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The Future Of CAD

Ralph Grabowski painted a rather sad picture in his version of The Future Of CAD. He believes that there is little innovation going on

Originally posted by Deelip Menezes from Deelip Menezes
ReBlogged here on 8 Sep 2007

Time travel?

Warp drive and stargate wormholes could be used for time travel to the past. That's the surprising conclusion that controversial theoretical physicist and author

Originally posted by Joel from Orr's Observations
ReBlogged here on 8 Sep 2007

For would-be engineers

I set up a site, www.geeking.info, with news, articles, discussions, links, and other things to interest young people who are considering engineering as a

Originally posted by Joel from Orr's Observations
ReBlogged here on 8 Sep 2007

Google's RSS reader

Most blogs offer RSS feeds - a way to subscribe to a blog so that you don't have to go there to check on

Originally posted by Joel from Orr's Observations
ReBlogged here on 8 Sep 2007

New robot at NASA

My grandsons, Nathanael and Sam Miller, have been working on PSI - the Platform for Science Instruments - at NASA Langley for the past

Originally posted by Joel from Orr's Observations
ReBlogged here on 8 Sep 2007

AUGI Forums offline for a couple of hours this coming Sunday.

Please be aware that the AUGI Forums [ http://www.forums.augi.com/ ] will be taken offline this coming Sunday (2007-09-09) from 10:00 AM EDT (02:00 PM

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI - Blog of Autodesk User Group International
ReBlogged here on 7 Sep 2007

VR goggles turn the real world into ASCII art - Engadget

VR goggles turn the real world into ASCII art - Engadget:Sure, ASCII art is cool for making lewd gestures and the unicorn that you

Originally posted by Joel from Orr's Observations
ReBlogged here on 7 Sep 2007

Slow AutoCAD startup or performance

Here are some tips that might help. Generally with antivirus software's try to disable them if you find that AutoCAD performance is slow typically

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

Windows Live Writer Beta 3 - WLW B3

I'm posting this from the new Windows Live Writer. I had a comment to my earlier post about a fix for the spelling (spell

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

Talkr: It's Alive in the Lab

I hooked up my blog to Talk today. You can subscribe to an RSS feed and get the blog for listening on your iPod.

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 7 Sep 2007

AU Unplugged session on AutoCAD development

Just a quick post today regarding an AU Unplugged! topic I've submitted. The proposed session is called "Developing applications for AutoCAD: best practices for

Originally posted by Kean Walmsley from Through the Interface
ReBlogged here on 7 Sep 2007

Switching Viewports in AutoCAD Architecture or ADT

It's funny the things we take for granted. Being a long-time (R11) AutoCAD user, I have habits of things I have done in AutoCAD

Originally posted by BethPowell from Beth's CAD Blog
ReBlogged here on 7 Sep 2007

New Project Showroom Alias

Project Showroom is one of our many solutions for design visualization. The scenario for this technology preview is a home builder who allows clients

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 7 Sep 2007

ATC Open Doors Training

ATC® Open Doors Step into the world of modern design technology. Design technology that will help you create better products in less time, for

Originally posted by Tracy Lincoln from TLConsulting
ReBlogged here on 7 Sep 2007

BLOG ALERT: Autodesk Blogs!

The Autodesk blogs feature news, expert tips, and insider resources directly from Autodesk staff. - Enjoy

Originally posted by Tracy Lincoln from TLConsulting
ReBlogged here on 7 Sep 2007

Command: _DISTANCE

AutoCAD 12 and higher versions Here we are with one of the most frequently used commands in AutoCAD. It is a very useful command.

Originally posted by Erhan Toker from Daily Autocad
ReBlogged here on 7 Sep 2007

View Reference - Customization

There is no way to use a freshly created view reference family or one named other than the default name used for the family

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

Working as a team using Autodesk Inventor, Part 1

Well, everyone that knows me knows how much I love to talk about managing files. I have this instilled in me because it is

Originally posted by Melissa Thomas from Engineering Education for the Non-Civil Minded
ReBlogged here on 7 Sep 2007

NOVEDGE blog: CAD Companies Push the Marketing Frontier on Wikipedia

Via Ralph Grabowski's blog:[Jimmy Bergmark]Reading Paul Wilkinson blog, I discovered a sophisticated and pretty useful online tool called Wikipedia Scanner created by Virgil Griffith.

Originally posted by Joel from Orr's Observations
ReBlogged here on 7 Sep 2007

WorldCAD Access: The Future of CAD

From the blog of Ralph Grabowski:I spoke in front of the Vancouver AutoCAD user group last night on the subject of "The Future of

Originally posted by Joel from Orr's Observations
ReBlogged here on 7 Sep 2007

A new superhero

I am so proud of my friend Dorothea Gillim! Please endure the brief commercial to see a great piece about WordGirl.

