12 July 2008

Chris Rand, Editor

TOP BLOG POSTS

From WorldCAD Access: Autodesk and Bentley Exchange Vows - “Autodesk and Bentley Systems are vowing to read each other’s formats: Autodesk gives Bentley a copy of RealDWG Bentley gives Autodesk, well, nothing, because the DGN format is an open one, distributed by the Open Design Alliance…”
From SolidSmack.com: Friday Smackdown: 10 Cups of Death - “Suddenly and without warning, I leapt to my feet, only to realize I had no feet and the ceiling was much shorter than it was when I had a beard. That can really throw off your concentration. Fortunately I came across these link…”
From WorldCAD Access: Milliken Switches to Another A - “Former Autodesk’er and and co-founder of AccelGraphics and graduate from university in Austin and former Alibre CEO Greg Milliken is now vp of marketing at Altadyn, the 3D Explorer people who create virtual worlds…”
From SolidSmack.com: Create Stylish SolidWorks Graphics without PhotoWorks - “I had a conversation with someone yesterday about how to create really great looking images without using the SolidWorks rendering add-in, PhotoWorks. I told him it was simple and you can do it in just a few step…”

From SolidSmack.com: Google Makes the Future of 3D CAD: Lively - “3D online maps are so yesterday, and so is the news of Google’s new web-based 3D Virtual World, but after looking into it more, I had to let all of you interested in 3D and CAD know what the possibilities could b…”
From SolidSmack.com: SolidWorks News: Prizes Galore and You, Baby - “Ahhh, it’s the middle of the summer. Vacations are planned, mosquito are biting and there’s so much going on in the world of SolidWorks the coffee pot at SolidWorks HQ in Massachusetts is on 24/…”
From SolidSmack.com: Friday Smackdown: I Eat Atoms - “Really, are you saying you squeezed a blueberry between your elbows and created anti-matter? I believe sir, that you are a natural energy source. Please attach these links, it won’t hurt a bi…”
From WorldCAD Access: Alibre: Grayson Back In - “Founder and former CEO J. Paul Grayson is back as CEO-again of Alibre, after Greg Milliken left for Altadyn, a software company that has created a plugin-less 3D Explorer for Web browsers…”
From SolidSmack.com: Zombie Killin’ Carts and Call for PhotoWorks Tips - “Recently, SolidWorks thwarted a would-be Zombie attack by launching the SolidWorks Geniuses marketing campaign. First up was the Leonardo Da Vince Self-Powered (Zombie-eliminating) Car…”
From RobiNZ CAD Blog: ZoneAlarm + Microsoft’s DNS patch = No Internet - “So thats why my Internet was stopping after a few mintes. Blocked net meant finding the solution, to blocked net, was a bit of a pain. Installed the ZA patch and all is well again…”
From RobiNZ CAD Blog: Lets get together! - “Wow, a couple of days away from the net and look what happens: The Autodesk + Bentley deal was a bit of a surprise and is big news for those collaborating with dwg/dgn, However…”
From the Revit OpEd blog: Dept. of Reviteristics - “Then Click in Empty Space” - “This department deals with the oddities or characteristics that are uniquely Revit. First up is the notion of “clicking in empty space”. This is required to finish a dimensioning task or when you are done using the text tool…”
From the Revit OpEd blog: Revit 2009 - Video Performance or Other Performance Issues - “There have been numerous reports in threads at AUGI about users suffering from degraded performance on the same equipment versus the previous release (2008). The product team has been responding to these threads at times…”
From the 3D Roadie blog at Autodesk: Firefox 3 currently not supported on AREA - “For those of you that have upgraded to firefox 3 I just wanted to let you know that AREA currently doesn’t officially support it. We have every intention to do so but right now there are too many bugs in this release…”
From the Revit OpEd blog: Save or Options or Options or Save? - “Called me confused…RAC 2009 has changed the Save button location on me and well…everyone. I’m not sure how many times I’ve opened the Options dialog in the file Save or Save As dialog thinking I was clicking Save…”
From WorldCAD Access: What Redacted Looks Like - “Here is a screen grab of two pages of the redacted (removed) edition of Autodesk’s MOTION TO AMEND ITS PETITION FOR CANCELLATION: Their lawyer had to perform this task…”
From SolidSmack.com: Michael Dreeben Billet Chair Designed in SolidWorks - “Feast your eyes upon this odd lookin’ chair. Some products you can just look at and know it was designed with SolidWorks. The The Dreeben Billet Chair is one of thos…”
