Is There a Future for 2D
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Is there still a future for flat two dimensional (2D) writing or drawings, yes. 2D drawings and w... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Twitter’s Take on Apple’s Vision Pro
Monday, June 5, 2023
ThereOpinion The share price of Apple rose in anticipation of the release of its augmented realit... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Unleashing Creativity: The Innovative Marketing of BarkBox
Monday, June 5, 2023
Coho, my almost 2 year old hyper, sweet, sniffy, and energetic silver labrador is a rockstar when... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Epic Roadtrip Bend Oregon to Napa California
Friday, June 2, 2023
What a magical trip last week for the Memorial Day holiday weekend! My girlfriend and I embarked ... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Lessons Learned From “Whatever Happened To?”
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Opinion For some CAD vendors, the tides of time wash away the plans for their future, no matter h... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
2022 More Results for the IFMA ITC's Digital Twin Survey
Monday, May 29, 2023
» read more.. From Mistress of the Dorkness
Photoshop AI for Architects - GAME CHANGER!!
Thursday, May 25, 2023
» read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
2022 Results for the IFMA ITC's Digital Twin Survey
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
» read more.. From Mistress of the Dorkness
Spring Finally in Central Oregon
Monday, May 22, 2023
The other day I went with the Deschutes Land Trust to photograph and film some wildflowers starti... » read more.. From Between the Lines
I Went To Liveworx 23
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Opinion I’ve visited PTC in Boston a number of times, but this was the first time for their annua... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Autodesk Forma. What’s In a Name?
Monday, May 15, 2023
The word “forma” is in wide use. That's kind of a problem if you are Autodesk and you are doing a... » read more.. From CAD Insider
Oh, No. Am I a Tesla Fan?
Thursday, May 11, 2023
To all those I have told to shoot me if you see me in a Tesla: drop your weapons. I surrender. We... » read more.. From CAD Insider
How Might AI Impact the AEC industry and Construction
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
The Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is one of the most rapidly evolvin... » read more.. From Between the Lines
The Limits of Evolution
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Opinion Mind & Cosmos: Why the Materialist Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False Book wr... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Notched Wood Column in Revit Tutorial (Office Hour Sessions)
Monday, May 1, 2023
» read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
Blog Post Takedown - Revit 2008 Released - 2007
Thursday, April 27, 2023
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Testfit.io - A Building Design Automation Startup
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
In the world of architecture and real estate development, the preliminary development and design ... » read more.. From Between the Lines
How AI Tells Lies
Monday, April 24, 2023
Opinion A friend decided to get AI to write an article about the Open Design Alliance and Russia.... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Episode 100 Replay! - My Top 3 Revit 2024 New Features
Friday, April 21, 2023
» read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
Snaptrude Innovating the Architectural Design Process
Thursday, April 20, 2023
The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry is no stranger to innovation, and ... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Book review: The Secret Life of Groceries
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Opinion The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket Book written b... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
The New York Times Discovers Generative Design
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Generative design, the overhyped and ultimately disappointing technology, one that was to have co... » read more.. From CAD Insider
What’s New in Revit 2024: Bending Detail
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Bending detail is an excellent new feature in Revit 2024. Now you can create a rebar detail and b... » read more.. From CAD Notes
How Chevron Screwed Up Its Loyalty Program
Monday, April 17, 2023
Opinion Here in Canada, Chevron has a loyalty program called Journey that I use because -- right ... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
How Technology May Change in Our Lifetime Food for Thought
Saturday, April 15, 2023
”It is easy to underestimate how much the world can change within a lifetime. Bringing to mind ho... » read more.. From Between the Lines
AEC Design Software Trends
Friday, April 14, 2023
The AEC Trend Nostradamus.. The Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) design software... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Q&A from Graebert neXt 2023 Conference
Friday, April 14, 2023
Q&A I captured the Q&A from Graebert's neXt conference, held yesterday. You can view the replay a... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
End of an era, as Autodesk leaves Shaan Hurley
Friday, April 14, 2023
On Tuesday 30 March 2004, I posted this on TypePad: Getting Started This is the first post to see... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Graebert: What's neXt for CAD in DWG?
