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March 2009

Are you a Good Sketch or a Bad Sketch?

Are you a Good Sketch or a Bad Sketch? is originally published on Revit OpEd Aah sketch mode. What a picky feature! It wants nice clean perfect sketches. It is a pass/fail proposition, it works, it doesn’t. I think of electrical circuits when I think of sketch mode, as in “open circuit” and “short circuit”. [...]

Abu Dhabi at Night

Abu Dhabi at Night is originally published on Revit OpEd I took this shot last night from the beach at the hotel before wandering over to the Pub for dinner. The food and drink was great but the service was, well, slow. It took twenty five minutes to get my bill and have it processed. [...]

Revit 2010 Musings

Revit 2010 Musings is originally published on Revit OpEd I haven’t said much about the upcoming release of Revit. That’s because I’m not supposed to disclose that I’ve been involved in a program that I’m not supposed to disclose that I’m part of. I’ve also been busy doing some technical editing for the Mastering Revit [...]

DWG TrueView 2010 Available for Free Download

DWG TrueView 2010 Available for Free Download is originally published on Between the Lines Yes Autodesk DWG TrueView 2010, the 100% DWG viewer build on AutoCAD is ready for download. Read DWG from 2.1 to AutoCAD 2010 and plots, measures, and more. See Volker’s Post on his blog Beyond the Paper : DWG TrueView 2010 [...]

DWG TrueView 2010 Available for Free Download

DWG TrueView 2010 Available for Free Download is originally published on Between the Lines Yes Autodesk DWG TrueView 2010, the 100% DWG viewer build on AutoCAD is ready for download. Read DWG from 2.1 to AutoCAD 2010 and plots, measures, and more. See Volker’s Post on his blog Beyond the Paper : DWG TrueView 2010 [...]

Save Locations and a little more Abu Dhabi

Save Locations and a little more Abu Dhabi is originally published on Revit OpEd When you examine the Manage Links dialog you’ll find the Save Locations button at the far bottom left side. I find that most people assume that this has something to do with the path of the file. It actually is related [...]

Autodesk 2010 Product Codenames

Autodesk 2010 Product Codenames is originally published on Between the Lines For those interested in Autodesk trivia, this is for you. When software is being developed it does not have a formal name, and is often referred to as a codename project throughout development and beta testing. The names are selected by the teams and [...]

Autodesk 2010 Product Codenames

Autodesk 2010 Product Codenames is originally published on Between the Lines For those interested in Autodesk trivia, this is for you. When software is being developed it does not have a formal name, and is often referred to as a codename project throughout development and beta testing. The names are selected by the teams and [...]

Meetings – Change Them

Meetings – Change Them is originally published on Revit OpEd I read a blog post by Seth Godin today. I think you probably should too. That’s assuming you spend a lot of time in meetings, meetings that sometimes fail to live up to expectations? I know an architect who’s first meeting agenda item was “when [...]

AutoCAD Mechanical 2010 and other Autodesk Manufacturing Products Shipping

AutoCAD Mechanical 2010 and other Autodesk Manufacturing Products Shipping is originally published on Between the Lines The worlds best manufacturing industry design applications are shipping! If you are a customer on Autodesk Subscription.check out your Subscription Center for a download “electronic fulfillment” option. If not the box is on its way all over the world. [...]