29 May 2008
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From WorldCAD Access: 15% Fewer Journalists at BE 2009? - “Bentley Systems this week flew in 50-70 journalists (the estimates vary) to Baltimore for the annual BE user conference to hear CEO Greg Bentley’s wish that his company reduce its so-called “carbon footprint” by 15% next year…”
From the 3D Roadie blog at Autodesk: Multi-touch experiments in the Autodesk Lab - “Would you like to see mudbox driven by multi-touch technology? Well an example now exists and its pretty cool. There is a group called Autodesk Labs within Autodesk that tests out and plays with ideas coming from all parts of the company…”
From Lynn Allen’s blog at Autodesk: Back in the Saddle! - “Well…we all know how tough it is to go from a peaceful week of relaxation back into the frying pan (although - I can’t really say the tour is equivalent to a frying pan)…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Dual Link DVI blues - “OK, you’ve got yourself a hot new 30′ monitor to go with your screamin’ Quadro card, but you’re only getting 1280 x 800 graphics? Problem: ONLY ONE of the DVI connectors on the back actually supplies Dual Link DVI…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Kind of interesting… - “Google Trends search for Pro/E, SolidWorks Notice the regions showing the most interest? Is SolidWorks the tool for the emerging economies? India is, of course, high for PTC because of operations there…”
From SolidSmack.com: The 7 Best SolidWorks Keyboard Tricks - “Yes, it happens to all of us. We’re cruising along with the mouse, clickin’ this way and that, and typing some notes with the keyboard. Life is simpl…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: Mozilla releases Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 - “12 days ago (2008-05-16) Mozilla released Firefox 3 RC1, since then Mozilla have confirmed there will definitely be a 2nd Release Candidate (RC2), probably the first Friday of June (2008-06-06)…”
From WorldCAD Access: Half-a-Billion Richer - No Way! - “According to Yahoo Finance, Autodesk officer George Bado was made $0.4 billion richer through the sale of ADSK shares at $17525 per share…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Pro/E tip (admin): Custom fonts - “This post probably won’t make me any friends, but here goes. I read something on the exploder the other day that seemed like a good idea: Create a strikethrough font for drawing notes…”
From the BIM and BEAM blog at Autodesk: Interview with URS Corporation LTD - “I had the great opportunity to interview Allan Brown, Senior Technician in the Buildings Structure Division at URS Corporation for my first posting in the Tom’s Corner…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Pro/E Tip (interface): ‘Hide’-ing parts during export - “Did you know that ‘hidden’ parts will not be exported during IGES exports? It’s a quick and dirty way to protect your intellectual property or simplify models…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Pro/E Tip: Last of the 3-button mice? - “Over the years I’ve had several Contour Design mice. The last one was kinda disappointing, but I was desperate for a new mouse and I went back to Contour…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: Online photo albums from AUGI ‘Salt Lake City, UT’ CAD Camp 2008 - “Over on ‘Between the Lines’ blog, Shaan Hurley has posted about the recent (2008-05-22) AUGI CAD Camp 2008 event that took place in ‘Salt Lake City, UT’…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Best practices: Please post - “I’m going to attempt to summarize the ‘Best Practice’ information I’ve collected over the years in a couple of pages over the next few months…”
From SolidSmack.com: 3D Coming to Your Browser: Google Earth Online - “The Google I/O conference is in full swing with all sorts of goodies coming ou…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Pro/E Tip (sketcher): Constraint disabling - “I’m just getting caught up on some exploder reading, and I can’t believe how many guys seem to be battling sketcher constraints…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Pro/E Tip (intralink): Old news - moving .proi with ldbconvert - “Everyone but me must know this, but here’s a pointer to a PTC/USER post explaining the process…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: AUGI Survey, May 2008: Migrating to new Autodesk product releases, survey closes in 3 days - “Regarding BLAUGI post - AUGI Survey, May 2008: Migrating to new Autodesk product releases…”
From the Through the Interface blog at Autodesk: Generating fractals inside AutoCAD using F# - “Some of you may remember my interest in fractals from these two previous posts…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Failsafing your Pro/E network - “FAILSAFE -adjective: guaranteed to work; totally reliable…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Cadalyst AEC news: Delivering the BIM Promise - “Revit’s 2009 offerings aim to realize the potential of building information modeling…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: CAD Manager’s Toolbox:
Managing Filing Standards - “You don’t have to put up with with paths that are too long, have confusing names, and are difficult to locate…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: CAD Manager’s Toolbox:
Coping with Standards Violators - “What to do when users refuse to follow standards…”
From Cadalyst Mapping GIS news: Football and Facebook Meet GIS in GeoWeb 2008 - “Conference hosts debut student contest…”
From Cadalyst Mapping GIS news: General Lee’s Bird’s Eye View - “GIS to shed new light on the Battle of Gettysburg…”
From Cadalyst Mapping GIS news: Interactive Maps: Custom Features - “Editing your JavaScript code enables the end user to select a specific location…”
From Cadalyst Mapping GIS news: Measuring the Boreal Forest’s Breadth - “Remote sensing experts monitor the shrinking boreal forest with GIS…”
From Cadalyst Mapping GIS news: Seeking the Ideal Civil 3D Setup, Part 2 - “This installment looks at data preservation options, the future outlook, and more details about file storage with Vault…”
From Engineeringtalk: Research project investigates product development - “Since late 2007, ITI has been working with manufacturers throughout North America and now Europe, to measure the manner, speed and efficiency in which new products are developed…”
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