If you are managing AutoCAD this would be well worth a look. I’ve attended Robert’s CAD Manager sessions at AU and learning his approach to dealing with CAD Management and relating CAD Management to the rest of the business has been very useful. If you are attending AU
AutoCAD
When she is not providing PowerPoint tips to help a certain Kiwi CAD blogger with his presentation Ellen Finkelstein writes books on AutoCAD, PowerPoint and more. She has just released a new one: The AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD 2007 LT Bible * Website - http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com * AutoCAD Tips Newsletter
I love Select Similar in ADT (ADT 2005 +) and am mystified why it's not a core AutoCAD feature. Pick a selection set of objects, select similar and all matching objects are selected. Melanie (S) P has posted a lisp for AutoCAD that achieves the similar results. Mistress of
Reading Jimmy, again, I find John Walker (the Autodesk founder not the Kiwi Athlete) has a blog. I knew of his website, as read The Autodesk File there a few years ago, but the blog is well worth a visit/subscription. I really like his book reviews as they cover
Just got home from an Auckland Autodesk User Group meeting, Omar Awny (Senior Applications Sales Engineer Application Engineer Manager from Autodesk Australia) gave a great presentation of all the nice things to be found in AutoCAD 2007 and DWF Design Review. He also mentioned a few websites that may be
The Auckland AutoCAD User Group have a meeting about AutoCAD 2007 next week if you are able to attend; Auckland AutoCAD User Group - www.aaug.org.nz Please be aware of the upcoming EVENT. The AAUG is pleased to announce that they will be hosting Omar Awny (Senior Applications
I’ve been playing with the new Autodesk Labs AutoCAD Google Earth Extension and thought worth sharing the results. This will work with AutoCAD 2007 based products including Architectural Desktop which is what I used. My first recommendation is “Read the Instructions!”. There is some manual set-up to load the
Laboratory \Lab"o*ra*to*ry\, n.; pl. Laboratories. [Shortened fr. elaboratory; cf. OF. elaboratoire, F. laboratoire. See Elaborate, Labor.] [Formerly written also elaboratory.] The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments. Autodesk have launched Autodesk Labs, a new “semi-beta” site for customers to try new
I went to an Auckland AutoCAD User Group meeting tonight and after an excellent demo of Revit Building and Revit Structure, thanks Rich & Damien, the discussion turned to the subject of the next meeting – AutoCAD 2007. The question was asked: “How do you re-path xrefs in the new 2007
Last night I attended the Autodesk New Zealand Design Masters Quiz (2007 Launch event). It was a mix of serious, well mostly serious, software demonstrations and quiz show fun. “Pre-Quiz” Dealer and Customer presentations showcased the full product range with AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor and Map demo’s featuring in the
AutoCAD
If you visit the world famous (in New Zealand) Huka Falls you’ll see lots of tourists. Typically they will have a camera, maybe a camcorder, but it’s rather unlikely they will be blogging with a Blackberry… I spent the weekend showing Shaan Hurley, Autodesk Blogger, part of the
Is this a first for New Zealand? Wellington has seen a 3,500 tonne building on a train but taking a Building Ideas Show on the road is an unusual solution for a problem posed by New Zealand’s geography and population distribution. Faced with the challenge of presenting BIM
