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National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

  October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. So many lives are affected by breast cancer around the world and chances are you probably

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 13 Oct 2007

Come See Me Live!

I will be making three special appearances next week during the Autodesk Experience the Possibilities tour. The dates are: September 18 – Atlanta (Georgia

Originally from Outside the Lines
ReBlogged here on 13 Oct 2007

Multiblocks Are Swell

Random Dispersement A Mulitiblock is a block that has more than one graphic value. This is useful for substituting large numbers of blocks with

Originally from Outside the Lines
ReBlogged here on 13 Oct 2007

AU BEAT for Autodesk University 2007

This year Autodesk is broadcasting a podcast series , called the AU BEAT. The interview-style recordings with instructors, presenters and key AU stakeholders are

Originally posted by Chris Yanchar from Between the Walls
ReBlogged here on 13 Oct 2007

RAW RAW RAW Images

When shooting digital photos, please save your RAW versions of your favorite photos if possible otherwise you may regret not doing so in the

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 13 Oct 2007

Using Thunderbird to read newsgroups

Originally posted by R.K. McSwain from CAD Panacea
ReBlogged here on 13 Oct 2007

Using Publish may cause fatal error

Originally posted by R.K. McSwain from CAD Panacea
ReBlogged here on 13 Oct 2007

AU BEAT for Autodesk University 2007

I have already blogged about things at Autodesk University that you can see and feel - like a multi-touch wall. Now it's time to

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 13 Oct 2007

Who is the masked person with me?

Next week I will reveal who I got to meet not too long ago.Any guesses who this person might be?

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 13 Oct 2007

AutoCAD MEP Clash Reports

Revit products have had the ability to report all interferences in a schedule since they came out, which has made them fundamentally better than

Originally posted by Todd from CAD Shack
ReBlogged here on 13 Oct 2007

AU BEAT

Check this out:AU BEATThe Autodesk University 2007 podcast series consists of short audio interviews that help you gear up for AU before you even

Originally posted by Volker Joseph from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 13 Oct 2007

List Xref names in a DWG drawing

Originally posted by AutoCADder from AutoCADder
ReBlogged here on 12 Oct 2007

BIM Survey leans toward Bentley

Bentley BIM Approach/Features Preferred Over Revit 58 to 38 Percent in BIM SurveyClick here to readI was part of the press conference where they

Originally posted by CADDManager from CADDManager.com Blog
ReBlogged here on 12 Oct 2007

Thoughts of youth

I am treading today on the same ground that began my independence half a lifetime ago. I have the privilege to visit my alma

Originally posted by Melissa Thomas from Engineering Education for the Non-Civil Minded
ReBlogged here on 12 Oct 2007

[Untitled]

Impression had a presence at the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA http://www.asla.org ) conference in San Francisco last week. Lisa and I had

Originally from Outside the Lines
ReBlogged here on 12 Oct 2007

3D Lens
From Adobe

At an event in France last week, Adobe showed off a 19-lens lens that it claims can take 3D photographs. Each lens reports slightly

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 12 Oct 2007

Real-time Raytracing
Courtesy Intel

At the Inventor media summit last week in Paris, Autodesk showed near-realtime raytracing on an 8-core CPU. I guestimated it was running at about

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 12 Oct 2007

An Introduction to CoCreate

Unlike most other user meetings, the CoCreate user meeting did not start until 11:30. I took the opportunity to get in a morning run

Originally posted by rtara from CAD Insider
ReBlogged here on 12 Oct 2007

Free webcast: "AutoCAD: .NET for LISP Programmers"

On October 18th we're delivering a free AutoCAD development-oriented webcast entitled "AutoCAD: .NET for LISP Programmers". Check here for our overall API schedule, or

Originally posted by Kean Walmsley from Through the Interface
ReBlogged here on 12 Oct 2007

AutoCAD Drawings: Let's talk dirty...

Do you work with partners that supply you with drawings? Do these drawings not conform to your own company standards? Do you wish you

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 12 Oct 2007

Check out the new "Autodesk Drawing Cleanup Utility"!

