Weekend Rant from an admitted AutoCAD Fanboy

I'm not sure what the point is of this post.  The title sort of sums it up.  These thoughts came to mind so I wrote them down.

A common misconception is that AutoCAD from Autodesk is the world’s leading 2D design software.  I’m not saying it’s not, because it is.  AutoCAD is the world standard CAD program for 2D design.  The misconception is that it doesn’t do 3D.  But in fact, it does 3D quite well.  True, in the past, AutoCAD’s 3D abilities are lacking when compared to design programs that specialized in 3D design.  Well of course it did.  AutoCAD was meant from the beginning to be a 2D drafting tool.  But now it is a full 3D design tool.  Not only is it a design tool, but it has features that automate your work.  I could go on and on about why AutoCAD is great, but I won’t.  Maybe that’s a series of posts for later.  But suffice it to say that the tools in AutoCAD allow you to design in 3D and to automate your drawings.  Make a change to your model and your drawing sheets are updated.  Yes it does that!  No AutoCAD is not BIM, or CIM, or IM, but it is and can be a part of those processes.  Programs like Revit are not BIM.  BIM is not a program or software package.  It is a process of modeling information in an automated process.  Revit can and should be a large part of that process for architects, structural engineers, facilities managers and contractors.  But Revit is not BIM.  Revit can do things that AutoCAD can’t, obviously, but AutoCAD can do many more things that Revit can’t.  Revit is “type cast” into specific roles.  It is a specialist program.  That is why it is far superior as a building design tool when compared to, well, anything really.  But can it create machined parts?  No.  Can it create textile designs? No.  AutoCAD can.  AutoCAD’s strength lies in its diversity.  Revit’s strength lies in it purposefulness. 

Weekend Rant from an admitted AutoCAD Fanboy

I'm not sure what the point is of this post.  The title sort of sums it up.  These thoughts came to mind so I wrote them down.

A common misconception is that AutoCAD from Autodesk is the world’s leading 2D design software.  I’m not saying it’s not, because it is.  AutoCAD is the world standard CAD program for 2D design.  The misconception is that it doesn’t do 3D.  But in fact, it does 3D quite well.  True, in the past, AutoCAD’s 3D abilities are lacking when compared to design programs that specialized in 3D design.  Well of course it did.  AutoCAD was meant from the beginning to be a 2D drafting tool.  But now it is a full 3D design tool.  Not only is it a design tool, but it has features that automate your work.  I could go on and on about why AutoCAD is great, but I won’t.  Maybe that’s a series of posts for later.  But suffice it to say that the tools in AutoCAD allow you to design in 3D and to automate your drawings.  Make a change to your model and your drawing sheets are updated.  Yes it does that!  No AutoCAD is not BIM, or CIM, or IM, but it is and can be a part of those processes.  Programs like Revit are not BIM.  BIM is not a program or software package.  It is a process of modeling information in an automated process.  Revit can and should be a large part of that process for architects, structural engineers, facilities managers and contractors.  But Revit is not BIM.  Revit can do things that AutoCAD can’t, obviously, but AutoCAD can do many more things that Revit can’t.  Revit is “type cast” into specific roles.  It is a specialist program.  That is why it is far superior as a building design tool when compared to, well, anything really.  But can it create machined parts?  No.  Can it create textile designs? No.  AutoCAD can.  AutoCAD’s strength lies in its diversity.  Revit’s strength lies in it purposefulness. 

Highways: The Location, Design, Construction and Maintenance of Road Pavements By Colm O'Flaherty

Highways: The Location, Design, Construction and Maintenance of Road Pavements By Colm O'Flaherty




  • Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
  • Number Of Pages: 256
  • Publication Date: 2002-01-15
  • ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750650907
  • ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750650908
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'Highways' is a comprehensive textbook on all aspects of road engineering. This new edition, written by a team of acknowledged experts in the field, teams up with 'Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering' to become a worthy successor to O'Flaherty's classic 'Highway Engineering' set. This fourth edition covers road location and plans, roadwork materials, surface and subsurface moisture control, pavement design and construction, thickness design of bituminous and concrete pavements and road maintenance and rehabilitation. The ******* has been expanded and thoroughly updated to take into account new developments in the subject, making it essential reading for students of civil engineering.

comprehensive coverage including less well-covered subjects such as maintenance
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Urban Public Transport Today By Dr Barr Simpson

Urban Public Transport Today
By Dr Barr Simpson





  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Number Of Pages: 222
  • Publication Date: 1993-12-22
  • ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0419187804
  • ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780419187806
  • Binding: Paperback
Product Description:
This book is about how local public transport can be made a less unacceptable alternative to the private car than it is now. It is intended for officials, politicians and others interested in the land use/local transport conundrum.

