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Vepsa really works :-)

Vespa is amazing. Everyone's talking about it: New Autodesk Product Beta Coming Soon, Codenamed Vespa Vespa Beta Vespa works on DWF files too! So

Originally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 15 Apr 2006

Happy Easter

With apologies to Magritte's "Son of Man": Have a nice weekend.

Originally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 15 Apr 2006

Video review of Toshiba M400 Tablet/Convertible

This video review is a neat introduction to the Toshiba M400. It’s the first really grunty, maybe even part-time CAD capable, Tablet/Convertible Notebook. It has the

Originally posted by RobiNZ from RobiNZ CAD Blog
ReBlogged here on 15 Apr 2006

PC World ranking Apple Intels

Apple/Intel hardware running Windows XP allows PC World to rank Apple against PCs. Anyone out there tried AutoCAD, Revit, Max etc on the Apple Intel Hardware + Windows

Originally posted by RobiNZ from RobiNZ CAD Blog
ReBlogged here on 15 Apr 2006

RobiNZ

Robin Capper is the author of RobiNZ featuring CAD and IT blogs. His AutoCAD blog is a great stop for any CAD enthusiast. Lately

Originally from Featured Blog
ReBlogged here on 15 Apr 2006

CADD Manager Journal - April 2006

Are you a subscriber? In this months issue... Traits of a Good CAD User - What do good users look like? A four part

Originally posted by CADDManager from CADDManager.com Blog
ReBlogged here on 14 Apr 2006

Vespa works on DWF files too!

Shaan Hurley has a great Between the Lines blog entry for a new project known as Vespa. Senior Architect, Brian Mathews, mentioned that Vespa

Originally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 14 Apr 2006

Hop on to Vespa to test drive Artistic CAD

Shaan has sign-up details for the “Vespa” Product beta as previewed at Autodesk University. My post about the preview gives an idea what “Vespa” can do. Now you can try/test the

Originally posted by RobiNZ from RobiNZ CAD Blog
ReBlogged here on 14 Apr 2006

2007: A ADT/ABS Space Odyssey

Space can represent many things as the image (right), from http://www.visualthesaurus.com shows. As Architectural Desktop & Building Systems evolved different requirements for measurement, display,

Originally posted by RobiNZ from RobiNZ CAD Blog
ReBlogged here on 14 Apr 2006

Moldflow Misses

Moldflow had expected its Q2 revenue to be around US$17.8 million. It's now figuring on as much as 9% less -- $16.2-$16.4 million --

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 14 Apr 2006

Get a Beyond the Paper Blog Badge for Your Site

Shaan Hurley has his Between the Lines blog which has been very popular for a long time. Recently he provided tag images that readers

Originally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 14 Apr 2006

Vespa Beta

I hope I can squeeze in some time to try the Vespa Beta that Shaan just blogged about. I had the chance to try

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 14 Apr 2006

Bloggers about ADT 2007

I just read Robin Capper's 2007: A ADT/ABS Space Odyssey that describes the new unified space object. This is one of the major reasons

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 14 Apr 2006

DWF Measurement: Between the Lines Recap (Part 4)

Before Beyond the Paper was created, Shaan Hurley, Brian Mathews, and I used to post articles about DWF on the Between The Lines blog.

Originally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 14 Apr 2006

New Autodesk Product Beta Coming Soon, Codenamed Vespa

Is it hand drawn, or did someone use a computer to create an image? Which in the above is hand drawn and which is

Originally posted by Shaan Hurley from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 14 Apr 2006

AutoCAD Tip: Resfit

Some of AutoCAD commands that deal with solid modeling reveal a hidden option called RESFIT. For example, enter an invalid response to the Fillet

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 14 Apr 2006

Text Settings

One thing I've always wondered about...why isn't there a Settings menu selection for Text Styles?? Nearly every other project setting does yet text doesn't...seems

Originally posted by Steve from Revit OpEd
ReBlogged here on 14 Apr 2006

New Autodesk Revit Products Released

The pre-release product betas for project code names "Bengal" Autodesk Revit Building 9 and "Pittsburgh" Autodesk Revit Structure 3 has now completed. The products

Originally posted by Shaan Hurley from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 14 Apr 2006

Workset Visibility in Linked Files

We don't have discreet control over workset visibility in linked files on a view by view basis yet (not in RB9 either). We DO

