AU2012 - the year AU became a twitterfest

Here it is - my little collection of AU2012 goodies.  Images, videos, cool quotes (and don't forget the tweets!) - everything from the last couple of weeks that I thought was worth posting is here.  Enjoy!

Labs
To open up to as large an audience as possible, there’s no NDA – Autodesk Labs is wide-open to the public
via
#AU2012 Why Autodesk has a Labs - It is Alive in the Lab

AU Virtual 2012
Most of my experience with AU2012 was either through Virtual or Twitter.  Having viewed a few sessions, here are some things I found interesting:
The Reality of the Cloud - "you can't protect what you don't have line of sight" to



Class catalog preview at:
http://au.autodesk.com/?nd=au_virtual_class_catalog_preview

And if you want to try downloading some videos from AU Virtual (scroll down to EDIT2):
How to download videos from AU2012 and AUTV without a download link ( RTMP FLV from ooyala )

Everyone is a designer


Revit Multi-touch


Class Ratings by #ukbimcrew
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0Al7ldXLDcyOadFZlM3hpazZHQXVJV0JXSmE4VGZqTGc&pli=1

Revit 2014 features discussed
I also attended the AEC Futures session today to give us a preview of what's coming in Revit 2014. Unfortunately we are under NDA for that, so I'll not be giving anything away. I eagerly await the forthcoming release.
via
AU Wrap Up

Fusion 360
Looks interesting... some more info at:
BIMopedia Online - Benjamin Malone
Models can be uploaded from Revit, Rhino, ArchiCAD you name it - with synchornised results far more accurate than what we are acheiving at the moment. We have been promised a fully interoperable and extremely accurate product to product exchange. Sounds very exciting, and about time too. This promises to be the first truly open BIM platform...

Riverbed bug
Well to my surprise I get a email from one of my Revit users asking why objects are not showing up!
Didn't think this would happen with Revit! (how naive!).
So we will now evaluate a new pdf driver!
Anyone else ever had this issue with pdf's?

We are testing a couple projects using Revit Server and have had a couple error messages stating that "This Operation could not be Completed", after asking around at AU I found out that there appears to be a known issue between Riverbed and Revit Server (wish I had known about it earlier...). anyway apparently the guys at Riverbed are working on a solution, in the mean time I have to look for a work around!
The Revit Jedi: AU and Known and Unknow Issues.

Autodesk Expert Elite program launched at AU
AutodeskCare, Many are called, but few are chosen. Have you met...

Autodesk - Autodesk Expert Elite

Autodesk Expert Elite Terms of Service

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Tweets: 

Watch out for this. RT @bigbadbim: AEC-APPS.com crowd sourcing of available Apps.Coming soon! @oneslowpony @case_inc #AU2012 #SOM
— Luke Johnson (@lukeyjohnson) November 29, 2012

RT @autodeskaec: Autodesk & Topcon Announce Collaboration to Improve Interoperability #au2012 news.autodesk.com/news/autodesk/… @topcon_today
— Luke Johnson (@lukeyjohnson) November 29, 2012

RT @seandburke: @zachkron, "Like any good computational tool, mistakes make for interesting things". (Paraphrased) #au2012
— Luke Johnson (@lukeyjohnson) November 28, 2012

RT @directionsapb: Autodesk CFO Positions Company for Move to #Cloud, #Mobile and Consumer Marketplace goo.gl/fb/isGmQ #3d #au2012 #bim
— Luke Johnson (@lukeyjohnson) November 27, 2012

Aaron Maller @Twiceroadsfool
@lukeyjohnson @62TV175 @BigBadBIM @RobertYori @lonniecumpton
I have a 1.2GB file, runs on 8GB. Have a 200mb file that requires 12GB.

Jason Rostar @jrostar
Note: Students are dirt cheap existing condition modelers via @BrianSkripac

Aaron Maller @Twiceroadsfool

aaronmaller.com/BeckFiles/AU20…CM-2593, going Mobile with Revit Server- Handout

 Retweeted by Luke Johnson

3d

Aaron Maller @Twiceroadsfool

aaronmaller.com/BeckFiles/AU20…FM2589 Handout (tomorrow, 130, Point Cloud to FM class)

 Retweeted by Luke Johnson

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