The Autodesk Drawing Cleanup Utility is an AutoCAD based tool that provides users the ability to quickly clean-up and structure DWG files to meet

Originally posted by Volker Joseph from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 12 Oct 2007

Jing 1.3 released

Jing is getting better with the version 1.3. Here is one of the news: "When selecting the area to capture, dimensions of the selected

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 12 Oct 2007

Get $200 Books
Free

Bentley Systems sells Haestad Methods' books for as much as US$195, but now they're giving them away -- sort of. -- Stormwater Conveyance Modeling

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 12 Oct 2007

Cadopolis site upgrade

We have recently ungraded our CAD Store with some exciting new features to make shopping even easier. You may have noticed our new Category

Originally from Cadopolis News
ReBlogged here on 12 Oct 2007

T minus 5 days - Time to vote for your! top 5 designs in the AU 2007 Top DAUG T-shirt contest

With reference to BLAUGI post - AU 2007 Top DAUG T-shirt contest - Time to vote for your! top 5 designs. Below snippet comes

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International
ReBlogged here on 12 Oct 2007

Project Freewheel: Impression rendering technology temporarily disabled

Customer load testing of build 31 of Project Freewheel has identified an issue. We are grateful to our loyal users for this feedback. For

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 12 Oct 2007

AutoCAD Drawing Cleanup Utility "DCU" on Autodesk Labs

We just posted a new preview of a utility named the Drawing Cleanup Utility "DCU" to the Autodesk Labs. This Drawing Cleanup Utility will

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 11 Oct 2007

CEFPI Highlights BIM

This week I attended the Council for Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI) annual conference.  This conference is always a content rich exchange of ideas

Originally posted by Mike Gemmell from Connected
ReBlogged here on 11 Oct 2007

Plotting a window from AutoCAD using .NET

This post extends this previous post that dealt with driving a single-sheet AutoCAD plot by adding some code to handle selection and transformation of

Originally posted by Kean Walmsley from Through the Interface
ReBlogged here on 11 Oct 2007

Finally

Visit the Intelisolve (makers of Hydraflow) web site, and you'll find Autodesk has finally purchased a H&H solution.It will obviously take a while for

Originally posted by Scott from Civil 3D - Paving the Way
ReBlogged here on 11 Oct 2007

JTB FlexReport 3.4.3 news

JTB FlexReport has been updated. The installation package is not updated for this release though. If you want the added features or have had

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 11 Oct 2007

Access query too complex to be evaluated and a workaround

This post shows how to identify and workaround a limitation or bug in Access. This is the error message when opening a specific query

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 11 Oct 2007

Get Them While They Are Hot

Two new hot fixes have been posted for AutoCAD Architecture 2008, to be applied after Service Pack 1 is installed:Raster Images in File Causing

Originally posted by David Koch from The Architect's Desktop
ReBlogged here on 11 Oct 2007

Translator Add-ins/Project Freewheel are keys to customer success

Autodesk Labs is about feedback. Sometimes this feedback is in a form that helps us to improve. Other times users just wish to express

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 11 Oct 2007

Top Criteria for BIM Solutions: AECbytes Survey Results

An extensive report worth reading if you are into BIM. The BIM survey report is found here. "Even though this survey was commissioned by

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 11 Oct 2007

Hotfix Available for AutoCAD 2008 Linetype Display Issue

Service Packs are supposed to fix things, not break them. Anytime you change something you are risking breaking something else. We have created a

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 11 Oct 2007

Autodesk Impression Technology Preview för Sverige, etc

Very nice to see more countries (including Sweden/Sverige) supported for Autodesk Impression. I wrote earlier of this limitation and the fact that the toolbar

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 10 Oct 2007

The Future of Hydrology in Civil 3D!

Good news! I frequent many websites througout the day, some of those are software companies that I support either directly or indirectly.  A common

Originally posted by Kevin from Land Development Engineering
ReBlogged here on 10 Oct 2007

New Technology Preview Posted!

