Circle packing in AutoCAD: creating an Apollonian gasket using F# Part 1
Friday, February 10, 2012
To carry on from the last post in this series, today’s post is looking at a simple, initial attempt .. » read more.. From Through the Interface
Pushing Parameters Around
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Alternate title, \"Getting What I Want\" I wanted to show a parameter for Mounting Height. I needed i.. » read more.. From Revit OpEd
ACA Structural Member Styles - Part 3A
Thursday, February 9, 2012
First Article in the Series (Structural Member Catalog) Previous Article in the Series (Manually Cr.. » read more.. From The Architect\'s Desktop
MobileCAD apps busting out all over, and now with a twist...
Thursday, February 9, 2012
This week I received four announcements of new or updated software for mobile devices. At least two .. » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
AUGI HotNews February 2012 is Now Available!
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Features Letter from the President - 2012 February Plans are in motion for AUGI\'s 2012 initiatives... » read more.. From BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International
CAD: February 08, 2012 Dassault Systémes Week in Review ...
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Tweet DraftSight General: DraftSight Service Pack Updates from Boxer&rs.. » read more.. From The Kung Fu Drafter
Grading Plans with Interactive Terrain Shaping
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Autodesk Labs has just released named Interactive Terrain Shaping for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012. You wi.. » read more.. From Between the Lines
Volvo Concept You
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Autodesk Alias and Autodesk Showcase was used for the design of Volvo Concept You from the Swedish .. » read more.. From JTB World Blog
February 2012 issue of Innovation Edge hits the stands, I mean inboxes
Thursday, February 9, 2012
The Autodesk Labs newsletter is called Innovation Edge , coined by Senior Strategic Designer, Doug .. » read more.. From It is Alive in the Lab
How to: trim and copy objects within a boundary
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Do you need to copy objects within a rectangle, circle or polygon boundary like below? Norma.. » read more.. From CAD Notes
Default Load Values
Thursday, February 9, 2012
I was recently asked where the default values for lighting loads and power loads come from. These .. » read more.. From Inside the System
Have you heard about Revit Precast Tools from IDAT?
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Revit Precast Tools for Revit Structure from IDAT allows structural engineers greater design flexib.. » read more.. From BIM & BEAM
Revit MEP - Analyze This
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Wondering why Revit displays this when you place electrical components (similar for HVAC/Plumbing)? .. » read more.. From Revit OpEd
Management: What if Your Job Was More Like Facebook …
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Tweet You would have to been a hermit of the black belt degree to not k.. » read more.. From The Kung Fu Drafter
Project Vasari Talk is Today
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
I will ask yet again \"Who remembers Coffee Talk with Paul Baldwin or Linda Richman (Mike Myer.. » read more.. From It is Alive in the Lab
My First AutoCAD Plug-In
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Hot on the heels of the Revit and Inventor installments in this series of guides (OK, OK – perhaps n.. » read more.. From Through the Interface
AutoCAD WS and Google Chrome
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Clearly I am into Google products just about as much as I am into Autodesk products. So the AutoCAD.. » read more.. From The Lazy Drafter
The SpaceClaim Growth Story
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
The beauty of not being a public company is that you don’t need to disclose your numbers. And .. » read more.. From Deelip Menezes
AutoCAD WS Update Coming
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
AutoCAD WS allows the viewing, markup, and sharing of DWG files among architects, designers and eng.. » read more.. From Between the Lines
Copy between drawings without using Cut & Paste
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Here is a trick that I find many people are not aware of. It is possible to copy geometry from one .. » read more.. From CAD Panacea
Low-cost CAD has innovative in-drawing UI elements, too, just like the big boys
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
It\'s not just the monster* CAD vendors with their millions in R&D spending who come up with new ways.. » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Short Walls don\'t Look Right
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
This is re-post or echo of a post I wrote six months ago. The subject came up again in a couple emai.. » read more.. From Revit OpEd
RTC USA 2012 Gala Dinner - Packway Handle Band
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Phil Read was instrumental (pun intended) in selecting the entertainment for the next RTC in North .. » read more.. From Revit OpEd
Is it raining?