Thursday, April 13, 2023
Opinion Graebert Gmbh held its annual conference today, this year online again. Here’s some of th... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
What’s New in Revit 2024: The Dark Theme
Thursday, April 13, 2023
Revit 2024 now has a dark theme. Something we've been waiting for some time! » read more.. From CAD Notes
How I Typeset My Dad's Autobiography
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Background A couple of decades ago, my dad wrote his autobiography. Well, a lot of it, the most i... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Solidworks 2023
Monday, April 10, 2023
Opinion It’s been 13 years of Solidworks users stubbornly sticking to the desktop, as attempts by... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Yuji Suzuki 惜しい人を亡くしました
Saturday, April 8, 2023
The world, and the AEC industry lost an amazing friend and educator on March 18,... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Manufacturing Design Software Trends
Friday, April 7, 2023
I have been deep dive researching in AEC and Manufacturing design software and the greater indust... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Pure Stoke Skiing on a Volcano
Friday, April 7, 2023
I went alpine skiing, Wednesday at Mt Bachelor. Mt Bachelor is an extinct volcanic cone mountain ... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Book Review: “Smart Until It’s Dumb”
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Opinion Book written by Emmanuel Maggiori Reviewed by Ralph Grabowski An unexpected thing happene... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Revit 2024 Installation
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Autodesk Build: Using Assets for Progress Tracking
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Autodesk released asset markups for construction progress tracking in Autodesk Build. Learn how i... » read more.. From CAD Notes
It’s Easy to Use if You Know How to Use It—The UI Change Dilemma
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
An overhaul of the user interface is necessary after some time but poses a dilemma for every soft... » read more.. From CAD Insider
And this Month the PLM Leader is… Siemens
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Siemens is busy congratulating themselves on Twitter for being the leader in PLM, citing a Data Q... » read more.. From CAD Insider
Solution for modified Excel .xlam not saved after saving
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
I tried to digitally sign a .xlam (Excel Macro-Enabled Add-In) but no matter what modifications I... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
The State of Open Source BIM Software by Bernard Cache
Friday, March 31, 2023
Opinion Here are notes I transcribed from the talk given by Bernard Cache on “Free Software Ethic... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
March 2023 - 19th Anniversary!
Thursday, March 30, 2023
March 31st means it is blog’iversary time. Nineteen years since that first tentative post! I real... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Blocks & system variables
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
This is a short PSA to not forget about system variables in AutoCAD or Civil 3D. In today’s... » read more.. From Land Development Engineering
My Home on the ACC Unified Platform
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
My Home is a recent feature released on ACC unified platform. If you use Docs or BIM Collaborate,... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Revit Family: Using Parameters to Control Array and Elements’ Visibility
Thursday, March 16, 2023
We try to control more things in a Revit family: array, visibility, and more! See how advanced us... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Finding the Ultimate Travel Keyboard
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Hardware review As a roving correspondent for the CAD (computer-aided design) world, I desire the... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Bank Run, Day 5
Monday, March 13, 2023
Opinion Monday morning, as everyone is patting themselves for a job well done over the weekend pr... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
“Payroll > good will”*: The SVB is down.
Friday, March 10, 2023
Opinion *) Quote from Jessica Lessin: “The thing I am hearing from a lot of founders is, in the w... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Onshape holds its third user conference
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Opinion Surfacing in Onshape At first, I was surprised to learn that Onshape would hold its own u... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
What Did Dassault Promise Solidworks Users?
Monday, March 6, 2023
Opinion Dassault Systemes has been trying, since 2010, to get Solidworks users to trade in their ... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Renumbering Elements Mark in Revit
Thursday, March 2, 2023
In a BIM model, providing the information is essential. Mark is a field that we often use for del... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Cold weather shelters for homeless people
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Real world A news item caught my eye: "The [homeless] shelter in Langley [Canada] reopened after ... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Harvesting BIM Data
Monday, February 27, 2023
Webinar Cyril Verley, founder of CDV Systems, last week gave a presentation on his company’s Coll... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Creating Tile Roof Section Detail
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Learn how you can use repeating detail components in Revit to quickly add detailed drawings in Re... » read more.. From CAD Notes
JTB FlexReport 2023.2.0 - DSLS license monitoring improvements
Monday, February 20, 2023
JTB FlexReport 2023.2.0 is now ready. JTB Process Monitor has also been updated. See the version ... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
ChatGPT Hijacks a CAD Conference
Friday, February 17, 2023
The word of the conference was to have been “imagine” but all the chat was about ChatBot. The AI ... » read more.. From CAD Insider
Google Stumbles in the Race for the Perfect Answering Machine
Friday, February 10, 2023
The anticipation for Google’s Feb 8 event was high. Alphabet, Google’s parent company was to deli... » read more.. From CAD Insider
Using Revit Family for InfraWorks Parametric Component
Monday, February 6, 2023
Since InfraWorks 2023.1 you can import parametric components from a Revit family. Good news for t... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Should ChatGPT be Renamed CliffGPT?
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Should OpenAI adopt the face of Cliff Clavin, the mailman from Cheers, for its ChatGPT? Cliff alw... » read more.. From CAD Insider
JTB SSMPropEditor 2023.1.0 released (the Sheet Set Manager Editor)
Monday, January 30, 2023
JTB SSMPropEditor 2023.1.0 has been released and comes with some improvements and fixes. Are you ... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Antarctic memories in QGIS
Friday, January 27, 2023
I was doing some QGIS training, testing, experimenting and the dataset provided was Antarctica. H... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
So you think you know AutoCAD Viewports
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
There was a time when I thought I could run circles around anyone’s AutoCAD knowledge. Litt... » read more.. From Land Development Engineering
2022 Blogging Highlights
Saturday, December 31, 2022
Happy New Year! I usually begin this post with "Another year has flown by..." but 2022 was a stra... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Why is it so hard to Print from AutoCAD?
