New York City Department of Design and Construction (NYC DDC) handles some of the most exciting and dynamic architectural and infrastructure challenges in the world.

Aside from developing one of the sought after building information modeling (BIM) software in the industry today, you’ve got to hand it to the Revit product managers over at Autodesk—they listen.

If you’re fairly new to Autodesk Revit and looking for ways to quickly get up to speed, Autodesk put together a great webinar that offers tips and tricks to get the most out of your user experience. Topics included:

• How does it differ from AutoCAD?
• What do I need to know to get started?
• What are some best practices for working in Revit?
• What are families and how do I use them?
• Where to learn more and how to get support when problems happen

Perhaps you’re considering BIM for your next agency or department’s next building, facilities management, or civil infrastructure project. But what’s the best way to make sure you get full value from your investment in BIM?

Revit users, don't miss this chance to pose your software questions to the folks at Autodesk behind Revit® or Revit LT™!

Yes, it's time for another installment in the Autodesk Answer Days series. This online event will take place on Wednesday, October 7th from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm Pacific Time.

Who doesn't want to do things faster and more easily? Well, if you're a Revit or Inventor user, check out the newly released keyboard shortcut guides. With over 100 shortcuts, you can annotate, analyze, search, view, add contextual elements, and more, in one easy keyboard shortcut.

View them below (you can also download PDFs):

Wanting to save a view as an image for reports?

While I typically use a premium screen capture and image annotation tool on a daily basis. I’ll suggest anyone to try this tip to take higher quality image shots within Revit as a Render image. It will store the image in the Revit Project Browser, after which the image view in Revit is exported to a standalone file for creating reports.

We all know that solving problems on our own isn't always practical. Sometimes you need help, or just somebody else to talk it over with. And you’ve probably also experienced the phenomenon that the best way to learn something yourself is to teach it to someone else. Put those two ideas together, and you’ve got a Revit user group. In-house discussions can be a great way to pool your team’s collective knowledge and expand your understanding through teaching.

Last week, Autodesk chose Autodesk University 2014 to showcase new services for the building and infrastructure industries that will expand the benefits of BIM-based collaboration for Revit and InfraWorks 360 through the entire project lifecycle – from planning and design to construction and management.

How does AutoCAD 2015 streamline cloud integration? Roundabouts or intersections – which traffic control device should you choose?

These and other stories are featured in this week’s CAD News & Tips for Govies, a weekly feature on Acronym that scans thousands of industry articles to present you with a regular source of CAD and GIS news, tips, events, and ideas that impact the public sector:

Roundabouts and Intersections: Two Traffic Control Devices, Many Options