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
I discovered a site:
http://isitraining.in/alameda
Actually you substitute a desi.. » read more.. From It is Alive in the Lab
Ellen Finkelstein’s AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Bible
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
This started out as a review of Ellen Finkelstein’s AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011 Bible but she w.. » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
The Fat Pen - A Tale Two Lines
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Every now and then I read or hear someone say that it is faster (in early design) to just sketch lin.. » read more.. From Revit OpEd
Blog: We’ve Set Up Camp All Over the Social Internet …
Monday, February 6, 2012
Tweet It seems like all the buzz in the media and in the geekosphere is.. » read more.. From The Kung Fu Drafter
In upFront.eZine this week: mobileCAD is bustin\' out all over
Monday, February 6, 2012
In upFront.eZine this week, we have for your reading pleasure... 1. Introduction to Solid Edge and S.. » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Cyon Research’s 2012 Survey of Users of Engineering Software
Monday, February 6, 2012
Cyon Research has announced the opening of its annual survey of users of engineering software. It is.. » read more.. From Deelip Menezes
Circle packing in AutoCAD: creating an Apollonian gasket using .NET
Monday, February 6, 2012
To follow on from the recent series on using hyperbolic tessellation to generate patterns that might.. » read more.. From Through the Interface
February\'s free ADN Plugin of the Month: Level Generator for Revit Architecture ..
Monday, February 6, 2012
got source?
Ever wonder how Revit add-ons work? Ever wonder what source cod.. » read more.. From It is Alive in the Lab
SSMPropEditor 4.4.2 released
Monday, February 6, 2012
SSMPropEditor is a Sheet Set Manager (SSM) Properties Editor. With SSMPropEditor you can edit .. » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Autodesk and Lenovo Technology Makeover
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Three quick questions: Do you work at small business company? It means less than 300 employees. Is .. » read more.. From CAD Notes
ACA Structural Member Styles - Part 3
Saturday, February 4, 2012
First Article in the Series (Structural Member Catalog) Previous Article in the Series (Structural .. » read more.. From The Architect\'s Desktop
CAD: January 29, 2012 Autodesk Week in Review ...
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Tweet Autodesk General: 2012 Predictions: Autodesk on GIS and Utilities.. » read more.. From The Kung Fu Drafter
Announcing Videos on Demand at AUTV: Innovation Forums, General Session, Intervi..
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Want an insider’s view of AU special events—from General Session keynotes and Innovation Foru.. » read more.. From Autodesk University
Best of 5: Snack Time Snacks …
Friday, February 3, 2012
Tweet Snacks. We all munch on them. Whether you are working hard on tha.. » read more.. From The Kung Fu Drafter
15 3D Printed Samples For $60
Friday, February 3, 2012
Browsing around the Quickparts site today I came across this page advertising a kit containing 15 SL.. » read more.. From Deelip Menezes
Autodesk and Lenovo :: Technology Makeover
Friday, February 3, 2012
Last month, I wrote an article for the CADSPEED blog describing a great program where Autodesk and .. » read more.. From CAD Panacea
Games: The Charity Contribution that Gives Back …
Friday, February 3, 2012
Tweet We like to keep things pretty light-hearted here at Kung Fu Draft.. » read more.. From The Kung Fu Drafter
Technology Makeover
Friday, February 3, 2012
My wife loves a makeover show. Me... not so much until I found this one . What brings out your inne.. » read more.. From The Lazy Drafter
Oh Where Art Thou Camera?
Friday, February 3, 2012
I wrote a post in March 2008 about this, still waiting. It would be excellent if in plan we could do.. » read more.. From Revit OpEd
Revit Tip - Why is My Stair Only Showing \"UP\" Label??
Friday, February 3, 2012
Someone in my office could not figure out why, no matter what the view was set to, the stairs in Flo.. » read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
Autodesk Labs: bigger and bolder than FY12
Friday, February 3, 2012
The Autodesk fiscal year runs from February 1 through January 31. So we just completed FY12 and are.. » read more.. From It is Alive in the Lab
Import Rhino 3DM File Into AutoCAD
Friday, February 3, 2012
This is one of those updated features in AutoCAD 2012 that people may not be aware of. You can Impo.. » read more.. From Between the Lines
Dear AEC, Get #BIM or a new career. Sincerely, Present Reality
Friday, February 3, 2012
Andy Partridge is an awesome writer and really encapsulates brilliance in his works... Do get into .. » read more.. From Fear and Loathing In a CAD vs. BIM World: A Revit Blog
Windows Vista Compatability
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Beginning January 1, 2012, Autodesk will have formally ceased support of the Microsoft Windows Vist.. » read more.. From Inside the System
Shared Parameter Article at AEC Bytes
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Since I recently wrote a series of posts about them I thought I\'d mention yet another source of inf.. » read more.. From Revit OpEd
Constraining a Family to Disallow \'Invalid\' Connector Sizes
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Recently, I was asked how one might constrain a connector width in an instance parameter to be less.. » read more.. From Inside the System
CAD: Six Things to Keep You Busy When There’s No Work ...
