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Find out how Design West Engineering incorporates sustainable design strategies into their practice and the role that Revit MEP played in the construction of the SEA LIFE™ Aquarium at LEGOLAND® California Resort in Carlsbad, CA. In 2008, Design West received the Revit BIM Experience Award from Autodesk.

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Find out how Design West Engineering incorporates sustainable design strategies into their practice and the role that Revit MEP played in the construction of the SEA LIFE™ Aquarium at LEGOLAND® California Resort in Carlsbad, CA. In 2008, Design West received the Revit BIM Experience Award from Autodesk.

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Ralph Bond of Autodesk interviews McKinstry principals David Allen and Tony Stewart about what they look for when hiring college graduates.  Find out what it take to become part of this Seattle company, renowned for its focus on sustainability and green building technologies.

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Ralph Bond of Autodesk interviews Chris Milford of Milltechnology Ltd, a London-based, building services coordination company.  MillTechnology works with the building services contractors that provide the HVAC ductwork, pipework, fire systems and electrical installations, providing clients with a single, fully coordinated, 3D building model for the complete project. Chris discusses how they incorporate sustainable design strategies into their practice, their most interesting projects using Revit® MEP, and what he sees as the biggest trends in his industry right now.

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Listen to Guri Stark, VP and General Manager, Autocad and Platform Products, talk about where Autodesk is taking AutoCAD®. Stark says Autodesk wants to make sure AutoCAD remains a vibrant product not only for its 9 million current users, but for new generations of designers coming out of college. Scanning capabilities and photogrammetry are only two of the new interesting applications and functionalities Autodesk is exploring as it continues to invest in the things customers care about.

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If you want to influence development of Autodesk® products, you need to know about myfeedback.autodesk.com. Shaan Hurley, Platform Technology Evangelist at Autodesk, describes all the ways customers can communicate with product design teams.

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Easter Island/Rapa Nui is the most remote inhabited island in the world, but it’s inundated with tourists. What’s a community to do? Pete Kelsey, Key Accounts Technical Manager at Autodesk, has made it a labor of love to help Rapa Nui cope. Using some fancy GPS equipment, laser scanning technology, and, of course, Autodesk software, Kelsey has produced a 3D survey grade model of the island that planners can use to assess development impacts.

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It’s easy to use, it’s free with AutoCAD®, and it gives your drawings that hand-drawn look. What’s not to like? Ged Trias of the Larsen & Darby Group talks about using Autodesk® Impression to draw your customers into the design process. Trias says that when you show customers a crisp, finished drawing or a 3D render, they feel less comfortable asking for changes. Impression enables you to give your drawings a looser, sketchier look that customers just want to draw on.

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Passion for what they do, sticking to a disciplined creative process, communicating and collaborating with customers, and a commitment to quality. Nils Norgren shares his secrets of success from Neoscape, one of the world’s leading architectural visualization firms.

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What’s on the horizon in digital design? Jim Balding of WATG talks about both the next step in digital design and what designers are looking for in the future. Hot topics: Better ways to display, cloud computing to enable collaboration, and algorithmic design.

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