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
Creating Custom Slope Roof
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
You can use the slope arrow tool if your roof slope is not perpendicular to the roof boundary line. » read more.. From CAD Notes
Modern Kitchen Renovation Series - Revit Light Fixture Family Creation (Episo...
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
» read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
What it's like to use a $200 Chromebook
Monday, September 26, 2022
$150 cheaper than 11 years ago For the most part, the tech media ignores Chromebooks, given their... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
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
What's happening with Vectorworks 2023
Friday, September 23, 2022
Shipping in September Perhaps the biggest -- and saddest -- surprise from yesterday's interview w... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Why Tech Companies Sell Complex Ideas
Thursday, September 22, 2022
CAD isn't a cell phone, yet In his DeZign Stuff blog, Matt Lombard explains why we can't understa... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Modern Kitchen Renovation Series - More Materials + Lighting in Revit (Episod...
Thursday, September 22, 2022
» read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
Autodesk University 2022 Thrive Guide
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
We are now a week away from Autodesk University 2022! This is first time outside Las Vegas in sev... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Tech.autodesk.com - See How Engineers Empower Architects, Artist, and Enginee...
Friday, September 16, 2022
There is a new Autodesk site just launched: tech.autodesk.com. This site isn’t about Autodesk pro... » read more.. From Between the Lines
What is the Difference Between BIM 360 and the Unified Platform?
Friday, September 16, 2022
What is the difference between the Unified Platform and BIM 360 Docs? Why Autodesk needs to rebra... » read more.. From CAD Notes
At Autodesk University 2022 Navigating the Maze of the Technology Industry as...
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Join our Autodesk Community women at our exclusive panel on navigating the tech industry as a fem... » read more.. From Between the Lines
3ds Max 2023.2 Released
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
The new 2023.2 Update for 3ds Max was released today, and it is packed with a lot of goodness. » read more.. From Between the Lines
Health Check for Autodesk Cloud What's Up?
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
You can check health the status of Autodesk Cloud Services such as BIM 360, InfraWorks, FormIt, F... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Wildfires Here
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Lightning struck on August 1st, about 30 miles west of me in sunny Bend, Oregon starting what is ... » read more.. From Between the Lines
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
Modern Kitchen Renovation Series - Adding Materials in Revit (Episode 12)
Saturday, September 10, 2022
» read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
Free CAD CAM Resources for Educators Using Autodesk Fusion 360
Friday, September 9, 2022
TheJournal has an article announcing the new CAD CAM Resource Center. Autodesk Education Launches... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Adding Hyperlink in Autodesk Docs File
Friday, September 2, 2022
Yes, we add hyperlink in a file to refer to another file, sheet, submittals, or RFI! » read more.. From CAD Notes
Putting The Wild in Forge APIs
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Learn how The Wild put the Forge APIs to work, creating immersive, data-rich, AR/VR collaboration... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Fusion 360 Ask Me Anything: Electronics Design as Design as Well as Art
Thursday, August 25, 2022
In yesterday's Community Conversation “Fusion 360 Ask Me Anything: Electronics Design” Richard Ha... » read more.. From Between the Lines
XR For Engineering Design Reviews
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Live Webinar - How XR Revolutionizes Engineering Design Reviews “Coordinating design reviews with... » read more.. From Between the Lines
3 - Autodesk Community Conversation Events this Week: Fusion 360, Revit, Civi...
