CAD and BIM General
Back in August after playing with Google Earth I wrote; “BIM + Global Database + Bandwidth = The Future, Today. A BIM project that extended to a site, or maybe suburban layout, can now be placed in context. Anyone with a broadband net connection can have the world on their desktop today. Your
ActiveWords
An awesome use for ActiveWords is creating AutoCAD Fields within text objects. AutoCAD Fields are "live text" which show properties like date, filename etc but are actually entered as text strings. E.G.: If you want AutoCAD to show the filename for the current file. You launch the
The Warehouse Group Ltd
As part of a refresh of stores, marketing and branding the 23 year old company logo has been updated to a more contemporary design. Some like it, some don’t – what do you think? Out with the old; In with the new; CAD Images on this blog using The Warehouse
Current Affairs
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Music
This is great… WFMU's Beware of the Blog: Van Morrison's Contractual Obligation Album In order to fulfill his obligation to his early solo label Bang Records,Van Morrison sat down in 1967 or so and cranked out 31 songs on the spot, on topics ranging from
MindManager
Looking for some cool MindManager add-ins? Mindjet have a special section of the new website devoted to extensions for MindManager. Over the past two years in the Business Solutions Group at Mindjet, we have experimented with MindManager X5 and 6 to see what innovative ways MindManager could be used to
Web/Tech
The next Microsoft Office (12) is going to use XML as it’s default file format. The old binary .doc, .xls and .ppt file formats will be replaced with new file technology based on XML and zip compression. Brian Jones backgrounds the history of Office file formats and why this
Web/Tech
George Ou has compiled an interesting summary of Firefox and I.E. security vulnerabilities… Detailed Firefox and IE vulnerability report | George Ou | ZDNet.com “The bottom line is that we have some mixed results where either browser camp can claim victory.”
ActiveWords
Buzz Bruggeman recently demo’d ActiveWords and the new ActiveWords Inkpad at DemoFall 2005. This short post demo podcast will take about 18 minutes of your time but it’s worth the investment. Buzz comes up with a few gems on client/staff engagement and marketing that are applicable to
Web/Tech
I could now offer Email Subscriptions; submit your email address & receive daily email with newest content. Would anyone want this? Email or comment on this post if you do.
Fiat
Google Earth Hacks have the a Google Earth kmz location file for FIAT Lingotto; the former FIAT Car production plant with test track on the roof. Google Earth Hacks - File Downloads - Other Famous Buildings - FIAT - Lingotto
AutoCAD
A free Autodesk DWG Viewer, so you can see & print AutoCAD “.dwg” based files for free. Not quite here yet but it will be soon. See the details at: Between the Lines: Free Autodesk DWG File Viewer
