IMAGINiT Civil Solutions Blog

BIM is Misleading, Infrastructure Design Suite Workflow is Not

By Dino Lustri, PE, PS, ACI, Senior Applications Expert at IMAGINiT

I talk with clients everyday who own the Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite but are only using one or two pieces of it. Do you know about all the tools available to you?

When your current workload requires you to produce more in less time for each project, knowing which tools to use (and how to use them) can have a huge impact on your performance and efficiency.  The best part about these tools is that you probably already own them, you just don’t know they’re there – waiting for you to discover them.

A little while back, marketing asked me to create a video on building information management (BIM) workflow using Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite.  Don’t let the word BIM mislead you.  These workflows are very functional in current day to day needs.  I’m sure you have seen all types of record data available to you but often wondered how you can take advantage of it.  Let me show you some very simple ways to make a lot out of a little.

Did You Know? Vol. 2: Select Similar

In this months installment of did you know, we take a look at 'Select Similar'. When you have multiple objects of something and you need to select them all, simply left click on one of the objects, then right click and select 'Select Similar'. It will now select same object types that are in the drawing.

For instance, if you click on a block, it will select all blocks. If you select an Alignment, it will select all Alignments. Simple yet very useful.

 

Keep being Civil! And Happy Valentines Day!

Infrastructure Design Suite 2014 - Conceptual Design Workflow

By: Brian Allen

A few months ago marketing asked me to create a short video on the 2014 Infrastructure Design Suite showing a Conceptual Design idealized real-world workflow. Even though “idealized” and “real-world” should not go together, marketing asked for it anyway.

Now, I will say that if you haven’t seen some of the concept functionality, you should take a look. The video I created is about an hour and has some great features to help you with your designs.

My favorite part is the 5D modeling that Navisworks has to offer. I’m sure you know what 3D modeling is, it’s just modeling in the xyz space. The 4^th dimension is time, add the 5^th and you get cost.

Enjoy!