IMAGINiT Building Solutions Blog

Autodesk University

After a one-year hiatus, I'll be back at Autodesk University this year. I'm not teaching any classes this time around, but I will be a lab assistant for AB1357-L, "Autodesk® Revit® Architecture—Cloud!" If you're taking that class, I'll see you there. If you are attending AU but not taking that particular lab, reach out to me or anyone in IMAGINiT and let's set up some time to meet. I'd like to get together with as many people as possible while we're all in the same place at the same time.

On a completely unrelated topic, have you ever run into an issue where you are trying to Ping a computer to find out its IP address or to make sure that you have the right IP address associated with that machine, but you only get a reply from the IPV6 address? Next time, try running "Ping <computer name> -4" and you'll force a reply from its IPV4 address. It's been a little bit handy for me lately as I've been working through some IMAGINiT Clarity setups using our software VPN.

Have fun and we'll see you at AU!

-joe

Random Musings...

Last week, I was at an Albuquerque, NM CSI conference giving a presentation on multi-discipline / multi-company model sharing techniques with Revit. While there, our hosts from CSI (all great people!) provided some of us a handout that listed the top 10 things that specifiers wanted product reps and other consultants to know. While IMAGINiT doesn't represent building component manufacturers, there is still a fair amount of similarity that I can place between this top 10 list and one that would apply to the software and technology side.

So why am I mentioning it here in our blog? Good question!

My question to anyone who has the time and desire to give a quick reply is, "What would be on your list of things you wish your reseller or technology consultant knew?" Here is their top 10:

1. Get to know me and my firm
2. Know what information to provide and when
3. Know what division 01 says about your substitution request (to me this translates into, know the competing software and technology that is out there)
4. Know your product and product literature
5. Write good guide specifications 
6. Be honest about your product's limitations
7. Know the competition's products...
8. ... but don't trash the competition
9. Teach about your industry, don't sell your product
10. Join CSI and get your CDT and CCPR

So that is the CSI top 10 for building product reps... what would YOU add to it for someone like me? Drop it in the comments below.

Have fun with it!

-joe