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Autodesk have released a Solar Radiation Technology Preview for Revit 2011. You can find details here on Simon Gillis’s blog…..
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I attended yesterdays Excitech Revit User Group. Good event, although it was a long day and rather jam packed. Good to see many old faces either from firms that I had presented to in the past or ex colleagues. I did a 30 min presentation on Managing Large Concept Design Projects, which I think was well received, certainly got a lot of questions after the event about what I showed.
Angus Brown from Fraser Brown Mackenna Architects did an excellent presentation on how they had created parametric content for the development of many of there student accommodation projects. I remember meeting Angus about 4 years ago, his company where early adopters of Revit. But Angus had a vision on how parametrics could help with design, especially with the type of work his business was being commissioned to do. Whilst he had many frustrations in the early days with Revit, he seems to have developed some great processes and the results are excellent.
Simon Gillis from Autodesk did a inspiring presentation on Autodesk’s approach to sustainable design. Much of this can be found on the Autodesk website. Simon also showed Digital 210 King research project……
Working with the CIMS Lab at Carleton University and Faro Technologies, we are developing a digital model of our offices in Toronto using Building Information Modeling (BIM). We hope that this model becomes a valuable resource to a community of simulation and modeling researchers.
http://www.digital210king.org/
Be sure to check out the website, as datasets, images, laser scans etc can be downloaded and reviewed.
HOK are big users of Newforma. If you are looking for a document management system which seamlessly fits into workflow with no disruption to your existing processes you need to checkout Newforma. People often ask me about Newforma, “Why is it so special, what does it off that other systems don’t already provide"?” To be honest I could write a book on what it provides, but one thing is for sure, it does exactly what it says on the tin. That’s its beauty.
When I worked for an Autodesk reseller I got to see many different document management systems. My general opinion was that most where geared towards a manufacturing / engineering. The AEC industry is different and whilst it may seem to make sense that some of these system could work or be adapted, their rigid nature just didn’t allow them to work very efficiently in a AEC firm. So if you either already using Newforma are interested in what it has to offer obviously checkout the Newforma website, but also read this article on AECbytes which explains how PCS Structural Solutions are using Revit Structure and Newforma together.
http://www.aecbytes.com/tipsandtricks/2010/issue48-newforma.html
I had mentioned in a previous blog article that I have been helping James, Eddie and Phil with a chapter on concept curtain walls for the forthcoming book entitled Master Revit Architecture 2011. James did say that there where things going on in the background and that the book may become official Autodesk training material! So I’m please to announce that I got an email from James Van yesterday evening which provided a link to an official press release from Wiley.
Sybex, an Imprint of Wiley Publishing, Inc. (NYSE: JWa and JWb), a global leader in the publishing of educational materials, has executed a brand licensing agreement with Autodesk, Inc. under which ten titles on leading Autodesk products will be exclusively designated as “Autodesk Official Training Guides.” Five of these titles are from Sybex’s Mastering series and have been enhanced to cover the learning objectives for Autodesk’s certification exams.
The Autodesk Official Training Guides and their availability dates are:
- Introducing Autodesk Maya 2011 (Available)
- Mastering AutoCAD and AutoCAD 2011* (May 2010)
- AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD 2011: No Experience Required (June 2010)
- Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011: No Experience Required (July 2010)
- Mastering Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011* (July 2010)
- Mastering 3ds Max Design 2011* (August 2010)
- Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011* (August 2010)
- Mastering Autodesk Inventor 2011* (August 2010)
- Mastering Autodesk Maya 2011 (August 2010)
- Mastering Autodesk Revit MEP 2011 (August 2010)
http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/PressRelease/pressReleaseId-74537.html
For more up to date info check out The Mastering Revit Architecture Teams Facebook page and Arc Tech blog.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mastering-Revit/102115093165238
Autodesk Labs got its start with Shaan Hurley. Shaan was working on our Beta program back then and wished he could involve users earlier. We love our beta programs. We manage them on http://beta.autodesk.com Participants sign up, test the software, and provide feedback under a Non-Disclosure Agreement. Though from the customer perspective this is early in the release process, it’s actually closer to the end of the process in software development terms. So although beta testers may have great ideas like “Why don’t you redo this whole thing this way?”, there really isn’t time to start over from scratch. The primary emphasis of many beta programs is to learn if the software works or not. Our QA teams have already put the release through its paces, but there’s no substitute for having customers try it with their own data to ensure that something is ready to ship.