It is also valuable to town planners, those working for passenger transport authorities and anyone concerned with policy making and project appraisal for local public transport
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Airports As Multimodal Interchange Nodes (Ecmt Round Table) By Ecmt

Airports As Multimodal Interchange Nodes (Ecmt Round Table)
By Ecmt




  • Publisher: OECD
  • Number Of Pages: 176
  • Publication Date: 2005-02-28
  • ISBN-10 / ASIN: 9282103390
  • ISBN-13 / EAN: 9789282103395
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Slides for Lectures :Structural Analysis

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New Hospital Buildings in Germany: General Hospitals And Health Centres

New Hospital Buildings in Germany: General Hospitals And Health Centres

Christoph Schirmer, Philipp Meuser New Hospital Buildings in Germany: General Hospitals And Health Centres)

Page One Publishing Private | 2007 | ISBN: 9812454934 | 304 pages | PDF | 79,7 MB


Hospital Architecture: General Hospitals and Health Centers is an extensive and detailed collection of architecture in the many facets of contemporary health care provision. Tapping on the experience of experts in their fields, this volume presents about fifty general hospitals and health centers, and features perceptive commentary on basic subjects in hospital architecture including examination,
treatment, nursing, and care. Illustrated with a wealth of photographs and floor plans, this reference is designed to facilitate easy comparison of the buildings in terms of size and function, including examination, treatment, care, administration, social services, research and education, and operational and technical facilities
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101 Things I Learned in Architecture School

101 Things I Learned in Architecture School

 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School By Matthew Frederick

Publisher: MIT Press 2007 | 128 Pages | ISBN: 0262062666 | PDF | 31 MB

This book presents concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation, from the basics of "How to Draw a Line" to the complexities of color theory.This is a book that students of architecture will want to keep in the studio and in their backpacks. It is also a book they may want to keep out of view of their professors, for it expresses in clear and simple language things that tend to be murky and abstruse in the classroom. These 101 concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation - from the basics of "How to Draw a Line" to the complexities of color theory - provide a much-needed primer in architectural literacy, making concrete what too often is left nebulous or open-ended in the architecture curriculum. Each lesson utilizes a two-page format, with a brief explanation and an illustration that can range from diagrammatic to whimsical.The lesson on "How to Draw a Line" is illustrated by examples of good and bad lines; a lesson on the dangers of awkward floor level changes shows the television actor Dick Van Dyke in the midst of a pratfall; a discussion of the proportional differences between traditional and modern buildings features a drawing of a building split neatly in half between the two. Written by an architect and instructor who remembers well the fog of his own student days, "101 Things I Learned in Architecture School" provides valuable guideposts for navigating the design studio and other classes in the architecture curriculum. Architecture graduates - from young designers to experienced practitioners - will turn to the book as well, for inspiration and a guide back to basics when solving a complex design problem.  

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Extension of Prado’s Museum

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The Jewish Synagogue in Munich

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Kalmar Museum of Art

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Casa Futura - San Diego, USA - Un Progetto Sostenible

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Nuovostudio - Due Ville Urbane E Una Galleria D’arte In Emilia Romagna

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Bocconi University

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The Church of the Good Shepherd

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Tomar Environmental Monitoring and Interpretation Offices (EMIO)

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Zollverein School

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Morphosis. Sede della Banca Hypo-Alpe-Adria

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Style at Home - 08/2010


Style at Home - August 2010

STYLE AT HOME brings an exciting and stylish voice to the world of home decorating. It's the primary choice for Canadians who are interested in living in style.

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Modulo - 06/2010


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Modulo - Mensile di riferimento per il progettista architettonico. Tendenze, innovazioni, prodotti e sistemi interpretati in chiave tecnologica.
(Module - Provides reference for the architectural designer. Trends, innovations, products and systems interpreted in technology.)

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3Dconnexion announces 3D mouse support for five new medical applications

3Dconnexion today announced 3D mouse support for five new medical applications, extending 3D mouse support to critical medical technologies.  With this new support, medical professionals will be able to enhance lives and also gain a range of design benefits.  The applications include:

·         OsiriX Imaging Software
·         Cyfex AG Secret Ear Designer®
·         3Shape’s Hearing Instrument System, Dental System™ and Ortho System

More details along with the full announcement follow – however, please contact me if you have any questions or if you’d like to speak with a 3Dconnexion representative.  I will also keep you posted regarding testimonials in these new application that would make for an interesting case study. 

3Dconnexion announces 3D mouse support for five new medical applications

3Dconnexion today announced 3D mouse support for five new medical applications, extending 3D mouse support to critical medical technologies.  With this new support, medical professionals will be able to enhance lives and also gain a range of design benefits.  The applications include:

·         OsiriX Imaging Software
·         Cyfex AG Secret Ear Designer®
·         3Shape’s Hearing Instrument System, Dental System™ and Ortho System

More details along with the full announcement follow – however, please contact me if you have any questions or if you’d like to speak with a 3Dconnexion representative.  I will also keep you posted regarding testimonials in these new application that would make for an interesting case study. 

