31 May 2008
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From SolidSmack.com: Friday Smackdown: Sawdust Eye - “Man! this is just stingin’ like crazy! I’d think I’d rather fall on top of a bowl of boiling gravy and incredible links. Compfight - The best, and I mean, THE BEST, Flickr search tool….”
From SolidSmack.com: The Ultimate Desktop Engineer’s Chair - “Before you run out to get one of those rubber balls to sit on, take a look at this concept fro Jian Guan that will have your deep-vein thrombosis taking a long clot-free vacation to the island of comfy-chair bliss…”
From RobiNZ CAD Blog: Revit Technology Conference 2008 - Revit User Group Sydney - “The Revit Technology Conference is happening in Sydney, late June. I attended the NZ event last year it was a great Revit focused Mini Autodesk University…”
From the BIM and BEAM blog at Autodesk: The Autodesk Experience Virtual Event This Tuesday June 3, 2008 - “OK, so have you ever been to one of these Virtual events? If not then you really should check this one out. Imagine going to a tradeshow, but instead of physically being there, you can attend it online…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: ACA2009 - Check your OSNAPZ variable - “You might think that because ACA2009 locks your elevation when drawing walls that your wall cleanup issues are gone…unfortunately you’d be wrong. You may still benefit from the use of my vba tool…”
From the Off Course - On Target blog at Autodesk: Cool Tools I Use: Digital Pen and Paper - “I truly believe that every one of us (yes, that includes YOU!) has cool tools that we use on an everyday basis and stories about how we use these tools and how we came to find and use them…”
From the Solidworks Legion blog: Order of Business: Possibly Rename Resources Site - “I am considering renaming Lorono’s SolidWorks Resources website. I’ve not made up my mind if I want to or should. So, let me ask others…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: North America - AUGI CAD Camps, June and July 2008 - “Below is a list of AUGI CAD Camps that have been announced to date, taking place in North America during June and July 2008…”
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Dept. of Quirky - Using Group Bar vs Scrolling from the Revit OpEd blog
From Drawing to Display: The Value of Autodesk Impression from the CAD-a-Blog
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