Architectural Changes in Portland
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
There are several new buildings and upcoming designs that challenge the self imposed low key styl... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Auckland
Monday, October 16, 2017
On Thursday night we had an fantastic evening with our Tahitian friends (I feel like saying “fami... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Northern California Fires
Monday, October 16, 2017
Many Autodesk employees have been affected by the Northern California Wildfires, and a few friend... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Data Extraction in AutoCAD shows DeleteMe in Excel
Monday, October 16, 2017
If you run into this there is an explanation in this Autodesk Community post. Here’s the result a... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Big Robot Fight October 17th
Friday, October 13, 2017
Watch the Giant Robot Duel on October 17th at 7:00pm PDT MegaBot was designed using Autodesk soft... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Diving and Research on Moorea
Thursday, October 12, 2017
On Tuesday and Wednesday we went scuba diving. Our son, Kalan, went both days: I accompanied him ... » read more.. From Through the Interface
JTB XClipClean 2.2 released
Thursday, October 12, 2017
JTB XClipClean 2.2 for AutoCAD is now released. JTB XClipClean is an Xclip-cutter app for AutoCAD... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Capture a Building in 3D
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Last week we flew a UAS (drone) over a old historic building being renovated in Portland Oregon. ... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Special Hoover Dam Field Trip at Autodesk University
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Yes, Dam excited about this special Hoover Dam Field Trip and you can join us at Autodesk Univers... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Tahiti and Moorea
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
After a slightly crazy week spent exploring the intricacies of the medical system in French Polyn... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Why I Learned Dynamo and The Two Things I Discovered During the Process...
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
» read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
RUGAKL's 10th birthday meeting next week!
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Revit User Group Auckland’s next meeting is its tenth birthday. A lot has changed since then but ... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
6 Things AutoCAD Command Line Can Do for You (Infographics)
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
AutoCAD Command Line is the most important feature in AutoCAD. Veteran users can use two hands (o... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Feature Line Editing
Monday, October 9, 2017
Today is just a short reminder, again, to not use layers to control visibility with Civil 3D obje... » read more.. From Land Development Engineering
Girls Generation Event 2017
Monday, October 9, 2017
The Girls Generation robotics event was held this weekend and hosted by Catlin Gabel’s FIRST Robo... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Polynesian peanuts
Saturday, October 7, 2017
We arrived in Tahiti late on Monday night after a very strange flight that left after midnight an... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Sheffield Manchester UK Meetups Invitation
Friday, October 6, 2017
I will be attending Autodesk Design Night Sheffield - October 24th and setting up a couple inform... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Throwback Thursday The Roaring Twenties of Computing
Thursday, October 5, 2017
This is the 35th year of Autodesk and AutoCAD, and in the past year I have exchanged emails with ... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Easter Island
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
We flew from Santiago as planned on Saturday morning at 9:30am, arriving at lunchtime (with a cou... » read more.. From Through the Interface
A360 Desktop Version Expiration Warning
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Do you see a pop-up from Windows taskbar, mentioning that your A360 Desktop expires soon? What is... » read more.. From CAD Notes
You Don’t Have Time to Learn Dynamo, You Say?
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
» read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
A second monitor for your laptop
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Sibolan S1 portable monitor I was envious of editor Roopinder Tara having a second monitor for hi... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
JTB FlexReport Services automatically stops – solution
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Here’s a problem and solution I wanted to share that caused our network license monitoring soluti... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
FIRST Robotics Girls Generation Competition in Portland
Monday, October 2, 2017
If you are in Portland Oregon next weekend and want to see something amazing young female role mo... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Autodesk 3ds Max 2018.3 Released Fluids
Monday, October 2, 2017
One of the top 3 requested 3ds Max Ideas site items is now complete with the addition of Bifröst ... » read more.. From Between the Lines
AutoCAD Architecture 2018.0.3 Update
Monday, October 2, 2017
Another update for AutoCAD Architecture 2018 is released Sept 29, 2017. Get it via Autodesk Deskt... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Valparaso
Friday, September 29, 2017
We had a choice to make for our last few days in Chile. Do we head straight down to Santiago, to ... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Phases are Deleted - Electrical Issue - Cancel placing a wire
Friday, September 29, 2017
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
FIRST FRC Teams - Synthesis
Thursday, September 28, 2017
For high school teams competing in FIRST Robotics FRC competitions this upcoming season, you shou... » read more.. From Between the Lines
JTB Sheet Set Creator 2.2 released
Thursday, September 28, 2017
JTB Sheet Set Creator 2.2 for AutoCAD is released with these new features. Network license implem... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
The Dynamo Desktop Cheat Sheet - Free Download!
