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Revit Zone Tutorials

Ian has taken significant time and effort to share his knowledge of Revit on his new site Revit Zone (blogged earlier). His recent additions

Originally posted by Steve from Revit OpEd
ReBlogged here on 7 Jul 2007

AUGI Site Down for Upgrades

This text was posted at BLAUGI regarding an interuption in service at AUGI.First, apologies for the lack of advance notice on this subject.Please be

Originally posted by Steve from Revit OpEd
ReBlogged here on 7 Jul 2007

Shortcut links to Autodesk pages

Here are some of the direct links that can be useful to avoid future broken links. Instead of using the ugly url http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=2704278 (that might

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 7 Jul 2007

Taking charge of e-mail

If you're like me, you're awash in e-mail. Here's a series of articles written to help you clean out and keep clean your inbox:

Originally posted by Jason Pratt from Connected
ReBlogged here on 7 Jul 2007

Os Fóruns do AUGI estarão offline este fim de semana.

Tradução do Post de Mike Perry de 2007.07.06 Primeiramente, um pedido de desculpas por falta de aviso prévio sobre este assunto. Por favor tome

Originally posted by João Brogueira from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 7 Jul 2007

Os Fóruns do AUGI estarão offline este fim de semana.

Tradução do Post de Mike Perry no BLAUGI de 2007.07.06 Primeiramente, um pedido de desculpas por falta de aviso prévio sobre este assunto. Por

Originally posted by João Brogueira from CAD ptbr - Falando sobre CAD, GIS e 3D em Português...por João Brogueira
ReBlogged here on 7 Jul 2007

Is Trial Software Shelfware?

In a comment to my earlier post, Matt asked an interesting question: "It is true that trial software is just shelfware?"It depends on whether

Originally posted by Deelip Menezes from Deelip Menezes
ReBlogged here on 7 Jul 2007

AUGI Forums offline this coming weekend.

First, apologies for the lack of advance notice on this subject. Please be aware that the AUGI Forums [ http://www.forums.augi.com/ ] will be taken

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 7 Jul 2007

Backups for the Small Office or the Paranoid

Are you just a little bit too concerned about loosing data? Do you keep your projects files backed up on flash drives or discs?

Originally posted by Todd from The Lazy Drafter
ReBlogged here on 7 Jul 2007

Plot to PDF in AutoCAD with correct orientation and margins

Let's say you have a drawing with a title block sized 841x594 that is A1. You want to print it to PDF with correct

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 7 Jul 2007

Revit MEP - "Space Bar" and "Apply"

The "Space Bar" is used a little differently in this version of Revit than its mates. As you already know, hopefully, it is used

Originally posted by Steve from Revit OpEd
ReBlogged here on 7 Jul 2007

Electronic Signatures

It's common that I get asked, "How do you electronically sign something in Buzzsaw/Constructware?" Usually the person asking wants to know how a document

Originally posted by Jason Pratt from Connected
ReBlogged here on 6 Jul 2007

Applying a gradient fill to an AutoCAD hatch using .NET

So, back in the saddle after an eventful week off, back in the UK. Aside from the extremely changeable weather (even by British standards)

Originally posted by Kean Walmsley from Through the Interface
ReBlogged here on 6 Jul 2007

Layout enhancements in AutoCAD 2008

Each release of AutoCAD offers many subtle improvements that may not create all the hype of bigger features, but will save you time none

Originally posted by hewetth from Heidi Hewett's Blog
ReBlogged here on 6 Jul 2007

U.S. Independence Day & Geeks

So what does the 4th of July have to do with geeks? You must be a geek if you go to the local fireworks

Originally posted by BethPowell from Beth's CAD Blog
ReBlogged here on 6 Jul 2007

The Blueprint: Not Everyone Embraces New Technology

As someone who used to develop software for the reprographics industry, I read John Cronin's blog, The Blueprint, regularly. As a follow up to

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 6 Jul 2007

Terraplenagem com o Comando DRAPE no ADT - ATP194

“Neste curso, você aprenderá a digitalizar curvas de nível topográficas no ADT 2007, converter estas curvas em polylines e deslocar as polylines para suas

Originally posted by João Brogueira from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 6 Jul 2007

Friday Whine - Lost Luggage and Rude Reboot

I have just a few things grinding on me this Friday and so a vent might do me some good as well as serve

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 6 Jul 2007

It Must Hurt!
PMTC Loses $0.5B in Market Cap

The bad news from PTC -- which had been on the up, up, up -- is sending its share price down, down, down. The

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 6 Jul 2007

Trying Out Inventor
Day 2.75

Is a six-year-old computer under-powered for Inventor 2008? I had to find out. I figured out how to extrude my sketch (Finish Sketching, Extrude).

