I have a busy weekend. Lots of work to do. I am "redoing" the first chapter of my training video "Autodesk Fundamentals" to include some AutoCAD 2011 features. I am also working on my next training video outline "Advanced AutoCAD". We are still working on the title. Any suggestions?
I have some invoicing to take care of too. Gota get paid! Let's see, what else, oh yeah, I have to write an article for AUGI Hotnews, Tipniques column. The next few issues should be "easy". We will be discussing what's new in AutoCAD 2011.
I always have to work on my Cadalyst Newsletter, Tips and Tricks as I am the tip patroller. I love seeing the tips that readers submit. The best part about the tips is that they are real world solutions that users just like you and I have come up with to solve our problems. It's a great newsletter. It comes once a week on Mondays through email. Try it out. Also, check out the Cadalyst Tips Library. This is the place where tips go after they have been put in the newsletter. You can comment on the tips and get any files that come with them. It's a great resource.
For my day job, I have to translate a Power Point presentation from English to Spanish for my boss. He speaks Spanish, but I'm using the translate feature in Office to get the bulk of the work done. It will be interesting to see how good of a job it does.
That's about it. What are you doing?
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I have a busy weekend. Lots of work to do. I am "redoing" the first chapter of my training video "Autodesk Fundamentals" to include some AutoCAD 2011 features. I am also working on my next training video outline "Advanced AutoCAD". We are still working on the title. Any suggestions?
I have some invoicing to take care of too. Gota get paid! Let's see, what else, oh yeah, I have to write an article for AUGI Hotnews, Tipniques column. The next few issues should be "easy". We will be discussing what's new in AutoCAD 2011.
I always have to work on my Cadalyst Newsletter, Tips and Tricks as I am the tip patroller. I love seeing the tips that readers submit. The best part about the tips is that they are real world solutions that users just like you and I have come up with to solve our problems. It's a great newsletter. It comes once a week on Mondays through email. Try it out. Also, check out the Cadalyst Tips Library. This is the place where tips go after they have been put in the newsletter. You can comment on the tips and get any files that come with them. It's a great resource.
For my day job, I have to translate a Power Point presentation from English to Spanish for my boss. He speaks Spanish, but I'm using the translate feature in Office to get the bulk of the work done. It will be interesting to see how good of a job it does.
That's about it. What are you doing?
I have some invoicing to take care of too. Gota get paid! Let's see, what else, oh yeah, I have to write an article for AUGI Hotnews, Tipniques column. The next few issues should be "easy". We will be discussing what's new in AutoCAD 2011.
I always have to work on my Cadalyst Newsletter, Tips and Tricks as I am the tip patroller. I love seeing the tips that readers submit. The best part about the tips is that they are real world solutions that users just like you and I have come up with to solve our problems. It's a great newsletter. It comes once a week on Mondays through email. Try it out. Also, check out the Cadalyst Tips Library. This is the place where tips go after they have been put in the newsletter. You can comment on the tips and get any files that come with them. It's a great resource.
For my day job, I have to translate a Power Point presentation from English to Spanish for my boss. He speaks Spanish, but I'm using the translate feature in Office to get the bulk of the work done. It will be interesting to see how good of a job it does.
That's about it. What are you doing?
Lynn Allen's AutoCAD 2011 Tips introduce you to the new features and functionality found in the latest version of the program. She covers the user interface and how to customize the ribbon, how to use the new Select Similar tool, and how to add geometric constraints to create a relationship between objects or key points on objects. Lynn also covers:
- Dimensional Constraints
- Dynamic Blocks
- Time-Saving Tips
- Improvements to Everyday Commands
- Measuring Tools
- Hatches and Gradients
You will have to have a membership in AutoCAD Exchange to get it, but it's free to join!
Lynn Allen's AutoCAD 2011 Tips introduce you to the new features and functionality found in the latest version of the program. She covers the user interface and how to customize the ribbon, how to use the new Select Similar tool, and how to add geometric constraints to create a relationship between objects or key points on objects. Lynn also covers:
- Dimensional Constraints
- Dynamic Blocks
- Time-Saving Tips
- Improvements to Everyday Commands
- Measuring Tools
- Hatches and Gradients
You will have to have a membership in AutoCAD Exchange to get it, but it's free to join!
Its the 6th April 2010 and I have joined other bloggers, press and industry people for the Autodesk 2011 Media day. Autodesk often gets a regularly kicking from the wider user community, so this was a great opportunity to look inside this software machine and something that I have personally wanted to do for sometime.
