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AEC Collection

Infrastructure of Tomorrow eBook

Digitization and powerful new workflows to reshape the built environment and meet the ever-expanding challenges ahead. A few clear trends in the areas of Design, Build, and Operations & Maintenance have emerged.

Demystifying Generative Design eBook

At its heart, generative design is about providing practitioners with the ability to quickly explore, optimize, and make informed decisions to complex design problems.

Digital-era Design Demands Modern Workflows eBook

Research shows that increasing product complexity and a heightened focus on customer experience require solutions that democratize design tools and deliver seamless workflows. With product complexity on the rise and digital transformation reshaping every facet of business, it’s come time for design teams to bust out of traditional workflows to be better positioned for competitive advantage.

AUTOCAD

33 Tips Every AutoCAD User Should Know eBook

This eBook discusses shows you 33 tips over the following categories: Setup & Basics, Viewing, Objects, Modifying, Annotation, Data Management, Ecosystem, & Mindset.

Benefits of using the Architecture Toolset in AutoCAD eBook

This eBook discusses a study that explores common architectural design challenges and how the Architecture toolset in AutoCAD provides users with productivity versus the basic AutoCAD.

AutoCAD: Truth About Toolsets eBook

This eBook explores 5 ways AutoCAD with specialized toolsets can optimize your design workflow (with a bonus tip about the AutoCAD mobile and web apps)!

BIM

Better Business Results with BIM eBook

While the demand for new, upgraded, and maintained infrastructure is growing everywhere, investment levels vary. Some locations face an unprecedented demand for the execution of infrastructure improvements. These needs may stem from the delay of critical improvements due to funding constraints or, perhaps, an area‘s rapid development.

Guide to Achieving the Extraordinary with BIM eBook

A guide to BIM technologies and workflows for industry professionals in MEP, structural engineering, and architecture. This eBook contains three guides, each tailored to a different professional field, to tackling design projects in the world of BIM.

5 Ways Your Move to a BIM Workflow Pays Off eBook

Design professionals recognize that BIM can alleviate many of the business challenges they face by facilitating more effective collaboration and providing greater project insight earlier in the design and construction process. BIM can also provide firms with a significant competitive advantage along with other substantial and long-lasting benefits.

CIVIL

Advancing Civil Infrastructure Projects through BIM eBook

Infrastructure construction is often a public process, involving a public owner and large sums of taxpayer dollars. But the many different stakeholders with a shared goal often have different ideas, backgrounds and approaches. So can infrastructure projects benefit from the centrally-stored, data-rich environment of BIM that has already become the norm in the vertical world? All signs point to yes.

BIM Workflow for Civil Projects eBook

The AEC industry may focus on creating and maintaining today‘s changing infrastructure, but the industry itself is evolving as BIM adoption continues to spread.

The Civil Engineering Benefits of BIM eBook

Expand the functionality of these core civil engineering tools and your capabilities using them! Put the tools in the AEC Collection to work and enhance the value you deliver to all phases of the project, from conceptual design through construction. Develop a more positive direction of your project and reduce construction risk by considering design concepts in the context of the real and unique project conditions

Roads & Highways: More with Less eBook

As part of a DOT, you are facing twin challenges: the demand to achieve greater
insight, heightened accountability, and better project delivery as well as the
mandate to increase and improve services. You need to achieve this with
constrained budgets! This eBook will explore project delivery around the key themes of trends, delivery, and solutions.

Civil Innovation: Inside the trends of Civil Engineering eBook

This eBook will will layout an overview of pressures and trends that are influencing civil engineering innovation—sometimes motivating it, sometimes restricting it—and how individual firms and the industry as a whole are working to increase innovation.

MOLDFLOW

Key Trends for Plastics in Healthcare eBook

In this ebook, we will take a look at four important trends in medical plastics, the
implications of these trends have on the design process, and how simulation software
can help product developers and mold engineers overcome these challenges.