If you are using Impression Technology Preview 5 (read: if you live in Northern Europe or parts of Asia), then the software that you

Originally from Inside Hues
ReBlogged here on 10 Oct 2007

New Autodesk Impression Preview 6 Available and to More Countries

From Lisa's blog posting on Inside Hues: New Technology Preview Posted!Now many other countries can download the Autodesk Impression preview and also the build

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 10 Oct 2007

AutoCAD 25 Year Timeline Image

I just released a new updated 25 Year AutoCAD Timeline image in celebration that this is the 25th Anniversary of Autodesk and AutoCAD. http://lp.adskhost.com/index.php/1391.html

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 10 Oct 2007

Sweep sur une elevation attache a une pente

Si vous avez ajoutez un "sweep" dans la structure d'un murEt que vous attachez ce mur a un plan de référence ou un toit

Originally posted by Daniel Hurtubise from Revit It!
ReBlogged here on 10 Oct 2007

Power of BIM

The ladies (and gentlemen) of our AEC Marketing team have created an awesome new resource for people interested in Building Information Modeling (BIM). Here's

Originally posted by Jason Pratt from Connected
ReBlogged here on 10 Oct 2007

Deposit Permission issue fixed

The Deposit permission in Buzzsaw was designed primarily for bid solicitation scenarios; it allows a user or group of users to put items into

Originally posted by Jason Pratt from Connected
ReBlogged here on 10 Oct 2007

An AutoCAD Hip Tip from Scotland

Two stops on the Educational down with two to go! Yesterday's event in Birmingham was quite nice as we spent the day with the

Originally posted by Lynn Allen from Lynn Allen's Blog
ReBlogged here on 10 Oct 2007

High resolution Multi-Touch Wall video now available

Product Designer, Doug Look, has been working with our design software on our Multi-Touch Wall from Perceptive Pixel. In July, we posted a YouTube

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 10 Oct 2007

AUGI HotNews – October 2007 edition hits the stands...

AUGI's official monthly email newsletter "AUGI HotNews - October 2007" edition hits the stands. Some of this month's highlights... AUGI Members’ To-Do List Autodesk

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International
ReBlogged here on 10 Oct 2007

The Popular Haunted and Historic Haystack Landing House

This rumored to be haunted Victorian house is still a extremely popular search hit especially around Halloween even after all these years and having

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 10 Oct 2007

Small tips for Drawing a Rectangle…

Autocad 2004 and higher versions Hello, Did you know that you have some options while drawing a rectangle? Actually, you always have options in

Originally posted by Orhan Toker from Daily Autocad
ReBlogged here on 10 Oct 2007

Problems with Intel Graphic Chips

We have seen an increasing amount of error reports from users who use Intel Graphic chips. So far we have identified the following chips

Originally posted by Volker Joseph from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 10 Oct 2007

AreaText.LSP for AutoCAD

Here is a small AutoLISP program I did a while ago. It's freeware so just grab it, use it, change it or contact me

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 10 Oct 2007

Revit MEP - Fittings Get Unresponsive

If your plumbing fittings fail to adjust their size properly when you place them or when you trim or otherwise connect pipe it is

Originally posted by Steve from Revit OpEd
ReBlogged here on 10 Oct 2007

Symbols, symbols and more symbols…

One of the most time consuming stages in the creation of mechanical drawings is often annotating them, especially symbols. Most AutoCAD users I speak

Originally from Drawing the Machine
ReBlogged here on 10 Oct 2007

Changer la hauteur d'un walkthrough

Si vous voulez changer la hauteur de votre Walkthrough vous découvrirez rapidement qu'il n'existe aucune propriétés permettant de le faire. Alors voici une solution

Originally posted by Daniel Hurtubise from Revit It!
ReBlogged here on 10 Oct 2007

Dimensions, styles and Inventor.

I hate to see anyone frustrated when working on a project. I had this question on our community and thought that I would share

Originally posted by Melissa Thomas from Engineering Education for the Non-Civil Minded
ReBlogged here on 10 Oct 2007

Setting up a Wiki using Wetpaint (in plain English)

Let the creative people over at Common Craft show you how easy! it is to set-up a personal Wiki (using Wetpaint in this instance)...