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 6 Jul 2007

Trying Out Inventor
Day 2.5

Robin Capper werote, I get your point, it's poor documentation, but a couple of seconds with on the net would have found that info.

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 6 Jul 2007

Autodesk Civil 3D: A customer pleasing process

In December 2006, Autodesk had an all hands meeting. The meeting included a mix of internal and external speakers. One of the presentations included

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 6 Jul 2007

Trying Out Inventor
Day 2

I tried to install Inventor again. This time I got past the license page, and agreed to install pretty much everything. According to ZoneAlarm,

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 6 Jul 2007

API in Focus III

This is the 2nd follow up to the "API in Focus" blog article, an idea we introduced on April 27th 2007. The enclosed link

Originally posted by Volker Joseph from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 6 Jul 2007

Oh, Oh
PTC Slows Down

PTC warns financial analysts that its license sales are slowing down, and expects to make US$10-15 million less this quarter than previously estimated: "just"

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 6 Jul 2007

Un peu de Français?

My mother tongue is French, so it is a pleasure for me to welcome Gwenael Bachelot to the group of the Autodesk bloggers! He

Originally posted by Cedric Moullet from The Topobase Insiders
ReBlogged here on 6 Jul 2007

Trying Out Inventor
Day 1

Autodesk's external pr firm sent me a copy of Inventor 2008, and -- like Roopinder Tara of CAD Insider last year with SolidWorks --

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 6 Jul 2007

A Very Hot AutoCAD Hip Tip!

Happy 5th of July...by Hot Tip I am referring to the temperature in my very hot house tonight!  Here in Northern California we're dealing

Originally posted by Lynn Allen from Lynn Allen's Blog
ReBlogged here on 6 Jul 2007

COMDEX 1984 Photos of Autodesk Booth

John Walker the founder of Autodesk has kindly posted some new scanned photos taken at COMDEX 1984 where they were showing AutoCAD release 2 and CAD/camera.

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 5 Jul 2007

Tired of DCL?

Chad Wanless sold his ObjectDCL to DuctiSoft some months ago. You can find the latest version, release 3.5, on http://www.ductisoft.com. It works for R16 and

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 5 Jul 2007

Origins of Scrum

Scrum is an Agile Software Development Process. Scrum was specifically designed to deal with: Ziv's law - specifications will never be fully understood.Humphrey's law

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 5 Jul 2007

Bigger thumbnails for Vistas Alt+Tab

The thumbnails that shows using Alt+Tab can be customized using the registry in Windows Vista. On this blog post is a reg file found to

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 5 Jul 2007

Coordenadas Polares

Por vezes fica meio difícil entender o que são coordenadas polares e eu achei este vídeo no Youtube que acho que vai ajudar muita

Originally posted by João Brogueira from CAD ptbr - Falando sobre CAD, GIS e 3D em Português...por João Brogueira
ReBlogged here on 5 Jul 2007

Just like a guy not to remember!

  I just noticed that it’s been over a year since i started this blog!  It began humbly on June 9 of 2006.  Now

Originally posted by Kevin from Land Development Engineering
ReBlogged here on 5 Jul 2007

Calling all Surveyors, Aerial Photographist (sp?) and Assorted Basemappers….

  For those of you in the greater New York City area, the NYC Department of Design and Construction has new requirements for you. 

Originally posted by Kevin from Land Development Engineering
ReBlogged here on 5 Jul 2007

The Ticking Time Bomb

BBC News reports: "The growing problem of accessing old digital file formats is a "ticking time bomb", the chief executive of the UK National Archives

Originally posted by Evan Yares from The CAD Industry
ReBlogged here on 5 Jul 2007

Inventor.exe needs to reregister message

A Ms. Roberta Goddard emailed our Autodesk Inventor LT feedback alias: I have both Autodesk Inventor R10 and the Autodesk Inventor LT Technology Preview

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 5 Jul 2007

Shift happens—especially in your mind!