Autodesk Labs was born to involve the customer earlier in the process – where there is actually enough time to act on a suggestion like “Why don’t you redo this whole thing this way?” We are careful to call what we put on Labs “technology previews” instead of alphas or betas, because we want to ensure that there are no misconceptions about something becoming a product or making it into an existing product. We make technology previews available on Labs so people can help shape their future. Some die a quick death. For example, users were not so happy with our attempt at visual search where users could locate parts by drawing crude shapes. Others take a while to perfect but go on to greatness. Autodesk Inventor LT was on Labs for 2 years before becoming a product. Autodesk Impression was one of the first technologies to graduate from Labs. It is now a feature of AutoCAD.
As an organization within Autodesk, we have 2 roles.
1. Our Labs team looks at industry trends and creates prototypes that attempt to turn the possible into the practical. Way back before the iPhone, we instrumented a copy of Autodesk Design Review to run on our Perceptive Pixel Multi-touch Wall. We learned a great deal about the gestures that would be appropriate for working with CAD data without a mouse or keyboard. Even further back than that, we created Project Freewheel to see if it were really possible to view 3D (not 2D, 2D was easy) CAD data on the web using just a browser. We learned a great deal about high-end graphics cards that were not common in cloud computing servers like those from Amazon EC2.
2. Our second role is to be a service organization to the rest of Autodesk. We get technologies from various departments and help make them available via the Autodesk Labs site. Most of the items you find on Labs came from somewhere else within the company. The Labs team has worked on Project Freewheel, Project Draw, Project Showroom, ShareNow, and Project Twitch, but everything else is from another part of the company. We are happy to play this role as we encourage other parts of the company to develop their technologies by involving the customer early in the process. We also help with the mechanics of it by creating web pages, email aliases, discussion forums, etc. We also use social media (e.g. blogs, Facebook, Twitter) to get the word out. We produce monthly reports, that I loving call TPS reports in reference to Office Space, that summarize feedback and include site visitor and download statistics.
Thanks Scott for being our guest blogger today and for all of the great work that Autodesk Labs puts out.
Autodesk Labs got its start with Shaan Hurley. Shaan was working on our Beta program back then and wished he could involve users earlier. We love our beta programs. We manage them on http://beta.autodesk.com Participants sign up, test the software, and provide feedback under a Non-Disclosure Agreement. Though from the customer perspective this is early in the release process, it’s actually closer to the end of the process in software development terms. So although beta testers may have great ideas like “Why don’t you redo this whole thing this way?”, there really isn’t time to start over from scratch. The primary emphasis of many beta programs is to learn if the software works or not. Our QA teams have already put the release through its paces, but there’s no substitute for having customers try it with their own data to ensure that something is ready to ship.
Autodesk Labs was born to involve the customer earlier in the process – where there is actually enough time to act on a suggestion like “Why don’t you redo this whole thing this way?” We are careful to call what we put on Labs “technology previews” instead of alphas or betas, because we want to ensure that there are no misconceptions about something becoming a product or making it into an existing product. We make technology previews available on Labs so people can help shape their future. Some die a quick death. For example, users were not so happy with our attempt at visual search where users could locate parts by drawing crude shapes. Others take a while to perfect but go on to greatness. Autodesk Inventor LT was on Labs for 2 years before becoming a product. Autodesk Impression was one of the first technologies to graduate from Labs. It is now a feature of AutoCAD.
As an organization within Autodesk, we have 2 roles.
