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Convert Point Clouds into Real Geometry in AutoCAD 2011

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Between the Lines

Shape Extraction, not to be confused with “Shape Shifting” which is a completely different thing, but perhaps Autodesk Labs is also working on that for the future.
There is a new Autodesk Labs Technology Preview released just one week after the mind [...]

Ideate Explorer 2011 released

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I had an email from Ben Bishop from Ideate yesterday to say they have released an updated version of their successful Ideate Explorer Application for Revit 2011. If you haven’t seen Ideate explorer take a look here….
http://www.ideateexplorer.com/index.php
A trial version can be downloaded from:-
http://www.ideateexplorer.com/trial.php
By far the coolest [...]

Driver Version xxx.xx stopped responding and has successfully recovered

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Revit

I have been receiving this message a lot when running Revit 2011 on a Dell Latitude with 8gigs of ram, Windows & (64bit) and a Nvidia v3100m graphics card.
Display Driver Nvidia Windows Kernel Mode Driver Version xxx.xx stopped responding and has successfully [...]

Mac Attack

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I am simply curious who else is using AutoCAD and uses a Mac either at work or home.
If you are a longtime reader of this blog you may have seen the debates in posts and hundreds of comments, surveys, and requests/demands from many users for native Mac [...]

Mastering Revit Architecture 2011 arrives

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My copy of Mastering Revit Architecture 2011 arrived this morning ( a big thanks to James, Eddie and Phil as well as Peter at Wileys). If you have not seen this book and you are new or even a seasoned Revit user, you need this book! [...]

New Revit Utilities – PKH Lineworks

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Revit OpEd

Phil DeBrandt announced at AUGI that he has made several utilities for Revit available at his web site. The utilities are branded as ReVVed.

The utilities are comprised of the following functions:

Merge Text – merge multiple text notes into a single note.
Change Case – changes the [...]

Autodesk Homestyler Contest

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Autodesk Homestyler is a free online way to design in 2D and 3D for desiging or remodeling your home and more. Now there is a Design Your Dacor Kitchen contest US residents have a chance to win the top of the line appliances.
Think of [...]

AutoCAD DWG Rendering Farm in the Cloud with Project Neon

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Project Neon is now available via Autodesk Labs as a free technology preview. With Project Neon you can render multiple DWG files simultaneously.  http://bit.ly/aYXFgL
It is perfect for designers, architects, engineers who have AutoCAD 2010/2011 DWG files in 3D set with [...]

What Blogs and Social Media do you read or follow

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What Design, Visualization, Technology, CAD, and Hardware Blogs do you read, and why? Worldwide and all languages. Are they customers or users of the software or technology they write about?
What are your top 10 or 20 that in your opinion [...]

Awesome Technology Makes Greater Horsepower

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My friends down at Jay Leno’s Big Dog Garage http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/ have been using a FARO six axis laser scanning arm and Autodesk Inventor to rebuild a seriously wicked motor.
They frequently have to build parts for one of a kind collector vehicles in Jay’s collection. With [...]

Convert Point Clouds into Real Geometry in AutoCAD 2011

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Shape Extraction, not to be confused with “Shape Shifting” which is a completely different thing, but perhaps Autodesk Labs is also working on that for the future.
There is a new Autodesk Labs Technology Preview released just one week after the mind [...]

Mac Attack

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I am simply curious who else is using AutoCAD and uses a Mac either at work or home.
If you are a longtime reader of this blog you may have seen the debates in posts and hundreds of comments, surveys, and requests/demands from many users for native Mac [...]

Autodesk Homestyler Contest

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Autodesk Homestyler is a free online way to design in 2D and 3D for desiging or remodeling your home and more. Now there is a Design Your Dacor Kitchen contest US residents have a chance to win the top of the line appliances.
Think of [...]

AutoCAD DWG Rendering Farm in the Cloud with Project Neon

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Project Neon is now available via Autodesk Labs as a free technology preview. With Project Neon you can render multiple DWG files simultaneously.  http://bit.ly/aYXFgL
It is perfect for designers, architects, engineers who have AutoCAD 2010/2011 DWG files in 3D set with [...]

What Blogs and Social Media do you read or follow

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What Design, Visualization, Technology, CAD, and Hardware Blogs do you read, and why? Worldwide and all languages. Are they customers or users of the software or technology they write about?
What are your top 10 or 20 that in your opinion [...]

Awesome Technology Makes Greater Horsepower

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My friends down at Jay Leno’s Big Dog Garage http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/ have been using a FARO six axis laser scanning arm and Autodesk Inventor to rebuild a seriously wicked motor.
They frequently have to build parts for one of a kind collector vehicles in Jay’s collection. With [...]