Transport Planning (Transport Development and Sustainability) By David Banister

Transport Planning - Transport Development and Sustainability  By David Banister


Transport Planning (Transport Development and Sustainability)


By David Banister



Publisher: Routledge

Number Of Pages: 320

Publication Date: 2002-06-28

ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415261716

ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415261715

Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:

Completely revised and restructured, the new edition of Transport Planning describes the evolution of transport policies and planning, linking the past with the contemporay and future debates.

A Retrospective Analysis describes the recent past and how the current situation in research and practice on transport planning has developed, including a new chapter on events since 1997, with the difficulties of finding the means to introduce the social market.
The second part of the book begins with a Comparative Analysis of experience in three European countries (Germany, France and the Netherlands) and the United States. It covers both transport planning and evaluation, where different approaches have been developed in response to national policy issues and the different cultural and analytical traditions. The final part is a Prospective Analysis of the key issues facing transport planners in the twenty-first century.
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Highway Engineering By Martin Rogers

Highway Engineering By Martin Rogers

Highway Engineering


By Martin Rogers



Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Number Of Pages: 296

Publication Date: 2003-06-20

ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0632059931

ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780632059935

Binding: Paperback

Product Description:

Rogers: Highway Engineering

This book provides an introduction to highway engineering for students on degree and diploma courses in civil engineering. It moves in a logical sequence from the planning and economic justification for a highway, through the geometric design and traffic analysis of highway links and intersections, to the design and maintenance of both flexible and rigid pavements.



Existing texts have tended to concentrate purely on highway planning and analysis, or on pavement design and maintenance aspects of highway engineering. As a result, the standard has tended to be too advanced for students studying the subject for the first time. This textbook covers the basic ground in both areas. It features worked examples and case studies as an aid to understanding individual topics and aims to provide the student with a solid, practically based foundation for the topic of highway engineering, thus providing a gateway to the more advanced and specialised texts

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The Handbook of Highway Engineering by T.F Fwa

The Handbook of Highway Engineering by T.F Fwa
Publisher: CRC


Number Of Pages: 888

Publication Date: 2005-09-28

Sales Rank: 294747

ISBN / ASIN: 0849319862



Beginning with financing, access management, environmental impacts, road safety, and noise, this book explores the expanded responsibilities of the modern highway engineer as well as the increasing trend toward privatization of project development and financing.
The next section considers technical issues in highway and pavement engineering, including materials, new mechanistic-empirical design approaches, new closed-form solutions for backcalculation, and deflection and stress computation in multi-slab systems. Rounding out the discussion, the final section examines construction, management, performance evaluation including nondestructive testing, and a chapter devoted to highway asset management
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Bridge Engineering: Construction and Maintenance (Principles and Applications in Engineering)

Bridge Engineering: Construction and Maintenance (Principles and Applications in Engineering)

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Publisher: CRC

Number Of Pages: 256

Publication Date: 2003-02-27


ISBN / ASIN: 0849316847

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Bridge Engineering: Seismic Design (Principles and Applications in Engineering) by Wai-Fah Ghen Lian Duan

Bridge Engineering: Seismic Design (Principles and Applications in Engineering) by Wai-Fah Ghen Lian Duan


Bridge Engineering: Seismic Design
(Principles and Applications in Engineering)


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Publisher: CRC

Number Of Pages: 480

Publication Date: 2003-02-27

ISBN / ASIN: 0849316839



Mitigating the effects of earthquakes is crucial to bridge design. Comprising chapters culled from the acclaimed Bridge Engineering Handbook, this volume sets forth the principles and applications of seismic design, from the necessary geotechnical and dynamic analysis background to seismic isolation and energy dissipation, active control, and retrofit technology.
In-depth discussions contributed by bridge and earthquake engineers from around the world cover the types and effects of earthquake damage, as well as structural performance criteria. The book also includes an overview of seismic design practices in Japan, including a study of the damage to highway bridges caused by the Hyogo-ken Nanbu earthquake
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Bridge Engineering by Demetrios E. Tonias Jim J. Zhao

Bridge Engineering by Demetrios E. Tonias Jim J. Zhao

ISBN: 0071459030

Title: Bridge Engineering

Author: Demetrios E. Tonias Jim J. Zhao

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional

Publication Date: 2006-09-28

Number Of Pages: 488



The very latest coverage of the enitre bridge engineering process Written for new and experienced highway engineers, this master resource offers the most complete and practical treatment available for every aspect of highway bridge design, rehabilitation, and maintenance.
From initial concept all the way to final contract documentation preparation, Bridge Engineering presents a clear and detailed road map to the entire bridge engineering process


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Landscape Architecture - 07/ 2010

Landscape Architecture - the magazine of the American Society of Landscape Architects provides timely information on built landscapes and new techniques for ecologically sensitive planning and design.

Landscape Architecture - July 2010

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