Autodesk Labs Project Spark is an experimental simplified Revit aimed at introducing BIM to new users. It could also be the Revit which gets seasoned AutoCAD users to try Revit. Bill is one of those who has: William Le Couteur's Autocad Blog: Revit Spark A while back I
Autodesk are hosting an on-line session featuring Design Suite Application portfolio. If you want to learn more about applications you use, show the boss something new or just figure out what some of those new tools in the Design Suites do check it out! There is a mix of
I don’t often use the AutoCAD Text Window but hit F2 and mouse wheeled up & down before remembering… I blame swapping between lots of app’s and not an addled mind! GIF captured & produced with Camtasia Studio
It began with an old drawing that looked like this. In the middle of that birds nest is an electrical layout with lighting blocks (AutoCAD predating our use of AMEP) and circuits. The mess is the result of some blocks showing a massive, larger than building extents, outline. In the
Design 8.16, the day AutoCAD for Mac expanded from a product to a product portfolio. AutoCAD for Mac 2012 has been joined by AutoCAD LT 2012 for Mac and a dedicated AutoCAD WS for Mac desktop application. Although it is all about the Mac platform the arrival of Network
Something “BIG” & “AutoCAD” will be announced on the 16th of August, 10 a.m. US Pacific Time.* In the US that is 8.16 which fits rather nicely into DESIGN (or DE8.16N). Who thought of that!? However in New Zealand it doesn’t quite work as it will
Jimmy Bergmark has released a snazzy freeware report generator for capturing FlexNet/FLEXlm license use. Run the app, click once to search for license servers and again to get a nicely formatted HTML report of current servers, license and user allocation. You can save the server search results making future
AutoCAD is perhaps the ultimate multi-purpose design application packed with tools to create pretty much any geometry. Sure, industry specific applications excel in their niche but AutoCAD is the great all-rounder. Need a solid modeller, or maybe a mesh modeller, perhaps some surfacing? I suppose at some stage
Dimension overrides are an old AutoCAD feature but 2012 introduces a new twist. AutoCAD allows you to over-ride the automatic dimension text to add extra information. This is done in the Properties > Text > Text Override panel after selecting dimension(s). It is also possible to eliminate the
It takes something special to lure you into an underground bunker filled with sharks. After a photo at the door (easier to ID the remains?) it was quite a trek, stopping to observe the Penguin Colony, to the Antarctic Hut and an auditorium lined tanks of huge stingray & fish.
If you are running AutoCAD 2012 based apps check out this hotfix. I haven’t seen it happen yet but the potential problem it fixes is rather alarming! Description of Problem: When a drawing is saved from within the Block Editor, the entire content of the drawing is sometimes lost
Recently I spent a day at SkyCity Convention Centre with a bunch of other CAD/BIM users for the AEC Systems NZ Technology Solutions Day. I couldn’t see everything as after a few shared sessions the day split into tracks covering Civil, AEC and Manufacturing. It was a little