Autodesk Labs Project Photofly ~ Create 3D Model Scenes from Photos

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Capture Reality with Project Photofly!
The Autodesk Labs was started as a way to show emerging technologies and get feedback on them to shape their future features and direction. Project Photofly is definitely one of those shining examples of cutting [...]

Happy 20th Birthday 3ds Max!

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The special Autodesk 3ds Max 20th Anniversary site is now live on the Autodesk AREA community:   http://www.the-area.com/maxturns20
Please wear your 3ds Max & 3D Studio memorabilia (t-shirts, hats, etc.) to SIGGRAPH in order to receive a free 20th Anniversary t-shirt.  Those not attending SIGGRAPH can order [...]

Unofficial Golden Hammer Award

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The Golden Hammer Award has been given out but once in 21 years and was an award that was given to an Autodesk employee for major 3D work in AutoCAD. To my knowledge only 1 was ever awarded and that was to Scott Heath for implementing [...]

Adding AutoCAD Related Blog or Twitter Feeds in AutoCAD InfoCenter

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Guest post by Jeff Bartels @JeffBartels. If you would like to publish a guest article on this blog about AutoCAD please email me at shaan@autodesk.com. This is a great way to be seen by [...]

Gateway AUG Summer Meeting June 17th

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The Gateway Autodesk User Group will meet next week. New features of Autodesk Software will be presented.

When: 17th June – Wednesday – from 6 to 8:00 pm
Where: Clayco, Inc. Forum Studios, 2199 Innerbelt Business Center Drive, [...]

CAD/Design/Architecture/Engineering Annual Salary Survey Running Now!

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AUGI is currently running the 2009 Annual Salary Survey!
COMPLETE THE SURVEY BY JUNE THE 30th.
Which means that your peers need YOU to log in and report your views. We call this a survey because that’s precisely what we’re doing. We’re collecting information from [...]

OT: School Update

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Well, if you’re a subscriber you’ve probably noticed that my posting rate has gone down a bit here on my blog lately. I’ve got three or four posts in the queue and just can’t seem to find the time to sit down and flesh them out [...]

New BIM Magazine from AUGI

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Alright, looks like the AEC crowd has a new magazine from AUGI (I believe that, if it does well, they will look into branching out into other disciplines).
We’re just starting to use Revit here on my campus, and, coming from the Engineering group, we’re [...]

Revit Standards – Getting Started Guides

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Mistress of the Dorkness

As I may have mentioned, our parent organization began a mandate a couple of years ago to utilize BIM on larger projects, but, the ramp up to all BIM on all projects is coming up with the next calendar year.
While our parent organization [...]

CAD Managers Not Optimistic

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Robert Green recently conducted a survey to gauge the state of the economy according to the CAD Manager.
See his article: Survey: CAD Managers Reveal Effects of the Economy, Part 1
This is a followup survey to one he conducted in February (Results Part 1 and Part [...]

AutoCAD 2010 Tips and Tricks booklet from Lynn Allen

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AUGI Members Only Exclusive!
Starting Monday
[EDIT: Here is a link to the AutoCAD Community Forums, where AUGI members can download the AutoCAD Tips and Tricks booklet for 2010]

(remember, you MUST be logged in as an AUGI member in order to [...]

BIM Management Comments/Questions

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There have been some interesting topics posed about BIM Management recently. Check out what others have been saying, and add your $0.02 if you feel like it.
The first thing I’d like to mention is this poll done, asking how long users had held the title of [...]

Programming webcast: .NET for LISP Programmers

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Another webcast you might be interested in:

Free AutoCAD programming webcast: .NET for LISP Programmers

As mentioned in this previous post, my team delivers regular webcasts on programming with Autodesk technologies.
Assuming you’re reading this while the metaphorical ink’s still damp, it’s still not too late [...]

Welcome to the World Offspring Beta

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November 4th was the big day for the Perry family.
Our 2nd son entered the world a healthy 7lbs 12oz and 21″ long.
Our Picasa brag book.
We came home on Saturday and are both doing great. Offspring Alpha and dear hubby are looking after us [...]

Easily find Ribbon Commands

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As illustrated by my blogging frequency, the last several weeks have been incredibly busy. During that time I had the chance to speak with a large number of AutoCAD (and its many vertical flavors like Civil 3D) users, and answer some of their burning questions. [...]

