Autodesk Gallery - Design on show
Having seen "The Gallery", on Scott's Labs Blog , I was keen to visit and delighted to find it was the location for the AutoCAD 2010 Backstage Pass Event . When I arrived much of the display area was...
AutoCAD
AutoCAD 2010 - It's Parametric!
Parametric* Constraints are not new in CAD but are in AutoCAD 2010. I think their arrival, along with free form modelling, reflects a real change in attitude from Autodesk towards the application that...
AutoCAD 2010 - Rotate Viewport, PAPER/MODEL
AutoCAD 2010 introduces a couple of refinements for working in Layout (paperspace) viewports. Rotate Viewport, Rotate View! Previously to rotate a layout view you had to rotate the viewport UCS,...
Design and Art
Happy Birthday 747 - First flight +40
Last week I flew about 22,000km in a Boeing 747 for the AutoCAD 2010 Launch Event . I didn't realise, until today, that the 747 celebrated forty years of flight while we were in the air on the flight...
SolidWorks to AutoCAD Architecture, via the blogosphere
In my "year review" post I mentioned reading SolidWorks blogs . Although I don't use it understanding the "other side" is handy when you're trying to share data. It paid off recently when I needed to...
AutoCAD 2010 - Colourly Visible Now!
It's sometimes just the little things that make a difference. The AutoCAD colour selection dialog used to make it rather hard to see which colour you were selecting. AutoCAD 2010 changes that with a bold black border around the current colour and clear white halo around the colour
AutoCAD 2010 Backstage Pass Event Bloggers
AutoCAD 2010 Backstage Pass Event Bloggers Originally uploaded by S. Hurley Shaan has posted this photo of the bloggers at the Autodesk 2010 Launch. From left to right you see: Donnie Gladfelter, The CAD Geek www.thecadgeek.com/blog/ David Cohn, CADman-Do cadman-do.blogspot.com/ Randall McSwain, CAD Panacea cadpanacea.
A day with CAD Bloggers; Shaan & Steve
I spent the day with Shaan Hurley Aussie Blogger Steve Johnson . Shaan showed us Marin County - around Muir Woods, Mt Tamalpais Stinson Beach - and we made a quick stop at the Autodesk Offices in San...
AutoCAD 2010 Webcast Recording Online
The AutoCAD 2010 live Webcast broadcast is archived for the next 30 days (from 05 Feb 2009) at: this link Above: My photo of Heidi Hewett, Senior AutoCAD Technical Marketing Manager & Blogger, and Eric Stover, AutoCAD Product Line Manager, during the webcast. Below: A Snag from the video Tags:
Watching the AutoCAD 2010 Webcast, without the web
The AutoCAD 2010 Webcast is live and happening about 20 metres from where I'm writing this post. If you want to learn how AutoCAD 2010 allows 3D free form modelling and 2D Parametric Drawing tools and much more sign in now!* Happening now: Thursday February 5, 12:00
What do you call a group of AutoCAD Bloggers?
It was great to meet up with this bunch of Bloggers and 'deskers tonight, the serious stuff starts tomorrow! Bloggers attending are: * Brian Benton, CAD-a-Blog * David Cohn, CADman-Do * Mark Douglas, In the Dynamic Interface * Ellen Finkelstein, AutoCAD Tips Blog * Donnie Gladfelter, The CAD Geek * Steve Johnson, cad nauseam * Randall
Meeting other AutoCAD Bloggers at an AutoCAD Event
One benefit of working for The Warehouse is you get your birthday off. I usually defer mine to make the Auckland Anniversary long weekend even longer. That's why, a couple of weeks back, I finished work on Thursday anticipating a long lazy weekend at home with no plans