I want to alert you to a relatively recent publication with some compelling empirical evidence that shows how effort and attitude really DO matter

Originally posted by Wayne Hodgins from Off Course-On Target
ReBlogged here on 5 Jul 2007

Parametric blocks

AutoCAD 2006 and higher versions We will not finish with the dynamic blocks until I say so . In this article, I will explain

Originally posted by Erhan Toker from Daily Autocad
ReBlogged here on 5 Jul 2007

Update: Autodesk employee's blogs, 34 and counting...

Having just read the following blog posts " New Autodesk Blog: Geospatial Made in France" by Shaan Hurley and " New Autodesk Blog: Geospatial

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 5 Jul 2007

Tailoring AutoCAD Rendering 2008 published

The 202-page e-book by Ralph Grabowski is updated for AutoCAD 2008's modified rendering system. * Expanded Materials palette* Web lights* Target-free spot and Web lights*

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 4 Jul 2007

AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT 2008 Bible published

From the press release: About the book:The new AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT 2008 Bible, the 8th edition of Ellen Finkelstein’s indispensable reference-tutorial book,

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 4 Jul 2007

SpaceClaim Professional 2007 - CAD 2.0

Today I finally got to lay my hands on SpaceClaim Professional 2007, a product that is out to revolutionize the way we do 3D

Originally posted by Deelip Menezes from Deelip Menezes
ReBlogged here on 4 Jul 2007

Happy 4th of July!

Independence Day , in the U.S., an annual holiday commemorating the formal adoption by the Continental Congress of the Declaration of Independence on July

Originally posted by Volker Joseph from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 4 Jul 2007

The suspension is killing me...

When you go to http://dwfit.com, this is what you see: A sample design, in this case suspension.dwf, is displayed. Many people have misinterpreted this

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 4 Jul 2007

Good Answer: Palette Sensitivity

I received several follow-up emails in response to one of my recent posts about palette sensitivity. Thanks to Ray and Jimmy for suggesting Jimmy's

Originally posted by hewetth from Heidi Hewett's Blog
ReBlogged here on 4 Jul 2007

Les escaliers dans un plan de surface

Lorsque que vous créez un plan de surface, les escaliers cachent la couleur.Maintenant Revit Architecture 2008 nous permet d'aisément régler le problème.Sélectionner l'élément, et

Originally posted by Daniel Hurtubise from Revit It!
ReBlogged here on 4 Jul 2007

Electricity gone! What will happen to drawing?

AutoCAD 12 and higher versions When using AutoCAD, sometimes we are very concentrated on the drawing and forget to save. This is a very

Originally posted by Mesut Akcan from Daily Autocad
ReBlogged here on 4 Jul 2007

Sometimes all you need is a five

I mentioned Autodesk University (AU) in my last entry.  It is still 5 months away, so maybe it is a bit early to start

Originally posted by Ursula Sadiq from In the Pipes
ReBlogged here on 4 Jul 2007

AEC is Child's Play

Brian Farimond  has created an AEC program program so easy to use that seven year olds are using it. This program is fully 3D

Originally posted by rtara from CAD Insider
ReBlogged here on 4 Jul 2007

Alex Justi em Angola

O meu amigo e moderador Brasileiro do Forum Português - Revit Para tirar dúvidas, trocar ideias, dicas... sobre o Revit Alex Justi (Arquiteto)vai estar

Originally posted by João Brogueira from CAD ptbr - Falando sobre CAD, GIS e 3D em Português...por João Brogueira
ReBlogged here on 4 Jul 2007

Sloping Floor & Roof Slabs in Revit

Remember THIS POST? It pertained to sloping Floor & Roof slabs. Well it seems that I should clarify this new functionality a bit (or

Originally posted by -J from Fear and Loathing In a CAD vs. BIM World
ReBlogged here on 4 Jul 2007

New eBook from Ralphg

I've completed updating my ebook on rendering with AutoCAD 2008, and so Tailoring AutoCAD Rendering 2008 is now available. The update adds 62 pages,

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 4 Jul 2007

FeedBurner Now FREE for Everyone

FeedBurner (http://www.feedburner.com) a great site and service that allows me to track popular blog posts and usage stats even for RSS feeds and I

