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Departments 12 Autodesk Insiders 15 Questions with Autodesk Construction Technical Specialist: Jason Dodds 15 Product PReview “Siteworks for Revit” 20 AUGI Local Chapter Los Angeles Revit Usters Group 39 Inside Track AUGI | AEC EDGE brings you recent developments in Autodesk and AEC related software items. 46 Head’s Up HEAD’S UP! Updates, Service Packs and Top Known Issues (obtained from product pages at Autodesk.com)
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