Originally posted by Joel from Orr's Observations
ReBlogged here on 7 Sep 2007

Apple - To all iPhone customers

Steve Jobs writes to early iPhone adopters, offering $100 Apple store credit: To all iPhone customers:I have received hundreds of emails from iPhone customers

Originally posted by Joel from Orr's Observations
ReBlogged here on 7 Sep 2007

The AutoCAD Product Design Team Wants/Needs Your Participation

The AutoCAD Product Design Team is working on new features for future releases of AutoCAD. One of our current projects focuses on improving the

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 7 Sep 2007

Pirates Of The Google

I earlier confirmed that Orkut, a Google company, allows software piracy. The Orkut community I reported back then now has 11,000 members and I

Originally posted by Deelip Menezes from Deelip Menezes
ReBlogged here on 6 Sep 2007

Project Freewheel servers up and down today

We are in the process of upgrading our air conditioning units that cool the Project Freewheel servers. The plan is for the data center

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

AutoCAD Graphics Hardware Frequently Asked Questions

There are many questions with answers on this FAQ page. Frequently Asked Questions Some of the questions with answers: What is Autodesk-certified graphics hardware?

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

Alibre Ups Prices
Optionally

"With the release of 10.0," intones The Alibre Team e-newsletter, "Alibre Design products will no longer include the first year of maintenance in the

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

The Future
of CAD

I spoke in front of the Vancouver AutoCAD user group last night on the subject of "The Future of CAD." One woman came up

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

REVIT Rocks !

Daryl Gregoire from Prince Edward Island, Canada is the author of REVIT Rocks ! This blog features many CAD Clips, Videos and Modeling Tutorials.

Originally from Featured Blog
ReBlogged here on 6 Sep 2007

AutoCAD Blocks for Architects

Brand new library of high quality CAD symbols with a focus only on architectural related blocks. Libraries can be purchased individually or maximize your

Originally from Recently Added Software
ReBlogged here on 6 Sep 2007

TimberTool 1.3 released

TimberTool by JTB World that is an add-on to ADT 2007 or ACA 2008 now supports imperial units as well as millimeter and the

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 6 Sep 2007

Robert Green's CAD Manager Survey

Please take a couple of minutes to complete Robert Green's CAD Manager Survey. He should have some very interesting data to share with all

Originally posted by Scott Durkee from Scott Durkee
ReBlogged here on 6 Sep 2007

DWF + WPF = 3D Collaborator

The DWF Toolkit makes application development possible for Autodesk partners. Autodesk is a Microsoft technology partner. The Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation provides a foundation

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

Luciano Pavarotti

Tenor succumbs to cancer at 71 5:26Luciano Pavarotti dies at his home in Modena, Italy after suffering from pancreatic cancer. Fica aqui a minha

Originally posted by João Brogueira from CAD ptbr - Falando sobre CAD, GIS e 3D em Português...por João Brogueira
ReBlogged here on 6 Sep 2007

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories: Solid freeform fabrication: DIY, on the cheap, and made of pure sugar

Gyorgy Ordody is one of our Autodesk Labs developers. He put on the funny glasses just for this picture. He is not a mad

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

Command: _BREAK

AutoCAD 12 and higher versions BREAK command, which is applicable to entities like line, arc, circle, polyline, donut etc., opens a space between two

Originally posted by Erhan Toker from Daily Autocad
ReBlogged here on 6 Sep 2007

Oh Where Oh Where has my Little Lynn Gone?

I know I'm behind on my blog postings when dave e-a starts to send me emails asking about my whereabouts! I am "technically" on

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

Creating an AutoCAD multileader spraying out from central text using .NET

Some more fun with multileaders... this post shows some code that adds multiple leader lines to a multileader/MLeader, each of them "spraying" out from

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

ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference & Computers & Information in Engineering Conference

Hello from Las Vegas. I am here at the Rio https://www.harrahs.com/casinos/rio/hotel-casino/property-home.shtml for the IDETC & CIE conference http://www.asmeconferences.org/idetc07/. The conference in great ASME www.asme.org

Originally posted by Melissa Thomas from Engineering Education for the Non-Civil Minded
ReBlogged here on 6 Sep 2007

September Autodesk Inventor LT Technology Preview Newsletter

At the time of downloading the Autodesk Inventor LT Technology Preview, users have the ability to "opt in" to receive more information. For users

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

My Tablet
et MoI

At another blog, someone was hoping I'd report on what it's like to use MoI (the Rhino-like Moment of Inspiration 3D software) with my