Originally posted by Steve from Revit OpEd
ReBlogged here on 14 Apr 2006

DWG TrueView with support for the DWG 2007 file format

DWG TrueView is available now. It's based on AutoCAD 2007. Get it at http://www.autodesk.com/dwgtrueview. It's free by the way but nothing is said on

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 14 Apr 2006

Rooms in Revit Building 9

One of the first things you may stumble a bit with Revit Building 9 is Rooms. They are now an actual element like a

Originally posted by Steve from Revit OpEd
ReBlogged here on 14 Apr 2006

Autodesk - Trusted DWG - DWG TrueView 2007 DWG Version Released

Autodesk - Trusted DWG - DWG TrueView. Use DWG TrueView software to accurately view, plot, and publish authentic DWG files. You can: Share AutoCAD®

Originally posted by Shaan Hurley from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 14 Apr 2006

PTC Suffers Software Theft

A Chinese software engineer is indicted by an American grand jury for allegedly stealing testing software from Parametric Technology. Leslie Suzukamo of Pioneer Press

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 14 Apr 2006

DWG to PDF without AutoCAD

CAD Forum publishes an interesting tip on plotting DWG files to PDF without AutoCAD. It is based on using the newly released Autodesk DWG

Originally posted by AutoCADder from AutoCADder
ReBlogged here on 14 Apr 2006

Matt Dillon on "Revit vs ADT"

And/or "ADT vs Revit". Read his thoughts here, and look forward to more insight from someone who uses and teaches both programs.

Originally posted by David Koch from The Architect's Desktop
ReBlogged here on 13 Apr 2006

Autodesk DWG TrueView now available

Autodesk DWG TrueView 2007 has been released. It is available for download (119MB) from the Autodesk web site. This version of the free viewer

Originally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 13 Apr 2006

Population-based Site Licenses

Bentley Systems is offering municipalities a subtle twist on its license subscription program: municipalities can get all Bentley software for an annual fee based

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 13 Apr 2006

A Hip Tip on Converting a Surface to a Solid...

You can turn a surface into a solid fairly easily in AutoCAD 2007 (something that was not nearly so easy in previous releases). The

Originally posted by Lynn Allen from Lynn Allen's Blog
ReBlogged here on 13 Apr 2006

Tips for Measurement from Jason Pratt

ACS Sales Solutions Engineer, Jason Pratt has been around DWF almost as long as I have. In fact, Jason is the reason that DWF

Originally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 13 Apr 2006

Bootcamp Day Four - Survey and Grading

It has been four days, and there is only one to go. For as much information as has been shared, there is still much

Originally posted by Angel Espinoza from Angel's Civil 3D Thoughts
ReBlogged here on 13 Apr 2006

Revit Building 9 System Requirements

System Recommendations  Intel® Pentium® 4 processor, 2.8 GHz, or equivalent AMD Athlon® processor Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (SP2 or later)2 GB RAM <====1

Originally posted by CADDManager from CADDManager.com Blog
ReBlogged here on 13 Apr 2006

My blog has moved!

http://blogs.autodesk.com/in_the_machine RSS feed: http://mfgcommunity.autodesk.com/blog/amy/atom.xml Check it out for my latest posts and browse around the larger Manufacturing Community site. -Amy

Originally posted by Eric Wright from In The Machine
ReBlogged here on 13 Apr 2006

Plot Layout Tool Lisp

I recently helped a client that had users that needed to plot, but were intimidated by AutoCAD. We had no time to train them

Originally posted by Todd from The Lazy Drafter
ReBlogged here on 13 Apr 2006

Revit Building 9 is Released and Shipping

Finally!!! Revit Building 9 has been officially released to the Web and is now shipping to subscription customers. Download it HERE. The main site

Originally posted by Steve from Revit OpEd
ReBlogged here on 13 Apr 2006

The Parts Circle is Squared

When Autodesk last month opened its Manufacturing Community Website, it linked to the parts library provided by PARTsolutions. It's been a few years so

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 13 Apr 2006

Autodesk VIZ 2007 Now Shipping

Autodesk VIZ 2007 Overview: Link to PDF DocumentWebsite: http://www.autodesk.com/viz Autodesk® VIZ software provides an interactive environment for 2D drawing and 3D modeling, animation, and

Originally posted by Shaan Hurley from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 12 Apr 2006

Almost all 2007-applications released

As of today, almost all CAD applications of the new 2007-family are released - at least in the main languages. If you are on

