Can't Stop Talking About Project Neon

Ask anyone here in the Ideate Portland office what my favorite Autodesk Labs project is right now and hands down they’ll reply, “Project Neon!” Before we get into why Project Neon is one of the best Labs projects out there, let me first explain Autodesk Labs.Autodesk Labs relies on user feedback to develop innovative product ideas and technologies at a conceptual level. Although they specifically state they are not a beta community, it is a community,...

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Ballad of the Note Block

Keynotes, as defined by Revit, can be a wonderful tool. The premise behind Revit keynotes is that you have a database of notes (text) that correspond to a key (number) and that you can place the keynote via a Tag onto your views and then have a Keynote Legend display both the keynote and the related text. This simple concept makes it easy for the Specifier or Project Manager to easily control the contractual language within your construction documents.While...

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Classroom Training - Open Classes + $200 Off Training with Ideate

Know It. Ideate Training.Position yourself to land dream projects. Tap the full potential of your software solutions. Increase your facility, fluidity and capability to maximize the value of your precision software tools.Here are a few of the training opportunities Ideate has to offer in the coming days:7.6-8::San JoseAutoCAD Fundamentals7.11-13::PortlandRevit Architecture Fundamentals7.11-12::San FranciscoRevit Architecture Beyond the Basics7.11-12::San JoseAutoCAD Beyond the BasicsKnow your software. Sign up now!Know It. Savings.Ideate subscription...

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eLearning – Upcoming Classes

Join the Ideate Tech Experts for eLearning - live online classes that provide your entire organization with easy access to premium education.Upcoming classes include: 6.28.11::Civil 3D 201: Data Short CutsEach class is designed to give you specific, improved results in a particular topic. You can interact with the instructor right from your own office, while eliminating travel time. Because the class schedule rotates, you can easily select your topics of interest and choose the day which best meets your schedule.Click here for class descriptions,...

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Revit Patterns: Defined

Patterns. I have a love/hate relationship with patterns. I am a recovering AutoCAD addict and have been working with AutoCAD *.pat files for as long as I can remember. I thought once I moved on from AutoCAD into Revit, I would be saying goodbye to programmatically creating patterns. Well, for better or worse, I still have to create them. What I can say, is that Revit does a better job of handling them. Working on the MEP side of things, my exposure...

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Classroom Training - Open Classes + $200 Off Training with Ideate

Know It. Ideate Training.Position yourself to land dream projects. Tap the full potential of your software solutions. Increase your facility, fluidity and capability to maximize the value of your precision software tools.Here are a few of the training opportunities Ideate has to offer in the coming days:6.27-29::SeattleRevit MEP: Electrical Fundamentals7.6-8::San JoseAutoCAD FundamentalsKnow your software. Sign up now!Know It. Savings.Ideate subscription clients who have or renew their Autodesk software subscriptions are eligible to save $200...

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Surveyors’ Companion from @eagle_point

Ideate, Inc. is proud to offer Eagle Point Surveyors’ Companion:Simple, yet powerful surveying tools embedded directly inside of AutoCAD® Civil 3D® A set of tools that streamlines the survey workflow, Surveyors’ Companion leverages proven surveying technology to enable organizations to comfortably and productively move to Civil 3D.Visit ideateinc.com/products/eaglepoint to learn more.Get it. Know it. Use ...

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eLearning – Upcoming Classes

Join the Ideate Tech Experts for eLearning - live online classes that provide your entire organization with easy access to premium education.Upcoming classes include:6.21.11::Navisworks 101: Introduction to Navisworks Manage 20126.28.11::Civil 3D 201: Data Short CutsEach class is designed to give you specific, improved results in a particular topic. You can interact with the instructor right from your own office, while eliminating travel time. Because the class schedule rotates, you can easily select your topics of interest and choose the...

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The Essential Revit Data Management Tool: Ideate BIMLink 2012 Ships

Ideate BIMLink 2012 is hot off the presses – thanks to all who helped us with feedback and ideas on our first release of Ideate BIMLink 2012. One of our biggest user-interface related requests was, thankfully, fairly easy to pull-off. So, by popular request, Ideate BIMLink (as well as Ideate Explorer) now installs directly to the Add-Ins tab within an Ideate Software Tab. The Extensions Manager, free with Autodesk Subscription, is no longer a...

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Classroom Training - Open Classes + $200 Off Training with Ideate

Know It. Ideate Training.Position yourself to land dream projects. Tap the full potential of your software solutions. Increase your facility, fluidity and capability to maximize the value of your precision software tools.Here are a few of the training opportunities Ideate has to offer in the coming days:6.15-17::San JoseRevit Architecture Fundamentals6.21-23::San FranciscoCivil 3D Fundamentals6.21-23::SeattleRevit Architecture FundamentalsKnow your software. Sign up now!Know It. Savings.Ideate subscription clients who have or renew their Autodesk...

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Insertion Point: Revit Families

Question: How do you define/change the insertion point of a Revit Family?Answer: From the properties of the reference planes in the Revit Family!In a Revit Family when you click on a reference plane and go to its properties you will see a property called ‘Defines Origin’ – the point at which two origin defining reference planes intersect becomes the insertion point of the Revit Family.Learn more about Revit Families in Ideate’s one day Revit Family...

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