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 4 Jul 2007

Alex Justi em Angola

O Moderador Brasileiro do Forum Português - Revit Para tirar dúvidas, trocar ideias, dicas... sobre o Revit   Alex Justi (Arquiteto) vai estar em

Originally posted by João Brogueira from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 4 Jul 2007

Countryficated Profile Views

Hi Last week I spent in Prague working together with some skilled people to get our Swedish Countrykit finalized. During the evenings (there's always

Originally from From the Ground Up
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

Surfaces in Civil3D

Well, I have been meaning to discuss surfaces for quite some time now, so here it is. Now, if you have used any other

Originally posted by Sanjay Asnani from 2D to (Civil) 3D - Varsity Views on Civil 3D
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

Attended ASEE, Hawaii

My apologies for not being active for last couple of weeks! But, I had a busy week in Hawaii (I know what you are

Originally posted by Sanjay Asnani from 2D to (Civil) 3D - Varsity Views on Civil 3D
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

AutoCAD 2008 free Annotation Scaling Paper Available

How do you scale annotations prior to AutoCAD® 2008? How does annotation scaling in AutoCAD 2008 compare to traditional methods? How do you scale

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

Attention Students and Teachers...Free Autodesk Software and Education Support!

Award-Winning Autodesk Student Engineering and Design Community Now Available for Middle and High-School Students and Teachers at www.autodesk.com/school “Autodesk created this community to support

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT 2008 Bible by Ellen Finkelstein

Catching up from my email  due to recent travel and in taming my inbox I noticed Ellen Finkelstein announced she is releasing her new 1251 page AutoCAD

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

AutoCAD 2008 Bible

Ellen Finkelstein has just released her new AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT Bible. Her 1251 page book includes real-world examples, step by step tutorials

Originally from Cadopolis News
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

The CADTech Libraries

The CADTech Libraries offered here at Cadopolis are a quick and affordable way to build your symbols library. Popular CadTech Bundles include the Architectural

Originally from Recently Added Software
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

Learning from the AutoCAD Bible...

If you are interested in learning AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT, including the new 2008 functionality, you have a new resource to turn to! Renowned

Originally posted by hewetth from Heidi Hewett's Blog
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

FUD

When Greg Milliken was writing the piece on CADKEY and Evan Yares was selling AutoCAD 20 years ago, I was a 11 year old

Originally posted by Deelip Menezes from Deelip Menezes
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

Web Based Hackers Diet Released, Congratulations John Walker

The Hacker's Diet Online http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet"How to lose weight and hair through stress and poor nutrition"     Those who know or read the Autodesk founders

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

Freewheel and Google Maps and Google Earth

Google images source: http://www.google.com Technical Evangelist, Brian Pene, has cooked up some samples that integrates Freewheel with Google technologies. View a design using Freewheel

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

Converting CAD Details To Revit Details: Just Do It...One way or another.

First off thanks to Nike for unknowingly letting me use their old slogan.Secondly: Yes, the following are all 2D detailing methods for Revit!!! We

Originally posted by -J from Fear and Loathing In a CAD vs. BIM World
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

JTB FlexReport 3.4 now with email notifications

JTB FlexReport 3.4 has now been released. The big news is support for email notifications when specified thresholds are reached for the license usage

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

Comparison of DWG to PDF with OLE's

This is a quick test of plotting a test drawing (87 KB) to different formats using AutoCAD 2008. I pasted some cells from Excel 2007 as

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

Drawing a bolt with solid modeling

AutoCAD 12 and higher versions Greetings Daily AutoCAD readers, In this article, I will try to explain how to make a 3D model for

Originally posted by Burak Ozdemir from Daily Autocad
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

Video: Autodesk University 2006

I know it's well past, but, I finally got around to throwing together a little video from AU2006. Skip over the first third if

Originally posted by Melanie (Stone) Perry from Mistress of the Dorkness
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

Context, attention, vanity and other powerful drivers of the future

On June 23, 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia, I was honored to give the keynote presentation at the second annual Contextualized Attention Metadata Workshop

Originally posted by Wayne Hodgins from Off Course-On Target
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

