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New Tool to Convert Point Clouds to Real Geometry

Have you ever needed to create geometry from point cloud data?  Well now you can with the new Point Cloud Shape Extraction tool for AutoCAD Plug-in.

 Point Cloud Shape Extraction

The Point Cloud Shape Extraction for AutoCAD Plug-in is an intelligent point cloud shape extraction solution which allows you to import, load, and extract shape and geometry information from point cloud data in AutoCAD. Once installed, the tools for point cloud shape extraction are located in Point Cloud tab on the ribbon user interface.

The Point Cloud Shape Extraction tool is now available to test on Autodesk Labs.  You can even download sample data to experiment with and learn more about it. See how well Shape Extraction works for you, and be sure to tell us what you think at labs.acad.shape@autodesk.com.
7/30/2010 11:07:28 AM
MEP Piping Survey Opportunity

The Revit User Experience Team is researching the topic of piping. Anyone who oversees, designs, models, or documents pipe is eligible for this survey.  You do not have to use Autodesk products to take this survey. We intend to collect information about your existing workflows, tasks, and requirements.

 

The data from this survey will be used by the Autodesk Revit product team to focus product design and development efforts, prioritize potential features, ensure good usability, and better understand the needs of users involved in piping design and engineering. 

 

Topics include piping systems, sizing calculations, sloped piping, piping content, displaying and modeling piping, and more.  Depending on how many sections you choose to complete, the survey could take from 30 to 60 minutes. You can exit the survey and return to it; you do not have to complete it in one sitting. The deadline for submitting feedback is midnight eastern daylight time, Monday, July 12th.

 

If you know of anyone who might be interested in taking the survey, please feel free to forward this email. If you no longer wish to be sent emails about research opportunities, please let us know. Thank you for your consideration.

 

Link to survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LZPL9QZ

 

If you have any questions or problems with this survey, feel free to contact me at:  jason.martin@autodesk.com.

Sincerely,

 

Jason Martin
User Experience Manager, Revit Engineering

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Autodesk, Inc.
100 Commercial Street

Manchester NH, 03101

6/25/2010 10:21:48 AM
Why is This Checkbox Always Disabled?
The 2011 release of Revit MEP has given many new format options for panel schedules.  Some are obvious; the purpose of others are not as easy to figure out.  One such option is the control to display multi-phase circuits on multiple rows.  While working in the Set Template Options dialog when editing a panel schedule template, have you noticed this option and not figured out why it is always disabled?   There is a simple answer.  This control only applies to panels that use the One Column Panel Configuration.  Typical two column formats will show multi-phase circuits on multiple rows by default, but the one column formats show multi-phase circuits on one row by default.  Checking this setting will break out the phases onto separate rows as illustrated by the preview image in the dialog. (Click the image for an enlarged view.) 
6/21/2010 4:12:28 PM
Hotfix for Revit MEP 2010 Available - Circuits Lost When Synchronizing With Central
This is to notify all Revit MEP 2010 users that a hotfix has been provided to deal with an issue where circuit data was lost or modified when users performed a save to central.The link and instructions for the hotfix can be found on the Autodesk website here:  http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=DL15282292
6/18/2010 10:00:44 AM
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