Much has been written about the IPD project for the Autodesk Waltham offices, but its not until you actually get here and see the quality of finish and the materials used, that you really appreciate why the IPD process really works. The quality is as good as you would expect from a high quality fashion store such as Gucci or LV. The workspace also looks fun; the guys and girls who work here look like they have a total blast and they are genuinely passionate about what they do.You get the feeling that everyone, I mean everyone wants to make the solutions better and better.
The morning starts with breakfast followed by an formal introduction to the days events from Paul Sullivan and Jay Bhatt. Jay explained that Autodesk where very proud of the 2011 release and that everybody within Autodesk had worked very hard over the last 12 months; especially during difficult economic times. He is well aware of some of the negativity that surrounded 2010, but explained that much work had taken place in terms of foundation building and with 2011 you now start to see the fruits of the labour.
So after the introductions, a number of us (me, Robert Manna, Steve Stafford and David Harrington) where sneaked out the back door for a secret gathering with Chauncey Wilson and Chris Yanchar to discuss, well…… some secret stuff! Time seemed to fly by as grilled us over some stuff (NDA’s are in place, so I can’t talk about the “stuff”). All I can say is it was good “stuff”! :-)
We then took a break for a coffee and the group split. Steve and I then meet with Erik Egbertson and Jean to discuss more “stuff” this time about railings. You should check Eric blog post as he wants your feedback on railing terminology. It was disappointing that time was not kind to us. An hour was just not longer enough as both Steve and I had so much to share with the Eric and Jean on the challenges that the everyday user encounters when using the railing tools.
We then broke for lunch and this was followed by a presentation from Commonwealth of Massachusetts who explained how they where using Revit and the BIM process to deliver their projects.
After this Robert, Steve and I where whisked off to join Greg Demchak for a scoping meeting with some of the other development team to review a “future” Revit feature. This was very interesting as it gives you a good insight into how they scope and plan for features within the time constraints of 12 months. You can see how they plan for immediate delivery as well as the long terms goal. The whole process of scoping and planning is very much how a design team would work with a client to plan and deliver a building project.
After this we strolled over to catchup with Zach Kron at his desk.Scott Latch (RAC Product Manager) joined us as we all got geeky about adaptive points and massing! Be sure to checkout Zach’s blog and rest assure, he has some create articles coming around some of the 2011 features.
Steve had to split as he had a flight to catch and we said our goodbyes. We where then taken back to the hotel where we freshened up before being take to the Concord Inn for dinner. The Concord Inn dates 1700’s.In 1775, part of the Inn's original buildings was used as a storehouse for arms and provisions. When the British came to seize and destroy the supplies, the Minutemen met them at the North Bridge on April 19th for what became the first battle of the American Revolution. As you can imagine I got a bit of s**t from all the Americans who where with me for dinner, about how the Yanks kicked are arse at the first battle of the American Revolution! My response was, lets just see you guys fair come the 12th of June 2010 when we meet you in the World Cup! All good fun and if you are in Boston at any time, be sure to go to the Concord Inn.
Then back to the hotel as I had an early wakeup call to catch a train down to the HOK New York office.
I have to say, I would like to extend my thanks to all at Autodesk who made this such a wonderful event. Especially David Mills, who went beyond the call of duty to get us all there and was a great host.
Well, I’m sat in a hotel looking out of the window at a very sunny area just outside of Boston, MA. I’m here for the Autodesk AEC 2011 Media launch. This is the first time I have been to Boston; looks like a great place. Kind of strange, as on my way to the hotel, I passed a sign for “Winchester”; I had only left “Winchester, Hampshire, UK” just 9 hours earlier!
http://www.visitwinchester.co.uk/
I guess the first settlers who landed here couldn’t think up any original names, so to make them feel at home, they used City names from the UK. My American history is very poor, so I feel I need to know more.
INTRODUCING:
AUGI Drops
AUGI Launches Free Secure File Sharing
AUGI Drops
AUGI Launches Free Secure File Sharing
AUGI announces its newest offering to members—a Web-based private file sharing and collaboration tool. AUGI, in collaboration with drop.io, now provides its members with a place to share files, drawings, models, photos, video, audio and more.
As an AUGI-member, you can create unlimited 100mb drops to share files with full SSL security.
