Recently I blogged about digital design of Aircraft using the title “The end of paper flight?”. The odd thing is that many flights, especially in light aircraft, are totally dependent on paper – thick books of charts and flight instructions. It seems rather primitive to have pilots carrying hundreds of bits
Autodesk University is the place to learn about Autodesk software and also provides a great forum to network. While the presentations and tutorials, lab sessions are great the real value is meeting many fellow CAD users. You never know where that may lead, perhaps it will be a life changing
Shaan has sign-up details for the “Vespa” Product beta as previewed at Autodesk University. My post about the preview gives an idea what “Vespa” can do. Now you can try/test the beta version and help with it’s development. Between the Lines: New Autodesk Product Beta Coming Soon, Codenamed
It’s more than bizarre that only a couple of months after making the 28,000km return journey to Orlando for AU 2005 I’m about to do it again. Advanced Visual Technology are a U.K. based company and their first ever user conference is at Disney Resort – The
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At Autodesk University there was a lot of talk about “Vespa” but it didn’t refer to cute little Italian scooters (right). What is Vespa? An “application concept” being previewed at AU. This is not a product, or even a beta, and the presentation was subject to a disclaimer* that
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Point of Beginning review the Autodesk University 2005 event. AU at 13: Realizing Ideas - Point of Beginning. AU at 13: Realizing Ideas - Point of Beginning Via CADwire.net
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If you weren’t aware of Design Web Format (DWF) before Autodesk University 2005 by the time it finished you knew it didn’t just mean Disney World Fun. From the “Connect the Dots” banners in the promenade linking the Dolphin/Swan to the giant “Dots” floating in the lagoon
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The AutoCAD User Group International (AUGI) AGM was held in the huge main presentation room at the Dolphin. It was well attended (more than 1500) and there were some important announcements for all members and, maybe, your local user group. 2006 brings a new look AUGI. A new logo was
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As mentioned previously I took the chance to correct an omission from my last trip to San Francisco and called in to see the Mindjet (MindManager) team. As we approached San Francisco (from Orlando) I was listening to the Pilot Communication Channel on the aircraft. I was surprised United let
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To be a non-geek at geek dinner must make for a long evening. Maryam offers some advice to ease the pain. The all geek dinner is fairly rare for me, apart from Autodesk University, but being a geek can earn dinner invitations. My usual response: “Dinner would be great, so
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Seems like the time of year to do a Blog related review of the year so here goes… Best Discovery: ActiveWords, it’s awesome software. If you haven’t tried it, go and get your 60 day free trial right now. I held out for a whole 12 days before
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Scott Sheppard has posted video of the Autodesk University Main stage presentation. This was a tour through the Autodesk Product line-up and preview of possible future technologies, that may or may not become real products. It shows a fictional company - Global Bubble - establishing a new office and manufacturing