Between the Lines

Only One Week of Vacation Left... Random Bits and Pieces

My sabbatical is almost over and now I am counting down the single digit days. This is my second sabbatical while working for Autodesk and was 6 weeks in length and spent primarily doing what I wanted, when I wanted but all relatively close to home. I am now preparing a new presentation for AUGI CAD Camps and User Group meetings of which I have quite a few lined up in the next 30 days starting in toasty Phoenix Arizona... Read more →

Digital Sculpting with Autodesk Mudbox in the Autodesk Labs on Multi-Touch Technology

Two technologies Autodesk Mudbox and Perceptive Pixel Multi-touch Wall demonstrated by two great people in the Autodesk Labs. Check out Scott's blog posting and the videos on YouTube Exploring Mudbox on a Multi-touch device Read more →

Soo Many "BTL" Blog Readers Around the World, Need More Languages

Every since this Between the Lines "BTL" blog launched in 2003 as a fun unoffici... Read more →

Dark Roasted Blend

The Dark Roasted Blend is always good for odd photos, fun facts, and art collections. Today they have a collection entitled Drunk Builders & Mad Architects worthy of a good chuckle as well as some head scratching. Read more →

Salt Lake CAD Camp 2008

I had a blast attending the AUGI CAD Camp yesterday in Salt Lake City Utah with about 200 other people. There were a bunch of familiar faces and great classes. I snuck into most classes as well as snapped a few photos even in the low light. Matt Murphy got to see his world traveling Matt Murphy Clay Head Sculpture in person for the first time since Autodesk University 2007. Plans are being set to take the Matt Murphy Clay... Read more →

On the road Again, Shaan's June Speaking Schedule

I am still on sabbatical relaxing but all that means is I get to work only when I want to. ;-) I have began planning my schedule for June after I have to go back to work. I am planning the topics as well as getting prepared for questions and answers as I really enjoy the Q&A for all things Autodesk as well as geek topics. I love a good challenge being a former mechanical designer out in the industry... Read more →

Winner of American Idol 2008 is from the same location as AUGI CAD Camp Tomorrow!

American Idol, 2008, AUGI, David Cook,CAD Camp, Salt Lake City, David Archuleta, David Cook, AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, Revit, Matt Murphy Clay Head Sculpturett Murphy Clay Head Sculpture, Autodesk University, AUGI CAD Camp Read more →

Really Warm Welcome to REALVIZ

I am excited to see the recent public announcement of the Autodesk acquisition of REALVIZ. REALVIZ has great products and technology and I am excited to see the future as user of REALVIZ products before they were acquired. http://www.realviz.com/ http://stitcher.realviz.com/ http://imagemodeler.realviz.com/ "Autodesk® ImageModeler™ is a photo-modeling software for the creation of 3D objects starting from standard photos." I currently have a few projects for the tools in the works such as some panoramic photos and some photos of old buildings... Read more →

Export to Layout now in AutoCAD 2009

Last year we released a preview beta soliciting feedback at the request of our friends in the AUGI Japan user group AUGI-JP. The AutoCAD/LT 2008 Export Layout to Model Space preview tool provided the capability to take a snapshot of a drawing layout to create a ready-to-use model space drawing. With the capability to export layout objects to model space, customers who have limited their use of layouts in order to exchange drawings with other CAD systems will be able... Read more →

Jay's Garage Using AutoCAD 2009

I wanted to clarify a few things for the 3D workflow only people that emailed me after they made some incorrect assumptions based on the quick and heavily edited video in my last Jays Garage post. Oh and yes I noticed they spelled my name incorrectly and also listed the wrong URL for AutoCAD. Believe it or not 2D is as critical and in some instances more critical than 3D depending on what you do, 3rd party programs, construction workflow,... Read more →

AUGI CAD camp Salt Lake City 5/22/08

I am sitting waiting for my tire to be fixed and just realized the Salt Lake City Utah AUGI CAD camp (www.cadcamp.com) is just next week. I won't be presenting at the event but chances are good I will be there as I am local here in Salt Lake. AUGI CAD camps are one day learning and networking events on Autodesk products. you get top notch trainers at an extremely affordable price. I hope to see and meet you there.... Read more →

AutoCAD 2009 on Jay Leno's Garage website

Whoa, I just got a call from Jay Leno today telling me that the AutoCAD video was up on his website www.jaylenosgarage.com. This was a short fun web video segment we shot while I and fellow Autodesker Marie Domingo were down in Los Angeles visiting Jay's staff at the super cool garage facility housing one of the most impressive car collections in the world. In the video segment one of Jay's master of all things Jim and I were discussing... Read more →

Jay Leno's Green Garage

See Jay Leno's solar and wind system for his car garage in the embedded video below or at www.jaylenosgarage.com. I got the rare opportunity to visit with Jay and his team a couple weeks ago in his secret car collection buildings and it was unbelievable to say the least. I recently provided some AutoCAD 2009 upgrade training to Jay's team who use Autodesk products like AutoCAD and even Autosketch in the designing one off replacement parts for Jay's world class... Read more →

Cinco de Mayo

Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone. I am currently on sabbatical until June but will continue to blog, of course. I have some great blog posts to finish now that I have more time to relax and concentrate as well as go through all my photos and video and organize them. It is absolutely rare and nice to have an employer that recognizes that employees need to take a good deal of time off every few years to relax and refresh... Read more →

Pin Your Most Frequent Drawings in AutoCAD 2009

Now in AutoCAD 2009 you have the ability to pin items most used such as standard or detail DWG files. This can make the Recent Documents menu much more helpful. I cant tell you how many times I have spent looking for the same base file or document when by pinning the file I would have saved time having to search because it was off the most recent files menu. You can also set the Recent Documents to show a... Read more →