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Tweet We hear from plenty of CAD professionals every week, here at Kung.. » read more.. From The Kung Fu Drafter
Three Technology Previews Come to an End (for now)
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Sometimes technology previews are temporarily put on ice.
Technology previews are.. » read more.. From It is Alive in the Lab
Civil 3D, Cogo points, and PICKADD
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
This tip came to me while working with Cogo points in Civil 3D, but it could apply to many things. .. » read more.. From CAD Panacea
Gadgets: When It Comes to Gadgets We Like to Think Big …
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Tweet If there is one thing we can all agree on, it’s our love of.. » read more.. From The Kung Fu Drafter
BIM & BEAM: Autodesk ForceEffect Version 2.0 Now Available!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
BIM & BEAM: Autodesk ForceEffect Version 2.0 Now Available! Autodesk ForceEffect is a free app avai.. » read more.. From revit in plain english
Nano Copters
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
I imagine this video is going viral to some degree by now. First thing I though of was how CGI and m.. » read more.. From Revit OpEd
IMSI/Design Releases DWG Viewer For Android
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
IMSI/Design has announced the release of a free DWG viewer for Android called TurboViewer. The softw.. » read more.. From Deelip Menezes
Inventor Of The Year 2011
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Autodesk has a program called Inventor of the Month designed to recognize the achievements of its In.. » read more.. From Deelip Menezes
Scope Boxes
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Dave Baldacchino wrote a post at his blog the other day focusing some attention on these so I dug th.. » read more.. From Revit OpEd
New structural content for Revit Structure is available
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Dear Revit Structure users, We have just uploaded some new country specific, structural .rfa conten.. » read more.. From BIM & BEAM
Revit 2012 Hangs at Splash Screen or Crashes with Unrecoverable Error - The Revi..
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Revit 2012 Hangs at Splash Screen or Crashes with Unrecoverable Error - The Revit Clinic » read more.. From revit in plain english
AutoCAD in Plain English: Getting License on Same Computer as LMTools
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
AutoCAD in Plain English: Getting License on Same Computer as LMTools : This may help you to get a .. » read more.. From revit in plain english
Happy NFY
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Today is the first day of Autodesk’s fiscal year – hence the title of the post, short for Happy New .. » read more.. From Through the Interface
Autodesk to cease support of Windows Vista
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Still using Windows Vista? If you plan on using Autodesk 2013 products on Vista read this: Microsof.. » read more.. From JTB World Blog
CAD: February 01, 2012 SolidWorks Week in Review ...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Tweet SolidWorks General CAE Drives Dutch High-Performance Auto from De.. » read more.. From The Kung Fu Drafter
New free technology preview of Interactive Terrain Shaping for AutoCAD Civil 3D ..
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
\"I\'m digging in the dirt/To find the places I got hurt/Open up the places I got hurt\" -.. » read more.. From It is Alive in the Lab
CADdigest finds its Twitter account; you get to find its new articles
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
With some 500 articles added to CADdigest.com each month from editorial sources around the CAD world.. » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Operating Systems support change for Autodesk products
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
There has been an important change to our supported Operating Systems for Autodesk products. This .. » read more.. From BIM & BEAM
3D Graphics Performance Improvement In ZW3D 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
About a year and a half ago I did a series of 3D graphics performance tests on my Dell Precision M64.. » read more.. From Deelip Menezes
Basic Worksharing Guidelines
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
I wrote this document five years ago (I should revisit some of it). I posted it primarily because I .. » read more.. From Revit OpEd
Autodesk\'s Thirtieth Birthday
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Shaan Hurley posts about Autodesk\'s latest milestone...time flies. I stole this picture from his po.. » read more.. From Revit OpEd
Autodesk ForceEffect Version 2.0 Now Available!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Autodesk ForceEffect is a free app available for Apple iPad and iPhone from the iTunes App Store th.. » read more.. From BIM & BEAM
Still on Windows Vista and Using Autodesk software?