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International
ReBlogged here on 9 Oct 2007

Revit MEP Content

I have made several posts previously regarding content for Revit MEP. If you're a Reviteer already, you are probably familiar with "Builds" of Revit.

Originally posted by BethPowell from Beth's CAD Blog
ReBlogged here on 9 Oct 2007

Special characters in AutoCAD

Originally posted by AutoCADder from AutoCADder
ReBlogged here on 9 Oct 2007

Official Revit Wishlist

Vote for you top ten wishlist items here...http://www.augi.com/revit/ballot.asp

Originally posted by Jay Polding-ORUG Moderator from revit in plain english
ReBlogged here on 9 Oct 2007

Interview with Joel on NOVEDGE

Franco Folini published an interview with me on the NOVEDGE blog.

Originally posted by Joel from Orr's Observations
ReBlogged here on 9 Oct 2007

Want to change how Civil 3D works? Cast your VOTE!

AUGI (Autodesk User Group International) has established wishlist ballots for the following applications: AutoCAD, Inventor, Civil 3D, and Revit Architecture.  People have been submitting wishes

Originally posted by Kevin from Land Development Engineering
ReBlogged here on 9 Oct 2007

Lean production game Sim Lean

On Lean Forum Bygg there is a game that learns the Toyota inspired lean production method. The idea is to teach how lean production

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 9 Oct 2007

Using Project Freewheel to AutoGenerate thumbnails

When I was authoring the Beyond the Paper blog, I got a lot of questions from users asking how to convert their TIF files

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 9 Oct 2007

Allowing selection of an AutoCAD plot device and media name using .NET

A comment came in on this previous post regarding how best to know whether a media name is valid during your plot configuration. There

Originally posted by Kean Walmsley from Through the Interface
ReBlogged here on 9 Oct 2007

AutoCAD Architecture 2008 crashes during startup - FATAL ERROR

On the command line you might see the command aecprojectbrowserstartup and then you get a crash. It says something like: AutoCAD Error Aborting -

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 9 Oct 2007

RobotEvents

Se a sua paixão é a Robótica visite este site...e se é estudante universitário e possui um email da sua universidade tenha acesso a

Originally posted by João Brogueira from CAD ptbr - Falando sobre CAD, GIS e 3D em Português...por João Brogueira
ReBlogged here on 9 Oct 2007

Digital Prototyping – What does it mean to you?

- Thom Tremblay Many years ago (shortly after electricity was harnessed) I left school and was immediately looked to as a resource to help

Originally posted by Thom Tremblay from Engineering Education for the Non-Civil Minded
ReBlogged here on 9 Oct 2007

Memories of Philip Dodds: We Lose of a Great Navigator but Not Our Way

It was a sad weekend for me and many others as we received the news on Saturday morning that Phil Dodds had slipped away

Originally posted by Wayne Hodgins from Off Course-On Target
ReBlogged here on 9 Oct 2007

More DWF with P&ID

So yes, it seems like I’m on the DWF kick lately.  It’s weird, as I’m not usually one of those “ooh, look how cool

Originally posted by Ursula Sadiq from In the Pipes
ReBlogged here on 9 Oct 2007

Autodesk Needs to Lead in Technology, Too

If you look at financial metrics, Autodesk is a clear market leader. It is closing in on $2 billion annual sales. But what of

Originally posted by rtara from CAD Insider
ReBlogged here on 8 Oct 2007

The House of Payne: SpaceClaim

During the lovely dinner as we floated down the Siene, most of the journalists were happy enough at being invited to Autodesk's press event

Originally posted by rtara from CAD Insider
ReBlogged here on 8 Oct 2007

Most people in China cannot see this post

I tried Website Test behind the Great Firewall of China and in Beijing and Shanghai this blog was not accessible (My website was accessible

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 8 Oct 2007

Assigning elevations to contours

Hi again, Today I got some great help! Our colleague Nicholas Menu, Autodesk EMEA C3D Support team, wrote a .LSP for us as we

Originally from From the Ground Up
ReBlogged here on 8 Oct 2007

Autodesk Design Review 2009 Beta 1

Volker has just announced that the future release of Autodesk Design Review code named "Colorado Project" is now open for beta testing. They are

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 8 Oct 2007

AUGI ATP Classes Start Today (Free Autodesk Product Training)

Heads up from Mike Perry over at BLAUGI ATP Courses for October 2007 start Monday the 8th ATP205 Autodesk Design Review 2008 – Advanced.