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
» read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
Siemens Catchbook, now in New Zealand
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Siemens Catchbook is a sketch application for iOS, Android and Windows 10. I first saw it a year ... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
La Serena and the Mamalluca Observatory
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
It would have been a shame to have come to Chile without a visit to an astonomical observatory: i... » read more.. From Through the Interface
How to: Selectively Select Objects in Revit
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Revit model usually is not as complicated as an AutoCAD drawing. You can select objects easier be... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Design Night Sheffield - October 24th
Monday, September 25, 2017
The first Design Night Sheffield theme is Make it Global. I hope to see you at Design Night Sheff... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Caldera and Baha Inglesa
Sunday, September 24, 2017
After the excitement of the various deserts and salt flats we visited in Bolivia and Northern Chi... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Autodesk Answer Days
Sunday, September 24, 2017
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
Sandboarding
Friday, September 22, 2017
On Wednesday – our last day in San Pedro de Atacama – we celebrated our second son’s 11th birthda... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Control AutoCAD Palette Auto-Hide Speed
Thursday, September 21, 2017
AutoCAD Palettes have some benefits over dialog boxes. For example, you don't have to close it af... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Fixture Units don't Update
Thursday, September 21, 2017
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
AutoCAD User Interface Elements
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Whether you are new to AutoCAD, or a seasoned veteran, you might not be fully aware of all of the... » read more.. From CAD Panacea
San Pedro de Atacama
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
We arrived on Saturday in San Pedro de Atacama by bus from Bolivia (the transfer was included in ... » read more.. From Through the Interface
New Book - Delivering COBie Using Autodesk Revit
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Palette Auto-hide Speed tips
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
With our Palette Auto-hide Speed freeware you can adjust how the palette roll-up/roll-out (show/h... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
@RUGAKL September Meetup FM BIM @ WAM (not JASMAX) Tomorrow!
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
If you understood that title you’re probably a Kiwi CAD geek. The long version is: Revit User Gro... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
New HP Workstations and Monitor
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
HP Z8, Z6 and Z4 It used to be that workstation makers made their own CPUs. I suppose Oracle-owne... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Bolivia
Monday, September 18, 2017
Our trip up to Bolivia was long but interesting. We started off taking an overnight bus from Salt... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Revit Tip - Auto Section Box Using Scope Box
Monday, September 18, 2017
» read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
My Kingdom for a Dimension...or Two...Three
Friday, September 15, 2017
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Shared Coordinates - Autodesk Reference Information
Thursday, September 14, 2017
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Pilgrimage to Salta
Thursday, September 14, 2017
On our first trip outwards from Salta, heading north to the Quebrada Humahuaca – we were curious ... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Cafayate
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Our second side-trip from Salta (the first being the one up to Tilcara) was more southwards: we h... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Clipped or Un-clipped - That is the Question
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
ODA Teigha Conference, Day 2
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Vendor Presentations Day 2 of the Teigha conference traditionally has been for 1-on-1 meetings, w... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Tilcara and Humahuaca
Monday, September 11, 2017
We thought the Cuestra de Lipán and the Salines Grandes were the best that this side of Salta had... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Teigha Cloud SDK
Monday, September 11, 2017
(For coverage of Teigha Publish SDK for 3D PDF output, see my twitter stream at @upfrontezine .) ... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Revit MEP Basic: Heating and Cooling Load Calculation
Monday, September 11, 2017
In this Revit MEP basic tutorial, we cover how to do the Heating and Cooling Load calculation. Ho... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Teigha Revision control for DWG
Monday, September 11, 2017
Sergy Stepantso, cloud team The Open Design Alliance has been leading Autodesk. The CAD vendor in... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Revit Tutorial - Align Views on Sheets (Tips and Tricks)
Monday, September 11, 2017
» read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
The CAD Geek Joins Autodesk’s Expert Elite
Monday, September 11, 2017
Last week I had the incredible opportunity to share what a day in the life of The CAD Geek is lik... » read more.. From The CAD Geek Blog
Mastering AutoCAD Sheet Sets guide
Monday, September 11, 2017
Mastering AutoCAD Sheet Sets is made easier thanks to a guide R.K. McSwain ( CAD Panacea blog) an... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
New features for Teigha drawings
Monday, September 11, 2017
Sergy Slezkin, Core team lead The core of Teigha DWG has been split into Kernel and Drawings. Ker... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Exporting custom geometry to Revit's RVT format
Monday, September 11, 2017
Ivan Serbinovsky, team lead Prague castle, world's largest, overlooking the Vltava River We're ba... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Teigha Visualize general purpose graphics engine
Monday, September 11, 2017
Alexander Federov, senior software engineer Prague art for sale in Prague So now we get into the ... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Teigha Platform at ODA Prague
Monday, September 11, 2017
Sergy Vishnevstsky, Development Director John Lennon wall in Prague Sergy Vishnevstsky's question... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Live blog: Open Design Alliance's 2017 Conference
Monday, September 11, 2017
Day 1 Keynote: The Evolving Mandate ODA began in 1998 with a crystal-clear mission to work with .... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Preview: Teigha Developer Conference 2017
Monday, September 11, 2017
Back in Prague Alright, here we are in Prague, just waiting for the annual Open Design Alliance c... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Salta and the Salinas Grandes
Friday, September 8, 2017
Since the last post, we took a daytime bus – lasting about 4 hours – from Tucumán up to Salta. Th... » read more.. From Through the Interface
We ask ANSYS about their new GPU-based FEA software
Friday, September 8, 2017
Q&A ANSYS yesterday released details of its new GPU-based simulation software, Discovery Live, wh... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
AUGIWorld September 2017 --- Are You Paid What You're Worth?