Creating Multiline Ribbon Tool Display Names

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Recently I’ve had a few people ask me about modifying the display names of ribbon tools inside AutoCAD 2010. More specifically; how to make AutoCAD show the display name for a tool on two lines (not just one). With the question growing [...]

Lynn Allen in Richmond, VA this Thursday

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For those of you in or around the Richmond, VA area, the Richmond AutoCAD Manifest (local user group), has quite a treat in store for you! Lynn Allen, the lady behind those tips & tricks booklets you love so much, will present [...]

Using MindManager for CAD/BIM Documentation

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The CAD Geek Blog

My sincere apologies to the faithful followers of The CAD Geek Blog.  As you probably gathered from my last post (way back on May 30th), I have been focusing just about all of my energy on finding a new job.  Thankfully it seems [...]

AutoCAD Exchange – Ask the Expert Series

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If you haven’t heard about the AutoCAD Exchange, you’re sure missing out on an awesome community designed specifically for users like you.  Launched in March of this year, the site is packed with all sorts of resources like tips & tricks, videos [...]

Job Hunting Tips From The CAD Geek

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Today was my first day as the Technical Product Manager for Education Reseller, Ronald A. Williams. Moving from a private engineering practice to a reseller, I certainly have a lot to learn, but I figure we can discuss that another day. [...]

Training Program Reinforcement Part 1

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It’s hard to believe, but 3 weeks ago I started my employment with Ronald A. Williams. Last week was quite exciting as I got to meet a number of our customers for the first time at a CTE conference. For those outside the [...]

Training Program Reinforcement Part 2

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In my last post I spoke about the power of reinforcement in the world of education. My point to making the connection between academia and corporate learning is that reinforcement is no less important in academia than it is in a corporate learning [...]

AU 2009 – General Registration Open

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Autodesk University, It’s that one time of year you can talk about CAD for an entire week, and not be considered a complete dork (partial dork is still an option)! Today marks the commencement of general registration for Autodesk University 2009. If you [...]

Reset CUI verses Restore CUI – What’s the difference?

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The CAD Geek Blog

One of the greatest features of AutoCAD is how much you can tailor it to meet your individual needs. To me, what’s even better than the ability to customize your workspace, is the fact Autodesk makes it incredibly easy to [...]

AUGIWorld Issue 5

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CADDHELP

The latest edition of AUGIWorld has been released.
AUGI membership is required to view it, but that’s free!
Click HERE

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RST2009 Dialog of the Day

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I love dialogs like this. Someone had to code it up, right? He/she knew there was a problem, and it was with the software, but really didn’t know what else to say about it. Sigh…

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Looking to help out?

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CADDHELP

I recently started a new Linkedin.com group called CADDHELP. The primary goal of the group is to help connect publishers with authors of CADD related materials. At this time the main focus is AUGI magazines AECEDGE and AUGIWorld but it will branch out into books and perhaps even [...]

Mastering Revit Structure 2010 shipping!

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CADDHELP

A CADDHELP reader named Scott asked when the new book will be out. As it happens I just heard yesterday from the production editor that he had his copy of the book and it was being released 9/14. Soooo, it’s out there and on the way…
Here is [...]

Bye, Bye Migration part 2

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Blog reader Gregorw asked regarding my previous “Bye, Bye Migration” post that he could not find the location to shut off the migration. It is found during the deployment build within the Custom install area as shown in this image.

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Awww, that’s pretty

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A project I did in little ol’ Tampa town is nearly completion. The Tampa Museum of Art isn’t huge but it was an interesting project in Revit and looks very nice along the river.

http://www2.tbo.com/photoalbum/2009/sep/25/tampa-museum-2009/

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WPM is #6!

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Even in this economy some companies are still managing to get work done, do it right, and keep their staff generally happy. I was pleased to see my company of 22 years once again get recognized.
http://www.gostructural.com/page-best_firms_list-31.html
It is interesting that so many of the best firms have less than 50 [...]

Something annoying you? Just delete it!

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CADDHELP

A technique I use a lot is the DELETE and DO and then PASTE what I deleted back. This works for me both in AutoCAD and Revit.
For example, I need to draw or select something and a solid hatch is blocking my view. Well the standard [...]

Windows 7 cometh

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CADDHELP

As many others, for my personal machine I am going to upgrade to Windows 7. This machine is about 3 years old (Dell 9150) and runs XP pretty good – but I have to stay on top of virus blocking. Now when Vista came out I upgraded to that, [...]

2009 BIM Smart Market Report

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Pretty interesting read for BIM types…link to big PDF below
http://www.bim.construction.com/research/pdfs/2009_BIM_SmartMarket_Report.pdf

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