGINiT’s Forma–Bluebeam Connector keeps Autodesk Forma and Bluebeam synchronized, reducing manual effort and improving collaboration.

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  • Government Agencies Improve Control Over Engineering Data

    Government Agencies Improve Control Over Engineering Data

    Learn how Autodesk Vault helps government agencies secure sensitive design and engineering data through centralized data control, audit trails, version management, and compliance-focused workflows.

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  • Plant 3D Report Creator Sorting issue

    Plant 3D Report Creator Sorting issue

    When using Report Creator to preview pipe runs with the 3D Parts template, the report groups all pipes and fittings together under each Short Description category.

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  •  Line Weights when creating Revit Title Blocks

    Line Weights when creating Revit Title Blocks

    When creating a custom border and title block in Revit, you may notice that the list of available line styles—and their assigned line weights—does not include a weight heavy enough

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  • Vault Thin Client Logs Users Out After a Short Time

    Vault Thin Client Logs Users Out After a Short Time

    Clients are being logged out of Vault Thin Client after a short time or after briefly navigating the Vault. In some cases it may take as long as 5 minutes or more

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  • Maximizing Fusion with Add-ins

    Maximizing Fusion with Add-ins

    Discover Fusion CAM add-ins designed to make you work smarter not harder.

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  • Civil 3D: Expressing Correct Structure Depth

    Civil 3D: Expressing Correct Structure Depth

    Creating custom labels to calculate true structure depth values.

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  • Architecture: Where are the acad.ctb and acad.stb Plot Styles?

    Architecture: Where are the acad.ctb and acad.stb Plot Styles?

    The acad.cfb and acad.stb files are for the core installation of AutoCAD.

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  • Autodesk: When opening Autodesk products Error “Unable to connect to desktop licensing service”

    Autodesk: When opening Autodesk products Error “Unable to connect to desktop licensing service”

    Although there are other fixes for this issue. We have found recently Visual C++ 2012 forward have been corrupted.

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  • AutoCAD 2027: When double clicking a DWG AutoCAD no longer respects the last version opened

    AutoCAD 2027: When double clicking a DWG AutoCAD no longer respects the last version opened

    This happens even when AClauncher.exe is selected as the default application. Although Autodesk does not officially support double clicking a dwg to open the file.

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  • Selecting Data to Import- Automated Utility Design: Fundamentals for Electric Utilities

    Selecting Data to Import- Automated Utility Design: Fundamentals for Electric Utilities

    Learn best practices for importing utility data into Automated Utility Design to improve project accuracy and performance.

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  • AUDVISUALFIDELITY- Substation Design Suite: Physical for AutoCAD

    AUDVISUALFIDELITY- Substation Design Suite: Physical for AutoCAD

    Learn how AUDVISUALFIDELITY improves performance and controls model detail in Substation Design Suite: Physical for AutoCAD.

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  • Design Support Tools-Substation Design Suite: Physical for AutoCAD

    Design Support Tools-Substation Design Suite: Physical for AutoCAD

    This blog covers some other miscellaneous tools that can often be used to support the P4A design process.

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  • Civil 3D: updating object data tables

    Civil 3D: updating object data tables

    This post on different methods for adding content to Civil 3D data tables.

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  • Bricks & Chicks Podcast Brings Real-World Construction Technology Conversations to the AECO Industry

    Bricks & Chicks Podcast Brings Real-World Construction Technology Conversations to the AECO Industry

    Bricks & Chicks, hosted by Lisa Stine and Danielle Lucas, explores construction technology, digital transformation, and software adoption in the AECO industry.

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  • The Building Already Knows. Are You Listening?

    The Building Already Knows. Are You Listening?

    See how AI-powered orchestration connects project systems in real time to reduce risk, eliminate manual workflows, and improve visibility across the project lifecycle.

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