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 5 Sep 2007

CAD Manager 2007 Survey for Robert Green

All CAD Managers please take a moment to complete the CAD Manager Survey for Cadalyst magazines CAD Management expert and nice guy. You have

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

Annotation scaling and annotation scale list in AutoCAD 2008

Annotation scaling is one of the greatest news in AutoCAD 2008, AutoCAD 2008 LT and all verticals. Text, Mtext, Dimensions, Leaders, Multileaders (new), Tolerances,

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

Get Involved Shaping the Future of Autodesk Products and Get Off the Sidewalk

I often stumble across a report of something someone would like to improve in AutoCAD or Autodesk products posted in a forum or blog

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

Another New CAD Blog: CADing and Coding

Mohamed Haris has started a blog on AutoCAD customization. Mohamed is a draughtsman/draftsman in U.A.E. Welcome Mohamed to CADblogging!   http://cadingandcoding.blogspot.com/

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

Seam carving for Content-Aware Image Resizing (Part II)

With regards to João's post "What is a good idea?", it is now possible via an online demo, to try Seam Carving (image resizing)

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI - Blog of Autodesk User Group International
ReBlogged here on 5 Sep 2007

Virtual Lift Off?

This is the last posting in my recent three-part series on "flapping", where we've been exploring how we are often off target when it

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

AU 2007 - Unplugged!

New at AU—AU Unplugged! - from Joseph Wurcher on BLAUG - the AU Blog"This year's AU will have 600 structured sessions, carefully selected by

Originally posted by CADDManager from CADDManager.com Blog
ReBlogged here on 5 Sep 2007

Autodesk's e-transmit

If you've ever received drawings from someone else only to find that you are missing xref's, plot styles, images, or more then you'll appreciate

Originally posted by BethPowell from Beth's CAD Blog
ReBlogged here on 5 Sep 2007

Project Freewheel Login - required as little as possible

As part of Project Freewheel testing, I clear my browser cache and cookies often. Actually I am an Internet Explorer 7 user, and I

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

Simplifying Design with Design Review

Autodesk Design Review 2008 and Bosch Rexroth were prominently featured in this week’s issue of Design News’ Slant column.  This Q&A with Jim Lambert,

Originally posted by Volker Joseph from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 5 Sep 2007

Command: _AREA

As it can also be understood from its name AREA command is used to measure areas. It usage is very simple. However, there are

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

TED | Talks | Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Jaw-dropping Photosynth demo (video)

TED | Talks | Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Jaw-dropping Photosynth demo (video):Using photos of oft-snapped subjects (like Notre Dame) scraped from around the Web,

Originally posted by Joel from Orr's Observations
ReBlogged here on 5 Sep 2007

Is Winter Coming Already?

I live in Northern Utah and tonight after weeks of temperatures in the 90-105 degrees Fahrenheit range and lows above 70 degrees Fahrenheit tonight it

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

Annotation Scaling Webcast

Thanks to all of you that attended today's webcast on annotation scaling in AutoCAD 2008. The recorded webcast will be posted to the Autodesk

Originally posted by hewetth from Heidi Hewett's Blog
ReBlogged here on 5 Sep 2007

Autodesk Gets FEA, Part 2

The PlassoTech Acquisition Amy Bunzel, Autodesk's Director of Inventor Product Management, was kind enough to answer my questions about Autodesk's acquisition of Plassotech. Why

Originally posted by rtara from CAD Insider
ReBlogged here on 5 Sep 2007

Q'n A with
PTC CEO Harris

Jason Stamper interviews Richard Harrison, described as "CEO of product lifecycle management and enterprise content management vendor PTC" -- no CAD to see here

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 5 Sep 2007

matt stachoni
on
What Needs to be Fixed

Be sure to read Matt Stachoni's extensive editorial on "What Needs to be Fixed" in AutoCAD. Well worth it, and makes me wonder about

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

Overseas Drafting
$7/hr

A spam email in my inbox announces China-based drafting services. Here's part of their price list: Architectural construction documentation US$7/hr Architectural paper to CAD

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

Women in Design at Lewis and Clark

I've been chatting recently with an instructor at Lewis and Clark Community college over in Illinois. Joel Hall is a member of my Autodesk

Originally posted by Melanie (Stone) Perry from Mistress of the Dorkness
ReBlogged here on 4 Sep 2007

Revit and LEED

Today I passed my LEED exam and, in a small way, I have Revit to thank. While practicing using the LEED Letter template I

Originally posted by Jay Polding-ORUG Moderator from revit in plain english
ReBlogged here on 4 Sep 2007

Enhanced Cross Sections

Ok, I left it a little while until this post, but I am sure you will appreciate what I am delivering this week. I

Originally from From the Ground Up
ReBlogged here on 4 Sep 2007

Annotation Scaling Webcast

http://heidihewett.blogs.com/my_weblog/2007/09/annotation-scal.html "You still have time to register for the FREE Annotation Scaling webcast this morning! Don't miss out on your chance to learn the

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

Annotation Scaling in AutoCAD 2008

You still have time to register for the FREE Annotation Scaling webcast this morning! Don't miss out on your chance to learn the ins

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

Creating PDF’s from DWG’s without AutoCAD!