From the Revit OpEd blog: STRUG-OC Revit Structure User Group - Orange County - “I attended the second meeting for this group last Wednesday night. I tried to attend their first meeting but I arrived one day late, on time but wrong day. I have no excuse except “knucklehead syndrome”…”
From the 3DMojo blog: 3DVIA Featured in Time Magazine - “Back in May, 3DVIA was featured in Time magazine. The article mainly talked about 3D coming to Web 2.0, and how 3DVIA.com had amassed over 15,000 users who have generated a lot of 3D content…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: AUGI Training Program, free courses in Autodesk Products - July 2008 - “It is still not too late to sign up and enjoy free! courses (classes) in Autodesk Products, delivered to you by the AUGI Training Program. ATP Courses for July 2008, start today (2008-07-07)…”
From SolidSmack.com: SolidSmack Goes Comment Crazy, Uses Disqus Commenting System - “You may start to see some changes around the trusty ol’ SolidSmack site. For one, I’ve integrated the Disqus commenting system into the sit…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Thought Leadership - Your Reputation - “There are some down sides to Thought Leadership. They come if you don’t pay close attention to the whole process. They can be negative because the balancing act can sometimes go badly…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: Web Browser and Operating System stats for BL(AUGI), June 2008 - “Shown below are Web Browser and Operating System stats for BLAUGI and AUGI (June 2008). The Pie charts were put together using a combination of Google Analytics and Google Chart API…”
From WorldCAD Access: Adsk+Bentley Love Affair to Save (almost) $16 Billion-with-a-B - “They say two can live as cheaply as one, but now a press release claims that two can live $16 billion more cheaply than one…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: MEP Analysis Extension for AutoCAD 2009 MEP and Revit 2009 MEP - “Yesterday (2008-07-10) over on the Autodesk Labs blog, Scott Sheppard announced the availability of a ‘MEP Analysis’ Extension for AutoCAD MEP 2009 and Revit MEP 2009…”
From the Revit OpEd blog: Worksets and Purge Unused - “Today an adventurous Revit user thought he’d use Purge Unused unsolicted. This during a day long excursion into the workset environment with fourteen concurrent users…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: AUGI Survey, July 2008: AutoCAD 2009 - “This month (July 2008), AUGI’s monthly survey turns its focus on ‘AutoCAD 2009′. Please take 5 minutes and answer the 4 questions that make up the survey…”
From RobiNZ CAD Blog: Revit User Group of New Zealand - Notice of July Meeting - “The next RUGNZ meeting is to be held from 17:30 on 16 th July at Jasmax Offices, Level 4…”
From the Revit OpEd blog: Dept. of Reviteristics - “Tab, Hover and Click” - “The TAB key is a very important tool! Everyone will tell you so…but not everyone latches on to its use right away either…”
From the Revit OpEd blog: Portland Revit User Group - Summary - “As I mentioned recently I attended this user group meeting while in Portland for the AUGI Board of Directors meeting…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Searchable Flash Sites - “Adobe Flash Technology Enhances Search Results for Dynamic Content and Rich Internet Applications SAN JOSE, Calif…”
From the Revit OpEd blog: Nvidia Chip Reliability Issues - “Suffers Chip Glitch” - “Just to add to the potential contributing concerns for those with performance issues and Revit 2009 products…”
From RobiNZ CAD Blog: Creating a country… - “New Zealand is said to be the youngest country on earth…”
From the 3D Roadie blog at Autodesk: Louis Marcoux migration completed - “Just a heads up that Louis has complete moving all his backlog of 3ds max tips videos to the AREA…”
From the 3DMojo blog: 3DVIA your iPod #73: ENOVIA SmarTeam Integration Part 3 - “Here is yet another in-depth demonstration of a 3DVIA Composer integration to ENOVIA SmarTea…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: So you think you know AccuDraw #11: Leaving on an ACS plane - “It’s more than likely that if you’ve used a rotation once, you’re going to need it again…”
From Angel’s Civil 3D Thoughts: Autodesk and Bentley JOINT Press Release - “Interesting reading. Enough said. Be Better… Work well with others…”
From the COFES.com blog: BIMStorm(TM) deomonstrates interoperability - “We talk about it a lot, but interoperability is what it is all about…”
From the MotionBuilder blog at Autodesk: Attention all Maya/MB users! - “Jason Parks releases his ‘Driven Key Importer’ for MotionBuilder…”
From the Mayalicious blog at Autodesk: Reference Images - “aka Inspiration…”

