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August 2009

Is is CAD or Revit?

Is is CAD or Revit?

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Revit OpEd

I received a sample drawing today. We were discussing detailing with Revit. While I was checking it out I thought of the cassette tape competition for our money back when Memorex was asking us “Is it Live or is it Memorex?” in their commercials.
Considering the focus [...]

BIM Definitions – A Lighter Side

BIM Definitions – A Lighter Side

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Revit OpEd

While attending the Revit Technology Conference in Melbourne in June this year Wesley Benn shared a number of alternative meanings during various sessions. Here are the ones I captured. Yes, I’m ridiculously late in writing about my experience there. I’ll use the lame excuse that [...]

New Online Career Center by AUGI

New Online Career Center by AUGI

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Between the Lines

Just saw this announcement on the AUGI Blog BLAUGI (http://augi.typepad.com/)
AUGI announces new Career Center
Go to the AUGI Career Center  http://careers.augi.com/
This adds another great benefit to the free Autodesk User Group International AUGI membership and a resource for those looking for work or employees.
Congratulations [...]

New Online Career Center by AUGI

New Online Career Center by AUGI

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Between the Lines

Just saw this announcement on the AUGI Blog BLAUGI (http://augi.typepad.com/)
AUGI announces new Career Center
Go to the AUGI Career Center  http://careers.augi.com/
This adds another great benefit to the free Autodesk User Group International AUGI membership and a resource for those looking for work or employees.
Congratulations [...]

Family Editor – Annotation

Family Editor – Annotation

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Revit OpEd

This is a quick reminder. When you first open a Revit template or any family for that matter, what you see depends on the way the previous user left it. If they turned off categories or altered a view in some other way that’s what you see.
The [...]

Utah Autodesk User Meetup Sept 2009

Utah Autodesk User Meetup Sept 2009

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I recently mentioned that I was looking into hosting a local Autodesk product user meetup in Salt Lake City and have now selected a date.
The idea behind the meetup is to explore a future formal user group formation as well a great option [...]

Utah Autodesk User Meetup Sept 2009

Utah Autodesk User Meetup Sept 2009

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Between the Lines

I recently mentioned that I was looking into hosting a local Autodesk product user meetup in Salt Lake City and have now selected a date.
The idea behind the meetup is to explore a future formal user group formation as well a great option [...]

AutoCAD 2010 Install with Updates Option

AutoCAD 2010 Install with Updates Option

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I just wanted to mention if you have an Internet connection while installing your AutoCAD 2010, you will be alerted that there is an Update 1 available and can install it during the initial AutoCAD 2010 instalation. The installer can also point to a [...]

AutoCAD 2010 Install with Updates Option

AutoCAD 2010 Install with Updates Option

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I just wanted to mention if you have an Internet connection while installing your AutoCAD 2010, you will be alerted that there is an Update 1 available and can install it during the initial AutoCAD 2010 instalation. The installer can also point to a [...]

The Autodesk University 2009 YouTube Contest

The Autodesk University 2009 YouTube Contest

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The Autodesk University 2009 YouTube Contest is your chance to win one of (3) Three AU 2009 Las Vegas 3-Day, All-Inclusive Passes (Includes conference, classes and hands-on labs, hotel, meals, and social events).  For residents of US and Canada only.
HOW TO ENTER: [...]