Technically Speaking

The Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) operates one of the most automated water systems in the U.S. But it wasn’t always that way. LVVWD started life as an engineering firm responsible for designing a water system that delivered clean, affordable water to the people of Las Vegas. This huge endeavor involved the design of 250 miles of pipeline all of which had to be installed, constructed and inspected every year.

The queen of AutoCAD tips and tricks, Lynn Allen, has been on the road for three weeks straight sharing a whirlwind of invaluable techniques for getting more from Autodesk’s flagship product. Luckily for us, Lynn’s last stop on her tour was the Metro DC area where she presented “AutoCAD Tips and Tricks” for govies! Yay!

As the GSA and other government agencies pursue BIM to support and even revolutionize project delivery from early planning through design, construction and facility management, how do you know you’re getting your money’s worth?

Being an Arizona native, I really like this new LASSO selection method for a quick round up of those stray little doggies, (or entities in this case).

If you regularly use Dropbox or Google Drive, then you’ll appreciate the benefits of storing and sharing your files from the cloud. But my CAD files are too big you say? True, free instances of commercially available cloud storage software will limit the amount of storage space you can use. But now there’s an alternative – and its custom designed for design files.

Just over five years ago, very few transportation engineers had even heard of Autodesk, but today more and more DOT agencies are adopting its software. But why are they making the change now? Cost savings, better workflows, and more have a lot to do with it. The latest state to adopt Autodesk technologies is New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT)