Everyone else probably realised this long ago but sometimes the obvious isn’t always… well, obvious. AutoCAD Architecture (ACA) and MEP use Tool Palettes - like AutoCAD - but have the Content Browser to organise and share them. While the system has it’s quirks I’ve found it a
I’m waiting for Windows 7 64 before deploying 2010 at work so haven’t tried these. Lots of fixes, I mean updates, and they incorporate the recent AutoCAD 2010 update. Currently installing the AutoCAD Architecture update on my home machine to see how it goes. Between the Walls: AutoCAD
It seems time flies at Autodesk or “soon” means something different in New Zealand. Last week was my Subscription renewal anniversary. A couple of days after getting through that trauma (well, not really but…) a reminder email arrived. I nearly deleted it thinking it related to the, just completed, 09/
Guillermo Melantoni's recent post on AutoCAD AND Revit prompted me to share how AutoCAD Architecture (ACA) can help your Revit work-flow. Yes, you read that right, ACA can help with Revit. I'm not...
I'll be at the Auckland June 4th event, see you there! Here's the blurb: The Autodesk Solutions Day 2009 is aimed at professionals' involved in the design, construction and management of government and commercial projects within the Building, Civil, Geospatial and Manufacturing market place. This
David Koch is working through an extremely detailed tour of the new AutoCAD Architecture 2010 User Interface on his blog The Architect's Desktop. Part 3 concentrates on the Home Tab of the Ribbon, earlier posts on the Application Button and Ribbon modes. AutoCAD® Architecture 2010 - UI Changes:
In 2009 AutoCAD Architecture (ACA) largely shunned the AutoCAD Ribbon interface leaving it for the Visualisation workspace alone (right). In contrast ACA 2010 totally embraces the ribbon with a new ta...
Today's delivery completed my set of "Twenty Tens". The arrival of Max (last week) and the Revit Architecture/MEP Series (today) mean it's time to think about building new deployments. As that will al...
To assist with migration to its new User Interface AutoCAD Architecture 2010, like AutoCAD 2010, has a Command Search built into the Application Button . Tap in a command/tool name, or part of one, an...
I'm going to be writing about some "recently ribboned" applications in the next few weeks, some better than others. Before that I have decided to set out how I feel about a variety of "already ribbone...
On my blog birthday a "present" arrived in the form of AutoCAD Architecture 2010 , Wish I didn't know the subscription renewal won't be far behind!
I saw this AutoCAD Visual Styles Survey posted on David Harringnton's blog and rushed to have my say. I'm considering 64 Bit Operating Systems for the 2010 Deployments as our larger projects are pu...