• Each drop has a phone number and extension. Call the drop, talk all you want - it is converted to an MP3 and left right in the drop on the fly. Listen to it on the drop, or send it out via email, RSS, MMS, or basically anything else you want.
• Every drop has its own free conference call number automatically assigned to it. The drop's conference call number stays the same, so consider it for long term use as your drop is active.
• Each drop has its own e-mail address. Send a notes or attachments to the drop from a computer, Blackberry, or any e-mail or MMS enabled phone. If you send a file, the text of the e-mail will be posted as a comment on the file. If you send just text, it will be added to the drop as a note.
Go to http://drop.io/home/augi and get a free drop today!
Read the Presslift interactive press release
Members also get Discounts on Premium Plans
Members have access to an exclusive discounted premium plans. Along with the free offer, drop.io and AUGI have collaborated on a reduced fee service… drop.io Manager.
Members have access to an exclusive discounted premium plans. Along with the free offer, drop.io and AUGI have collaborated on a reduced fee service… drop.io Manager.
Premium Features:
• Make drops larger than 100 MB
• Easily manage multiple drops
• View full activity stream across all drops
• Encrypt drops for added security with SSL
• Enable custom branding for groups of drops
• Make drops larger than 100 MB
• Easily manage multiple drops
• View full activity stream across all drops
• Encrypt drops for added security with SSL
• Enable custom branding for groups of drops
INTRODUCING:
AUGI Drops
AUGI Launches Free Secure File Sharing
AUGI Drops
AUGI Launches Free Secure File Sharing
AUGI announces its newest offering to members—a Web-based private file sharing and collaboration tool. AUGI, in collaboration with drop.io, now provides its members with a place to share files, drawings, models, photos, video, audio and more.
As an AUGI-member, you can create unlimited 100mb drops to share files with full SSL security.
• Each drop has a phone number and extension. Call the drop, talk all you want - it is converted to an MP3 and left right in the drop on the fly. Listen to it on the drop, or send it out via email, RSS, MMS, or basically anything else you want.
• Every drop has its own free conference call number automatically assigned to it. The drop's conference call number stays the same, so consider it for long term use as your drop is active.
• Each drop has its own e-mail address. Send a notes or attachments to the drop from a computer, Blackberry, or any e-mail or MMS enabled phone. If you send a file, the text of the e-mail will be posted as a comment on the file. If you send just text, it will be added to the drop as a note.
Go to http://drop.io/home/augi and get a free drop today!
Read the Presslift interactive press release
Members also get Discounts on Premium Plans
Members have access to an exclusive discounted premium plans. Along with the free offer, drop.io and AUGI have collaborated on a reduced fee service… drop.io Manager.
Members have access to an exclusive discounted premium plans. Along with the free offer, drop.io and AUGI have collaborated on a reduced fee service… drop.io Manager.
Premium Features:
• Make drops larger than 100 MB
• Easily manage multiple drops
• View full activity stream across all drops
• Encrypt drops for added security with SSL
• Enable custom branding for groups of drops
• Make drops larger than 100 MB
• Easily manage multiple drops
• View full activity stream across all drops
• Encrypt drops for added security with SSL
• Enable custom branding for groups of drops
You only need to speak with somebody who has been using Revit for a long time and one of their biggest complaints is the limited site tools in Revit. Whilst you may argue that Revit is a building modelling application, buildings do sit on sites and are not in isolation, so this is something which is essential to the whole BIM process. Having spent many hours fighting with the terrain tools in Revit Architecture myself, it’s interesting to hear that Autodesk are starting to consider this particular area for Revit. So one thing that you may or may not of heard too much noise about is a couple of Civil focused extensions that may get released for Revit. Having spoken with a couple of Autodesk insiders these tools are in pre-alpha at the moment, but code named “Dig-it” and “Bucket”, these extensions may well start to drive a Civil focused version of Revit. “Dig-it” will be an advanced ground modelling extension, which will address the sort falls provided by the current terrain tools with ability to make road and pavements. “Bucket” will provide far more robust cut and fill calculations. So hopefully Autodesk will see the light and will release “Dig-it” and “Bucket” to resolve all our dirt problems.....
Today is the big Autodesk event that I've been talking about. In a few hours I will be attending a live webcast featuring some key officials from Autodesk. In this even they will be launching their line of 2011 products! There are a lot of exciting things happening and additions to the software that we love and often love to hate.
