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Originally posted by Chris Yanchar from Between the Walls
ReBlogged here on 2 Jun 2007

Official SketchUp Blog

Google launches its blog for SketchUp, but it suffers from a ponderous name, The Official Google SketchUp Blog -- something snappy wouldn't sound as

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 2 Jun 2007

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs together at D Conference

If you have any interest in computers; technology; etc I highly recommend you spend the time going through the below links (to hear and

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 2 Jun 2007

McNeel's Rhino Conference
Day 3, Part II

End of the day, and I'm back from the beach, having skipped the Spanish-only sessions. Next up is Allan Ball of Allan Ball Industrial

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 2 Jun 2007

Is CAD coming to a table near you?

A few days ago, Microsoft publicly announced a new product called Microsoft Surface - in very! simple terms it is a 30 inch horizontal

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 2 Jun 2007

Case Study: Independence Energy Homes

 I'm often asked if I know of firms that use Revit for more than just CD's and while I may not go into great

Originally from Revit Uses
ReBlogged here on 2 Jun 2007

Microsoft Word 2007 as a Blog posting program

If you have access to Word 2007, did you know you could use it as a Blog posting program? No! Take a look at

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 2 Jun 2007

Another FREE! Blog posting program

A couple of days ago, Writer Zone announced the availability of Windows Live Writer Beta 2 (freeware): Windows Live Writer Beta 2 Now Available

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 2 Jun 2007

Mexico Wants In

Mexico design conference raises the possibility of outsourcing  much closer to home PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico, June 1, 2007 - Mexico may not be the

Originally posted by rtara from CAD Insider
ReBlogged here on 2 Jun 2007

design: e2

From time to time I'll point out a real educational resource. In this case Revit is just a tiny part of a real vision

Originally from Revit Uses
ReBlogged here on 2 Jun 2007

Showing a splash-screen from your AutoCAD .NET application

Thanks once again to Viru Aithal for the inspiration behind this post, although I did write most of the code, this time. :-) Adding

Originally posted by Kean Walmsley from Through the Interface
ReBlogged here on 1 Jun 2007

NavisWorks - Autodesk and a lot of questions

These questions and many other will sooner or later be answered but here are some of mine. Will the real-time navigation technology that makes it

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 1 Jun 2007

Station Equations do what? to my alignment?

What are station equations and what do they do to my alignments? To qoute one of my favorite authors, Phil Zimmerman: “A station equation

Originally posted by Kevin from Land Development Engineering
ReBlogged here on 1 Jun 2007

McNeel's Rhino Conference
Day 3

Well, this a first for me. A CAD conference where English is not the working language. It's the Design Industrial Mexico conference (DIME) in

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 1 Jun 2007

Windows Live Mail installation warning

I just installed the latest Windows Live Mail (WLM) and everything looked good with the email accounts, etc until I looked at the newsgroups.

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 1 Jun 2007

API in Focus II

This is a follow up to the "API in Focus" blog article, an idea we introduced on April 27th 2007. We slightly changed the

Originally posted by Volker Joseph from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 1 Jun 2007

Microsoft Surface: Popular Mechanics Gets Video First Look

I got many excited emails in response to my post: Microsoft Surface: CAD data integration with personal devices? . The most popular question was

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 1 Jun 2007

FLEXlm / FLEXnet debug log

The debug log file contains status and error messages useful for debugging the licenseserver system. But if the debug log grows too large you might

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 1 Jun 2007

Adjusting beam elevation based on slab thickness

When using the Beam tool to layout the framing on plan, by default the current Level has already been selected by Revit as the

Originally posted by Nicolas Mangon from BIM & BEAM
ReBlogged here on 1 Jun 2007

and its a boy....

For those that have not yet heard the announcement, we had our second child.Announcing: Callum Von Merrick TurnerWeighing in at 7lb 14oz and 20"

Originally posted by beau turner from Will render for food...
ReBlogged here on 1 Jun 2007

Autodesk Purchases Navisworks!

