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About John Offield

John Offield has over 25 years of experience from Design Build, Engineering and Architectural Firms. John has also been a speaker for the AIA, SMACNA, Structures Congress of Americas, AUGI, CADCAMP, Autodesk events and publications for several Autodesk software over the last 20 years. John has utilized his Design Build, Architectural, MEP, and Structural Design experience with his combined software knowledge / skills to implement BIM into firms small and large. Specialties include workflows between multiple offices and disciplines of BIM / VDC, scanning and hardware, standards, project coordination, and content creation with Revit, Dynamo, Navisworks, and other AEC Autodesk software. John is also an Autodesk Certified Instructor ready to implement custom training and software / hardware workflows. On the personal side, John enjoys spending time with his family, friends, and extended family members (3 dogs), being outdoors working on his farm (fishing, hunting, camping, etc.), gardening, playing guitar, going to concerts.

Thunder Buddies for BIM: Ted’s Guide to Revit Elevations, Civil3D Topo, & The “Handshake”

Location: A very messy trailer on the set of John & Ted's Excellent BIM-venture. The Scene: John Offield is staring blankly at a laptop screen, surrounded by empty soda cans [...]

How to unravel ACAD cryptic error’s

It’s Monday morning at the office. You’ve just managed to navigate the parking lot, you’ve got a steaming cup of coffee in hand, and you’re ready to tackle that new [...]

The Mystery of the Mimicked Markup: A Benoit Blanc Investigation into PDF Symbology!

Ladies and gentlemen, architects of the digital age, gather ‘round. I have been summoned to this… peculiar project site to investigate a crime. Not a crime of passion, no—a crime [...]

The “Fatal Error” Survival Guide: Why Updating Autodesk Infrastructure is Mission-Critical

We’ve all been there. It’s Friday at 4:30 PM. You’re about to sync your central model for the last time before the weekend, and suddenly—The Notification appears. Autodesk Access wants [...]

It Had to Be You (And AI): Decoding Autodesk’s Game-Changing 2025

          December 31, 2025 Location: The intersection of Design & Technology It’s New Year’s Eve. The Auld Lang Syne is queuing up, the confetti is ready, [...]

The Griswold Family Guide to Consumption-Based Licensing (Or: How Clark Stopped Freaking Out About the Software Budget)

We interrupt your regularly scheduled professional advice to bring you a special holiday presentation. Clark Griswold is stressed about his architectural firm’s overhead. Cousin Eddie happens to be standing near [...]

The Quarter-Mile Code: Why We Now Prep Our Builds with ACC

Yo, it’s Dom. We've got a problem: Our projects are getting bigger than a semi hauling a vault, and we can’t afford mistakes. You can't just "feel out" a skyscraper [...]

🏠 Rebuilding Snoopy’s Doghouse: A Peanuts Guide to AI-Driven Scan-to-BIM

By Linus Van Pelt, Project Manager (with assistance from the World War I Flying Ace) A terrible storm has struck the neighborhood, leaving Snoopy and Woodstock’s beloved doghouse severely damaged. [...]

🎸 Suds in the Bucket and Data in the Cloud: How New Franklin, MO Built a Tech Titan

The BIM-Powered Construction of the NFDC—A Triumph of Coordination During Santa Fe Trail Days New Franklin, Missouri, is known for its quiet charm, proud history "Go Bulldogs", and as the [...]

🤖 Rebuilding Cybertron: A Reality Capture Protocol

Designation: Reconstruction Protocol 7.1 Objective: To leverage Earth-based reality capture technology (UAS and TLS) to rapidly survey, model, and verify the reconstruction of critical Cybertronian infrastructure. Lead Strategists: Ultra Magnus [...]

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