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Autodesk has released Autodesk® InfraWorks 360 2015.3 Service Pack 1, which fixes or addresses a variety of issues discovered. You will find the Service Pack right here: Autodesk Knowledge Network This service pack addresses the following issues: An issue that caused the application to close unexpectedly when importing a .dae... Continue reading
Posted Feb 10, 2015 at BIMagination
Updated the schema file since it has been still the old one. Now it is the correct JSON file. In order to face recent requests towards the definition of the InfraWorks data base schema, today's blog will show you how to do it in InfraWorks 2014. This post is an... Continue reading
Reblogged Sep 30, 2014 at BIMagination
On July 3, Autodesk released an update to Autodesk® InfraWorks 2015 that enhances Autodesk InfraWorks 360TM and the Roadway Design and Bridge Design vertical applications. The update provides enhancements to InfraWorks 360 that include faster proposal switching, and streamlined web and mobile model synchronization. Roadway Design for InfraWorks 360 customers... Continue reading
Posted Jun 30, 2014 at BIMagination
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Infraworks’ CityGML importer converts data using a web service. If you prefer a local processing when converting CityGML then this might be something for you. Safe Software created an external cityGML -> IMX converter. This tool can be used by our AIW customers and enables them to convert their cityGML... Continue reading
Posted May 14, 2014 at BIMagination
Howdy, today I want to pass a nice script to delete proposals quickly instead of opening one or the other, waiting to be generated and delete them one by one. Thx to Scott for handing this in. Start script console and input the following scripts: var doc = app.ActiveDocument(); doc.RemoveProposal(“ProposalName1”);... Continue reading
Posted Mar 18, 2014 at BIMagination
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Our friends from the geospatialnavigator blog were faster :-) so I will simply restate what they posted: Via the app store you can directly update to the newest version. More info to be found here. What’s New in Version 4.0.4124 · Support for scenario streaming (no download prior to view... Continue reading
Posted Feb 10, 2014 at BIMagination
Hi folks, 7 days to go for Autodesk University 2013 in in Las Vegas (December 3-5). Check out the interesting workshops, sessions and keynotes right here http://au.autodesk.com/plan/overview and there http://au.autodesk.com/las-vegas/keynotes-forums or get the AU app for a better planning and overview. In order to prepare yourself here is a link... Continue reading
Posted Nov 25, 2013 at At Lands End
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Some of you may have noticed that once you draw coverages within InfraWorks, their corner get cut and you will never get a chance of creating recatangular parking lots, football fields or properties. Here is a way to get ride of the so called "smoothing" by editing the acording JSON... Continue reading
Posted Aug 23, 2013 at At Lands End
For InfraWorks 2014 R2, we have moved translation and processing of two complex files types, Revit (RVT) and CityGML, to the secure Autodesk cloud environment. What this means is that in order to import RVT and CityGML files directly into InfraWorks 2014 R2 you must be connected to the internet... Continue reading
Posted Aug 12, 2013 at At Lands End
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Autodesk InfraWorks 2014 R2 is now live on Subscription, in the Product Enhancements area. The release is available to all customers who have active Subscription contracts for InfraWorks standalone or who have IDS-U/P, BDS U, or the Education Master Suite. Subscription Center > Downloads > Product Enhancements > Autodesk® InfraWorks... Continue reading
Posted Aug 9, 2013 at At Lands End
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Customers are asking how to create a floor arrangement with original/customized cells in order to define their own facade styles. Thanks to Sascha who provided a nice workflow, which I want to share here with you (Note: within this workflow we will use textures only, so you won't create a... Continue reading
Posted Mar 28, 2013 at At Lands End
Howdy folks, today I would like to talk about a nice little feature which enables you to flatten out terrain patches. Recently a couple of users humbled across this section and therefore I’d like to post it today. So why would you flatten a coverage? You can draw a coverage... Continue reading
Posted Nov 9, 2012 at At Lands End
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A couple of month back Chris posted on how to actually work around the xml based file which defines your data base schema in AIM. Today I would like to take the chance to update you on some changes in order to let you be able to update your schema... Continue reading
Posted Oct 19, 2012 at At Lands End
Hello, this year’s eCAADe (Education in Computer-Aided Architectural Design in Europe) takes place in Prague this year. Autodesk will offer a 1 day workshop prior the actual conference on September 11th 2012. This workshop will have two parts. The first half is concentrating on Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler (AIM) and its... Continue reading
Posted Aug 31, 2012 at At Lands End
Hello out there, towards the weekend I want to share an awesome road study video creaed by Philip Hon from Multiconsult in Oslo. This video shows an assignment of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens Vegvesen). Multiconsult has evaluated 17 alternatives plans for a new highway in the city of... Continue reading
Posted Aug 3, 2012 at At Lands End
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Today I want to show you how to colorize your model instead of using the predefined 3D façade elements. Thanks to Manuel, who came up with this. So why would you want to do this? As you can see in this infrastructure example your focus lays upon the civil design... Continue reading
Posted Jun 29, 2012 at At Lands End
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In order to enrich our AIM models we can use different sources. One of them is the Google warehouse where thousands of nice models are waiting to be used. As always there are some things to look at first when pushing models from format to format. So here is a... Continue reading
Posted Apr 2, 2012 at At Lands End
Imagine, as an AEC firm or Government Agency, you were able to win more work or project approval by presenting your design proposals in the context of ‘What’s Already There’ inside a 3D digital environment? Imagine planners and engineers involved in infrastructure planning quickly and easily create conceptual designs for... Continue reading
Posted Jun 16, 2011 at At Lands End
Posted Mar 18, 2011 at At Lands End
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In today’s blog we are going to look at the editing of the street styles in our Galileo project. Continue reading
Posted Mar 11, 2011 at At Lands End
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In today’s blog we are going to create a new facade style by using the existing façade style catalog. Continue reading
Posted Feb 25, 2011 at At Lands End
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There are view capabilities within Project Galileo which are having a huge impact on the visualization. Those settings let your model look much more realistic and you will benefit from them when doing presentations, capturing videos or even create screenshots to send out. In the main menu you will find... Continue reading
Posted Jan 14, 2011 at At Lands End
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You have created your first project in Galileo? How about posting it on the Labs site for all to see? We have started a new gallery on the Labs site and would like you to participate. Let's see how good you are at city modeling! ;-) Have a look at... Continue reading
Posted Jan 11, 2011 at At Lands End
Have you noticed the little CIP window you can enable to participate right after the first start of Project Galileo? This is not a spy or anything which enters your privacy or anonymity. I would like to get your attention and encourage you to participate in this, because it is... Continue reading
Posted Jan 7, 2011 at At Lands End
We wish you a pleasant start in 2011 with lots of fun, health, good ideas, great people you are doing businesses with and exciting projects. Apropos projects, have you tested our new application called PROJECT GALILEO on http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/galileo/ yet? If not, go for it and send in some feedback! If... Continue reading
Posted Jan 4, 2011 at At Lands End