By Kevin Spear, P.E.

Corridors are quite fun to build, configure and eventually model various surfaces. Everyone has seen the smooth and clean examples.

By Mark Lancaster, Synergis Engineering Design Solutions

Have you ever contacted a vendor requesting a 3D model of their product and you only received a 2D drawing of it? I will even bet the drawing you received had limited amount of information on it as well. So what steps did you take to convert their 2D drawing over to 3D?

Autodesk® Infrastructure Design Suite is a comprehensive software solution that provides a BIM for Infrastructure workflow to help you gain more accurate, accessible, and actionable insight throughout the lifecycle of your transportation, land, utility, and water projects.

In the 2016 release, Infrastructure Design Suite sees many new updates.  Check out some of the updates here.

AutoCAD^® Civil 3D^® software is a civil engineering design and documentation solution that supports Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflows. Using AutoCAD Civil 3D, infrastructure professionals can better understand project performance, maintain more consistent data and processes, and respond faster to change.

With a focus on optimizing transportation design workflows, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016 offers improved usability and greater efficiency with corridor, profile, and production drafting improvements.

AutoCAD 2016 is available to your Autodesk Account for you to download if you are an Autodesk Subscription Customer, or you can purchase the 2016 release after April 3, 2015.

Wondering if you want to update to the newest release? This year, Autodesk addressed some of the biggest requests on the Autodesk User Group International Wishlist. Here are some requests from that list:

AUGI Wishlist Feature #2: Geometric Center object snap

Just enter GCE in the command line and you can snap the geometric center polygons and closed polylines.

AutoCAD 2016 launches today (first customer ship date)!

What can you expect?

Well. according to our friends at Synergis Engineeering Design Solutions, Autodesk addressed many of the AUGI wishlist items submitted by users, including:

Safety on the job-site is often the first concern for many of the contractors we speak to. On-site injuries are an expensive risk to their projects, so reducing these risks is one of the most popular reasons that firms employ Building Information Modeling (BIM).

I wanted to post something that has come up in conversation lately.  I have been asked how to do cost summation in Revit.  It does not matter if you have Revit Structure, Revit Architecture or Revit MEP, this tip will help with any Revit product.

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Last month our friends at Synergis Engineering Design Solutions hosted Lynn Allen for her ever-popular "60 AutoCAD Tips in 60 Minutes".

If you missed the webinar, not to worry, the on-demand version is now available here. You can also download here latest "Tips and Tricks" booklet too.

Here we are again, another New Year, another opportunity to look back and plan ahead!

We’ve published over 100 articles this year, featuring insights, tips, best practices and commentary on all aspects of public sector digital design. A big thank you goes out to our stable of guest bloggers and partners, including Line//Shape//Space, Synergis Engineering Design Systems, CADD Microsystems and CADSoft Consulting.