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 8 Oct 2007

On to Birmingham...

I'm on my way from Goteborg, Sweden to Birmingham for another Educational Event.  Having spent many years as a teacher myself I can definitely

Originally posted by Lynn Allen from Lynn Allen's Blog
ReBlogged here on 8 Oct 2007

Autodesk Digital Prototyping for Manufacturing

What do you know. On my Ultimate Autodesk link list I found http://www.autodesk.com/digitalprototyping Among the Tools for Digital Prototyping (Autodesk AliasStudio, Maya, Showcase, Inventor,

Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 8 Oct 2007

Good Question: Sun Properties

Today's good question comes from Ivana, who asked why she could no longer edit the Sun Properties Color in AutoCAD 2008. The color is

Originally posted by hewetth from Heidi Hewett's Blog
ReBlogged here on 8 Oct 2007

AutoCAD survey from Autodesk (October 2007).

If you use AutoCAD and have a genuine interest in helping to shape its future, here is another opportunity to get involved and make

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International
ReBlogged here on 8 Oct 2007

Tips on blogging from a conference (eg AU 2007).

If you are a blogger who plans to blog live from a conference (eg Autodesk University 2007), you may find the guide "Tips for

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International
ReBlogged here on 8 Oct 2007

Autodesk Labs - Content search

If you've ever wished for a place where you can search all design data for drawings, objects, etc. without the clutter of getting non-design

Originally posted by Sanjay Asnani from 2D to (Civil) 3D - Varsity Views on Civil 3D
ReBlogged here on 8 Oct 2007

A thumbnail is worth a thousand words...

Google has the ability to look for text strings in designs. It returns a list of hyperlinks to designs containing the text supplied to

Originally posted by Scott Sheppard from It’s Alive in the Lab
ReBlogged here on 8 Oct 2007

ATP Courses for October 2007 start Monday the 8th

It is still not too late to sign up and enjoy free! ATP Courses for October 2007, starting Monday the 8th. On offer in

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International
ReBlogged here on 8 Oct 2007

What can we do for the points that is not visible?

AutoCAD 12 and higher versions Hello dailyautocad readers, Today, I would like to share a very useful tip with you. While working with AutoCAD,

Originally posted by Orhan Toker from Daily Autocad
ReBlogged here on 8 Oct 2007

Autodesk Design Review 2009 Beta 1 Live Now

We recently launched our public Beta for Autodesk Design Review 2009 and feedback has been very positive so far.  Great teamwork allowed us to

Originally posted by Volker Joseph from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 8 Oct 2007

Autodesk Gets the Press Thinking

I was in Paris last week as a member of the press....okay, so I'm a PR chick, right? So here's why. In my complex

Originally posted by rachael Dalton-Taggart from PR, Marketing and the Business of CAD
ReBlogged here on 8 Oct 2007

Startup Dialog in AutoCAD® Architecture 2008

If there are others out there who, like me, prefer to start up AutoCAD® Architecture 2008 the same way they have started earlier versions

Originally posted by David Koch from The Architect's Desktop
ReBlogged here on 8 Oct 2007

I have to get back to Chicago, Mmmm

I love the city of Chicago and the restaurants and I have just seen one thing I must try on my next trip there. 

Originally posted by Shaan from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 8 Oct 2007

NavisWorks JetStream file formats disclaimer

There is a new disclaimer at http://www.navisworks.com/support/formats that is not unexpected after Autodesk acquired NavisWorks. "PLEASE NOTE THAT SOME THIRD PARTY VENDORS MAY ELECT

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

Access 2003 to Access 2007 useful links when upgrading

If you are about to start using or just have started to use Access 2007 these links can be useful. Main Microsoft site about

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

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