If you are interested in seeing the webcast (look for me in the audience) go to this link and sign up:
http://www.autodesk.com/webcast
This webcast will demonstrate many of the new features of the latest versions of different Autodesk products.
I will soon start blogging about the new features myself and what they mean to you. How they can be applied to your daily design routines and how they can make you more efficient.
I know, you're saying to yourself, not another release. Well, I understand. I am a firm believer in staying up with the latest release. Knowing what the new features are, how they can be applied to what you already do can only make you better.
Stay tuned, watch the webcast, and follow this blog. Sign up for my RSS feeds, email alerts, or follow me on Twitter.
Happy CADDING.
If you are interested in seeing the webcast (look for me in the audience) go to this link and sign up:
http://www.autodesk.com/webcast
This webcast will demonstrate many of the new features of the latest versions of different Autodesk products.
I will soon start blogging about the new features myself and what they mean to you. How they can be applied to your daily design routines and how they can make you more efficient.
I know, you're saying to yourself, not another release. Well, I understand. I am a firm believer in staying up with the latest release. Knowing what the new features are, how they can be applied to what you already do can only make you better.
Stay tuned, watch the webcast, and follow this blog. Sign up for my RSS feeds, email alerts, or follow me on Twitter.
Happy CADDING.
Today is the big Autodesk event that I've been talking about. In a few hours I will be attending a live webcast featuring some key officials from Autodesk. In this even they will be launching their line of 2011 products! There are a lot of exciting things happening and additions to the software that we love and often love to hate.
If you are interested in seeing the webcast (look for me in the audience) go to this link and sign up:
http://www.autodesk.com/webcast
This webcast will demonstrate many of the new features of the latest versions of different Autodesk products.
I will soon start blogging about the new features myself and what they mean to you. How they can be applied to your daily design routines and how they can make you more efficient.
I know, you're saying to yourself, not another release. Well, I understand. I am a firm believer in staying up with the latest release. Knowing what the new features are, how they can be applied to what you already do can only make you better.
Stay tuned, watch the webcast, and follow this blog. Sign up for my RSS feeds, email alerts, or follow me on Twitter.
Happy CADDING.
If you are interested in seeing the webcast (look for me in the audience) go to this link and sign up:
http://www.autodesk.com/webcast
This webcast will demonstrate many of the new features of the latest versions of different Autodesk products.
I will soon start blogging about the new features myself and what they mean to you. How they can be applied to your daily design routines and how they can make you more efficient.
I know, you're saying to yourself, not another release. Well, I understand. I am a firm believer in staying up with the latest release. Knowing what the new features are, how they can be applied to what you already do can only make you better.
Stay tuned, watch the webcast, and follow this blog. Sign up for my RSS feeds, email alerts, or follow me on Twitter.
Happy CADDING.
So its the 25th March 2010 and its my daughters 4th Birthday; HAPPY Birthday Bethan. :-) and after a wink and a nod from Autodesk I can also finally reveal what's new in 2011! No, not the year, but this year's release of Autodesk Revit Architecture. Having spent the last 7 months participating in the alpha and beta program, I am genuinely excited about this release. But then I am always passionate about a new release of Revit, as it opens up new opportunities, gives us new toys to play with and helps drive the adoption of BIM within our industry.
So what's in RAC 2011 you may ask? RAC 2011 introduces some new concepts, an improved interface (needed too after the grief that Autodesk got about the Ribbon for 2010) as well as some genuine user feature requests. Whilst this blog just covers the main features it does not cover everything, but I do plan to cover specific functionality in future articles.
Ribbon and UI
So let me start with the interface, as this has been a constantly debated, argued, discussed subject amongst many a Revit user on the AUGI forums. So these are the headliners for UI improvements.
- Contextual Tab display
- Contextual Tab display behaviour
- Modeless Properties Palette
- Modify Tab is both static and contextual
- Modify Tools improvements
- Quick Access Toolbar customization
- Resizable Dialogs
- Worksets and Design Options
The most obvious improvement and a complaint I personally had with 2010, was actually getting access to modification tools. 2011 allows rapid access to modification tools, no more clicking backwards and forwards between Ribbon tabs. When you select a tool and start to work with it, the modify tools are constantly at hand. The Ribbon also seems to be a lot faster and there is icon clarity with other Autodesk solutions. The other obvious change is the disappearance of the Type selector from the Ribbon. This is not going to be to everybody's taste; as it now resides in a modeless Properties Palette.
