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Editorial Editor-in-Chief David Harrington david.harrington@augi.com Copy Editor Marilyn Law marilyn.law@augi.com Technical Editor Andra Marquardt amarq013@yahoo.com
Contributing Authors AutoCAD Jeff Bartels AutoCAD Antonio Fontenele AutoCAD Architecture Melinda Heavrin AutoCAD Beth Powell AutoCAD Civil 3D Christian Barrett AutoCAD Civil 3D Christopher Fugitt Autodesk Revit Structure Phil Russo AutoLISP/AutoCAD Matt Worland Building Information Modeling Todd Shackelford
10 AUTOLISP/AUTOCAD 26 GOOD OLD AUTOLISP, FOR A NEW YEAR
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AUTODESK REVIT STRUCTURE 28 USING FORMULAS FOR ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS
AUTODESK REVIT MEP 31 REVIT MEP LIGHTING FIXTURE SCHEDULE
AUGI Board of Directors, 2011 Bill Adams R. Robert Bell Shaun Bryant Donnie Gladfelter David Harrington Peter Jamtgaard Paul Kirill Melanie Perry Scott Wilcox
AUGI Officers, 2011
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Updates, Service Packs and Top Known Issues (obtained from product pages at Autodesk.com)
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