Beyond Cad By Civil Fx | Bim, 3d Visualization, Uavs And Aerial Drones, Photogrammetry, Virtual Reality, Real-time Game Engin

Connect with me on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/samlytle/   Check out the Simulator for Active Distracted Driving:   www.saddvr.com   Check out Beyond CAD Vision:   www.beyondcad.com/vision    

In this episode I talk about how my experience has led me to believe that the odds of someone stealing your idea from sharing too much are much lower than no one caring about what you are creating. Connect with me at LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/samlytle/

After dabbling in cryptocurrencies over the years I've become interested in dipping my toes in similar speculation investments. When I found NBA Top Shot recently I started to wonder if it might be on a similar trajectory to Bitcoin and other short term bubbles.

This is the story of how I created 3 different courses on Udemy that led to thousands of $$ in revenue and I actually regret the whole thing.

In this episode I talk about how/why my life changed nearly 10 years ago and how that led to doing work I love on a regular basis and living adventures every day. Moving forward this will be the Sam Lytle Podcast | Adventures in Business, Design and Life.

In this episode I tell the story of selling a business over Zoom in a pandemic.

In this episode of Beyond CAD, Eric DeLeon talks with me about how he got into the world of AEC, his preference between AutoDesk and Bentley and many other topics. Make sure to check out Eric's podcast!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cad-manager-confessions-podcast/id1482553737  

In this episode of Beyond CAD (also available on YouTube https://youtu.be/v77e6U2Lv50 )  I discuss the new podcast (www.lookgoodpodcast.com) and interactive tours on YouTube as well as the development progress of Civil FX Vision. I discuss how learning design tools and being more involved has vastly improved the development progress of Vision. Learn more at www.civilfx.com/vision2020

In this episode I announce the new podcast from Civil FX called We Make Civil Engineering Look Good and also share an episode from the podcast where I interview Wayne Sullivan, Civil FX Project Manager who joined up with us 3 years ago and runs the office and client services. 

In this episode I talk about how and why Civil FX was awarded a Megagrant from Epic and how our project - The Simulator for Active Distracted Driving, or SADD - will hopefully save lives. I also discuss a new podcast Civil FX is working on called We Make Civil Engineering Look Good and what it means for Beyond CAD moving forward.

In this episode I talk about how good Beyond CAD could be if I invested more time and effort into it.

In this episode I talk about why we have a 3D printer even though it may never lead to revenue for the company.

In this episode I talk about where VR is at this point in December 2019 including all of the latest headsets as well as a discussion about the application of technology. 

In this episode I talk about what Twinmotion is and what all of the fuss is about it.

In this episode I share a presentation given by myself and Nick Johnson from NDOT at the TRB Symposium on Visualization in early November 2019. I discuss the future of visualization and Nick discusses NDOT's success with using interactive visualization as part of public outreach.

In this episode I discuss thoughts from the Transportation Research Board Symposium on Transportation Visualization I attended last week in Washington D.C. 

In this episode I talk about how we ended up getting a Mavic Pro 2 even though I've mentioned in the past that it probably wasn't worth it. I discuss 4 reasons why we could use drones as part of our 3D visualization services.

In this episode discuss answers to the questions we are receiving about Civil FX Vision, a better visualization tool we are building and launching in 2020.

In this episode I talk about the system we use to manage projects, tasks and hours.

In this episode I talk about why whenever possible we use 4k... and you probably should be too.