The QAT is now customisable as it has its own dialogue box which allows you to reconfigure tools quickly if required. Other noticeable changes to the UI include resizable dialogs as well as a workset and design options improvements. The latter can be easily accessed from the main window without having to hunt through various ribbon tabs.
Worksets and Linking
A number of enhancements have been added which will assist those that use workset as well as linked files. A linked Revit model viewed By Host, will set the visibility of linked model worksets which share the same name as your host model worksets to the visibility of the host model worksets in that view. In view Visibility Graphics under the Linked Revit Models tab, linked model worksets can be individually turned on or off . A new Manage Worksets Tab within the Managed Links dialogue also allows you to open or close worksets in a linked model file. These linked management features are an absolute god send and will save you a lot of time when managing large linked datasets.
Workset visibility has been given far greater control on a project-wide basis. The Worksets dialog now offers the option to change the visibility of a workset globally. The Worksets tab in individual views has been improved to allow the per view workset visibility to be visible, not visible or to follow the global setting. Trust me, if you use worksets and linked files, these improvements alone are worth the subscription renewal, even in these financially difficult times. Whilst there is still much to do improving Revit at all levels, (please don't get me started on limited site tools, stairs and railings :-) ), workset and linked file improvements really start to help to address the need to define sub models when the Revit model gets too large to handle in one super model. To help with performance , speed improvements have been made and a project which has been upgraded to 2011 will now benefit from a multiple threading thus improving opening times.
To support the linked model approach, linked models can now be tagged. A new management feature has also been included which allows the user to track and watch if Tags lose their hosted elements. The Reconcile Hosting command opens up a new browser allowing you to decide what to do if a Tags does loses its host.
Graphic Display
In RAC 2010, Autodesk migrated from OpenGL to Direct 3d. This has allowed further graphic improvements to be made in RAC 2011. If you have a supported Graphics card you will be able to enable Ambient Occlusion, which is accessible via the Graphics Display Options dialog box. Those that are familiar with using visualisation tools such as 3dsmax will know all about Ambient Occlusion. I suppose the best way to describe Ambient Occlusion is that it adds realism to models by taking into account attenuation of light due to occlusion. Ambient occlusion attempts to approximate the way light radiates in real life, especially off what are normally considered non-reflective surfaces. Look in a room at the corners between the wall and the ceiling; you will notice the soft shaded falloff of material colour which is not defined by the sun, this is Ambient occlusion.
Two additional view styles have now been added to the View Control Bar, these include a Realistic View which will display materials and textures defined to elements in real-time. You also have a Consistent Colours view styles, which displays colours in a constant manner across all faces of the model in a 3d view.
Realistic View
Consistent Colours
To get the real benefits of these new graphic features you are going to need a supported graphic card. If you have a relatively new card which supports Direct X, you should be ok. My laptop is a Dell E6400 latitude with Windows 7 (64bit) and a Quadro shared graphics and it worked fine.
Conceptual Massing
If you have read my blog in the past, you will know I am a big fan of the conceptual massing tools introduced in RAC 2010. However, one annoyance in 2010 was the loss of the sketch mode when creating forms. Rest assured it totally confused the users in my office! So after listening to user feedback, Autodesk have reintroduced the sketch mode back to forms created with lines. You are able to edit the profile of a form and the geometry automatically updates. This works with revolves, extrudes, blends and sweeps. If you choose to lock profiles the change is made to the top and bottom profiles. This is a excellent addition and combines the best of old school massing with new school massing approach.
You can now dissolve a form using the new dissolve function. Say you build a form from lines or reference lines and you decide you want to take it back to the line work it was originally created from. Just select the form and choose dissolve. Once a form has been dissolved the surface created is lost, however the profiles and path remain, allowing you to edit these and recreate the form after you have made any adjustments.
A new feature called the workplane viewer has now been included, making the editing of profiles within a form a lot easier. This is a floating dialog 
The divide surface tools introduced with the new conceptual massing tools in 2010 has been further enhanced and you can now divide a surface by intersecting levels, reference planes and lines drawn on a reference plane.
RAC 2011 also sees the introduction of a new family called the Adaptive component family, to be honest this is one of my favourite features in 2011. It expands the conceptual massing tools further and I am really looking forward to using this new family type within projects. Described by Autodesk; the Adaptive component resolves the issues related to stitching border conditions of divided surfaces. It also address the problems of creating and placing pattern component panels (triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, etc.) on non-rectangular and non-evenly spaced grids. The adaptive components can also be used to create a repeating systems generated by arraying multiple components. When you place a point in an Adaptive family you can define whether 
One feature which may go unnoticed is the ability to do a solid - solid cut on two forms. described as follows; You can cut out one solid from another, but the resulting form is not a geometric combination. When the Cut tool is used on 2 solid forms, the result is separate geometry. It certainly makes for cleaner geometry.
