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Are Cisco Jabber & A360 Desktop related?

I like both — totally different applications — and hadn’t noticed the similarity until Windows desktop auto-arrange put these two icons next to each other… Read more →

Revit 2016 Performance comparisons

If you’re debating whether to migrate a project to 2016 these posts from ‘The Factory’ may help the decision. A look at how Revit 2016 uses multicore processing to improve model navigation. Inside the Factory: Revit 2016 | Project Performance - Part 1 Often the Revit product team is asked how the Revit product line takes advantage of multiple processors and the workstation GPU, so we thought we'd provide a list for your reference, and a video that shows a new feature of Revit 2016 that uses multiple processors to accelerate model navigation to speeds comparable to the Navisworks 2016... Read more →

Revit User Group Wellington May Meeting announcement

Details of next Wednesdays RUGWELL March meeting: First presentation: Case Study - The Adelaide Convention Centre West Building by John Hainsworth - Aurecon Suitable for all levels of expertise, Full Revit & Revit LT This case study will showcase how the Design Intent BIM and the Supply BIM contributed to the planning, design and rehearsal of the ACC expansion, allowing safe and economical construction over an operational rail yard. Second Presentation: Smart Tags for Door & Window Schedules by Scott Sellars - GDL Suitable for all levels of expertise, Full Revit & Revit LT Third Presentation: Whats new in Revit... Read more →

Autodesk 2016, ready by 4539?

I think I’ll restart and hope for a faster connection to get these patches… Read more →

How to get a dual monitor set up at home

It is a multi-step (and quite expensive) process, but worked for me: Get a heat pump installed (nowhere near the PC, not even using the same power circuit) Arrive home and start computer, discover no response from screen No power indication No backlight No video Restart computer, thinking screen may be stuck in sleep mode No sign of life from screen Check power and video connection to screen No sign of life from screen Plug screen into different power source (in case bad outlet on UPS), then directly into another wall plug with no UPS or power strip No sign... Read more →

Got a question about AutoCAD? Ask Autodesk Answer Day!

If you have an AutoCAD question check out the upcoming answer day (May 7th US Pacific). Post your question and get an answer direct from AutoCAD Platform team members. Their post below has all the details: From http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-answer-day/ We’ll be kicking off the Autodesk Answer Days series with the one and only AutoCAD®! Join us at our first AutoCAD Answer Day online event on Thursday, May 7th from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM Pacific Time. Have AutoCAD® or AutoCAD LT® questions that you’ve always wanted to ask? Come spend a minute, an hour, or the whole day in the Autodesk... Read more →

Microsoft & Trimble take BIM beyond the desktop with Hololens

Trimble featured in the Microsoft Build 2015 (Developer conference) Hololens demo today showing Building Information Models and augmented reality in action. When a model mixes with reality the results are stunning! There’s more info on the Hololens hardware — the first fully untethered, see-through ‘holographic’ computer that will arrive with Windows 10 — in the video below: “Windows 10 is the first platform to support holographic computing with APIs that enable gaze, gesture, voice, and environmental understanding on an untethered device. Microsoft HoloLens, together with Windows 10, will bring high‑definition holograms to life in your world” Source: http://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-hololens/en-us Read more →