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June 2010

My Snagit 10 Giveaway

My Snagit 10 Giveaway is originally published on Between the Lines Most all my screen captures have been made for 12 years now using Techsmith’s Snagit program which is available on both the Windows PC and Mac platforms. I seriously use Snagit every day for something and would have a hard and painful time producing [...]

My Snagit 10 Giveaway

My Snagit 10 Giveaway is originally published on Between the Lines Most all my screen captures have been made for 12 years now using Techsmith’s Snagit program which is available on both the Windows PC and Mac platforms. I seriously use Snagit every day for something and would have a hard and painful time producing [...]

Dept. of Off Topic – Kuwait Sights

Dept. of Off Topic – Kuwait Sights is originally published on Revit OpEd I’m currently on my second of two weeks in Kuwait working with ARETAS and their client here. We ventured out a bit on Friday (first day of the weekend here) to see a bit more of the city than the routine of [...]

Dropbox and Project Sharing

Dropbox and Project Sharing is originally published on Revit OpEd I was trading messages with Martin Taurer today regarding WAFS (wide area file services). His firm has been exploring the use of Globalscape’s WAFS product that I mentioned in a post recently. While we were both in Sydney attending the Revit Technology Conference Phil Read [...]

Guide Grids

Guide Grids is originally published on Revit OpEd Robert Manna recently posted some observations about the new Guide Grid feature that arrived with Revit 2011. It is intended to provide a bit more control over the view alignment between sheets. I complained about this process in an earlier post. It was only a month or [...]

AutoCAD 2011 Yin-Yang Symbol Creation Exercise & More

AutoCAD 2011 Yin-Yang Symbol Creation Exercise & More is originally published on Between the Lines This post is not on Chinese philosophy, but how to create the well known Yin-Yang symbol in AutoCAD in six simple steps. I had some extra energy today and put this together quickly. The exercise shows how easy it can [...]

AutoCAD 2011 Yin-Yang Symbol Creation Exercise & More

AutoCAD 2011 Yin-Yang Symbol Creation Exercise & More is originally published on Between the Lines This post is not on Chinese philosophy, but how to create the well known Yin-Yang symbol in AutoCAD in six simple steps. I had some extra energy today and put this together quickly. The exercise shows how easy it can [...]

Dept. of Errors – Invalid Duct or Pipe K-Factor Database

Dept. of Errors – Invalid Duct or Pipe K-Factor Database is originally published on Revit OpEd I’ve received both errors over the last couple years using Revit MEP. This error can occur when the supporting files it uses are corrupted somehow. The Factory recommends reinstalling (or using Repair for example) Revit to resolve the issue [...]

Getting ripped off

Getting ripped off is originally published on Revit Now I think I’m a reasonably relaxed sort of guy (my wife would probably say different! ) But a good friend of mine passed this link to me today. It would seem somebody has been passing off my blog articles as theirs. They do at least make [...]

Stairs in the Wild

Stairs in the Wild is originally published on Revit OpEd Revit stairs and railings are long overdue for some serious development time and effort. It’s underway if you can read the stars. I was recently in Sydney to attend the Revit Technology Conference 2010. Phil Read attended as well and we both shared the same [...]