Originally posted by AutoCADder from AutoCADder
ReBlogged here on 12 Apr 2006

I'm gone for a few days

I'll be leaving for a trip tomorrow morning. I probably won't be signing on to make any posts until I return to _ork. Remember

Originally posted by Melanie Stone from Mistress of the Dorkness
ReBlogged here on 12 Apr 2006

The Development Abstraction Layer - Joel on Software

The Development Abstraction LayerBy Joel SpolskyTuesday, April 11, 2006Printer Friendly VersionA young man comes to town. He is reasonably good looking, has a little

Originally posted by Joel from Orr's Observations
ReBlogged here on 12 Apr 2006

DWF Viewing: Between the Lines Recap (Part 3)

Object Styles Explained

Object styles are located both in the project and in families. Every family, system and annotation category has atleast one object style. They are

Originally posted by Chris from Revit Rants
ReBlogged here on 12 Apr 2006

Nested Arrays & Formulas

I have recently updated my tutorial for nested arrays and formulas which was getting quite old. The tutorial is available here: Nested Families &

Originally posted by Chris from Revit Rants
ReBlogged here on 12 Apr 2006

U3-enabled CAD Viewers - When?

There is yet another standard out there, but this one could be of interest to CAD users. U3 lets applications run from USB keys

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 12 Apr 2006

Bootcamp Day Three - Vault, Map 3D, and Raster Design

Well, it was one busy day. Far too much information for just one post. Here is the smallest of tiny snippets. The first half,

Originally posted by Angel Espinoza from Angel's Civil 3D Thoughts
ReBlogged here on 12 Apr 2006

AutoCAD 2007 and 64-bit systems

AutoCAD 2007 does not support 64-bit Windows. However, it does support running on an Intel EM64T processor using Window XP. AutoCAD 2007 runs as

Originally posted by Scott from Civil 3D - Paving the Way
ReBlogged here on 12 Apr 2006

Review (part 3): ATI FireGL X3

A brief update on the latest.... My son installed the FireGL in his computer. There is no way I was going to jepardize the

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 12 Apr 2006

Autodesk Rides the Blog Wave

Of all the blogs that are out there (see TenLinks list of CAD blogs), and overwhelming number (54 out of 79 listed, or 68%)

Originally posted by rtara from CAD Insider
ReBlogged here on 12 Apr 2006

Undoing a Section or Pull Apart in Autodesk DWF Viewer 6.5

Autodesk DWF Viewer 6.5 features sectioning and pull apart capabilities when working with 3D DWF files. Though these capabilities are easily accessible and very

Originally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 12 Apr 2006

Visual Styles Tutorial & Ebook

With the new release of AutoCAD 2007 comes a new 3d feature called Visual Styles. These tools provide a way of managing all the

Originally from Recently Added Software
ReBlogged here on 12 Apr 2006

Revit Em Portugal?

I've neglected to mention that there is a blog dedicated to those Revit users who speak Portuguese, Revit Em Portugal. Fernando hails from Leiria,

Originally posted by Steve from Revit OpEd
ReBlogged here on 12 Apr 2006

N-sided Surfacing

FreeDesign unveils its new n-sided surface technology, which goes beyond NURBS and Bezier surfaces that use quadrilateral patches.The idea is to sketch some curves,

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 12 Apr 2006

AUGI Browser Toolbar

http://www.augi.com/home/detail.asp?page=893<>The AUGI Connectivity Toolbar is a free search and navigation companion that accompanies you as you surf, providing instant connectivity, searchability, and information from

Originally posted by Melanie Stone from Mistress of the Dorkness
ReBlogged here on 11 Apr 2006

Autodesk DWF Writer Patch for Autdoesk Revit Users

For those of you using Autodesk Revit with Autodesk DWF Writer 3, printing to the Autodesk DWF Writer for 2D printer will not work

Originally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 11 Apr 2006

Bootcamp Day Two - Implementation

It turns out that instead of everyone being together in one big ISD group we have been subdivided and placed in smaller classrooms. Every

Originally posted by Angel Espinoza from Angel's Civil 3D Thoughts
ReBlogged here on 11 Apr 2006

Autodesk Sued Over Product Activation

Z4 Technologies sues Autodesk and Microsoft for using "product activation" technology in their software, reports Susan Decker of Bloomberg News. (Product activation is the

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 11 Apr 2006

Is DS the New PTC?