1. Our Labs team looks at industry trends and creates prototypes that attempt to turn the possible into the practical. Way back before the iPhone, we instrumented a copy of Autodesk Design Review to run on our Perceptive Pixel Multi-touch Wall. We learned a great deal about the gestures that would be appropriate for working with CAD data without a mouse or keyboard. Even further back than that, we created Project Freewheel to see if it were really possible to view 3D (not 2D, 2D was easy) CAD data on the web using just a browser. We learned a great deal about high-end graphics cards that were not common in cloud computing servers like those from Amazon EC2.
2. Our second role is to be a service organization to the rest of Autodesk. We get technologies from various departments and help make them available via the Autodesk Labs site. Most of the items you find on Labs came from somewhere else within the company. The Labs team has worked on Project Freewheel, Project Draw, Project Showroom, ShareNow, and Project Twitch, but everything else is from another part of the company. We are happy to play this role as we encourage other parts of the company to develop their technologies by involving the customer early in the process. We also help with the mechanics of it by creating web pages, email aliases, discussion forums, etc. We also use social media (e.g. blogs, Facebook, Twitter) to get the word out. We produce monthly reports, that I loving call TPS reports in reference to Office Space, that summarize feedback and include site visitor and download statistics.
Thanks Scott for being our guest blogger today and for all of the great work that Autodesk Labs puts out.
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 6 edition (July 15, 2002) | ISBN-10: 0130351199 | PDF | 76 Mb | 750 pages
This book provides a clear, comprehensive presentation of the la developments in the organization and architecture of modern-day computers, emphasizing both fundamental principles and the critical role of performance in driving computer design. A basic reference and companion for self-study, it conveys concepts through a wealth of concrete examples highlighting modern CISC and RISC systems. A five-part organization covers: an overview, the computer system, the central processing unit, the control unit, and parallel organization. For computer engineers and architects, product marketing personnel in computer or communications companies, and for information systems and computer systems personnel.
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Differential Equations With Boundary-Value Problems Fourth Eddition By Dennis G. Zill, Michael R. Cullen
- Publisher: Thomson Brooks/Cole
- Number Of Pages: 768
- Publication Date: 1996-06-30
- ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0534955800
- ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780534955809
Among the boundary-value related topics covered in this expanded text are: plane autonomous systems and stability; orthogonal functions; Fourier series; the Laplace transform; and elliptic, parabolic, and hyperparabolic partial differential equations, and their applications.
Summary: Not a bad book Rating: 4 I bought the book for my differential equations class. It seems that I bought an earlier edition since one of the chapters is missing. That's my fault not the seller's though.
Summary: Good instruction on differential equations Rating: 5 I used this book for an "online course" where we never met the instructor. Fortunately the book makes it easy to learn the material without having an expert by your side to guide you.
Summary: If you absolutely must have this book Rating: 2 This text is unnecessarily difficult to follow. There are paperbacks which have far better explanations, footnotes, and lay better groundwork. One such is Morris Tenenbaum and Harry Pollard's Ordinary Differential Equations (which incidentally costs $25 brand new, not $180.) But I'll bet your teacher wanted you to suffer as much as he/she did, and so in selecting a text, it was important that it be written by misanthropes. Do not bother getting the solutions manual from your bookstore. It omits all the problems you'll have trouble with. Get a supplementary text, one that really demonstrates the problems and their solutions. Tenenbaum's is the best I've found, and there is also "DE for Dummies" by IDG, which is a quick-and-dirty for methods that your teacher doesn't want to spend much time on.
