John Offield | Seiler Design Solutions

About John Offield

John Offield has over 25 years of experience from Design Build, Engineering and Architectural Firms. John has also been a speaker for the AIA, SMACNA, Structures Congress of Americas, AUGI, CADCAMP, Autodesk events and publications for several Autodesk software over the last 20 years. John has utilized his Design Build, Architectural, MEP, and Structural Design experience with his combined software knowledge / skills to implement BIM into firms small and large. Specialties include workflows between multiple offices and disciplines of BIM / VDC, scanning and hardware, standards, project coordination, and content creation with Revit, Dynamo, Navisworks, and other AEC Autodesk software. John is also an Autodesk Certified Instructor ready to implement custom training and software / hardware workflows. On the personal side, John enjoys spending time with his family, friends, and extended family members (3 dogs), being outdoors working on his farm (fishing, hunting, camping, etc.), gardening, playing guitar, going to concerts.

How to create an Autodesk Revit Central Model

In this video you will see how to create a Central Mode with Autodesk Revit.

By John Offield|2021-04-07T08:18:57-05:00May 15th, 2020|Categories: Buildings|Tags: Autodesk, Central Model, Local file, Revit, Worksets|2 Comments

Autodesk 2020 goes digital this year!

As Autodesk continues to monitor and respond to the challenges caused by COVID-19, they have decided to host all Autodesk University conferences as digital experiences this year. This includes their flagship [...]

By John Offield|2020-09-30T14:44:21-05:00May 12th, 2020|Categories: All Industries, Buildings, Infrastructure, Product Design/Manufacturing|Tags: Autodesk, Autodesk University, Covid-19|0 Comments

Online Autodesk Certifications! – Check out how to do this here

Autodesk Certification Exams from Home: We recognize the difficult nature that COVID-19 has placed on educators, administrators and businesses. In an effort to support customers and individuals to continue their [...]

By John Offield|2020-09-30T14:45:11-05:00May 8th, 2020|Categories: All Industries, Buildings, Infrastructure, Product Design/Manufacturing|0 Comments

Autodesk Extended Access Program (EAP) extended to June 30

On March 24, Autodesk launched the Extended Access Program to enable customers to use certain cloud collaboration products free, for commercial use. Due to the strong uptake Autodesk has seen [...]

By John Offield|2020-09-30T14:45:45-05:00May 8th, 2020|Categories: All Industries, Buildings, Infrastructure, Product Design/Manufacturing|0 Comments

Files slow to upload to BIM 360? Here are some tips to get them to load faster.

If you are experiencing slow upload speeds of your Revit and other large files to BIM 360 these tips could help out. Internet speed is key when uploading to BIM [...]

By John Offield|2020-09-30T14:46:49-05:00May 1st, 2020|Categories: Buildings|0 Comments

Autodesk Live Webinar: Transition to Named User – April 30, 2020

May 7, 2020, Autodesk will launch plans based on people for businesses of all sizes and begin retiring plans based on serial numbers. Please take time to attend the upcoming [...]

By John Offield|2020-09-30T14:47:35-05:00April 21st, 2020|Categories: Buildings, Infrastructure|0 Comments

PDF not showing up in Revit? Here’s how to resolve that issue!

If you've been trying to insert PDF's into Revit 2020 and up and see a warning about veiw parameters, plan regions, etc. All you need to do is go into [...]

By John Offield|2020-09-30T14:48:10-05:00April 20th, 2020|Categories: Buildings|1 Comment

Revit 2021 New Features, info and videos!

Here's a link from Autodesk with all of the new features for Revit 2021, it includes info, links and videos! https://blogs.autodesk.com/revit/2020/04/08/whats-new-in-revit-2021/

By John Offield|2020-09-30T14:48:23-05:00April 9th, 2020|Categories: Buildings|0 Comments

Transitioning into BIM 360 for Admin Pt3 – Submit Reviews, Sets, Issues, Markups, Desktop Connector, Revit, Civil 3D within a BIM 360 Project

In this 3rd and final session of Transitioning into BIM 360 for Admin you will see how to submit Reviews, Sets, Issues, Plans, Markups, and see how the use of [...]

By John Offield|2020-09-30T14:48:43-05:00April 3rd, 2020|Categories: Buildings, Infrastructure|0 Comments