25 June 2008
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From SolidSmack.com: Bow to Your Robot Masters: SolidWorks Robotic University - “As if our soon to be robot overlords are not scary enough, now there’s a Robot University for them to systematically learn how to take over the minds of small children and impressionable young college students. I exaggerate a bi…”
From SolidSmack.com: The 2 Step Trick to Kill Email and Take Back Your Day - “I was working on a somebody’s computer this morning and their email notification kept popping up asking you to choose to go to the email or not. For one thing, that was incredibly annoying, and incredibly inefficient for anothe…”
From SolidSmack.com: Smack! The Complete Guide to SolidWorks Layout Sketches - “Oh man, your SolidWorks assembly is looking a little crooked my friend. In fact, I’d say it’s just about to tip over and probably hurt a small family of mice or a vagabond waiting for you to set some scraps out on the porc…”
From SolidSmack.com: The Possibilities of 3D Displays In Vapor Gettin’ Closer - “That atomic rubidium vapor you’ve been storing in those old canning jars may soon be put to good use as a storage medium for images which, in turn, could allow 3D data storage, display and possibly manipulatio…”
From WorldCAD Access: Sniping Continues Between Autodesk and ODA - “After a 25-year delay, Autodesk wants to finally get around to trademarking the name of a file format (DWG), and doesn’t like that the Open Design Alliance has registered OpenDWG as a trademark in the USA…”
From RobiNZ CAD Blog: The paradox of ActiveWords - “Today, wanting to find some info on an application, I tapped 3dmn into my computer. To my annoyance my browser did not launch, it did not navigate to the Autodesk 3ds Max site ready for action…”
From SolidSmack.com: 3D Creature Makin’ Fun with Spore Creature Creator - “I’ve been playing with the Spore 3D Creature Creator for the past couple days and I gotta say it is one of the funnest, most addictive ways to create creatures that I’ve ever see…”
From RobiNZ CAD Blog: A known issues blog for TypePad - “OK, this post for me and other readers with TypePad blogs. There is a blog (and feed) with TypePad Known Issues(and resolutions) to refer to before you report unknown issues!…”
From WorldCAD Access: FLO Rejected by ADSK - “Autodesk has decided against Flomerics - for now. Flomerics doesn’t want to be bought by Mentor (anyone know why not?) and hoped Autodesk would instead (anyone know why?)…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Autodesk Sketchbook Pro 2009 - “Have you heard of Sketchbook Pro? It is the newest Tablet PC tool from Autodesk. You can sketch, annotate, and present your visual ideas anywhere on a Tablet PC or Wacom Tablet. Here is more info from the Autodesk sit…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Meet with CADDManager - “I will be in the Portland, Oregon area for the June AUGI Board of Directors meeting at the end of this week. If you are local to that area, then join me and my AUGI buddies at a ‘Meet-Up’ - check here for details…”
From WorldCAD Access: Engineous Software Worth $40M to DS - “Engineous Software and its 95 employees are being bought by Dassault Systems for its Delmia Simula division at $40 million, reports the Triangle Business Journal…”
From RobiNZ CAD Blog: What do you think? - “Ive made a couple of changes to the site wonder if anyone has noticed? Navigation Bar: TypePad have added the Navigation Bar which sits below the banner…”
From WorldCAD Access: ON SALE! Inventor Pro 64% OFF! - “Until July 18, you can trade in your copies of AutoCAD LT for Inventor Professional 2009 at just $2,495 - regular price is $6945, so a discount of 64%…”
From SolidSmack.com: Friday Smackdown: Portugal Teeth - “If I hadn’t gone there, who knows, I may have gotten a few more appendages, but I’m pretty happy with the one’s I have. These links certainly hel…”
From SolidSmack.com: Google Trends for 3D CAD Companies: Whose Competing? - “Last week on June 20th, Google Trends for websites was launched to allow a look into competing sites and aid your plans for worldwide dominatio…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: So you think you know AccuDraw #9: TV time - “Two of the more frequently used AccuDraw shortcuts are T (Top Rotation) and V (View Rotation). They can often be confused because in normal situations they appear to do exactly the same thing…”
