AU 2011: Snubbed again

Yet again I haven't been invited to a Revit Blogger/ Media event.  Maybe I need to post more than once a year...?   :)
Maybe next year.

AU 2011: Design Review Mobile for Android???

Newsflash!
Autodesk has just launched a Beta testing site for Design Review Mobile on Android devices.

Visit http://www.autodesk.com/designreviewmobileandroid and enter your email address and Android device type to be considered for the Beta testing group.

AU 2011:Leadeship Forum Keynote

An inspiring kickoff to what looks to be another incredible Autodesk University.

Memorable quotes:

WOW!
and
UH-OH!

(Think: which one of these reactions do I want my customers to have and which do I want my competition to have?)

"How do we get the dogs to eat the dogfood?" (in relation to implementing strategies at the user level.)

The five main disruptive technology sectors in the AEC industry.

1. Reality Capture
2. Cloud Computing
3. Infinite Computing
4. Analysis/Visualization
5. Translating Digital to Analog

Look for opportunities to set your business apart from the pack in these areas.

Get your 3Dconnexion to AU

I’m already booked for AU, but I figured I should pass this along. Hmmmm, I should could use a SpacePilot though….

3Dconnexion is offering a trip to Autodesk University in Las Vegas on Nov. 29 – Dec. 1, as well as a airfare, accommodations and a SpacePilot PRO 3D mouse.

Submission will only be accepted by midnight U.S. PDT on November 7, 2011. For details, please see terms and conditions. The winner will be contacted by email or phone on November 8, 2011 and will have 3 days to claim prize.

Enter Here!

Design Review for iPad...

...finally!
 Released today.  Just in time for my birthday.  Thanks Autodesk.  :)

Design Review Mobile

Early registration for AU members now officialy open

Get busy people...
http://au.autodesk.com/

An Echo...

Now's your chance to give feedback on possible new tools for Stairs and Railings in Revit.  Speak now, or for ever hold your whining...

Revit OpED Stairs and Railings

Autodesk University 2011 Call for Proposals

Submission dealine is May 6.
Learn more here.

EastCoast CAD's game changer

EastCoast CAD announced today last month (why didn't I know about this?) that they have released a tool to bring Revit duct systems into their CAD/CAM solution.
Read more here.

BIM MANDATE

Last week Sanford Rose Associates presented the most recent in their series of “Healthcare Design and Construction” webinars: “The BIM Mandate: Why Hospitals will require BIM for all future projects.”

I encourage anyone interested in the state of implementation of BIM and VDC in our industry to watch the recording of this two hour panel discussion.  There is a cost ($139 per their website) but the information shared is worth far more.

The topic I found most interesting was the discussions by Ryan Hullinger from NBBJ about the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio (article here) and their use of offsite fabrication of MEP systems corridor racks as well as patient room devising walls that consisted of a toilet room mod, a casework unit and a pre-fabed headwall unit.

This is one of the few presentations where the participants gave some real quantitative metrics about how BIM effected the project.

Don’t get lost in the “Healthcare” part of the title.  This information will be useful to anyone looking to keep up-to-date on what industry thought leaders are doing with BIM and VDC.

You can sign up to purchase the recorded webinar here.