In its early years, PTC was famous for telling the customer what he needed; infamous for not listening. When the peacock loses its tail

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 11 Apr 2006

CAD on Linux

Ralph Grabowski writes in his blog about UGS supporting Linux with its NX4 CAD release. The reason UGS supports NX4 on Linux and X64 not

Originally posted by Evan Yares from The CAD Industry
ReBlogged here on 11 Apr 2006

As Print Coverage Shrinks, Web Coverage Expands

Vendors attend trade shows to hawk their products. They pitch to the attendees but attendees seem to be dwindling over the years. For the

Originally posted by rtara from CAD Insider
ReBlogged here on 11 Apr 2006

UGS: We Heart Linux

With the release of NX 4 on Linux, UGS says they are the first to provide a complete set of PLM software for Linux.

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 11 Apr 2006

Autodesk Discussion Group Tips

The Autodesk discussion groups have two methods of access: using a web browser or a newsreader application. The Autodesk discussion groups related to DWF

Originally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 11 Apr 2006

Dallas, User Manuals and a New Blogger!

The weather here in Dallas is great! I know I've been terribly neglectful of my blog lately (I'll try to do better). Rumor has

Originally posted by Lynn Allen from Lynn Allen's Blog
ReBlogged here on 11 Apr 2006

Key Plans

Revit does not currently have a Key Plan Tool so this is what we do when we need a Key Plan on our sheets.

Originally posted by David from Revit Beginners
ReBlogged here on 11 Apr 2006

Model, Symbolic, Detail and Reference Lines

Which one do I use?Well, when you're in the family editor you can draw symbolic lines, model lines or reference lines.1. Symbolic lines only

Originally posted by David Duarte from Revit Beginners
ReBlogged here on 11 Apr 2006

View Range

The use of View Range can be a difficult concept to grasp. The image below has been circulated around and explains how CUT, PROJECTION,

Originally posted by David from Revit Beginners
ReBlogged here on 11 Apr 2006

Floor Plan Backgrounds

Let's say you're doing your own mechanical, electrical, structural or other drawings that require a floor plan that is greyed or halftone (a background).

Originally posted by David from Revit Beginners
ReBlogged here on 11 Apr 2006

The National Map–Pretty Pictures, no Download

After striking out on finding a stand-alone source for California’s fault lines, I decided to try the USGS National Map, which I had forgotten

Originally posted by Peter Sheerin from CADJournal
ReBlogged here on 10 Apr 2006

Annual Aseptic Technology Symposium

Pharmadule (where I work as CAD Manager), Bosch and BOC Edwards are this year organizing the Third Annual Aseptic Technology Symposium in the US.

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 10 Apr 2006

Updated ADT 2007 .NET API HardwiredStyles Samples

Download the corrected AecHardwiredStylesMgd samples for ADT 2007 posted to AUGI Forums here. The locations are here: C:\Program Files\Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2007\Sample\VB.NET\AecHardwiredStylesMgd C:\Program Files\Autodesk

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 10 Apr 2006

Roopinder Unleashed! - The CAD Insider Blog

Roopinder Tara, in addition to running the excellent TenLinks site, has started a CAD Blog with an insiders view of the industry. Last week, during my blog/email free cycling

Originally posted by RobiNZ from RobiNZ CAD Blog
ReBlogged here on 10 Apr 2006

Changing the location of a DWF Underlay

Over in the new Autodesk 2007 discussion group, Don Butler asked if there a way to re-path a DWF Underlay? It seemed that there

Originally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 10 Apr 2006

Median pay for CEOs of 100 largest companies rose 25%

USA Today finds that CEOs of small to midsize companies had pay similar to that of large companies. The only CAD vendor on their

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 10 Apr 2006

Tips for Custom Symbols in Autodesk DWF Composer

DWF Technical Evangelist, Brian Pene documented some tips on using custom symbols with Autodesk DWF Composer (Autodesk’s design review product).To start the process of

Originally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 10 Apr 2006

Tailoring Visual Styles

Tailoring Visual Styles is another in my series of mini e-books about AutoCAD -- just 74 pages but illustrated with 130 figures. AutoCAD 2007

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 10 Apr 2006

Dallas, AutoCAD 2007, and old friends

I am in Dallas, TX for 2007 training with Autodesk. Yesterday we saw just a few of the new 3D features in AutoCAD. If

Originally posted by BethPowell from Beth's CAD Blog
ReBlogged here on 10 Apr 2006

Bootcamp Day One - AutoCAD 2007

Day one: We went over the two most significant additions to AutoCAD. They have been mentioned before. The 3D solid modeling which gets some

Originally posted by Angel Espinoza from Angel's Civil 3D Thoughts
ReBlogged here on 10 Apr 2006

The World File is Not Enough

I now have a reply back from the author or WinAPRS on support for ESRI world files. He is working on it, but has

Originally posted by Peter Sheerin from CADJournal
ReBlogged here on 10 Apr 2006

Downloading California Fault Lines a Shaky Process

Now that I’ve found a source of georeferenced weather radar images, I thought the next useful bit of data would be a vector overlay

Originally posted by Peter Sheerin from CADJournal
ReBlogged here on 10 Apr 2006

HP Scanner Says, “Scan to Photoshop, Photoshop, Photoshop, or Photoshop?”