PDM Collection

The Difference between PDM & PLM eBook

PDM & PLM will improve quality, reduce costs, and get your products out to market faster. Realize the benefits of using product lifecycle management with data management.

Reality Capture

Reality Capture eBook

Despite such tedious verification work, you end up with an inaccurate and incomplete starting point for design. With a poorly set stage, it’s no surprise that projects often run into delays, design and construction rework, and costly change orders Projects with More Accuracy and Efficiency. There are 7 ways reality capture helps you deliver projects accurately and efficiently.

BIM Implementation 

Real World BIM Implementation

The BIM (Building Information Modeling) methodology has evolved to incorporate elements that are changing the architecture, engineering and construction industries

PLM  and Upchain

Fast forward product fast management with PLM and Upchain

PLM can be used for the development of new products or for the improvement of existing ones, and can manage changes during the manufacturing process and define workflows.

Cloud Collaboration

Cloud Collaboration

If you want to work and collaborate remotely, or visit a job site and have the details you need, or even communicate with your team while you’re at a conference, you’ll need a mobile device and a cloud-based construction management platform to get the job done.

In this ebook, we’ll help you understand the difference between a pure mobile app and a cloud-based software and/or technology platform. We’ll also go through the special advantages of the cloud for your projects and the construction industry.

Manufacturing Processes

Manufacturing Processes

Discover the fundamentals of manufacturing processes with this comprehensive guide. From an introduction to the basics to exploring different types of manufacturing processes, this ebook covers everything you need to know. Learn about integrated CAD/CAM solutions and how Autodesk Fusion 360 can help optimize your manufacturing processes.

With this ebook, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the manufacturing industry and how to implement effective processes in your own operations. Whether you’re new to the field or a seasoned professional, this guide is a valuable resource for enhancing your knowledge and staying up-to-date with the latest developments in the industry.

Building is Visualizing: How Leica Scanners Revolutionize the AEC Industry

Unlock the power of Leica Scanners and revolutionize the AEC industry with our eBook, “Building is Visualizing.” Dive into the world of advanced laser scanning technology and discover how it has transformed traditional construction methods.

Gain valuable insights into enhanced precision, accuracy, and efficiency throughout the project lifecycle. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to stay ahead of the curve.

Unleashing the Full Potential of the AEC Collection and Interoperability

Download our eBook, ‘Mastering the AEC Collection & Interoperability,’ and unlock the full potential of the Autodesk AEC Collection. This comprehensive guide is designed to help AEC professionals navigate and leverage the collection’s array of tools. Learn to understand its components, use automation for efficiency, and master AutoCAD-Revit interoperability. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your skills and boost your AEC projects.

2023 State of Design & Make

Discover the “2023 State of Design & Make” Report, a comprehensive guide from Autodesk, offering insights from industry leaders on how digital transformation is revolutionizing business resilience, sustainability, and talent management. This resource provides an in-depth exploration of the latest design and manufacturing trends, while also shedding light on strategies to bolster your business’s resilience in an ever-evolving landscape.

Uncover the power of sustainable practices and learn how forward-thinking companies are leveraging digital technologies to drive success. Additionally, gain valuable insights into talent management in the digital age.

Advanced Enscape Techniques for AEC Professionals.

Are you an architect, engineer, or construction professional looking to stay at the forefront of your industry? Dive into our eBook, “Advanced Enscape Techniques for AEC Professionals,” and gain access to invaluable insights that will transform your approach to architectural projects.

Beyond Boundaries: Mastering Collaboration with BIM Collaborate Pro & Civil 3D

Welcome to “Beyond Boundaries: Mastering Collaboration with BIM Collaborate Pro & Civil 3D.” In this transformative ebook, we embark on a journey to explore the convergence of Autodesk’s BIM Collaborate Pro (ABC Pro) and Civil 3D, two powerhouse solutions that promise to revolutionize how we approach collaborative endeavors in the AEC industry.