This is HUGE. If you aren't familiar with Navisworks - you can get more info on Shaan Hurley's web site:Between the LinesThere are some

Originally posted by Matt Dillon from Breaking Down the Walls
ReBlogged here on 1 Jun 2007

A Caveman Reflects on Technology

I was contemplating the recent purchase of Navisworks by Autodesk this evening and it got me to thinking.I first saw Naviswork when I was

Originally posted by Matt Dillon from Breaking Down the Walls
ReBlogged here on 1 Jun 2007

Rhino Being Created for Mac OSX

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico, May 31, 2007 - Robert McNeel, creator of Rhino, is working on a Mac OSX version of Rhino. The product is

Originally posted by rtara from CAD Insider
ReBlogged here on 1 Jun 2007

Robert McNeel Readies Rhino for Mac OSX

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico, May 31, 2007 - Robert McNeel, creator of Rhino, is working on a Mac OSX version of Rhino. The product is

Originally posted by rtara from CAD Insider
ReBlogged here on 1 Jun 2007

Free Download of the new Inventor LT (and free training!)

If you are in the manufacturing design Biz and you haven't downloaded the free preview version of Autodesk Inventor LT then drop everything, put

Originally posted by Lynn Allen from Lynn Allen's Blog
ReBlogged here on 1 Jun 2007

Autodesk Acquires NavisWorks

Here is some very interesting news... Autodesk rocks the BIM world again...Acquisition to Enable Construction, Plant Design and Marine Design Customers to Leverage Building

Originally posted by CADDManager from CADDManager.com Blog
ReBlogged here on 31 May 2007

Welcome NavisWorks to the Autodesk Family!

Autodesk announced today we have acquired NavisWorks so the Autodesk technology and employee family continues to grow. "Autodesk Extends 3D Leadership with Acquisition of

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 31 May 2007

Windows Live Betas

There is a new beta version of the free tool I use to manage and post articles to this blog with Live Writer "Wave

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 31 May 2007

Novidades do AutoCAD 2008 em curso - Grátis!

ATP193 - O que é novo em AutoCAD 2008 Estado Data de Início: Segunda-Feira 4 de Junho de 2007 Você tem se perguntado quais

Originally posted by João Brogueira from CAD ptbr - Falando sobre CAD, GIS e 3D em Português...por João Brogueira
ReBlogged here on 31 May 2007

DWG Import/Export Crashes Revit

Focused on Revit Structure but I imagine just as relevant for the other versions, just a copy of what was posted at the BIM

Originally posted by Steve from Revit OpEd
ReBlogged here on 31 May 2007

Autodesk to Buy NavisWorks

Something I have been waiting for in several years. I made the recommendation more than a year ago in this blog post. Good move

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 31 May 2007

Windows Live Writer - WLW is WOW

Posting from the latest beta version of Windows Live Writer. Have to blog more to try it out now. It was no problem to

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 31 May 2007

Both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of DWG TrueView 2008 are available for download now

DWG TrueView 2008 is found here.  Link to Autodesk - Discussion Groups - Both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of DWG TrueView 2008

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 31 May 2007

Autodesk to buy Navisworks

You can find more details at http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070531/autodesk_navisworks.html?.v=1 Nicolas

Originally posted by Nicolas Mangon from BIM & BEAM
ReBlogged here on 31 May 2007

Microsoft Unveils "Surface" Computing

I'm not sure about this...I'd really like to see one done by Apple... JoelMicrosoft Unveils "Surface" Computing:EcommerceMay 30, 2007Microsoft Unveils "Surface" ComputingBy Stuart J.

Originally posted by Joel from Orr's Observations
ReBlogged here on 31 May 2007

Buffer Beware

Those that are taking advance of the buffer tool in AutoCAD MAP 3D 2008 beware. If you fail to set a coordinate system in

Originally posted by map3d from Map 3D and Murphs Law
ReBlogged here on 31 May 2007

Microsoft Surface: CAD data integration with personal devices?

When I published my blog article, Touch Wall: Manipulating CAD data with just your hands, I got lots of positive emails about the possibilities

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 31 May 2007

Close cooperation between Google Earth and AutoCAD 2008

Originally posted by AutoCADder from AutoCADder
ReBlogged here on 31 May 2007

AutoCAD Tips and Tricks, Wiki style

Scott Sheppard has posted an interesting entry on It’s Alive in the Lab, that nicely demonstrates the use of a Wiki. AutoCAD Tips &

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 31 May 2007

Google Gears, this could be HUGE!

The internet is currently abuzz with the news, Google has officially announced / released Google Gears (BETA). What exactly is Google Gears? Good question.

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 31 May 2007

Working on Autodesk University this week (and a Moth story!)