Summary: Very disappointing. Rating: 2 Zill and Cullen's book is disappointing for quite a few reasons: First, the book is written in such a way as to include too little details on a large number of topics. The book contains 15 chapters. The last 5 deal with partial differential equations, and are more than likely not covered in most classes in which this book is intended to be used for. These chapters aren't even covered in elite ODE classes (such as the one offered at MIT). However, these 5 chapters do not contain enough information on partial differential equations that this book can be used for a separate class on PDEs. Therefore, the last 5 chapters just add to the cost of an already expensive book... (Its retail price is 11 times the retail price of Dover's classic ODE book!) The aspect of this book which angers me the most is as follows: the "proofs" are, for the most part, plug-and-chug! The authors sometimes assume that a complicated formula for solving differential equations works, and then "prove" it by plugging it into the differential equation. Although this is a legitimate way to prove a formula, there are two things wrong with it: First, there are more intelligible ways to prove a certain formula than to calculate third derivatives, collect terms, use trigonometric identities, and show that the resulting equation is an identity. Second, the reader has NO idea where the formula came from! All the reader is left with is the knowledge that the formula works. However, without the knowledge of a formula's origin, it is very easily forgettable! A classic example of this is in chapter 5.1, where the authors claim that the equation: y = Acos(wt) + Bsin(wt) can be written as Ccos(wt + D). To "prove" this, the authors start with the equation that is trying to be proved (the right hand side), and use trigonometric identities to show that it equals the left hand side... In my opinion, this makes no sense at all... When solving differential equations, all methods will yield the left hand side of that equation. Although the authors have shown that the formula works, it still requires that the reader memorize 3 formulas which are still of some mystical origin! I'm aware of two very natural methods which will convert the left hand side into the right hand side. This book contains neither of them. In addition, the authors (for some reason) shy away from the use of complex numbers. Instead of showing, in an organized fashion, that complex numbers dramatically aid solving differential equations, they mention Euler's formula a few times, and create "cases" for the reader to memorize in case he/she ever runs into a complex number... Differential equations is not an introductory course in mathematics, and readers of this book are assumed to be able to think mathematically. A one-dimensional memorization approach of differential equations is pretty useless... If possible, stay away.
Summary: diffcult text for the DE student Rating: 2
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They are asking for us to take about 30 minutes to fill out an online survey at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AutoCAD_Internet
The want to gain the most complete understanding about AD-related internet usage when making design decisions. I plan on taking the survey and you should too. After you do, come back here and comment on it. What did you think? Do you feel the information will help the next release? How was the topic? Important? or not? Let me know.
They are asking for us to take about 30 minutes to fill out an online survey at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AutoCAD_Internet
The want to gain the most complete understanding about AD-related internet usage when making design decisions. I plan on taking the survey and you should too. After you do, come back here and comment on it. What did you think? Do you feel the information will help the next release? How was the topic? Important? or not? Let me know.

AutoCAD Freestyle is a very simple, no training needed, drafting tool. It is available for purchase from Autodesk’s website for a suggested retail price of $149. If you need a low cost drafting tool for quick and simple drawings, Freestyle is the program for you. If you want to test it out before you buy it, go ahead. AutoCAD Freestyle has a 30 day trial period, typical of most Autodesk products.
AutoCAD Freestyle is a simple design tool that is easy to use, low-cost, and straight forward. I wrote an article about Project Cooper for AUGI World Magazine January/February 2010 issue reviewing what it can and can’t do. It is ideal for contractors, home re-modelers, designers, or anyone that needs a very simple 2D drafting tool. It is by no means as powerful as AutoCAD/AutoCAD LT or even AutoSketch. It won’t replace any of them, but if you only need simple 2D tools, then Freestyle is the one for you.
AutoCAD Freestyle allows users to draw in standard Metric or Imperial units. It has paper sizes that run the gambit of typically drafting needs. Pick the paper size you need when you get started. If you’ve ever used AutoCAD or any other design software, the interface will be familiar. If you’ve never used a design or drafting program before, don’t worry, the interface is simple and the help window takes you on a tour to teach you the ropes.
You won’t need any training to use it, that’s the best art of it. Just go through the introduction and you will learn all you need to start drawing. So what can it do? If it’s really that simple can it make accurate drawings? Yes it can. As you draw, the length of your lines and arcs are given. Once your object is the size you want, stop drawing. If you made a mistake, select the object and edit it by clicking and dragging the ends of the object. You can rotate, copy and erase. Draw more lines, arcs, and blocks. There is a decent sized block library that allows you to draw predefined objects with a few clicks of the mouse. There are also hatch patterns too.