To improve the 3D working environment, you can now use the align tool in 3d as well as 2d. You can use a node, vertex, edge, surface form or level as your target, then all you need to do is pick then element you wish to align.
Parameter enhancements
I regularly tell users that it's the "I" in BIM which is one of the most important assets of the BIM process. So being able to extract data from your Revit model so that it can be used
Rendering
Mental ray rendering was introduced with RAC 2009 and generally it's been a hit with Revit users. Certainly the quality of renders I have seen has been superb. But to some extent quality was limited by desktop power, with rendering being limited to 4 cores only. This meant, that you may have a super all bells and whistles workstation with processors multiply , but the 4 core throttle resulted in Revit no
Everyday wish list items
I guess one can assume that Autodesk must have a room somewhere in the factory which is full, from floor to ceiling with user feature requests for inclusion within future releases of Revit. Whilst we all have our favourites, development time, budget and technology restrictions often mean that they are not immediately viable. However, RAC 2011 has included a number, which will be real time savers in my opinion. We now have Repeat last command, which can be accessed off the right mouse contextual menu or enabled via a keyboard shortcut. The contextual menu also now lists the last five commands you have used.
You can now select instances across a view as well as across a project and temporary dimensions can now remember any edits made to witness lines per session.
There have been a number of enhancements made to text notes, with better control of leader placement. Text notes can now be enclosed with a box with the option to change the text margin between the text and box.
DWG export from Revit has continued to be a contentious point, with the quality of the output not always meeting expectation. However, it really does depend on what your expectation are. I have always been of the view that whilst the output was ok, it would never be as clean as if you where to have drawn it from scratch in AutoCAD. With this in mind and understanding the benefits of what Revit provides, really a DWG export is just a snapshot in time. But I also realise that there are some fundamentals issues when exporting to DWG. Autodesk seemed to have worked hard in this particular area and models which we had, which refused to export to DWG in previous versions of Revit, now happily export as expected and the graphic fidelity is a lot better.
Aligning views in a consistent manner on drawing sheet has also been a general pain in the backside. Those that have come from an AutoCAD background ( I would guess in many cases that's around 95% of us) have found the 
Sustainability requirements
One of the key benefits with BIM is the ability to use the model to meet the ever increasing sustainability requirements. Whether you believe all the discussions about global warming that the governments and scientist talk about, is a matter of opinion. But one thing is for sure, as an industry we need to be smarter about how we design buildings and we need to reduce the energy consumption of our buildings. To analyze a building, typically you need 3D data. 
The End
So that's it folks. A quick round up of what new in Revit Architecture 2011. There are other minor functional improvements in this release which I haven't covered such as the sheet list, family editor tweaks, but I am sure you will discover these soon enough. I hope you found this commentary useful and it gives you a good insight into what will be landing on your desktops any time soon. Now back to the birthday party for tea and cake. :-)
Expect to see loads of posts over the next couple of days. Steve Stafford has an interesting point on his blog about the tipping point of Revit and I would tend to agree.
Also Greg of BIMBoom seems to have gone 2011 mad. The beauty of being a reseller and with confusion over marketing v NDA embrago's he seems to have trumped everybody. hmmm
Anyway, once I'm can, look out for a posting on 2011 plus some youtube vids in the next 24hrs. Seriously, 2011 rocks and will only further stamp it's authority that its the leading BIM platform on the planet! Revit and competition? What competition....
Also Greg of BIMBoom seems to have gone 2011 mad. The beauty of being a reseller and with confusion over marketing v NDA embrago's he seems to have trumped everybody. hmmm
Anyway, once I'm can, look out for a posting on 2011 plus some youtube vids in the next 24hrs. Seriously, 2011 rocks and will only further stamp it's authority that its the leading BIM platform on the planet! Revit and competition? What competition....
AUGI's March edition of Hotnews is out and ready to be read. I have my regular Tipniques Article, and there are several other great articles that you really need to read.
Some of them are:
Some of them are:
Help AUGI deliver messages and create programs that are tailored to you, your industry, and the Autodesk software you use. It is time for a little housekeeping in AUGI's member data base. Here's how you can help.