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Whether you’ve already had the annual “merit meeting” with the boss or it’s still looming on your... » read more.. From BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International
ANSYS Discovery Live Changes Everything
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Massively-parallel computing on the the desktop In the minds of engineers, simulation is an after... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
AutoCAD 2018.1.1 Update
Thursday, September 7, 2017
AutoCAD 2018 has got another update with bug fixes. This time the AutoCAD 2018.1.1 Update. Either... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Configuring AutoCAD Enterprise CUI and User CUI
Thursday, September 7, 2017
When you work in an enterprise environment, you might need to implement a company standard. You w... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Crdoba and Tucumn
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
I wasn’t expecting very much from either Córdoba or Tucumán. They were originally just waypoints ... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Did You Miss the Assemble Webinar Last Week? Here is the replay...
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
» read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
Brazil to Argentina
Friday, September 1, 2017
We’ve been in Argentina for most of the week, especially if you count our stay in Iguassu (where ... » read more.. From Through the Interface
AutoCAD Known Issue: Red Color Shown as Blue
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Another AutoCAD graphic card compatibility issue. The red color is shown as blue. As usual, the s... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Iguassu Falls
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Our last stop in Brazil ended up being one of the trip’s highlights, so far: we arrived in Iguass... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Autodesk Makes New Math to Explain Why It Had A Good Quarter
Monday, August 28, 2017
In the first quarter under new leadership, you might have expected to see a turnaround in Autodes... » read more.. From CAD Insider
Paraty to Rio de Janeiro
Sunday, August 27, 2017
The weather wasn’t great during our first few days in Paraty, but at least we were dry after the ... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Plant Cad Admins - We Need YOU!!
Friday, August 25, 2017
Hello again! Our Plant team is not happy if they're not making your life better! They threatened ... » read more.. From In the Pipes
On September 7, the cloud dies at the edge of CAD
Friday, August 25, 2017
A bus runs over Autodesk's future When I wrote last week here on WorldCAD Access about how edge c... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Revit MEP tutorial: Working with Zones
Thursday, August 24, 2017
In this tutorial, you learn how to group common spaces into a zone. And why we need to create zones. » read more.. From CAD Notes
Autodesk University 2017 booked
Thursday, August 24, 2017
It has been few years, 2011!, since I last attended Autodesk University Las Vegas but I have just... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Autodesk Answer day - (APAC Series)
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Hello Plant Users, Did you know that Autodesk Answer Day is coming up on Sept 21st, 2017, as the ... » read more.. From In the Pipes
Sao Paolo to Paraty
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Apparently Brazil has very few extended bouts of cold, wet weather – even in their winter, which ... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Benq's Brand-new PD2710QC Monitor
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Reviewed by Ralph Grabowski When the public relations firm for Benq asked me if I would want to r... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
What it's like to have a cell phone with 5000mAh battery
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
ASUS ZenFone 3 Zoom Cell phones used to have great battery life, lasting weeks. Credit the low-re... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Free Webinar: “Conditioning” with Assemble to Visualize and Communicate Cost
Monday, August 21, 2017
» read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
JTB CAD Automation Tools 5.3 released
Monday, August 21, 2017
JTB CAD Automation Tools for AutoCAD has been updated to version 5.3 and got a bug fixed. Fixed b... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Feeling Out of Place in the Silicon Valley
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Sunnyvale, CA - the beating heart of the Silicon Valley. Lobby of the Plug and Play Center The Pl... » read more.. From CAD Insider
Revit Co-founder Corrects Revit's History
Friday, August 18, 2017
Fresh code The CAD industry is incestuous, with people wandering from firm to firm, starting new ... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
AUGI HotNews -- August 2017, Issue No. 171
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Read the full issue—must be logged in to read our online version. The full issue contains the bel... » read more.. From BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International
Plant 3D + BIM 360 Team + Revit = AWESOME!
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Get Revit P&ID Modeler today! Simplified modeling right from your Plant 3D Collaboration P&IDs Hi... » read more.. From In the Pipes
After Cloud Computing comes Edge Computing
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Can you say, "Pivot," again? Software companies like Autodesk, Graebert, and Onshape have gone al... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
How to fix problem with multiple ribbon tabs for apps in AutoCAD
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Have you run into the problem with apps (plug-ins or add-ins) showing up in separate ribbon tabs?... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
BILT NA 2017 - week of reflection
Monday, August 14, 2017
For my last BILT NA 2017 blog, I give my top 5 reasons why I enjoy the conference (now that I’ve ... » read more.. From BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International
Altair HW monitoring with JTB FlexReport tip
Monday, August 14, 2017
Altair HW now uses almutil.exe, take copy of this file and rename to lmxendutil.exe and put in th... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Multiple Plug-ins Ribbon Tabs...
Friday, August 11, 2017
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
Creating Dynamic Viewport Scale Labels in AutoCAD 2018
Thursday, August 10, 2017
The AutoCAD 2018.1 update makes it easier than ever to change the scale of a viewport, but how do... » read more.. From The CAD Geek Blog