One of the key features in Freestyle is that it uses DWG formatted files. That means once you create your drawing you can share it with a contractor, engineer, architect or any designer that is using AutoCAD or one of its verticals. Freestyle can’t open advanced DWG files, but I did get it to open some DWG files with some basic line objects in it. Freestyle will also export to JPG, PDF, PNG, BMP, or DWFx files. That really means that you can do a lot with Freestyle.
Since Freestyle is simple, there is a lot that it can’t do. You won’t be able to create fully detailed machined parts, but you can create a drawing depicting the general idea of your machine. You can’t create a land survey drawing ready to be stamped by a licensed surveyor, but you can make a lot layout showing where your new fence, deck, and storage shed are going to be placed. I can’t design a bridge with it, but I can sketch up a general design profile, or concept drawing of my general idea for it.
The interface of Freestyle makes it very easy to use. The information you need while you are drawing is right there. Distances and angles are shown as you draw. You can snap to grid points and make changes on the fly.
If you need a simple, low cost, low learning curve drafting product, check out AutoCAD Freestyle. It might be what you need.

AutoCAD Freestyle is a very simple, no training needed, drafting tool. It is available for purchase from Autodesk’s website for a suggested retail price of $149. If you need a low cost drafting tool for quick and simple drawings, Freestyle is the program for you. If you want to test it out before you buy it, go ahead. AutoCAD Freestyle has a 30 day trial period, typical of most Autodesk products.
AutoCAD Freestyle is a simple design tool that is easy to use, low-cost, and straight forward. I wrote an article about Project Cooper for AUGI World Magazine January/February 2010 issue reviewing what it can and can’t do. It is ideal for contractors, home re-modelers, designers, or anyone that needs a very simple 2D drafting tool. It is by no means as powerful as AutoCAD/AutoCAD LT or even AutoSketch. It won’t replace any of them, but if you only need simple 2D tools, then Freestyle is the one for you.
AutoCAD Freestyle allows users to draw in standard Metric or Imperial units. It has paper sizes that run the gambit of typically drafting needs. Pick the paper size you need when you get started. If you’ve ever used AutoCAD or any other design software, the interface will be familiar. If you’ve never used a design or drafting program before, don’t worry, the interface is simple and the help window takes you on a tour to teach you the ropes.
You won’t need any training to use it, that’s the best art of it. Just go through the introduction and you will learn all you need to start drawing. So what can it do? If it’s really that simple can it make accurate drawings? Yes it can. As you draw, the length of your lines and arcs are given. Once your object is the size you want, stop drawing. If you made a mistake, select the object and edit it by clicking and dragging the ends of the object. You can rotate, copy and erase. Draw more lines, arcs, and blocks. There is a decent sized block library that allows you to draw predefined objects with a few clicks of the mouse. There are also hatch patterns too.
One of the key features in Freestyle is that it uses DWG formatted files. That means once you create your drawing you can share it with a contractor, engineer, architect or any designer that is using AutoCAD or one of its verticals. Freestyle can’t open advanced DWG files, but I did get it to open some DWG files with some basic line objects in it. Freestyle will also export to JPG, PDF, PNG, BMP, or DWFx files. That really means that you can do a lot with Freestyle.
Since Freestyle is simple, there is a lot that it can’t do. You won’t be able to create fully detailed machined parts, but you can create a drawing depicting the general idea of your machine. You can’t create a land survey drawing ready to be stamped by a licensed surveyor, but you can make a lot layout showing where your new fence, deck, and storage shed are going to be placed. I can’t design a bridge with it, but I can sketch up a general design profile, or concept drawing of my general idea for it.
The interface of Freestyle makes it very easy to use. The information you need while you are drawing is right there. Distances and angles are shown as you draw. You can snap to grid points and make changes on the fly.
If you need a simple, low cost, low learning curve drafting product, check out AutoCAD Freestyle. It might be what you need.
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• First Law: An object at rest tends to stay at rest, or if it is in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by a sum of physical forces.
• Second Law: A body will accelerate with acceleration proportional to the force and inversely proportional to the mass.
• Third Law: Every action has a reaction equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.
These are true in more than mechanics and physics applications. They are true for life. If we tend to do less and less, we will eventually tend to do nothing. If we do more and more, we will tend to do even more.