Over the weekend I discovered this gigantic moth hanging onto my garage door.  To be honest - I thought it was a bird at

Originally posted by Lynn Allen from Lynn Allen's Blog
ReBlogged here on 31 May 2007

Google Earth Publishing Extension for AutoCAD

Originally posted by R.K. McSwain from CAD Panacea
ReBlogged here on 31 May 2007

Deelip Menezes Blog

Deelip is the developer of SYCODE products (available here at Cadopolis). He's been a AutoCAD Programmer since 1997. His blog is focuses on AutoCAD

Originally from Featured Blog
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

McNeel's Rhino Conference
Day 1

We're on our way today to Puerto Vallarta [web cam] for the Rhino press event put on by Robert McNeel & Assoc of Seattle.

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

AUGI Brazil Launches in Portuguese "Bem-vindo ao site da comunidade do AUGIbr!"

    Hoje, durante o evento de produtos Autodesk em São Paulo, foi anunciado que o site AUGI Brasil já está disponível: http://augibr.augi.com Também

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

Is Orkut Allowing Software Piracy?

I recently came across an appalling community on Orkut, one of the Web 2.0 networking sites. The description of the community goes as follows:"Didnt

Originally posted by Deelip Menezes from Deelip Menezes
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

New version of Mech-Q released

Asvic Engineering has just released a new version of Mech-Q which supports not only AutoCAD 2008 but AutoCAD LT 2008 as well. Mech-Q is

Originally from Recently Added Software
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

DWG Import/Export crashes

We had several users reporting crashes when they import or export dwg files with Revit Structure 2008 for the following build numbers: DVD Build

Originally posted by Nicolas Mangon from BIM & BEAM
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

Novidades do AutoCAD 2008 em curso - Grátis!

ATP193 - O que é novo em AutoCAD 2008 Estado Data de Início:  Segunda-Feira 4 de Junho de 2007   Você tem se perguntado quais

Originally posted by João Brogueira from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

AutoCAD Tips & Tricks as Wiki?

A while back, Technical Evangelist, Lynn Allen, developed a Tips and Tricks Guide for AutoCAD 2007. It is available as a PDF file. AutoCAD

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

Revision Clouds

Ever wondered what happens to markups, such as revision clouds..? Shaan Hurley captured the content nicely in one of his recent blogs at http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/2007/04/revision_clouds.html.

Originally posted by Volker Joseph from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

When I says Mass I Means Mass

Said with "Popeye the Sailorman's" voice...When a savy ADT user starts using Revit they can get into trouble quick when they start getting comfortable

Originally posted by Steve from Revit OpEd
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

You can't change that! It's a press release..

It started with me being copied on an angry email from one editor back to a PR person at a major CAD company. The

Originally posted by rachael Dalton-Taggart from PR, Marketing and the Business of CAD
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

FREE! Blog posting software

CyberNet News is reporting that Post2Blog software has gone from cost-ware (previously $39) to freeware :) Personally, I have been using Post2Blog since it

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

Color Scheme Legends and True Colors

Ok, post 3 of 3 for today. WOW I was up late last night, going off on idiot computers...Too much BBQ perhaps.So you say

Originally posted by -J from Fear and Loathing In a CAD vs. BIM World
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

Integrated Practices...YAAY, Finally!!! When it actually happens en mass.

Today: 3 posts (this is the second) and it's a pretty good read from our friends at Architectural Record: One of my favorite quotes

Originally posted by -J from Fear and Loathing In a CAD vs. BIM World
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

AUGIbr chegou!

Como Moderador dos Fóruns em Português do AUGI é com imenso prazer que vos informo que o AUGI Brasil é uma realidade. É isso

Originally posted by João Brogueira from CAD ptbr - Falando sobre CAD, GIS e 3D em Português...por João Brogueira
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

More on the Updated Export AutoCAD to Google Earth .kml Extension from Autodesk Labs

Some more details of the changes in the updated version for AutoCAD 2008 Google Earth Extension posted to Autodesk Labs May 24th,2007 for both

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

Maybe I Missed that Memo - Build Your Own Autodesk RSS Feed

I just stumbled across this on the web. Looks nice as you are able to select RSS feeds for an industry and what you

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

AutoCAD Architecture Achieves IFC 2x3 Certification

With AutoCAD Architecture 2008, native IFC import/export is provided.  The following Cadalyst article announces the certification at the IAI (Industry Alliance for Interoperability) workshop

Originally posted by Chris Yanchar from Between the Walls
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

Read RRS feeds like a pro

Regardless of how you currently process / read RRS feeds, see how a pro goes about tackling the huge amount of data that flows

Originally posted by Mark Kiker from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

AUGIbr chegou!

