Laser Scanning for Beginners
Laser scanning may seem intimidating, but we can help you succeed outside your comfort zone! Read on to learn how and where to set up a laser scanner + register points with Leica Cyclone Register 360 on an iPad. I’ll walk you through where to set up your scanner for each scan and what to look for on the Cyclone app when linking scans together.
5 Ways to Recession-Proof Your Business
2022 has been an interesting year for both employers and employees, and changes aren’t coming to the job market any time soon. If you’re concerned about issues like staying ahead of projects, keeping costs down, or filling open positions, here are five ways to help you recession-proof your business.
Publishing a Web Layer to ArcGIS Online from ArcGIS Pro
With the introduction of ArcGIS Online (AGOL) and ArcGIS Pro, organizations can now publish and share data from anywhere. With more people than ever working from home, the need for an online web app for shareable content is more important than ever. This is more than just a cloud sharing portal; it’s using ESRI web apps contained within AGOL to view, manage and maintain your datasets from anywhere with an internet connection. In this blog, I’ll show a simple way to take a shapefile and publish it to AGOL for our organization to use as a centralized home for data.
Using Reality Capture to Map Building Structure
The usage of point cloud data is becoming widely popular in the AEC industry. Most of the time we see scanning being used for renovation projects or the historical preservation […]
5 Things Civil Engineers Should Stop Doing Now
Improving your workflows and processes doesn’t always require you to do more. Sometimes it requires you to stop. If you’re a civil engineer that’s stuck in an endless cycle of project inefficiencies like a broken template, lack of tools, or even a lack of staff, it’s time to break the cycle and find out how ATG can help.
How to Use Groups and Assemblies in Revit
Groups and assemblies provide valuable functionality within the Revit user interface. They both can group multiple elements into a single entity; however, they have subtle differences as well. Groups are incredibly efficient when a user needs to simultaneously edit multiple instances of identical groups. Assemblies provide value when documenting one area of a building. This blog is intended to highlight the nuances between the two and guide the user to the correct selection based on the desired result.
Exploring the Display Manager in Civil 3D
The “about” dialog in Civil 3D shows four software products: Civil 3D, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Map 3D and AutoCAD Architecture. Civil 3D shares the AutoCAD Architecture Display Manager [DISPLAYMANAGER]. The Display Manager works with the […]
Using Targets for Laser Scanning
Many operations that require real-world coordinates still rely on targets, brass caps and nails. These operations mostly work with civil applications, but for applications for the AEC world, the use of targets has fallen due to recent progressions in modern laser scanners such as the Leica RTC360. However, there are still some scenarios where deploying a target is what you need to navigate a tricky registration, giving you that warm fuzzy feeling knowing that everything is linked correctly.
Evaluate System Families in a Revit Project Template
Over the past few years, ATG has been contracted to review dozens of Revit templates for our customers. From this experience, we developed a comprehensive approach and strategy on how we review that content.
You can check out the whitepaper I wrote, Evaluate Your Revit Project Template, for full documentation of our template assessment process. This whitepaper allows users with the knowledge and time to perform their own internal template evaluation. From this process, you can scope and even phase the work that needs to be completed, which can either be completed as an assigned internal project or contracted to outside professionals like ATG.
In this blog, we’ll cover a portion of this whitepaper – evaluating system families.
How Small Trades Can Win Big Using Laser Scanners
Why are laser scanners becoming more popular on job sites? Remove all the technical jargon and big words, and laser scanners are simply a tool used to take fast, accurate […]