"How many times have you gotten a DWG file from some where and needed to view, collaborate, mark up, or print it and didn’t

Originally posted by CADDManager from CADDManager.com Blog
ReBlogged here on 4 Sep 2007

Various Import/Export options

Let me share with you some of the options available in Civil 3D which allow you to import and export the data in various

Originally posted by Sanjay Asnani from 2D to (Civil) 3D - Varsity Views on Civil 3D
ReBlogged here on 4 Sep 2007

Project Freewheel: The importance of the right amount of cache

There are two ways to bring a design into Project Freewheel. Depending on which method you chose, you may need to be aware of

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

AutoCAD Poll



Originally posted by Scott Durkee from Scott Durkee
ReBlogged here on 4 Sep 2007

AutoLISP application: LAY_DEL.LSP

An AutoLISP application that deletes all objects in the layer of selected entity. Hello Daily AutoCAD readers, I will not make any additional explanation

Originally posted by Orhan Toker from Daily Autocad
ReBlogged here on 4 Sep 2007

Creating a spline-segment multileader in AutoCAD using .NET

I thought it would be interesting to spend a few posts looking into the multileader or MLeader functionality in AutoCAD 2008. To get things

Originally posted by Kean Walmsley from Through the Interface
ReBlogged here on 3 Sep 2007

Labor Day Celebrations

Labor Day has been celebrated on the first Monday in September in the United States since the 1880s.  The form that the observance and

Originally posted by Volker Joseph from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 3 Sep 2007

Saving passwords in a database? No!

So how can it be handled in a better way technically speaking? Referencing to the previous post. Saving passwords in a database as plain

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

Passwords on internet

Many websites require that you register and provide a password. How safe is that? I just signed up on a site and after registering

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

Logging Events

There is a new feature in Topobase 2008 that enables you to view events that occur in Topobase. You can configure the level of

Originally posted by Andreas Boos from The Topobase Insiders
ReBlogged here on 3 Sep 2007

Dassault
Hearts
nVidia

Dassault Systemes and nVidia teamed up to improve the quality of imaging during styling and digital mockups. It's nice that they're working on making

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 3 Sep 2007

What Needs to be Fixed
in AutoCAD

With AutoCAD 2009 shipping in a half-year, it's time to begin ranting on how the top-seller needs to be improved. Not how it could

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 3 Sep 2007

FREE Downloads available from Autodesk Labs

In celebration of the holiday, we're having our Labor Day Blowout sale. You can download the following utilities from Autodesk Labs for free! LabsItem InstallerDownload

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

CAD Mgmt Toolbox: Autodesk Updates & Service Packs

By now I hope you've heard about Service Pack 1 for AutoCAD. Here is a quick list for several Autodesk update and service pack

Originally posted by Scott Durkee from Scott Durkee
ReBlogged here on 3 Sep 2007

Marketing on Wikipedia



Originally posted by R.K. McSwain from CAD Panacea
ReBlogged here on 3 Sep 2007

ATP Courses for September 2007 start Monday the 3rd

It’s still not too late to sign up and enjoy free ATP Courses for September 2007, starting Monday the 3rd. On offer in the

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI - Blog of Autodesk User Group International
ReBlogged here on 2 Sep 2007

Talkr "Listen to this" now offered as a FeedBurner FeedFlare

Back in April of this year (2007-04-10), BLAUGI was pleased to announce the availability of Talkr functionality on its blog. BLAUGI adds Talkr functionality

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI - Blog of Autodesk User Group International
ReBlogged here on 2 Sep 2007

Update: Autodesk employee's blogs, 35 and counting...

Having just read the following blog post "Another Autodesk Blog: Points of Interest" by Scott Sheppard, I have taken the time to update the

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI - Blog of Autodesk User Group International
ReBlogged here on 2 Sep 2007

3D spam

Not really CAD related but when I read about 3D spam I had these thoughts, who knows if DWF gets as popular as PDF

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 2 Sep 2007

RobiNZ CAD Blog: The power of a model, lets you forget!

This is great.  It’s nice to see a small example of technology becoming transparent. RobiNZ CAD Blog: The power of a model, lets you

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

CADD Manager Survey - September 2007

How satisfied are you with Autodesk?Does Autodesk keep you satisfied? Is the software doing the job? Is it worth the money? Do they help

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


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