Monday, August 22, 2022
Three Autodesk Community Conversation Events this Week– Fusion 360, Revit, and Civil 3D and Infra... » read more.. From Between the Lines
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
Between the Lines Blog and Coho the Dog Birthdays Today
Sunday, August 21, 2022
This Between the Lines Blog is turning 21 years young today! This blog started in 2003 as an expe... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Twitteratti dunk on Zukerberg's interpretation of France
Thursday, August 18, 2022
Non, non When Facebook-Meta yesterday expanded its metaverse with cartoon versions of France's Ei... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
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
Dassault Explains Solidworks’ Q2 Drop in Sales
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Not all China's fault Sales of Solidworks fell in Q2 of 2022, which is an unusual event for Dassa... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
How my Dell Inspiron is doing, 16 months later
Thursday, August 4, 2022
Quirks and good stuff I'm pleased to report that for the most part, the Inspiron 7405 2n1 laptop ... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
PTC Feels Good Leaving China
Friday, July 29, 2022
PTC ceo James Heppelmann explains how his company came to have a lowered profile in China. He was... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
The Twitteratti snarks on Facebook's revenue decline
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Even Walmart is down this quarter @devilslayer1802: This is the first time EVER Facebook has had ... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
The State of the Smartphone
Saturday, July 23, 2022
Peaked and plateaued I was thinking the other day that I should get a spare smartphone, just in c... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
What’s New in Revit 2023 part 5: Documentation
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
let's see the new features in annotation tools. Some interesting and useful enhancements can help... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Canada proves the folly of single-source tech
Monday, July 18, 2022
Rogers goes oopsie In July, the entire Rogers system collapsed for a day. Rogers in Canada forms ... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Life of Pei
Thursday, July 14, 2022
Encore Carl Pei is the antithesis of Steve Jobs. Both are/were brilliant at marketing, but wherea... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
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
Achieving my three goals
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Three out of three In my late teens or early 20s, I came up with three goals, as I looked ahead t... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
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
Scanning Old Film Slides
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Slide'n scan After I bought my own 35mm SLR camera in 1976 (a Minolta XE-7), I made the fortuitou... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Benchmarking the M1 vs Pentium
Monday, June 27, 2022
Slowing, slower There was a lot of hype generated by Apple's marketing department and echo'ed by ... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
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 expansive 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
Solving Eudora's June 2022 problem with GMail
Sunday, June 12, 2022
Double authentication Google in June 2022 increased the security level needed to access its Gmail... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
I don't like Bluetooth earbuds but this Soundcore model I do like
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Life A2 NC My ears are not suited to earbuds. The internal shape of them causes earbuds to slowly... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
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
Autodesk Docs Users Now Can Use the Mobile App
Friday, May 27, 2022
Autodesk Docs, BIM Collaborate, and BIM Collaborate Pro users now can use mobile app » read more.. From CAD Notes
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
The Shape of Things to Come
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Stephen Hooper, Vice President & General Manager, Design & Manufacturing Cloud Solutions at Autod... » read more.. From CAD Insider
Only 3% of Us Want to Work from Home? Can this be Right?
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Only 3% of employees want to work from home 100% of the time, says Kim Dabbs, Global VP, ESG + So... » read more.. From CAD Insider
What’s New in Revit 2023 part 4: Productivity Tools
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
In part 4 of what's new in Revit 2023, we cover the measure in 3D, pick a work plane, material en... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Diébédo Francis Kéré Receives 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize
Friday, May 6, 2022
The “Nobel Prize for architecture,” the Pritzker goes to the unlikeliest place on Earth, landlock... » 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
What’s New in Revit 2023 part 3: Interoperability
Monday, April 25, 2022
In this 3rd post, we review the Revit new features for file interoperability. Now you can cut ele... » read more.. From CAD Notes
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
How to Decode Android WiFi Password QR Codes
Friday, April 15, 2022
Plain as day I was faced with the problem of my Windows laptop not connecting to a relative's WiF... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
What’s New in Revit 2023 part 2: More Structural Enhancements
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
More Revit 2023 enhancements for structure: steel connection automation, analytical model creatio... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Spatial's 3D Insider's Summit conference 2022
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Live from Munich Alright, here we are in Munich, my first trip overseas in 2.5 years. For a decad... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Back in the Circuit
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Here at the Siemens Media and Analyst event (#MAC22) it is clear how much all we CAD insiders hav... » read more.. From CAD Insider
ACA: Deployment for ACA 2022 - Cannot Remove Custom Profile
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
Practical Help for Ukraine
Monday, March 28, 2022
Mission Without Borders Back in upFront.eZine issue #1,126, I wrote... "If you would like to dona... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
I found an international debit card
Friday, March 25, 2022
Killing the exchange rate The only benefit to the EU was its original function: a single currency... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Shapr3D, Hungary Step Up to Support Ukraine
Monday, March 21, 2022
I spoke to István Csanády, CEO and founder of Shapr3D in Budapest about an exciting product relea... » read more.. From CAD Insider
Going to Hell in a Handbasket
Sunday, March 20, 2022
Jacket from the 2013 Boston Marathon. Its the colors of the Ukraine’s flag. What happened to me i... » read more.. From CAD Insider
Another Indian CEO. Is the Chai Party Picking Up Steam?
