Technically Speaking

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)

Do you have training budget that you need to spend before the end of your fiscal year (June 30 for state agencies and September 30 for the feds)? Then you might want to consider locking down an advance pass for Autodesk University 2014 (AU). That’s right, if you sign up between now and August 19 you could save up to $600 on a three day pass to AU 2014. Each pass comes with a code that you can use between August 20-26 to pick your preferred classes, events and accommodation at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas – before registration opens to the masses.