Columns TIPniques columnist Brian Benton talks about the AutoCAD features you might not know (and the ones you do know but aren't using fully).
The Creative Inventor, Dennis Jeffrey, offers tips on using the Construction Environment in Autodesk Inventor. But first, he'll define some terms.
Does swapping hardware make you nervous? You aren't alone, as Mark Kiker explains in this article.
HP's Performing Tuning Framework makes way for a new, improved support system, the Performance Advisor. Learn all about it here.
Author Tharakesh Ananthakrishnan examines the Column Grid, an easy-to-use object in AutoCAD Architecture 2010.
Check them out. These writers are really among the best Autodesk product users around and AUGI is the best source of pier to pier help anywhere in our field.
AUGI's March edition of Hotnews is out and ready to be read. I have my regular Tipniques Article, and there are several other great articles that you really need to read.
Some of them are:
Some of them are:
Help AUGI deliver messages and create programs that are tailored to you, your industry, and the Autodesk software you use. It is time for a little housekeeping in AUGI's member data base. Here's how you can help.
Columns TIPniques columnist Brian Benton talks about the AutoCAD features you might not know (and the ones you do know but aren't using fully).
The Creative Inventor, Dennis Jeffrey, offers tips on using the Construction Environment in Autodesk Inventor. But first, he'll define some terms.
Does swapping hardware make you nervous? You aren't alone, as Mark Kiker explains in this article.
HP's Performing Tuning Framework makes way for a new, improved support system, the Performance Advisor. Learn all about it here.
Author Tharakesh Ananthakrishnan examines the Column Grid, an easy-to-use object in AutoCAD Architecture 2010.
Check them out. These writers are really among the best Autodesk product users around and AUGI is the best source of pier to pier help anywhere in our field.
AUGI's monthly online publication, Hotnews, is out for March. I have my regular column again, Tipniques. This month's article is titled: "How Do You Use AutoCAD?" It takes a look at some commands and features that you might not be aware of in AutoCAD. Take a look and let me know what you think.
Do you know of any secret AutoCAD commands or features?
Do you know of any secret AutoCAD commands or features?
AUGI's monthly online publication, Hotnews, is out for March. I have my regular column again, Tipniques. This month's article is titled: "How Do You Use AutoCAD?" It takes a look at some commands and features that you might not be aware of in AutoCAD. Take a look and let me know what you think.
Do you know of any secret AutoCAD commands or features?
Do you know of any secret AutoCAD commands or features?
Optimization of Chemical Processes by Thomas F. Edgar David. M. Himmelblau
Optimization of Chemical Processes
By Thomas F. Edgar, David. M. Himmelblau
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Number Of Pages: 672
Publication Date: 2001-01-12
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0070393591
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780070393592
Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
* Written by a recognized authority in the area of optimization software, this text offers an array of information on the latest advances in optimization techniques, explaining both theory and practice
* Specializes in non-linear programming, mixed-integer programming, and global optimization
* Ample references explore theoretical concepts in more detail
By Thomas F. Edgar, David. M. Himmelblau
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Number Of Pages: 672
Publication Date: 2001-01-12
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0070393591
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780070393592
Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
* Written by a recognized authority in the area of optimization software, this text offers an array of information on the latest advances in optimization techniques, explaining both theory and practice
* Specializes in non-linear programming, mixed-integer programming, and global optimization
* Ample references explore theoretical concepts in more detail
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I <3 Tech
What an exciting day for me. I love tech, and the more I use it the more I realize how much I enjoy using it. Today my son had to meet some of his classmates to work on a project. No problem, I have a bonus chapter for my video training title to script so I can record it. I can work on it then. We live in a place that has a high amount of traffic on the weekends, especially during spring break, and there is only one road in and out of our town. That means that to get out of the house would take about 45 minutes to an hour, and to get back would take about just as long. By the time I got back home from dropping my son off I would have to leave, just to sit in traffic. Ah ha! I have tech! So I packed my Dell laptop, my Palm Pre, and my jump drive. I also took along a notebook, not a real notebook, but actual notes written on paper.
