Revit Rendering on Cloud - Revit Clinic Report

June 15, 2011

Project Neon now supports Revit in addition to AutoCAD

Project Neon is our technology preview of rendering designs using Amazon EC2 servers in cloud. I have been on the labs.neon@autodesk.com email alias for a long time. In fact, I added our first Project Neon technology preview to Autodesk Labs almost a year ago. Since that time, the number one request we have received via email is:

Can you add support for Revit files?

I am happy to announce that two days ago the Project Neon team updated their servers to provide this capability. You can learn more about it on:

Project Neon technology preview on Autodesk Labs
To make this possible, you download a small application that uploads your building information model to the Project Neon servers. You can download this Revit add-in from the Project Neon site.

http://neon.labs.autodesk.com/
So far we've heard things like:

• "Great addition to Revit. Saves a ton of time having the rendering done on the cloud."
• "I'm very excited about the potential of this technology to unseat SketchUp in our design department."
• "Just toying with the plug-in for Revit and I love this! Great work."

Keep that feedback coming in to labs.neon@autodesk.com or the GetSatisfaction forum.
Responding to feedback is alive in the lab.

123D Public Beta and Competition Winner

As many of you know, we launched the public Beta of 123D and are therefore closing the private beta forum. You can download the product at http://www.123dapp.com and start participating in the already very active public forum by going to the 123D product support site: http://www.123dapp.com/support (you can also access the product support site/forum from within 123D, by clicking the Learn and Support option from the Help ’?’ menu.)

And for those among you eager to learn who won the first 123D Beta Competition, please visit 123DNews http://www.123dnews.com (you can also access the 123D news directly from within the product, from the same menu, pick 123D Beta news.)

go, go ,go and see who won!

The 123D team thanks you for your early participation, your feedback and support have been a critical part of bringing this product to life. We sincerely appreciate your time and thoughts and hope to working with you again on future projects

BIMForum: BIM and Building Enclosures - Building Information Modeling -BIM - AGC Store

BIMForum: BIM and Building Enclosures - Building Information Modeling -BIM - AGC Store

Autodesk Research Opportunities

Autodesk is sponsoring an opportunity for you to get involved with creating the new design direction for the Materials function in our products.
Autodesk research and usability studies focus on customer workflows and how people interact with software.
We conduct several types of requirements gathering and usability studies on an ongoing basis ranging from online software studies to site visits. The information we gather is translated directly into design and workflow improvements, so your feedback makes a difference that can be experienced in the products you use.

The following feedback opportunities are available:
·        Contacted periodically for a quick question or feedback (<15 min)
·        Survey (<15 min)
·        Usability evaluation of software, prototypes, help systems, etc. (30 min – 2hrs)
·        Focus groups (1-2 hrs)
·        Site visit at your company (1-4 hrs)

You will receive a thank you gift for your generous participation.
Thank you for your interest. We look forward to working with you soon!

 Please click the following link to register:

Penn State BIM Execution Plan Survey

BIM Execution Plan survey

DWF File Viewing Comes to the iPad - Report

From Beyond the Paper

Judging from the amount of email we receive requesting the ability to view DWF files on your mobile devices, we think you'll be interested in learning about an iPad® app called McDwiff, by third-party developer Austin Silver Software.

Using the Autodesk Freewheel Web service, which requires an Internet connection, McDwiff enables you to open, view, convert, and print 2D and 3D DWF files on your iPad. (Of particular interest to some may be the app's Dropbox integration.)

For more information about the app, visit the McDwiff website. And if you try the app, be sure to leave a comment here to let us know how viewing DWF files on your iPad works for you.
McDwiff (and the Autodesk Freewheel Web service). Just another way Autodesk enables our customers to go beyond the paper!

3 Revit Server 2012 Installation Tips - Repost

From the Revit Clinic

Here are 3 quick tips when installing Revit Server 2012; you can view the entire upgrade process from our previous post here if needed:
1.  Don’t Install from the RevitServer.msi
The standard Revit 2012 installer contains the Revit Server 2012 installer under Install Tools & Utilities.  This is the required method to properly install Revit Server 2012.
This main installer also uses a second .msi , which is stored on the media under x64\Tools\RevitServer\RevitServer.msi.
Under no circumstances should Revit Server 2012 be installed simply by launching the RevitServer.msi.  If you do so the installation will not complete successfully and will be missing necessary configuration components.
2.  To Configure Folders Click the Down Arrow
To configure the folder paths, click the triangle under Revit Server to expand the list:

This is also where you would toggle between a Local server and Central server.
3.  To Continue After Configuration Collapse the List
You may notice Install grayed-out after configuring the folders; in order to continue simply collapse the list [click on the triangle again]:

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