É isso aí.  O AUGI está aí  www.augibr.com O dia de hoje, 30 de Maio de 2007, marca o Lançamento oficial do AUGI Brasil

Originally posted by João Brogueira from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 30 May 2007

No add-ons for Inventor LT

"You cannot create add-ons for Inventor LT (technically and per the license agreement)." There is no API. Isn't that the same with AutoCAD LT?

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 29 May 2007

Video: Cam and Lifter Animation

I'm taking a slight deviation from the Material Editor series of tutorials to answer a support question posted in the blogs today. The request

Originally posted by tbdesign from Ted Boardman's Visualization Blog
ReBlogged here on 29 May 2007

Getting the type of an AutoCAD solid using .NET

Now this may seem like a very trivial post, but this was actually a significant problem for my team when preparing the material for

Originally posted by Kean Walmsley from Through the Interface
ReBlogged here on 29 May 2007

Green Roof Ditched
in Cost Overrun

Vancouver and Whistler are hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics, and hosting Olympics means that costs wildly overrun budgets. (Ask Londoners about this.) Some of

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 29 May 2007

Second Life: Using Second Life as part of your Architectural Practice - today at 10:00 AM PST

Second Life is a combination of a simulation game and social network. Second Life is played by creating an avatar which a virtual representation

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 29 May 2007

Trademarks of Autodesk - Part Deux

With my tongue firmly placed in my cheek (in other words, I am poking fun here...)Some interesting notes from my review of trademark policies

Originally posted by CADDManager from CADDManager.com Blog
ReBlogged here on 29 May 2007

A good article:

This isn't a typical posting, but I feel it's an important article to point out. Ed Goldberg has taken the time to write in

Originally from Revit Uses
ReBlogged here on 29 May 2007

ArcGIS Data in Revit.

I've been busy over the past week working on a way to better manipulate ArcGIS data in order to use it within a Building

Originally from Revit Uses
ReBlogged here on 28 May 2007

DWF Files from AutoCAD Map 3D

When you publish to DWF, you create an electronic version of the map that can be displayed using Autodesk Design Review. All layers and

Originally posted by Volker Joseph from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 28 May 2007

Good Question: Camera icons

Today's good question comes from Ketan. He asked how he can hide the camera icons that are automatically displayed when he creates cameras/views in

Originally posted by hewetth from Heidi Hewett's Blog
ReBlogged here on 28 May 2007

Don't use WeekdayName in Access

Avoid using the function WeekdayName() because it can give inconsistent results. In the Immediate window I looked for the name of vbSunday and it

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 28 May 2007

DWF PDK 1.3.0.18 Now Available to DWF Partners

Autodesk supplies some of our DWF partners in the commercial printing industry with technology that allows DWF files to be printed by reprographic software.

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 28 May 2007

Merc Q&A
Carl Bass

Ryan Blitstein of the San Jose Mercury News does a q'n'a with Autodesk ceo Carl Bass. Sample answer: The worst thing you can get

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 28 May 2007

FLEXLM_TIMEOUT helps with "slow" network connections

If you use a Macrovision FLEXlm/FLEXnet-enabled application and there are problems to pull the network license it might help to use the FLEXLM_TIMEOUT environment

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 28 May 2007

Schlitterbahn Waterpark and my Ramblings on Design

Saw this today on the travel channel while just relaxing and got hooked. They showed the South Padre Island Texas water park Schlitterbahn Beach

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 27 May 2007

Humor: What's an annotation?

Lead Software Engineer, Eric Haines, shared this joke with us.What's an annotation?I thought I would pass it on. Obviously this was feigned using an

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 27 May 2007

Revit Architecture devient certifié IFC 2x3

Voici l'article en question, cliquez ici.Si vous voulez plus de détails sur la norme IFC visitez le site de l'International Alliance for Interoperability cliquez

Originally posted by Daniel Hurtubise from Revit It!
ReBlogged here on 27 May 2007

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