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I have some business meetings in a few locations and instead of playing the fun airline game I decided to drive so that I can also take some photos along the way and also not lose my luggage. As a bonus I get to take time between Las Vegas and Phoenix and take the scenic small road route and hopefully some great photos and stories. The complete trek is 1652 miles. If you are in or near one of my... Read more →
The Pumpkinizer from a Photo at GlassGiant.com Here is my face pumpkin'ized. Read more →
I am far from knowing everything especially in design and Autodesk software or CAD Management. While I may know enough to be dangerous and have several years of experience, I am also intelligent enough to know that books, references, and knowing your resources are the true golden part of your knowledge. Read more →
The Utah Department of Transportation "UDOT" did something this rarely seen this weekend that had people cheering and smiling, was on-time, made sense, and on budget. They worked with some contractors Ralph L. Wadsworth "WADSCO" and Michael Baker Corp. to replace a major freeway overpass bridge in a weekend instead of shutting the freeway down for many months like what is typically done. Read more →
AutoCAD 2008 Certification is launching and the preparation guide should be available from the Autodesk eStore by the end of the week. I would recommend the 592 page preparation guide to brush up on best practices and new features and being prepared for the certification exam. The User test certification for AutoCAD 2008 is available now with the Expert certification being made available in December. You can take the examination at any Autodesk Authorized Certification Center participating in the academic... Read more →
I have been working with a customer that has AutoCAD 2007 crashing and I wanted to share the solution as it could be common. It is related to another product installing a bad version MFC80U.DLL to their machine. Some applications are incorrectly installing debug versions of this MFC80U.DLL in error causing problems for other applications including AutoCAD. We have published a knowledge base solution to this issue. Program crashes when the File menu is accessed Published date: 2007-04-04 ID: TS1069915... Read more →
SaaS stands for Software as a Service or perhaps you have heard the term Web 2.0. This is basically an application that needs no installation and runs on the web through your browser. Give this early preview example a run through of what can be done through your browser thus bypassing limitations of what operating system you are using. You can draw shapes ala basic Actrix or Visio with grips and snaps. http://labs.autodesk.com/technologies/draw/ URL: http://draw.labs.autodesk.com Feedback Email: [email protected] Supported Browsers... Read more →
Our hearts and offers of help goes out to those affected by the wildfires of Southern California. If there is anything I can do, please do not hesitate to ask. Sincerely, Shaan Hurley Autodesk, Inc. Read more →
Revit MEP Product Manager Kyle Bernhardt has now launched a Revit MEP blog. Congratulations Kyle, welcome to the CADBlogging world. http://inside-the-system.typepad.com/ RSS 2.0 Feed Cheers, Shaan Technorati Tags: Revit, Revit MEP, Autodesk, Blog Read more →
The change in AutoCAD 2008 to the way layer states restore in model space and paper space. Read more →
The text based Content Search Alpha and geometry searching Autodesk Visual Search are two technologies in the Autodesk Labs now available to use and get customer feedback to help shape their directions. Autodesk Visual Search allows you to simply sketch and search based on the sketch geometry, 2D or 3D drawing or even based on a raster image for some pre-indexed content results that are the closest geometry match. This is a pretty interesting web based app. Content Search is... Read more →
On Saturday I had a newly scheduled exercise class starting at my gym titled "Body Combat". Body Combat sounded like a cool and manly type of exercise class to me, as a guy. When I arrived for class, I was one of four guys in a class of about 50 ladies. I said to myself what the heck and proceeded to try and follow along with all the mixed martial arts, boxing, and fast moves in an advanced aerobics type... Read more →
Now the answer to who was the mystery person in the photo with me in my post on 10/13/07 "Who is the masked person with me?". Jimmy Bergmark in the comments wins as it was indeed the legendary Mr. John Walker the founder of Autodesk and now the owner of popular website http://www.fourmilab.ch/. Read more →
We have updated the Autodesk Labs hosted tool "Google Earth Extension for AutoCAD" which included fixes for reported issues and support of other products like AutoCAD Map. The credit and kudos goes to the developer Thomas Inzinga. With this updated tool you can import images or a mesh from Google Earth, assign time span, and also publish your models to Google Earth. http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/google_earth_extension_beta/ (not really a beta but a Autodesk Labs Technology Preview) Changes: Added support for AutoCAD® Map 3D... Read more →
I got a kick out of the top ten pet costume photos on this blog posting. LINK Read more →
The AutoCAD Mechanical Team is looking for users of AutoCAD Mechanical that would be interested in potential future releases. Read more →
Any guesses who this person might be? Post a comment to this post. Next week I will reveal who I got to meet not too long ago. Read more →
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Read more →
When shooting digital photos, please save your RAW versions of your favorite photos if possible otherwise you may regret not doing so in the future. Read more →
We just posted a new preview of a utility named the Drawing Cleanup Utility "DCU" to the Autodesk Labs. This Drawing Cleanup Utility will assist you in cleaning up a drawing to meet your specification or standards by organizing, re-mapping, or manipulate entities to a target standard. You can move layers, blocks, geometry, linetypes, color, explode blocks and attributes all while selecting in a visual selection method. It can also record and play macros to automate tasks. It is for... Read more →
Service Packs are supposed to fix things not break them. Anytime you change something you are risking breaking something else. Read more →
From Lisa's blog posting on Inside Hues: New Technology Preview Posted! Now many other countries can download the Autodesk Impression preview and also the build has the latest hot fixes included. Australia Belgium Canada Denmark Finland Ireland Luxembourg Malaysia Netherlands New Zealand Norway Singapore Sweden United Kingdom United States Check out the Autodesk Impression Community and Resource : Autodesk Manufacturing Community Read more →
I just released a new updated 25 Year AutoCAD Timeline image in celebration that this is the 25th Anniversary of Autodesk and AutoCAD. http://lp.adskhost.com/index.php/1391.html Cheers, Shaan Read more →
This rumored haunted Victorian house is still popular especially around Halloween after all these years and having even burned down since. Read more →
Volker has just announced that the future release of Autodesk Design Review code named "Colorado Project" is now open for beta testing. Read more →