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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, [...]

By John Offield|2025-12-31T08:52:55-06:00December 31st, 2025|Categories: Buildings|Tags: 2025 updates, ACC, AEC industry, Agentic AI, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk Assistant, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Autodesk Forma, Carbon Analysis, Correspondence Tool, Data Exchange Connectors, Digital Transformation, EC3, Excavation tools, Handover Tool, Hatching update, IFC Data Model, interoperability, Neural CAD, New Year's Eve., Revit, Seiler Design Solutions, Sheet Collections, smart blocks, Sustainability, Toposolids, When Harry Met Sally, Workflows|0 Comments

New Webinar Upload: Collaboration in Revu 21

New Webinar Upload: Collaboration in Revu 21 Here's my latest webinar: Collaborate Without Boundaries - Teamwork in Bluebeam Revu 21 and Bluebeam Cloud https://youtu.be/hxxIYfBUfJQ?si=VTaxFwHibV7WQDCU Thanks for watching! And, if you'd [...]

By Luke Offield|2025-12-24T09:07:36-06:00December 24th, 2025|Categories: Bluebeam|Tags: Bluebeam, BlueBeam Cloud, Bluebeam collaboration, Bluebeam Revu, Bluebeam Revu 21|0 Comments

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 [...]

By John Offield|2025-12-17T17:00:35-06:00December 17th, 2025|Categories: Buildings, Uncategorized|Tags: ACC, Architecture, Audit, Autodesk Construction Cloud, BIM, bim collaborate pro, CAD, Central Model, Change Order, Civil, Clash Detection, Cloud Worksharing, Compact Central Model, Coordination Space, Critical Reporting, Design Issue Trend Report, Desktop Connector, Digital Twin, Discipline-Specific Emails, DWG, Executive Dashboard, External Resource, Fast, Fast and Furious, Governance, Implementation Manual, Insight Module, Issues, Linking Logic, Local file, MEP, Model Coordination, Owner Access, Owner's Guide, PAC, Personal Accelerator, Project Files, Project Health, Project Home, Publish, Relinquish, Request for Information, Revit, RFI, RFI Response Time, Risk Management, Safety Issues, Seiler Design Solutions, SOP, Standard Operating Procedure, Structural, Submittal, Sync Best Practices, Toretto, Troubleshooting, Version Control, Workflows, Worksets, Worksharing|0 Comments

🏠 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. [...]

By John Offield|2025-12-12T08:41:27-06:00December 12th, 2025|Categories: Buildings, Uncategorized|Tags: AECtech, AIAutomation, aurivusAI, AutodeskForma, AutodeskRevit, BIMModeling, Charlie Brown, ConstructionWorkflow, DigitalTwin, LiDAR, Peanuts, PointCab, PointCab4Revit, PointCabNebula, PointCabOrigins, PointCloud, RealityCapture, SCAN to BIM, SCANTOBIM, Seiler Design, Snoopy, Woodstock, Workflow, workflow questions, XGRIDS, XGRIDS K1|0 Comments

🎸 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 [...]

By John Offield|2025-12-11T12:49:58-06:00December 11th, 2025|Categories: Bluebeam, Buildings, Infrastructure, Uncategorized|Tags: AEC, AI for Revit, AI-Powered Design, As-Built, Automated Code Review, BIM, bim collaborate pro, BIM Manager, Bluebeam Revu, BlueBeam Studio, Civil 3D, Clash Detection, Co-authoring, Concert Logistics, Construction Technology, Digital Twin, DJI M300 RTK, Drone Specialist., ESRI ArcGIS Pro, Facilities Management (FM), Geospatial Manager, GIS Integration, Home of the Bulldogs, Hometown, Immersive VR Review, Lead Architect, Lead Civil Engineer, LiDAR, Mission Critical Facility, Missouri, PointCab, PointCab Nebula, PointCab Origins, Project & Industry Data Center Construction, Project Workflow. Technology & Software Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC), QA/QC Manager, QA/QC. Personnel Roles Project Manager, Reality Capture, Revit, Santa Fe Trail Days, Sara Evans, Seiler Design Solutions, Seiler GeoDrones, Sentera Thermal Sensor. Local Context & Event New Franklin MO, Swept Path Analysis, Traffic Management. Workflow & Concepts Cloud Worksharing, Trimble, Trimble RTS, VDC, Vehicle Tracking, Virtual Reality (VR), XGRIDS, XGRIDS K1, Zenmuse L3|0 Comments

Coming Soon: Bluebeam Max

Coming Soon: Bluebeam Max Your super tool for an AI-powered world. Accelerate drawing reviews, automate workflows and bridge the gap between 2D and 3D.  Available as a premium subscription plan [...]

By Luke Offield|2025-12-11T08:30:09-06:00December 11th, 2025|Categories: Bluebeam, Buildings|Tags: Autodesk Revit, Bluebeam, Bluebeam Max, Bluebeam Revit, Bluebeam Revu 21|0 Comments

XGRIDS Release of LixelStudio 3.5.1.0

XGRIDS has announced the release their newest version of LixelStudio for their line of LixelKity K1 and L2 SLAM Scanners. New Features: Plane Draw: Point cloud drawing, it supports [...]

By Mark Schnesk|2025-12-05T11:12:45-06:00December 5th, 2025|Categories: All Industries|Tags: Digital Twin, firmware, K1, L2, L2Pro, LiDAR, LixelKity, LixelStudio, Model, processing, Scan, scanning, SLAM, Update, Version, XGRIDS|0 Comments

🤖 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 [...]

By John Offield|2025-12-04T19:06:26-06:00December 4th, 2025|Categories: Buildings, Infrastructure, Uncategorized|Tags: 3D mesh models, Airborne LiDAR, Allspark, As-Built Context Model, Autobot/Minicon, Autodesk, autodesk civil 3d, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Autodesk Navisworks, Autodesk Recap Pro, Autodesk Revit, BIM, blueprints, Bumblebee, CAD/BIM systems, Clash Detection, Clash Reports, Cloud-to-Cloud Registration, Cybertron, Design-to-Reality Checkpoints, Deviation Reports, DJI Matrice 300 RTK, drones, energon conduits, Existing Terrain Surface, GeoCue TrueView Series, geometric certainty, grade slope, Hot Rod, Iacon, LiDAR Sensor, Orthomosaics, payloads, PhaseOne iXM, photogrammetry, Point Cloud, RCP File, RCS/RCP format, Reality Capture, RealWorks, Reconstruction Protocol 7.1, RTK/PPK, scanners, Seiler Design Solutions, Seiler GeoDrones, Seiler Geospatial, Shockwave, TIN Surface Model, TLS, Trimble, Trimble Business Center, Trimble Connect, Trimble X9, uas, UAV, Ultra Magnus, Unified Point Cloud, VDC, Vector Sigma, Wreckers|0 Comments

Bluebeam Revu 21.8 Update

Bluebeam Revu 21.8 Update Bluebeam Revu 21 has just received a new update! Version 21.8 is here so, let's see what's in store for us with this latest release! Revu 21.8 [...]