TOP NEWS STORIES

From Cadalyst AEC news: AEC Tech News (#231) - “Land Development Gets SaaS-y: A new civil engineering software as a service promises significant savings in time and money…”
From Cadalyst AEC news: Bentley and Autodesk Join Hands to Bridge DGN and DWG - “Bentley signs agreement with Autodesk, reduces its reliance on ODA’s libraries…”
From Cadalyst AEC news: D3 Technologies Becomes Authorized Reseller for Autodesk Plant Solutions - “Company’s territory includes lower 48 states…”
From Cadalyst AEC news: Free Technology Preview Offered for AutoCAD MEP and Revit MEP Extensions - “Autodesk extensions were developed to help engineers design more energy-efficient building mechanical systems…”
From Cadalyst AEC news: Land Development Gets SaaS-y - “A new civil engineering software as a service promises significant savings in time and money…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Auto
desk Development Network Partners Update 3ds Max
2009 and 3ds Max Design 2009 Plug-ins - “New versions designed to facilitate the transition to the latest versions of 3ds Max…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Busi
ness Software Alliance Increases Efforts in
Campaign against Software Piracy - “Organization expands promotion of its Know it / Report it / Reward it campaign, which offers rewards to individuals who report incidents…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: CAD Manager’s Toolbox: Keeping the CAD Server
Clean - “Here are some easy steps to declutter your CAD server and keep it clean and efficient…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Creating Training Videos, Part 3 - “Make sure you have the basics covered when beginning an in-house training program…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Get Uncle Sam to Pay for Your CAD Classes - “Federal funding is available for CAD training…”
From Cadalyst Manufacturing news: Belden Universal Launches PARTsolutions
Online Catalog - “Users can configure and download digital 2D/3D CAD files for single and double universal joints…”
From Cadalyst Manufacturing news: Beyond Parametrics: Designing With Rules - “New add-on expands Autodesk Inventor’s parametric modeling capabilities…”
From Cadalyst Manufacturing news: Kubotek Releases Service Pack for
Maintenance Customers - “KeyCreator v7.5.3 adds file management enhancements and eight bug fixes from the earlier release…”
From Cadalyst Manufacturing news: White Paper Details the Advanced Document
Management Requirements of Engineers - “Free document from First Trace discusses how to prevent data isolation and fragmented systems…”
From Cadalyst Mapping GIS news: Autodesk
Announces Salzburg, Austria, as Pilot City of its
Digital Cities Initiative - “Collaboration to develop digital city models designed to better understand the impact of urban planning and design…”
From Engineeringtalk: CAD company supports student racers - “The Autodesk Student Engineering and Design Community provides students with free versions of Autodesk software as well as training and learning resources, discussion groups and job postings…”
From Engineeringtalk: CAD upgrade adds new features - “ITC members are able to incorporate the latest DWG-compatible IntelliCAD technology into their own vertical applications…”
From Engineeringtalk: CAE solution helps design military vehicles - “Force Protection Industries is using HyperWorks to develop multiple versions of the company’s three vehicles: Buffalo, Cougar and Cheetah…”
From Engineeringtalk: Configuration management specialist adopts PLM - “usb has been delivering enterprise product lifecycle management solution services to companies in aerospace and defence, automotive and high-tech for over 25 years…”
From Engineeringtalk: Document system unifies departments - “Korrigo was designed for engineering enterprises with a strong CAD focus that need to prepare engineering data for eventual inclusion in an enterprise strategy…”