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Operating Systems does not age like a fine wine and instead have an expiration date just like milk .. » read more.. From Between the Lines
Join CADD Microsystems for their February Tech Tour
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Kicking off the first of many TechTour events my company hosts each year, CADD Microsystems is excit.. » read more.. From The CAD Geek Blog
Mudbox: It’s Time to Throw Your Most Dangerous Mud …
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Tweet Are you an aspiring or established 3D artist? Are you an artist o.. » read more.. From The Kung Fu Drafter
Updated Point Cloud Feature Extraction for Autodesk Revit Now Available
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The Point Cloud Feature Extraction for Revit technology preview allows users to i.. » read more.. From It is Alive in the Lab
Autodesk Octo-Copter Testing
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
As I mentioned in a recent post ( Aerial Capture of 3D Geometry ), I was hoping to attend a test fl.. » read more.. From Between the Lines
Revit Tip - Using Scope Boxes
Monday, January 30, 2012
Dave, over at Do U Revit posted a very nice write up about using scope boxes. I was using depe.. » read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
In upFront.eZine this week: about PTC\'s immediate future
Monday, January 30, 2012
In upFront.eZine this week, we have for your reading pleasure... 1. PTC Faces 2012 with Cuts, Reorga.. » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Revit and Drop Box
Monday, January 30, 2012
In the context of Revit and Worksharing (central and local files) and using Drop Box. Suggestion #1 .. » read more.. From Revit OpEd
Deelip.com Is A Registered Trademark
Monday, January 30, 2012
Today I got a letter from United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) letting me know that my .. » read more.. From Deelip Menezes
Video: Object Visibility Using Detail Level and Subcategories Between Views
Monday, January 30, 2012
In this video we will be learning how to control the visibility of a drop panel between views. We wi.. » read more.. From revit in plain english
Which Way Next?
Monday, January 30, 2012
For those of you who missed the announcement (or just the event itself), here’s a recording of last .. » read more.. From Through the Interface
Using Dropbox as a Revit Server - Free!
Monday, January 30, 2012
Collaboration and BIM go hand and hand in the work force. So why should it be any differe.. » read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
On This Day in 1982 The Design Industry Changed
Monday, January 30, 2012
Autodesk was created on this day January 30, 1982 and would bring Computer Aided Design ( CAD ) dow.. » read more.. From Between the Lines
iTunes Music: An App I Want
Monday, January 30, 2012
This is the part where I am hoping having a blog helps me out personally. I am attempti.. » read more.. From It is Alive in the Lab
Virtualizing applications myths and realities
Monday, January 30, 2012
I’ve used and managed virtualized applications several years ago and at that point it worked fine w.. » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Back from Bangalore
Monday, January 30, 2012
photo credit: rednivaram via photopin cc Most readers of this blog won’t have realised (mainly becau.. » read more.. From Through the Interface
Revit Project Browser, View & Sheet Organization & Conventions (According to Me)
Monday, January 30, 2012
A good project is an organized project... » read more.. From Fear and Loathing In a CAD vs. BIM World: A Revit Blog
3 Construction or Reference Objects We Rarely Use
Monday, January 30, 2012
I posted a request in AutoCAD Exchange group on LinkedIn , asking the members to share their AutoCA.. » read more.. From CAD Notes
Revit Tip - Revit View Range Explained (Paul Aubin)
Sunday, January 29, 2012
First, I would like to start by saying how cool it is that Paul F. Aubin follows the blog! ( C.. » read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
foto of the sunday: daughter and friends launch their first commercial art galle..
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Friday evening 7pm. Fort Langley BC, Canada. Our youngest daughter is one of the organizers, getting.. » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
This Week in Pictures
Sunday, January 29, 2012
I spent the last week in the San Francisco Bay area Autodesk offices. It is always great seeing col.. » read more.. From Between the Lines
An AutoCAD Hip Tip on Speeding up the Break Command
Friday, January 27, 2012
2012 is off and running and so is Autodesk! So many exciting things going on - I think 2012 is goi.. » read more.. From Lynn Allen's Blog
Occupancy Data Application
Friday, January 27, 2012
I\'ve written about the workaround solution for documenting occupancy information in room tags in the.. » read more.. From Revit OpEd
Tekla\'s BIMsight 1.4 Released
Friday, January 27, 2012
I\'ve not mentioned subsequent updates for this IFC based model viewer since my original post when i.. » read more.. From Revit OpEd
Parameter Grouping
Friday, January 27, 2012
Consistency, CONSISTENCY, consistency... This post is the result of noticing that families that wer.. » read more.. From Revit OpEd
Becoming my own Jessica Hagy
Friday, January 27, 2012
One of my favorite blogs is called indexed:
http://indexed.blogspot.com/
Indexed author.. » read more.. From It is Alive in the Lab
Speak French?
Friday, January 27, 2012
Hear what industry experts are saying about BIM and Autodesk solutions with this blog hosted by Au.. » read more.. From BIM & BEAM
Hacker Spaces Come Meet Your Makers
Friday, January 27, 2012
This week I had the opportunity to visit the Noisebridge Hacker Space in San Francisco with an Auto.. » read more.. From Between the Lines
ACA Structural Member Styles - Part 2
Friday, January 27, 2012
First Article in the Series (Structural Member Catalog) Structural Member Wizard Sometimes you need.. » read more.. From The Architect\'s Desktop