26 March 2008
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009 free 30-day download - “Yesterday (2008-03-24), Shaan Hurley announced the availability of AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009, via free download (30 day fully functioning trial versions) from the Autodesk web site…”
From the Solidworks Legion blog: Introduction to SolidWorks Custom Properties - “SolidWorks has something called custom properties. Many programs within Windows have file formats that include properties which allow the user to include some general information about the file without affecting its actual content…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Get Free CAD Software-Win Prizes - “A magnificent combination… Get Free CAD Software (Student editions) - Make great designs - Win Prizes… It’s the Autodesk Student Design Challenge From the site: You are the designers of the future. Go build something…”
From the Matt Writes blog: Public Speaking for Engineers - “Public speaking is not something that comes naturally to most people, and less so to engineers in general. Many people simply avoid public speaking because it makes them uncomfortable or they think they are bad at it…”
From the Revit OpEd blog: Shared Parameter File - A Little Clarification - “Over the last few years I’ve posted several times about shared parameters (SP) so I thought I’d add this bit too. The context of this concerns the protection and/or management of the office SP file…”
From Lynn Allen’s blog at Autodesk: It’s Tips and Tricks Tuesday! - “Be sure to listen to my latest Cadalyst Tips and Tricks recording to find out how you can get AutoCAD to check your Standards for you (and even fix a few of those minor discrepancies)…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: Autodesk Design Review 2009 (free) available for download - “Yesterday (2008-03-24), Volker Joseph announced the availability of Autodesk Design Review 2009, via free download from the Autodesk web site: Design Review 2009 (free) download…”
From the CAD Insider blog: CAD Insider Gets Noticed - “With the ratio of blogger to CAD user nearing 1:1, it’s no wonder someone offers a service that ranks blogs…”
From SolidSmack.com: How To Use 3D Sketches To Reduce SolidWorks Features - “Here’s a slightly useful and not-at-all complicated tip on reducing features by using 3D sketches…”
From the 3DMojo blog: Upcoming North American Webinar - “We will be hosting a 3DVIA Composer webinar on Wednesday, March 26 @ 1:00 pm EDT, 10:00 am PD…”
From SolidSmack.com: There’s Cold Soup in My Technology: Two Sides of Yesterday’s Future Tech - “It’s odd how time beats things into submission and then also how soup gets cold so fast…”
From the Through the Interface blog at Autodesk: Initialization code in your F# AutoCAD application - “Back from a nice long weekend, although ……”
From the Mayalicious blog at Autodesk: Basses and Cellos - “Spinal Tap and Apocalyptica…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Messing with Layer
Names (Harry’s Code Class Newsletter) - “Today’s lesson demonstrates how to create an object-oriented Visual LISP routine that processes multiple AutoCAD drawings…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Simulating Network Environments (CAD
Manager’s Toolbox) - “In the first edition of CAD Manager’s Toolbox, I talked about using the DOS SUBST command to emulate network drives to test how your CAD packages would perform on networks…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: The Realist’s Guide to 3D Implementation, Part 1 - “For a successful transition to 3D design, forget the marketing hype and prepare for the real task ahead…”
From Engineeringtalk: Software eases transfer of 3D data - “Micro-Epsilon’s 3D-View and 3D-Data software is used with the company’s scanControl range of noncontact laser profile sensors…”
From Engineeringtalk: Software protects reference files and saves time - “CADnection combines the power of SharePoint’s content management platform with an extended data structure specifically designed for treating AutoCAD reference files…”
MORE FROM THE BLOGGERS
Can I access ADMS 2009 server also from older Inventor versions? from CAD Forum Tips
AutoCAD 2009 - Find and Replace from the CAD-a-Blog
AutoCAD 2009 - Interactive Array Preview from the CAD-a-Blog
Thank you for Linking from the CAD-a-Blog
Dept. of Subtle - Model Text and Add Parameter Crash Revit from the Revit OpEd blog
ALSO IN THE NEWS
Aberdeen Report Shows PLM Technology Helps Apparel Companies Achieve Year-over-Year Revenue Growth from MCADCafe
Autodesk AutoCAD, LT 2009 Free Trial Available from TenLinks
Autodesk Delivers AutoCAD 2009 Software Family from MCADCafe
Autodesk Launches Design Review 2009 from TenLinks
Autodesk Offers Hotfix for Inventor 2008 SP 2 from TenLinks
Autodesk Ships AutoCAD 2009 Portfolio from TenLinks
Autodesk Updates Website for 2009 Products from TenLinks
AVEVA NET Portal Integrates with Leica TruView from TenLinks
Centric Named in ‘START-IT’ 125 List from TenLinks
CyberShift Named to START-IT Magazine’s 2008 Top 125 Manufacturing Technology Providers from MCADCafe
DeskArtes, Z Corporation Joins to Develop 3D Printable Data from TenLinks
Edutronix, DASI to Provide SolidWorks, CAD Academy Courses from TenLinks
Engineering Software Market Grows in Africa from MCADCafe
FieldView Releases v12.01 Free for Polyflow, Fidap CFD from TenLinks
Reverse Engineering Drives Expansion of 3D Engineering Solutions from MCADCafe
SAMTECH to demonstrate S4WT V1.1 at EWEC 2008 in Brussels from MCADCafe
Sescoi User Story: A committed WorkNC customer for over 20 years, Salomon