I’ve just installed my ScanJet 4670, and pressing the scan button on the unit presents me with a dialog box that allows me to

Originally posted by Peter Sheerin from CADJournal
ReBlogged here on 10 Apr 2006

Feet and Inches Calculator

In today’s posting, I am going to discuss a very good computer program for those AutoCAD users like myself that aren’t as familiar with

Originally posted by Fernando Salgado from TECHtalk: autocad, technology and gadgets
ReBlogged here on 10 Apr 2006

Votre avis

J'aimerais bien recevoir des commentaires, ou même des suggestions de sujet concernant Revit. N'hésitez pas à me faire parvenir ceux-ci à cette adresse :

Originally posted by Daniel Hurtubise from Revit It!
ReBlogged here on 10 Apr 2006

Une histoire de contrainte

Si vous utilisez plusieurs contraintes Revit pourrait se retrouver pris au milieu de celle-ci. Avec pour résultats que certaines contraintes auront précédences sur d'autres.

Originally posted by Daniel Hurtubise from Revit It!
ReBlogged here on 10 Apr 2006

AUGI CAD Camp to visit the UK in June

Special extract from "AUGI HotNews - April 2006" edition... AUGI CAD Camp Comes to the United Kingdom

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 10 Apr 2006

AUGI HotNews - April 2006 edition hits the stands...

AUGI's official monthly Email Newsletter "AUGI HotNews - April 2006" edition hits the stands. Some of this month's highlights... Lynn Allen's Tips & Tricks

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 10 Apr 2006

Update to BLAUGI "Infrastructure forum" post on Thursday, March 23, 2006...

AUGI "Infrastructure" Forums updated... [ snip ] AUGI have just finished updating their "Infrastructure" Forums, why not take the time to pop-by and have

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 10 Apr 2006

Hello Dallas Texas!

I am now in Dallas Texas attending an Autodesk event. This is not a town I have visited many times before. One item that

Originally posted by Shaan Hurley from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 9 Apr 2006

Making "Elevation" tags look like Section Heads

Okay, so we can't yet make elevations look the way we want them to. This is my typical workaround that i use in my

Originally posted by Chris from Revit Rants
ReBlogged here on 9 Apr 2006

Along comes Revit Systems

I think plenty of engineering firms have already adopted or have plans in motion to investigate ABS, when along comes Revit Systems.Well…. crap. What

Originally posted by Todd from CAD Shack
ReBlogged here on 9 Apr 2006

Update to BLAUGI "ADT/ABS forum" post on Thursday, March 23, 2006...

AUGI "ADT/ABS (Architectural Desktop/Building Systems)" Forums updated... [ snip ] In Practice ( new area, plus more content to follow ). [ /snip ]

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 9 Apr 2006

Enhanced Property Data Features in ADT 2007, Part 5

This post will cover the three improvements made to Schedule Tables. Table Title Overrides: In previous releases, the title for the schedule table specified

Originally posted by David Koch from The Architect's Desktop
ReBlogged here on 9 Apr 2006

Personal Wishlist

There are many wishlists around but unfortunately none of them capture all that I'd like to see added/improved so I thought I'd post them.

Originally posted by Chris from Revit Rants
ReBlogged here on 9 Apr 2006

"Visual Styles in AutoCAD/Architectural Desktop" - RobiNZ CAD Blog

Robin Capper article about the new Visual Styles in ADT 2007.

Originally posted by Chris Yanchar from Between the Walls
ReBlogged here on 9 Apr 2006

"Enhanced Property Data Features in ADT 2007" - The Architect's Desktop

"Three cheers for the ADT Development Team in crossing off another wish list item." Kudos from David Koch in his article "Enhanced Property Data

Originally posted by Chris Yanchar from Between the Walls
ReBlogged here on 9 Apr 2006

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