• Shake, Rattle and Roll - researchers at Norwegian Geotechnical Institute have used COMSOL Multiphysics to determine ways in which low-frequency sound waves travel within buildings, so that they can recommend design adjustments to minimize vibrations, AEC Magazine, Sep 20, 2016 (more CAE articles)

• Work Faster in PDFs with these Five Bluebeam Tips and Tricks - employ right-click menu to create, open new file, generate hyperlinks with categories, places, search, apply snapshots for RFIs, building symbol libraries, Lisa Ly, US CAD, Aug 18, 2016 (more AEC articles)

AutoCAD and Autodesk products....

• Autodesk Industry Collections: What Do They Mean to Structural Engineers, Detailers, and Fabricators? - Revit allows structural engineering firms deliver better coordinated designs, documentation, reality capture laser scanning, photogrammetry of Recap 360 Pro offers better understanding of existing conditions, Vanessa Bertollini, BIM and Beam, Sep 19, 2016 (more Autodesk articles)

• Refreshing Autodesk Vault is So Important - refresh display to view updated information about file when lifecycle rollback function for file is used in Vault 2016, Mark Cloyed, IMAGINiT Manufacturing Solutions Blog, Sep 20, 2016 (more Autodesk Vault articles)

• A Fusion 360 - Quick Tip on Showing Modeled Threads - check 'modeled' option while editing thread to change appearance of thread, Jonathan Landeros, Inventor Tales, Sep 20, 2016 (more Autodesk articles)

• Fusion API: Usage of Mouse Event - define custom class of MyMouseClickHandler event, delegate object of MyMouseClickHandler with Command.mouseClick, Xiaodong Liang, Manufacturing DevBlog, Sep 21, 2016 (more Autodesk articles)

more AutoCAD and Autodesk articles

Civil 3D....

• Exclusionary Catchments - AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 - visit ground data panel, click catchments drop-down to create catchment from surface, specify discharge point in drawing before defining catchment properties, James Branagan, IMAGINiT Civil Solutions Blog, Sep 21, 2016

• Civil 3D: Closest Distance Between Two Objects - visit analyze tab, click inquiry panel drop-down list to select 'minimum distance between entities' tool that calculates shortest distance between 2 entities, AutoCAD Tips, Sep 20, 2016

more Civil 3D articles

Revit....

• Revit 2017 - Rotate Section Head Labels - open project browser, right-click on section head, edit family, save standard head family with suffix before setting 3 family types, 3 instance, yes/no, visibility parameters, Justin Doughty, CADline, Sep 21, 2016

• How to: Print Revit Heating and Cooling Load Analysis - visit reports category to print report, open report in Excel to select only particular pages to print, Edwin Prakoso, CADnotes, Sep 21, 2016

• Revit Reinforcement - Keeping a Check on Bar Marks - select all structural rebar in project, obtain rebar number, set parameter schedule mark before checking if marks are synchronized, Autodesk Revit Structure, Sep 17, 2016

• How to Fill the Gaps in a Revit Fabrication Model with Route & Fill Tool in Revit 2017 - choose fabrication part that contains open connector, check open connectors in view belonging to similar plane to check possibility of connection, Arka Roy, BIM Outsourcing, Aug 26, 2016

more Revit articles

MCAD....

• Review: Markforged Mark Two, Pt 2 - aluminum casing, fiber nozzle makes it appear more apt for design, engineering office than most 3D printers at desktop level, impressive base price starting from $5,499, Al Dean, DEVELOP 3D, Sep 21, 2016

• Additive Manufacturing at IMTS - 3D Systems CEO Vyomesh Joshi hinted their transition from prototyping to production, proposed GE acquisition of SLM Solutions, Arcam acted as recurring theme of conversations, Stratasys demonstrated plastic 3D printing, ENGINEERING.com, Sep 21, 2016

more MCAD articles

SOLIDWORKS...

• The Top Ten New Features in SOLIDWORKS 2017 - SOLIDWORKS 3D interconnect, improved large assembly performance, powerful modeling tools, renderings, animations gets boost from Visualize, faster 2D creation, expanded MBD capabilities, Rod Mackay, Javelin Technologies, Sep 19, 2016

• SOLIDWORKS 2017 What's New: Shaded Sketch Contours - apply feature in only sketch mode to shade any closed contours, apply relations to entities, James Carlin, CATI Tech Notes, Sep 20, 2016

• SOLIDWORKS 2017 What's New: Window Selection for Instances to Skip - ability to use box, lasso selection to add or remove instances to skip in patterns, Neil Bucalo, CATI Tech Notes, Sep 19, 2016

• Getting Started with SOLIDWORKS Design Tables - click option to create blank table, auto-create table based on dimensions, features which already vary per configuration, or link design table to external Excel spreadsheet file, Jesse Butwinick, Alignex Blog, Sep 20, 2016

more SOLIDWORKS articles

• Sep 28 - Introduction to Statistics on Structures, ANSYS, online

• Sep 28 - 29 - CAM Essentials for Turning, D3 Technologies, St. Louis, MO

• Sep 28 - Using Simulation to Predict and Solve Warpage in Injection Molding, Moldex3D, online

• Sep 29 - Accelerate Your Simulation Process with Simcenter 3D, Saratech, online

• Sep 30 - SOLIDWORKS PDM Class, Symmetry Solutions, Brooklyn Park, MN

• Oct 4 - SOLIDWORKS 2017 Eastern Canada Launch, Javelin Technologies, online

• Oct 5 - Overcoming Automotive OEM Data Transfer Issues and Design Roadblocks, Saratech, Diamond Bar, CA

• Oct 6 - SOLIDWORKS 2017 Launch Event, Symmetry Solutions, Duluth, MN

• Oct 10 - HSM Jumpstart, D3 Technologies, St. Louis, MO

• Oct 11 - Improving Planting Design Workflows with Vectorworks Landmark 2017, Nemetschek Vectorworks, online

• Oct 12 - Advanced Flow and Thermal Analysis for Hot Runner Optimization in Moldex3D, Moldex3D, online

• Oct 18 - What's New in SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2017, Javelin Technologies, online

• Oct 19 - What's New in SOLIDWORKS PCB 2017, Javelin Technologies, online

• Oct 21 - How to Work Around Bad CAD Files: CADdoctor, Moldex3D, online

• Oct 27 - SOLIDWORKS 2017 for 3D Printing, Javelin Technologies, online