Autodesk Launches Aggregated RSS Feeds Pilot

More RSS features on Autodesk.com. I love RSS and rely on it now instead of a morning paper. http://www.autodesk.com/rss Industry Feeds  Architecture, Engineering &

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

Revit Architecture 2008 Design Phases Overview

Hidden in the Help function in Revit Architecture 2008 is a tool that you may not have used before. It is great for beginners

Originally posted by CADDManager from CADDManager.com Blog
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

Torment People

.dn ǝpıs ʇɥbıɹ sɐ ʇxǝʇ ǝɥʇ ǝǝs 11ıʍ ɹǝpun uʍop ǝsoɥʇ sdɐɥɹǝd ʇnq 'ʇxǝʇ uʍop ǝpısdn ɥʇıʍ ʎzɐɹɔ ɯǝɥʇ ǝʌıɹp   In UNICODE you

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

FUD in CAD

I was just reading what Greg Milliken, CEO of Alibre, had to say about FUD in the CAD industry.  He was relating SolidWorks' competitive

Originally posted by Evan Yares from The CAD Industry
ReBlogged here on 3 Jul 2007

New Autodesk Blog: Geospatial Made in France

As part of an ASU study abroad program, my daughter just got back from Paris. So it is with great pleasure that I announce

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 2 Jul 2007

Reinforcement of Spread Footings Extension

Hi everyone, just in case if you are not aware of it. About two weeks ago, Robobat has released a new extension for Reinforcement

Originally posted by Nicolas Mangon from BIM & BEAM
ReBlogged here on 2 Jul 2007

Annotation Scaling White Paper

I've been slacking on the Annotation Scaling series... I'm sorry! But in its place, I've been working on an Annotation Scaling white paper. This

Originally posted by hewetth from Heidi Hewett's Blog
ReBlogged here on 2 Jul 2007

New Autodesk Blog: Geospatial Made in France

The Geospatial Made in France blog (http://blogs.autodesk.com/geospatialfrance) has gone live to spread information in French covering Autodesk's Geospatial product line with tips, tricks, and more. The blog

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 2 Jul 2007

Attended ASEE, Hawaii

My apologies for not being active for last couple of weeks! But, I had a busy week in Hawaii (I know what you are

Originally posted by Sanjay Asnani from 2D to (Civil) 3D - Varsity Views on Civil 3D
ReBlogged here on 2 Jul 2007

Speed up graphic generation

One of the most frequently used functionalities in Topobase is generating the graphic. In the desktop environment we are relying on AutoCAD Map3D and

Originally posted by Andreas Boos from The Topobase Insiders
ReBlogged here on 2 Jul 2007

Autodesk AliasSTUDIO and SHOWCASE Demo

Kevin Richards is a Solutions Engineer based in San Francisco. I was rummaging around my archives and I found this Autodesk University video from

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 2 Jul 2007

Free Download of DWF Redline Stamps

Ameri-CAD, Inc. announces the release of their DWF Redline Stamps. These “stamps” are a FREE download and can be used and shared freely. These

Originally posted by Volker Joseph from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 2 Jul 2007

Multiview blocks (Architectural Desktop)

ADT 3.3 and higher versions Those who are using 3 dimensional blocks sometimes would like 2 dimensional different views of these blocks to be

Originally posted by Erhan Toker from Daily Autocad
ReBlogged here on 2 Jul 2007

Computer Ergonomics? BAH! Try Ceiling Fans!

I recently complained about computer ergonometric design. Hah! I forgot about home improvement!I had to install a ceiling fan in my kid's room today.

Originally posted by Matt Dillon from Breaking Down the Walls
ReBlogged here on 2 Jul 2007

An AutoCAD Hip Tip before Vacation

Well you may not think I deserve it - but I am taking off Monday and Tuesday (plus the 4th of July) for a

Originally posted by Lynn Allen from Lynn Allen's Blog
ReBlogged here on 2 Jul 2007

Traveling in Maine

My wife, Karen, and I traveled just about as far away from home to the other side of the contiguous United States on vacation

Originally posted by CADDManager from CADDManager.com Blog
ReBlogged here on 2 Jul 2007

Anchor Property Sample

In response to a question in the Schedule PSD thread in the AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Discussion Group, I posted a file done in ADT

Originally posted by David Koch from The Architect's Desktop
ReBlogged here on 1 Jul 2007

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