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     June 2025, No. 265 AUGI Forums   AutoCAD: Area Field from an X-Ref    CAD Management: Create a document listing all LISP routines stored in a folder    Dot NET API: Combine two lists into one, Function returns nil      Activate Your Benefits     AUGI Members’ Articles   Tech Manager — Taking Action Mark Kiker emphasizes the importance of taking action and moving forward with projects. He encourages readers to prioritize action over excessive planning, focus on tasks that motivate them, strive for effective solutions rather than perfection, and ensure that actions are sustainable in the long term. Defining milestones and minimizing procrastination are crucial for maintaining momentum and achieving project goals. By embracing a proactive mindset and focusing on effective action, individuals can successfully navigate projects and achieve desired outcomes. Read More   What’s New in 3Ds Max 2026 — Brian Chapman introduces OpenPBR as its new default material for improved interoperability and physically accurate rendering, alongside enhancements to the Vertex Weld Modifier, Modifier Stack, and a new Object Search Widget in the Create Panel. Performance boosts are seen across various modifiers like Boolean, Array, Displace, and Skin, as well as Fluids, while animation workflows benefit from smoother viewport performance and improved rigging tools. New OSL maps and a 3-point rectangle creation method offer greater creative flexibility, and Retopology tools receive performance upgrades with cloud-based options. Updates to USD, Substance, and further enhance material handling, rendering quality, and interoperability, complemented by other improvements like a Skin Modifier hotkey, default OpenColorIO, a revamped Menu Editor, and expanded ATF support.    What’s New in Civil 3D 2026 — Shawn Herring discusses how the Autodesk 2026 product releases bring notable enhancements, particularly in Civil 3D with a new Model Viewer for isolated 3D review, streamlined surface editing and partial referencing, performance improvements, updates to the coordinate transformation tool, a technology preview for cloud-based drainage analysis, and enhanced infrastructure design review in ACC. These updates collectively aim to improve everyday workflows for design and engineering professionals.    What’s New in BricsCAD V 25.2: Enhancing Productivity and Streaming Workflows — Mr. Craig Swearingen explains that BricsCAD® V25.2 delivers over 30 new and enhanced features designed to automate workflows and boost productivity for a range of professionals working in 2D and 3D, with key updates focusing on improved interoperability through new features like geo-referenced point clouds and KML/KMZ support, AI-driven enhancements to tools like DWGHEALTH and COPYGUIDED, and discipline-specific improvements for mechanical design and BIM, including new annotation tools and enhanced IFC export capabilities; the release also emphasizes streamlined workflows with features like 3D offset and improved block insertion, alongside high-performance enhancements for tasks like interference detection and live sectioning, ultimately providing a comprehensive upgrade for users seeking greater efficiency and better project outcomes.        It’s that time of year when we ask our membership about salaries, benefits, job security and more! The anuual AUGI Salary Survey runs through July 14th. Please Take The Salary Survey.   Blogs CADproTips Mod the Machine The BIMsider     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), a saving of $1,250! per year Hardware: Learn more about Dell offer for AUGI Members   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. Autodesk launches 2025 AI Jobs Report: Demand for AI skills in Design and Make jobs surge The Forma industry cloud takes shape with new connections to Esri and Autodesk Construction Cloud Autodesk welcomes Andy Elder as new Chief Revenue Officer     AUGI Volunteering   There are openings for authors for AUGIWORLD, opportunities to assist in the Wish List, as well as contribute to our social media outreach.   VOLUNTEER       Become an Autodesk Beta Participant     AUGI Wish List