From the Revit OpEd blog: Egress Example - Update - “This single little contribution of mine to the Revit community has been the most continuously requested thing I’ve done. Something so seemingly simple borne out of a fellow user’s request…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: The poor little overworked, underpaid spacebar - “When someone has been trained in MicroStation, they typically forget things. They’ll come back a few weeks later, asking questions to reinforce what they’ve learnt…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: Bridgeport Brewing Co, Portland, OR, meet-up this Friday (2008-06-27) with AUGI Board of Directors - “Hello all, Please join us for a Portland meet-up this Friday evening at the Bridgeport Brewing Co. The AUGI Board will be in the Portland area working on issues…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: Wiimote Navigation Add-in for Autodesk Design Review 2009 Service Pack 1 - “Last week (2008-06-19) over on Autodesk Labs, Scott Sheppard announced the availability of a ‘Wiimote Navigation’ Add-in for Autodesk Design Review 2009 SP1…”
From the 3DMojo blog: 3DVIA Composer V6R2009 is released! - “Earlier this week, we had a successful launch of the overall V6 architecture at DEVCON in Paris. 3DVIA Composer V6R2009 was released as part of this launch…”
From WorldCAD Access: Introducing Synchronous Technology in Your Organization - “”Introducing Synchronous Technology in Your Organization” sounded like a good topic from Learning Circuits…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Becoming a Thought Leader - by Formal Speaking - “Continuing the Thought Leadership discussion… Formal Speaking will take you to the next level. There are many places to get started in formal speaking…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: Element Templates 201 - “WHAT ARE THEY? Element templates are named sets of element parameters that can be applied to elements or used to set the active placement parameter…”
From Deep Discussions about Deep Topics: FREE Publishing to Adobe 3D PDF? (How Cool) - “Aside from shipping the latest version of Deep Exploration last week, Right Hemisphere also shipped the latest version of our Deep View technology…”
From the MotionBuilder blog at Autodesk: AAUGA News and Siggraph announcements - “Digital Tutors hosts AAUGA event, the 3rd Floor talk about the previz process and announcing the Siggraph’09 event you don’t want to miss…”
From the Revit OpEd blog: Dept. of Subtle - Dimension Overrides and Openings - “Hiroshi Jacobs shared this with me today. He came across it and thought I’d find it interesting…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Upgraded to Wordpress 2.5.1 - “I just completed an upgrade of my blog to Wordpress 2.5.1 It was fairly pain free…”
From the Revit OpEd blog: Portland Revit User Group - Pub Crawl Update - “We will meet at 7:00pm on Friday June 27th Where: Bridgeport Brewing 1313 N.W…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: Portland Revit User Group Meeting - Friday, June 27th 2008 - “The next Portland Revit User Group meeting will be Friday, June 27th, 2008…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Cadalyst AEC news: SITEOPS Software Earns Patent - “Land development application allows developers to get site cost information up front…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: CAD Central - “Inventor LT: Free for Another Year; Adobe 9 Is Ready for Collaboration; AI-Driven Simulation; and more…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: CAD Manager’s Toolbox: Training with Standards - “CAD managers often wear more than one hat and must be creative when devising training materials and enforcing standards…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Creating Training Videos, Part 2 - “Making your own training videos may seem daunting at first, but if you try it, you’ll likely find it rewarding and fun…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: From Idea to
Code (Harry’s Code Class Newsletter) - “Every computer program is unique, but the steps of every programming process are fundamentally the same…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: LaCie 324 LCD Monitor (First Look Review) - “High-quality, moderately priced display also provides precise color calibration…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Making Standards Stick (CAD Manager Column) - “Start by building standards that make users’ lives easier…”
From Cadalyst Manufacturing news: LightTools SolidWorks Link Module Now Available - “ORA introduced the direct link between LightTools and SolidWorks 3D CAD software…”
From Cadalyst Manufacturing news: MSC.Software Acquires MacNeal Group - “Acquisition reportedly maximizes synergies between both companies…”
From CADCAM Insider: Blue Marble Debuts Online Library with Search Functions - “Gardiner, Maine - June 20, 2008 - Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce the release of their online, searchable knowledge base…”
From CADCAM Insider: Bunkspeed Releases Free Beta Plug-In for Rhino - “The Beta Test verdict is in - a new industry standard has arrived…”
From CADCAM Insider: LATTICE TECHNOLOGY Releases XVL Converter for Autodesk Inventor 2009 - “Lattice products ready to take Digital Prototyping to a new level…”
From CADCAM Insider: Rhode Partners Design Austin