From Engineeringtalk: Magnetic and thermal simulations are linked - “New core loss calculation method computes hysteresis plus anomalous and eddy current losses in both 2D and 3D…”
From Engineeringtalk: Modelling software eases the learning process - “MapleSim helps teachers to quickly demonstrate the connection between concepts and the underlying mathematical theory to their students…”
From Engineeringtalk: MultiCAD upgrade eases component examination - “The exploded view function of EnSuite Version 2 allows users to quickly isolate a part by making all of the other parts in the assembly transparent…”
From Engineeringtalk: Software eases collaboration on parts choices - “The Enovia High Tech Accelerator for New Part Request and Development allows companies to more effectively manage the approval, delivery, catalogueing and utilisation of new parts…”
From Engineeringtalk: Software provides design experience to students - “The Department of Mechanical Engineering in conjunction with the Glasgow School of Art, will begin teaching SolidWorks 3D CAD and SolidWorks Simulation design validation software…”
From Engineeringtalk: Software speeds PLM setup - “ICP Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD connector for Aras Innovator allow users to load and save a 3D model structure as a document structure in Aras Innovator…”
From Engineeringtalk: Upgrade for electric field simulation - “Software supports nonuniform voltage distribution to accurately represent the operating conditions of devices such as larger scale power transformers or electrical bushings…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Advanced SCADA controllers are compact - “Control Microsystems has introduced its SCADAPack 330 and SCADAPack 334 controllers, which are claimed to offer the smallest footprint available in the new SCADAPack lineup…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Deacom ERP/accounting to improve operations - “Deacom reported that a maker of release coatings is to use DEACOM Integrated Accounting and Enterprise Resource Planning software system to improve its operations…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: Integrate data loggers to existing system - “Veriteq Instruments is now shipping its OPC server software, which will allow users of most monitoring systems to integrate Veriteq’s highly accurate data loggers into an existing system…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Steelmaker upgrades i2 supply chain software - “Steelmaker SSAB’s plate division is to upgrade its use of i2 supply chain solutions and migrate to the i2 Agile Business Process Platform…”

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Autodesk Release Cycle Poll from the CAD-a-Blog
Bye Bye Land Desktop - Hello Civil3D!! from the CAD-a-Blog
CAD Wars from the CAD-a-Blog
Cadalyst Magazine Luanches CAD Tip Web site! from the CAD-a-Blog
Who is Responsible for Your Training? from the CAD-a-Blog
Why the Ribon is Bad and Good from the CAD-a-Blog
ANSYS Added to Russell 1000 Index from the COFES.com blog
So pigs do fly: Autodesk and Bentley working together! from the Eat Your CAD blog
Nik Kershaw - Off Topic from the Revit OpEd blog
VisionStation from the Revit OpEd blog
Motion Control… from The Gear Box blog at Autodesk
Autodesk Vault Mirror utility from the Under the Hood blog at Autodesk
JOIN Productivity Tool for Vault and Inventor from the Under the Hood blog at Autodesk
Roles and Permission Enhancements in Productstream 2009 from the Under the Hood blog at Autodesk
The Vault Knows All… from the Under the Hood blog at Autodesk
The Vault Knows All… from the Under the Hood blog at Autodesk
CV for AEC from WorldCAD Access

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