I dropped my son off and went to find a "techy" type place to go, grab some coffee, a snack, and plug in. Found it, Starbucks will do just fine. The funny part, that once I started I quickly realized that my working file wasn't on my jump drive, but on my Windows Live account! It's there so I can get to it no matter where I am. This Starbucks didn't have a wifi and I couldn't find one. I quickly turned on the Mytether application on my Palm Pre. Presto! Instant wifi hot spot. I was able to get several sections written and even started writing this post. I did forget my USB cable so I wasn't able to charge my phone. Let me tell you, tetherinf my Pre really drained the battery, fast.
So, with my tech I was able to work and have a productive afternoon. How does your tech help you be more productive?
What an exciting day for me. I love tech, and the more I use it the more I realize how much I enjoy using it. Today my son had to meet some of his classmates to work on a project. No problem, I have a bonus chapter for my video training title to script so I can record it. I can work on it then. We live in a place that has a high amount of traffic on the weekends, especially during spring break, and there is only one road in and out of our town. That means that to get out of the house would take about 45 minutes to an hour, and to get back would take about just as long. By the time I got back home from dropping my son off I would have to leave, just to sit in traffic. Ah ha! I have tech! So I packed my Dell laptop, my Palm Pre, and my jump drive. I also took along a notebook, not a real notebook, but actual notes written on paper.
I dropped my son off and went to find a "techy" type place to go, grab some coffee, a snack, and plug in. Found it, Starbucks will do just fine. The funny part, that once I started I quickly realized that my working file wasn't on my jump drive, but on my Windows Live account! It's there so I can get to it no matter where I am. This Starbucks didn't have a wifi and I couldn't find one. I quickly turned on the Mytether application on my Palm Pre. Presto! Instant wifi hot spot. I was able to get several sections written and even started writing this post. I did forget my USB cable so I wasn't able to charge my phone. Let me tell you, tetherinf my Pre really drained the battery, fast.
So, with my tech I was able to work and have a productive afternoon. How does your tech help you be more productive?
I <3 Tech
What an exciting day for me. I love tech, and the more I use it the more I realize how much I enjoy using it. Today my son had to meet some of his classmates to work on a project. No problem, I have a bonus chapter for my video training title to script so I can record it. I can work on it then. We live in a place that has a high amount of traffic on the weekends, especially during spring break, and there is only one road in and out of our town. That means that to get out of the house would take about 45 minutes to an hour, and to get back would take about just as long. By the time I got back home from dropping my son off I would have to leave, just to sit in traffic. Ah ha! I have tech! So I packed my Dell laptop, my Palm Pre, and my jump drive. I also took along a notebook, not a real notebook, but actual notes written on paper.
I dropped my son off and went to find a "techy" type place to go, grab some coffee, a snack, and plug in. Found it, Starbucks will do just fine. The funny part, that once I started I quickly realized that my working file wasn't on my jump drive, but on my Windows Live account! It's there so I can get to it no matter where I am. This Starbucks didn't have a wifi and I couldn't find one. I quickly turned on the Mytether application on my Palm Pre. Presto! Instant wifi hot spot. I was able to get several sections written and even started writing this post. I did forget my USB cable so I wasn't able to charge my phone. Let me tell you, tetherinf my Pre really drained the battery, fast.
So, with my tech I was able to work and have a productive afternoon. How does your tech help you be more productive?
What an exciting day for me. I love tech, and the more I use it the more I realize how much I enjoy using it. Today my son had to meet some of his classmates to work on a project. No problem, I have a bonus chapter for my video training title to script so I can record it. I can work on it then. We live in a place that has a high amount of traffic on the weekends, especially during spring break, and there is only one road in and out of our town. That means that to get out of the house would take about 45 minutes to an hour, and to get back would take about just as long. By the time I got back home from dropping my son off I would have to leave, just to sit in traffic. Ah ha! I have tech! So I packed my Dell laptop, my Palm Pre, and my jump drive. I also took along a notebook, not a real notebook, but actual notes written on paper.
I dropped my son off and went to find a "techy" type place to go, grab some coffee, a snack, and plug in. Found it, Starbucks will do just fine. The funny part, that once I started I quickly realized that my working file wasn't on my jump drive, but on my Windows Live account! It's there so I can get to it no matter where I am. This Starbucks didn't have a wifi and I couldn't find one. I quickly turned on the Mytether application on my Palm Pre. Presto! Instant wifi hot spot. I was able to get several sections written and even started writing this post. I did forget my USB cable so I wasn't able to charge my phone. Let me tell you, tetherinf my Pre really drained the battery, fast.
So, with my tech I was able to work and have a productive afternoon. How does your tech help you be more productive?
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