Saturday, March 12, 2022
Chai is Indian for tea. Every time you order a chai tea at your Starbucks, we laugh. Chai tea is ... » read more.. From CAD Insider
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
The CAD Geek Named Top-Rated Autodesk University 2021 Speaker
Sunday, December 12, 2021
Donnie Gladfelter wins Top-Rated speaker award for his class AutoCAD Tips, Tricks, and the Most D... » read more.. From The CAD Geek Blog
Summer and Fall 2021 Highlights of The CAD Geek
Friday, November 26, 2021
From Autodesk University to becoming a contributing author for the Official AutoCAD blog, learn w... » read more.. From The CAD Geek Blog
Autodesk Docs/BIM 360 Default Hub
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
Autodesk Network License Manager update needed for Autodesk 2020 and 2021
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Autodesk Customers with Multi-user subscription or Token-flex implementation using Autodesk Netwo... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
JTB Excel2TextField links Excel cell to AutoCAD field
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
JTB Excel2TextField lets you connect fields in AutoCAD to Excel cell values. You can have Excel a... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
JTB FlexReport 2021.10.0 released - monitor expensive license usage
Thursday, October 21, 2021
JTB FlexReport 2021.10.0 is now ready. We have added and fixed a lot of things in this release. N... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Mindmanager for project planning
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Not a CAD/BIM project but a demonstration of how MindManager can be used to plan, schedule and tr... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Change attribute order of block in many CAD drawings
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
To change attribute tag order in one drawing use BATTORDER (AutoCAD) or BATTMAN (AutoCAD and Bric... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
JTB FlexReport can monitor Autodesk Flex
Monday, October 4, 2021
Autodesk Flex is a new option to pay as you go for occasional product use. While you can get some... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Wish granted! | Revit 2022.1 'Snap to Middle of Two Points'
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Revit, finally, got this feature I missed from AutoCAD days. Yes, you could always use dimensions... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Revit Updates and 33 Percent
Friday, September 24, 2021
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Well, that's saved me a fortune! | Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio
Friday, September 24, 2021
As a Surface Book 2 (SB2) owner I watched the launch of its replacement, the Surface Laptop Studi... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
JTB BatchAttEdit 4.5.0 - Batch edit block attributes in BricsCAD or AutoCAD
Monday, September 13, 2021
JTB BatchAttEdit 4.5.0 has been released. In this version we added a "Clone selected blocks&... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Redefine blocks across many drawings with JTB Batch Change
Thursday, September 9, 2021
JTB Batch Change can simplify AutoCAD work like redefining blocks across many drawings. On the Dr... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Autodesk rebranding
Thursday, September 9, 2021
I put a post on the work CAD Support Teams chat about Autodesk rebranding today. It was just to a... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Enthusiasts can upgrade non-compliant older PCs to Windows 11?
Friday, August 27, 2021
It seems Microsoft are relaxing their security hardware requirements for Windows 11 a little: Mic... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Revit: Level Name in Use - But It Is Not
Thursday, August 26, 2021
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
Did You Hear Bruce Jenkins Died?
Friday, August 20, 2021
I get the sad “news” that Bruce Jenkins has died from an editor friend – who might have been maki... » read more.. From CAD Insider
Example of usage of JTB FlexReport and JTB Process Monitor
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
JTB FlexReport and JTB Process Monitor have an open database making it possible for customers to ... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
JTB Sheet Set Renumber for AutoCAD
Thursday, July 29, 2021
JTB Sheet Set Renumber is a new app from JTB World to make life easier using AutoCAD’s Sheet Set ... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
JTB XClipClean 4.0.0 released
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
JTB XClipClean 4.0.0 has been released. Upgrade from VBA to .NET improving performance and stabil... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
What a Facility Owner wants you to know
Friday, June 25, 2021
» read more.. From Mistress of the Dorkness
The Void and the Revolve
Thursday, June 17, 2021
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Entering Values using the Project Base Point
Friday, June 11, 2021
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Local Save Does Not Work - Follow Up
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
JTB Batch Publish 3.0.2 released AutoCAD 2022 supported
Thursday, May 13, 2021
JTB Batch Publish 3.0.2 has been released and now works with AutoCAD 2022 . JTB Batch Publish is ... » read more.. From JTB World Blog