HOTNEWS gives you helpful advice, tips & tricks, news from the CAD and BIM user community, AUGI events, and special offers and announcements. View in Your Browser Wish List     Forums     Get Connected     Articles     Publications     Products     February 2026, No. 273 AUGI Forums   AutoCAD: Lineweight dropdown shows mm (Metric), but everywhere else shows inches (Imperial)    Dynamic Blocks [Sharing]: PID Symbol Blocks    Civil 3D: Preset the feature as Line and Curve instead of Note within the Add Labels Dialogue Box      Activate Your Benefits   AUGI Members’ Articles   Tech Manager — Be a Connector Mark Kiker encourages members of AUGI to become “connectors” by actively building and strengthening professional relationships. He outlines a two-part process: first, connecting yourself to others by taking the initiative to ask questions, attending events, and joining user groups; and second, connecting others by introducing people with similar problems or interests to one another, both within your own firm and in the broader community. Mark emphasizes that this networking, whether through in-person events, user groups, or online platforms like AUGI and LinkedIn, is crucial for sharing knowledge, solving problems, and helping everyone in the community thrive. Read More   BricsCAD Mechanical: Sequence Smarter, Inspect Faster — Craig Swearingen explains how BricsCAD Mechanical optimizes the Design for Assembly (DfA) process by shifting validation to the early design stages, preventing the high costs associated with late-stage manufacturing errors. This workflow centers on two primary tools: BMSEQUENCE, which establishes a logical, step-by-step assembly order, and BMASSEMBLYINSPECT, which automates critical checks for tool accessibility, gravitational stability, and component collisions. Supported by a Routine Editor for custom validation criteria and clear visual feedback—including thumbnails and color-coded warnings—these tools ensure designs are production-ready. Ultimately, this integration allows teams to reduce assembly time, minimize expensive rework, and improve overall product quality by identifying physical constraints and ergonomic issues before a single prototype is built.    Property Sets for Pipe Networks in Civil 3D 2026 and how to Extend Them with Dynamo — Lukas Drbohlav explains that to transform pipe networks into intelligent BIM models, Civil 3D 2026 users can leverage Property Sets to define non-graphical data and Dynamo to automate the process at scale. Property Sets provide the framework for manual, automatic, and formula-based attributes, while Dynamo’s redesigned, intuitive node library allows engineers to bypass the limitations of manual entry by writing data to hundreds of objects simultaneously. This combined workflow enables the creation of high-fidelity models that support design coordination, construction, and long-term asset management, making advanced data enrichment a repeatable and accessible professional standard for infrastructure projects.    Rebuilding Standards: Learning from Real BIM Projects — Jason Peckovitch explores the evolution of BIM standards at ACI Mechanical, arguing that effective standards should emerge from auditing real-world habits rather than imposing abstract templates. By evaluating existing workflows through a “keep, improve, or remove” lens, he emphasizes a critical shift away from project-specific parameters—which offer short-term flexibility but long-term fragility—toward Shared Parameters that ensure data longevity and portability. This approach is ultimately “stress-tested” by the move toward specialized Fabrication workflows, where consistent data is required to transform modeling intent into reliable MAJ to CAMDUCT exports. Ultimately, he posits that standards are living frameworks designed to build trust in model data, ensuring that high-quality, manufacturable results are predictable and scalable across every project.        Blogs BIM Chapters In the Pipes The Architect’s Desktop     AUGI Career Center   AUGI Store   AUGI Member Discounts Exclusive discount offers for AUGI (Professional and Student) Members: Developers: $150 per year for ADN Standard Membership (AUGI Professional only), that’s a saving of $1,250! per year Hardware: Learn more about Dell offer for AUGI Members On-Demand Training: Unlock premium eLearning from IMAGINiT/ASCENT’s ProductivityNOW platform for just $99 per year (must be an AUGI Professional member), a savings of $300 on this high-value learning platform   Events and Training   AUGI is committed to providing diverse opportunities for its members to further their education—Below are just a few of the educational offerings that AUGI currently provides to help its members sharpen their technical skills.   Learn More   Autodesk News Press Releases and articles from the past month relating to Autodesk. 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