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Great to catch up Shaan, what an AU, still recovering now!

Commented Nov 23, 2018 on Thank You at Between the Lines

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Happy 20th Birthday Navisworks – Announcing the launch of Design Night Sheffield!

It seems like 2017 is a huge year for birthdays at Autodesk, earlier this year Autodesk celebrated its 35th birthday, Revit celebrated its 15 years' anniversary since acquisition, and now Navisworks is celebrating a double header! 20 years ago, today, the first code was committed to the original commercial release... Continue reading

Posted Sep 19, 2017 at Beyond Design: the Construction and BIM blog

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Welcome to the AEC Bar - a YouTube channel for AEC professionals

For those that follow me on social media you may have seen we've been trying out something a bit different to get news to you about tips, tricks, news and information about products in the form of a YouTube channel. The European team of technical specialists has set up a... Continue reading

Posted Sep 8, 2017 at Beyond Design: the Construction and BIM blog

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Hi Michael, You need to import them through the Sheet Browser http://help.autodesk.com/view/NAV/2018/ENU/?guid=GUID-AE4D5BBF-32FD-413E-96A9-EAA91DFEB0D8

Commented Aug 10, 2017 on 14 things you’ll be shocked you never knew about Autodesk Navisworks! at Beyond Design: the Construction and BIM blog

Hi Jørgen, if you can export the model properties then you should be able to use the same technique. I'm not familiar with the Openplant interface but see if it has a tool similar to the "Open Data Group Explorer"

Commented May 2, 2017 on How to get improved data from DGN’s from AECOsim into Navisworks at Beyond Design: the Construction and BIM blog

How to get improved data from DGN’s from AECOsim into Navisworks

Navisworks has long been a place to aggregate models and data into one place for advanced design review and clash detection. One of the key ways to get value from Navisworks is ensuring as many object properties are included in the model as possible. This blog explains the process to... Continue reading

Posted Jan 26, 2017 at Beyond Design: the Construction and BIM blog

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Lee Mullin is now following Anthony Hauck

Jan 19, 2017

Laser Scanning and 3D models - As built verification for the masses!

One of the main uses for laser scanning in construction has been checking your 3D CAD and BIM against the real world situation, to check some refurbishment work will fit or the next trade can install their HVAC run rather than turn up onsite and not be able to work.... Continue reading

Posted Jan 9, 2017 at Beyond Design: the Construction and BIM blog

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Rendering for Construction, how to improve Health and Safety

You only need to do fancy renderings to win bids right? Show off to the client how their shiny new project is going to look? A common misconception about rendering is that it's a way to get a computer generated model as close to the real thing as possible, and... Continue reading

Posted Nov 7, 2016 at Beyond Design: the Construction and BIM blog

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Autodesk University 2016 – just around the corner

I can't believe #AU2016 is just around the corner! Partly because it's a couple of weeks earlier, partly just because construction at Autodesk has exploded this year and we haven't had much time to stop! To give you an idea of how important construction is to us here, here's a... Continue reading

Posted Nov 4, 2016 at Beyond Design: the Construction and BIM blog

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As a rule of thumb yes they should be, as the model viewing is using a different core this should improve performance too as well as ensuring everyone is on the latest files.

Commented Aug 30, 2016 on BIM 360 and Navisworks underlay in AutoCAD 2016! at Beyond Design: the Construction and BIM blog

Hi Robert, This is inbuilt for 2016, no need for a separate app

Commented Aug 30, 2016 on Add 2D PDF sheets with Autodesk Navisworks 2015 PDF reader at Beyond Design: the Construction and BIM blog

Hi Jim, Hopefully support have now been in touch

Commented Aug 18, 2016 on How to solve poor graphics performance in Navisworks at Beyond Design: the Construction and BIM blog

Hi Sherif, Yes as long as you get the ODBC driver and have a suitable string to query the data

Commented Aug 18, 2016 on Navigating the Navisworks DataTools maze at Beyond Design: the Construction and BIM blog

Industry Collections, what do they mean to you in construction?

Today we launch Industry Collections, it's a new way of thinking about how to access software and is a perfect fit for construction. Based on a term license they allow you to easily scale up and down during the course of a construction project and include contingent employees in software... Continue reading

Posted Aug 1, 2016 at Beyond Design: the Construction and BIM blog

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Autodesk opens up about interoperability for design and construction software

Interoperability in the software used for project design and construction is vital to the collaborative process required by the AEC industry. More than that, interoperability is good business for AEC firms and asset owners. Our recent agreement with Trimble to increase interoperability by exchanging APIs and developer tools is one... Continue reading

Posted Jun 14, 2016 at Beyond Design: the Construction and BIM blog

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Happy 5th birthday Beyond Design!

Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday Beyond Design!! Happy Birthday to us! Five years ago today myself and Paul Walker launched this Beyond Design blog. When we first launched our aim was to "focus on the functionality, workflows and interoperability between Autodesk Construction solutions". At that... Continue reading

Posted May 24, 2016 at Beyond Design: the Construction and BIM blog

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As long as you have a unique ID there's nothing to prevent you linking at any level of the selection tree

Commented Mar 31, 2016 on Navigating the Navisworks DataTools maze at Beyond Design: the Construction and BIM blog