The problem with doing more and more, is that eventually we run out of energy, and time. If you aren’t moving, you have stopped moving right? And I have said many times, that the quickest way to get things done is to have less to do. We all have a breaking point, a limit, a place where our cups are full and runneth over. The trick, is to find your place in life where you are constantly using up what is in your cup, but at the same rate, pouring what you need, back into it. A state of equilibrium. To add another indium, What goes in, comes out.
So, what do you want to get out of your endeavors? What ever it is, that’s what you should be putting into your life. If you want more money, then you must put more time and effort into earning it. If you want a better relationship with your spouse, put more time and resources into your spouse. The same goes with your children. I believe that we were sold a bill of goods years ago when we were told that Quality Time was most important between parents and children. I agree that the time we spend should be of high quality, but I also believe we need to spend a large quantity of time with them as well. That’s not always possible, I understand, believe me I understand the time problem we all have, but the more time your children spend with you, the less time they are spending getting into trouble. Even better, the more time they are with you, they are learning. If they are with somebody else, then you stop teaching them, those people or influences in their lives are the ones teaching your child about adulthood.
I’m way off topic here today, but read the tag (it says Off Topic.) Time is our most valuable resource. It’s the one resource that we are equally blessed. We all have right now. Nobody is guaranteed tomorrow, or the next day. We are guaranteed right now. What are your plans for right now? Your CAD life is no different. What are your plans for your CAD life? Are you satisfied with your skills and knowledge of the CAD field? If so, then I hope you have saved enough for the future because CAD will always be in a state of change. Every release of software will provide new things. I don’t care if it’s better or not than its predecessor, it’s going to be different. It is up to us to learn what is new.
You will be left behind, regardless if you like the software or not. Others in your field will be using it and you won’t be working at all. Change happens. Embrace it or get out of the way.
• First Law: An object at rest tends to stay at rest, or if it is in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by a sum of physical forces.
• Second Law: A body will accelerate with acceleration proportional to the force and inversely proportional to the mass.
• Third Law: Every action has a reaction equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.
These are true in more than mechanics and physics applications. They are true for life. If we tend to do less and less, we will eventually tend to do nothing. If we do more and more, we will tend to do even more.
The problem with doing more and more, is that eventually we run out of energy, and time. If you aren’t moving, you have stopped moving right? And I have said many times, that the quickest way to get things done is to have less to do. We all have a breaking point, a limit, a place where our cups are full and runneth over. The trick, is to find your place in life where you are constantly using up what is in your cup, but at the same rate, pouring what you need, back into it. A state of equilibrium. To add another indium, What goes in, comes out.
So, what do you want to get out of your endeavors? What ever it is, that’s what you should be putting into your life. If you want more money, then you must put more time and effort into earning it. If you want a better relationship with your spouse, put more time and resources into your spouse. The same goes with your children. I believe that we were sold a bill of goods years ago when we were told that Quality Time was most important between parents and children. I agree that the time we spend should be of high quality, but I also believe we need to spend a large quantity of time with them as well. That’s not always possible, I understand, believe me I understand the time problem we all have, but the more time your children spend with you, the less time they are spending getting into trouble. Even better, the more time they are with you, they are learning. If they are with somebody else, then you stop teaching them, those people or influences in their lives are the ones teaching your child about adulthood.
I’m way off topic here today, but read the tag (it says Off Topic.) Time is our most valuable resource. It’s the one resource that we are equally blessed. We all have right now. Nobody is guaranteed tomorrow, or the next day. We are guaranteed right now. What are your plans for right now? Your CAD life is no different. What are your plans for your CAD life? Are you satisfied with your skills and knowledge of the CAD field? If so, then I hope you have saved enough for the future because CAD will always be in a state of change. Every release of software will provide new things. I don’t care if it’s better or not than its predecessor, it’s going to be different. It is up to us to learn what is new.
You will be left behind, regardless if you like the software or not. Others in your field will be using it and you won’t be working at all. Change happens. Embrace it or get out of the way.