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
One common refrain I hear from different companies is why is it so hard to PRINT an AutoCAD drawi... » read more.. From Land Development Engineering
JTB Sheet Set Creator 3.1.0 released
Friday, December 23, 2022
JTB Sheet Set Creator 3.1.0 is released and lately we added support for adding sheet and custom p... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Sanitary Pipe Calculations and Venting
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
JTB Batch Publish 5.1.0 released
Monday, December 19, 2022
JTB Batch Publish 5.1.0 has been released. Background publishing for better performance and relia... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
JTB ACA Tools for AutoCAD Architecture based toolsets
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
JTB ACA Tools comes with editing Tools for Property Sets, Classifications and List Definitions fo... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
JTB FixRefs for BricsCAD
Monday, December 12, 2022
JTB FixRefs is now working on BricsCAD as well as previously supported AutoCAD. Select drawings, ... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Tutorial: Creating a Basic Revit Model for Digital Twin testing
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
» read more.. From Mistress of the Dorkness
Snap Option - Mid Between 2 Points
Monday, November 28, 2022
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Solution for Access error: There isn't enough free memory to update the display
Thursday, November 17, 2022
I've got this error in Microsoft Access. There isn't enough free memory to update the display. Cl... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Revit 2023.1 - Add Leader to Room Tag
Thursday, November 17, 2022
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Digital Twin Webinar October 19th - IFMA
Monday, October 17, 2022
» read more.. From Mistress of the Dorkness
ActiveWords time codes for video notes 0:00:00!
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
I'm not at Autodesk University, but I am watching the on-line content. I've long added time codes... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Autodesk testing my sanity...
Saturday, September 24, 2022
Thought was going mad for a while, but it was just Autodesk playing with my mind... At The Wareho... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
upFront.eZine CAD industry legend Ralph Grabowski retires
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
The final upFront.eZine #1.138 This email, the final upFront.eZine #1,138, marks a significant ev... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
QAT Fixed?
Monday, August 22, 2022
Another short post today… This is for folks that customize the Quick Access Toolbar with ei... » read more.. From Land Development Engineering
Water Shortage is One Thing, but Lights Out?
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
(Image from Wikipedia) It may be hard to see thousand-year trends in a daily newspaper, but that ... » read more.. From CAD Insider
JTB Excel2TextField 2.0.0 link Excel to AutoCAD
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
JTB Excel2TextField 2.0.0 is released and now allow you to easily update references that been mov... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Autodesk Docs – Renaming your hub
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
This is a quick note for BIM/CAD managers. If you’ve ventured into the Autodesk cloud with ... » read more.. From Land Development Engineering
Alas Windows Phone, gone but not forgotten
Friday, July 1, 2022
I still miss Windows Phone, Niagara Launcher on Android is my current next best, and this is a gr... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Revit and Room Bounding for Cubicles and FM
Thursday, June 23, 2022
» read more.. From Mistress of the Dorkness
JTB FlexReport 2022.6.0 released - report usage on your expensive licenses
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
JTB FlexReport 2022.6.0 is now ready. SQL Server related performance improvements and JTB Process... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Civil 3D Solution Tips
Thursday, June 16, 2022
If you would like to automate the enabling or disabling of the Civil 3D setting shown in the dial... » read more.. From CAD Panacea
Windows Quick Assist is now a Store App
Friday, May 27, 2022
If you use Windows Quick Assist to support remote users, they will now have to install an app for... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
What Exactly is a Digital Transformation?
Thursday, May 19, 2022
“Digital transformation” may be the latest industry buzzword. The Big Four CAD vendors (Autodesk,... » read more.. From CAD Insider
Migrating CAD Standards – Enterprise Customization
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Lots of folks ask us about this option when customizing the UI of AutoCAD. In general, the idea i... » read more.. From Land Development Engineering
Migrating CAD Standards – Layer filters
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Just a quick note to self… In recent versions of Civil 3D, Autodesk has turned off the laye... » read more.. From Land Development Engineering
JTB FlexReport 2022.4.0 released - FlexNet monitoring and more
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
JTB FlexReport 2022.4.0 is now ready. Try filter and data grouping in the list reports. See the v... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
ACA: Deployment for ACA 2022 - Cannot Remove Custom Profile
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
March 2022 - 18th Anniversary!
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
March 31st means it is blog’iversary time. Eighteen years since that first tentative post! I real... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Job Search Dos and Do Nots
Friday, March 11, 2022
» read more.. From Mistress of the Dorkness
Revit: BIM 360 Model Synchronization Error
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
Rumor wasn't a rumor - B.I.M. After Dark Conversation
Thursday, March 3, 2022
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Dynamo: Pin All Revit Links
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
Rumor Goin Round
Monday, February 28, 2022
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Revit: Controlling the Initial Open/Close State of Worksets When Opening A M...
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
2021 Blogging Highlights
Friday, December 31, 2021
Happy New Year! I usually begin this post with "Another year has flown by..." but 2021 was a stra... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog