AEC Software Panel Discussion at AUGI CON 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024

On April 26th at 3 pm EST I will be moderating a 1-hour panel discussion of AEC Software with AEC...   » read more..   
From Between the Lines

This Between the Lines Blog Is Guided Reading in a Textbook
Friday, March 8, 2024

I recently received a message from a person located in Panama, who was taking an English class. H...   » read more..   
From Between the Lines

AUGI CON 2024 Registration Open and FREE
Friday, March 8, 2024

Join us April 25th and 26th for the first AUGI CON event with several expert presenters and panel...   » read more..   
From Between the Lines

Never Lose a Revit Family Material Again: 2 Easy Tips (Office Hour Sessions)
Tuesday, March 5, 2024

  » read more..   
From The Revit Kid.com!

Can't Delete Toposolid Points and Guardian
Monday, March 4, 2024

  » read more..   
From Revit OpEd

AUGI CON 2024 Presenters Announced
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

The AUGI CON 2024 is a free online event is coming up on April 25 & 26th, 2024. We just announced...   » read more..   
From Between the Lines

How to: Use Dynamo Graph in Dynamo Player
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Learn how to register Dynamo Graph folders in the Dynamo Player and use them in Revit   » read more..   
From CAD Notes

OpenAIs Sora Text to Video AI Research
Friday, February 16, 2024

OpenAI’s new text-to-video technology named Sora is pretty amazing but the repercussions to many ...   » read more..   
From Between the Lines

RIP Autodesk Founder John Walker
Thursday, February 8, 2024

Autodesk founder John Walker passed away, leaving a legacy that transformed millions of careers, ...   » read more..   
From Between the Lines

Tech Tip for International Travelers with iPhones: Floating Time for Your Cal...
Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Traveling internationally is an adventure, it can turn your carefully planned calendar into a cha...   » read more..   
From Between the Lines

Why I Changed Up My Global Meetings
Wednesday, February 7, 2024

I’ve been thinking a lot about how we run global meetings. You know how it goes: most of the time...   » read more..   
From Between the Lines

Smart Museum - Digital Twin at The Wright Museum
Wednesday, February 7, 2024

  » read more..   
From Mistress of the Dorkness

HUGE Update Makes AI Rendering for Architects Even Easier (Revit + Veras)
Wednesday, February 7, 2024

  » read more..   
From The Revit Kid.com!

Mexico: Sun, Snorkels, and Smiles
Tuesday, February 6, 2024

So, while there was some navigating of the chaos due to canceled flights and last-minute changes ...   » read more..   
From Between the Lines

Thawing Out
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

The past two weeks have been filled with unseasonably cold weather with a bunch of snow followed ...   » read more..   
From Between the Lines

Autodesk Turns 42 - January 30, 1982
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Autodesk was founded on January 30th, 1982 by John Walker and a group of co-founders. The company...   » read more..   
From Between the Lines

Desktop or Laptop for Architecture ?!
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

  » read more..   
From The Revit Kid.com!

AUGI CON 2024 - Unleash Your CAD BIM Superpowers!
Sunday, January 21, 2024

The AUGICON24 Call For Speakers has begun, and there are two ways for you to speak. I know severa...   » read more..   
From Between the Lines

2023 Blogging Highlights
Sunday, December 31, 2023

Happy New Year! Another year has flown by, time to look back from a bloggy/social media (not just...   » read more..   
From RobiNZ CAD Blog

JTB FlexReport 2023.12.0 - EPLAN HTML usage report
Wednesday, December 27, 2023

JTB FlexReport 2023.12.0 is now ready. JTB FlexReport Core HTML support for EPLAN added. Sentinel...   » read more..   
From JTB World Blog

JTB SSMPropEditor 2023.12.0 released (Sheet Set Manager Editor)
Friday, December 22, 2023

JTB SSMPropEditor 2023.12.0 has been released and comes with some improvements and fixes. Several...   » read more..   
From JTB World Blog

Revit 2024 - New Home Screen
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

  » read more..   
From Revit OpEd

CAD and car design at Renault
Monday, December 11, 2023

Patrick le Quément, Renault Design, on how he fostered the use of CAD at Renault... Of Mouse and ...   » read more..   
From RobiNZ CAD Blog

Model-Based Progress Tracking in Autodesk Build
Thursday, November 23, 2023

Now you can monitor the construction progress by using the new model-based progress tracking feat...   » read more..   
From CAD Notes

AutoCAD/Civil 3D version numbers
Friday, November 17, 2023

An incomplete list. Will be updated. Civil 3D 2023 Base = 13.5.131.0 Civil 3D 2023.1 = 13.5.211.0...   » read more..   
From CAD Panacea

Curing 'phantom screen touches' on an old Surface Book?
Saturday, November 11, 2023

My Surface Book 2 is old, well out of any warranty, but still performs really well for my own nee...   » read more..   
From RobiNZ CAD Blog

Understanding Surface and Cut Patterns in Revit
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Revit generates views automatically, including the patterns as the actual surface pattern or anno...   » read more..   
From CAD Notes

Breaking pinned taskbar shortcuts out of Taskbar Overflow Menu jail
Saturday, October 14, 2023

If, like me, you pin a lot of commonly used shortcuts to the Windows 11 Taskbar it will eventuall...   » read more..   
From RobiNZ CAD Blog

Reality of BIM in FM - Podcast
Wednesday, October 11, 2023

  » read more..   
From Mistress of the Dorkness

Recognition from Verdantix
Thursday, September 21, 2023

  » read more..   
From Mistress of the Dorkness

A challenge for Andrew Anagnost, make this using only the advertised product
Sunday, September 3, 2023

Why do Autodesk show things that can't be done with the product being advertised. I recently got ...   » read more..   
From RobiNZ CAD Blog

A new home for my blogs, Me Dot Net?
Wednesday, August 30, 2023

It must be a procrastination record; start a blog in March 2004 and only now get my own domain? Y...   » read more..   
From RobiNZ CAD Blog

Better controlling Word image placement
Saturday, August 26, 2023

I saw this meme, on Mastodon, about the fight that is Word images. They hide the anchoring contro...   » read more..   
From RobiNZ CAD Blog

OT: What they think I do meme
Thursday, August 24, 2023

  » read more..   
From Mistress of the Dorkness

Ghost Tooltips Be Gone
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

  » read more..   
From Revit OpEd

A Tiny Case for the Smallest Solid State Drive
Thursday, August 17, 2023

Opinion One of the things that happens when you replace the SSD in a computer with another one is...   » read more..   
From WorldCAD Access

My new favorite laptop isn't new and isn't a laptop
Monday, August 14, 2023

Opinion I have four Windows laptops, which may be no surprise, after I left a laptop behind at St...   » read more..   
From WorldCAD Access

Manage Cloud Models Dialog in Revit
Wednesday, August 9, 2023

  » read more..   
From Revit OpEd

Delete Toposolid Points
Monday, August 7, 2023

  » read more..   
From Revit OpEd

2024.1 Schema Warning
Tuesday, August 1, 2023

  » read more..   
From Revit OpEd

Dept of Subtle - Select Everything in a Property's Field
Monday, July 31, 2023

  » read more..   
From Revit OpEd

PTC Succession Plan was a Succession Episode
Monday, July 31, 2023

In the HBO hit series, Succession, the CEO of a company that WayStar RoyCo was going to acquire, ...   » read more..   
From CAD Insider

Move Room Tool
Saturday, July 29, 2023

  » read more..   
From Revit OpEd

Room Tags and Leaders
Saturday, July 29, 2023

  » read more..   
From Revit OpEd

Reliving the Jornada Era
Monday, July 24, 2023

Opinion There was a time when designs of small computer devices were flourishing, a Renaissance p...   » read more..   
From WorldCAD Access

A different kind of earphone
Friday, July 21, 2023

Opinion Just as there are foods that are normal in one part of the world but not in the other, th...   » read more..   
From WorldCAD Access

Slanted Walls Don't Miter
Thursday, July 20, 2023

  » read more..   
From Revit OpEd

Fixing what ails HP's Pro X2 tablet
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Opinion The Pro X2 tablet from HP is a remarkable device that gets ignored by the tech media, who...   » read more..   
From WorldCAD Access

Revit 2024.1 Update is Released
Friday, July 14, 2023

Revit 2024.1. is the 1st major update for Revit 2024. Not only it resolves issues in Revit 2024, ...   » read more..   
From CAD Notes

Phasing and Replacement Windows
Thursday, July 13, 2023

  » read more..   
From Revit OpEd

Revit 2024.1 Now Available
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

  » read more..   
From Revit OpEd

What our future under AI will look like
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Opinion Sometimes, I write reviews of products I bought from Amazon for Amazon. All the ones I've...   » read more..   
From WorldCAD Access

AUGI Survey Reminders
Tuesday, July 11, 2023

  » read more..   
From Mistress of the Dorkness

Well Behaved Waymo Observed in San Francisco
Sunday, July 9, 2023

A ride to SFO is a chance to conduct very unscientific surveys. From a elevated position on the M...   » read more..   
From CAD Insider

Fix a MindManager file with XML Processing Illegal XML Character Error
Friday, July 7, 2023

I recently opened a MindManager file and got this XML Processing error: Followed by this error, e...   » read more..   
From RobiNZ CAD Blog

My New MP3 Player
Friday, July 7, 2023

Opinion Apple used to dominate the MP3 player market with its iPod line, both in product sales an...   » read more..   
From WorldCAD Access

Updated: When your Dell laptop's fan races
Monday, July 3, 2023

Tip Some people -- like me -- find that when we start up our Dell laptop -- an Inspiron 14, in my...   » read more..   
From WorldCAD Access

Revit 2024 - Template Views Crop Boundary Controlled by Scope Box
Friday, June 30, 2023

  » read more..   
From Revit OpEd

PTC’s Tri-lemma
Friday, June 23, 2023

Opinion Software firms selling mechanical CAD software tend to have two products: a really expens...   » read more..   
From WorldCAD Access

JTB SSMPropEditor 2023.6.0 released (Sheet Set Manager Editor)
Tuesday, June 20, 2023

JTB SSMPropEditor 2023.6.0 has been released and comes with some improvements and fixes. Here are...   » read more..   
From JTB World Blog

Does Apple Despise Seniors?
Thursday, June 15, 2023

Opinion As a computer-aware kind-of-guy for 42 years (longer, if you include my mainframe days at...   » read more..   
From WorldCAD Access

Puzzled About Making Mailto Work (Again) with Eudora
Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Opinion When you click a link in a Web page for emailing someone, a simple piece of HTML code in ...   » read more..   
From WorldCAD Access

Watch Out, Tanker Trucks Could be the Next Weapon of Mass Destruction
Monday, June 12, 2023

You would not have thought of a commercial passenger aircraft as a weapon of mass destruction bef...   » read more..   
From CAD Insider

AUGI 2023 Annual Survey
Monday, June 12, 2023

  » read more..   
From Mistress of the Dorkness

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

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

2022 Results for the IFMA ITC's Digital Twin Survey
Wednesday, May 24, 2023

  » read more..   
From Mistress of the Dorkness

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

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

Blog Post Takedown - Revit 2008 Released - 2007
Thursday, April 27, 2023

  » read more..   
From Revit OpEd

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Powered by Feed Informer