2 August 2008
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From SolidSmack.com: Friday Smackdown: Spider Magnets - “It actually happened right after I turned it on. They spilled out like beans on a metal floor, attacked my metacarpals, and ate my biscuits. If it wasn’t for your quick thinking and these links, we would all be goners for sur…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: Autodesk Open Doors - Free Training at an ATC (But Not in Georgia) - “Want some free training in Autodesk products? You can always go to AUGI.com and participate in one of their ATP programs or download Autodesk University handouts. You can also take advantage of the…”
From the 3DMojo blog: 3DVIA your iPod #75: ‘Really fast ballooning’ - “This week, Tod continues to build out his technical illustration that he started last week. He covers several options for ballooning the illustration, and then outputs the view to line art forma…”
From the Revit OpEd blog: Resize - Repeat Scale - “You can always learn from students. While discussing the Resize tool a student asked if they could do “something”, in other words..would “xxx” work…or do what she expects…”
From SolidSmack.com: It’s GiveAway Time - Win Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Pro Extended - “The giveaway is now close…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Cadalyst AEC news: Nemetschek and
Weto to Develop Integrated Design Software for
Timber Construction - “Companies plan to provide a consistent data flow from design to production…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Book
, The Engineering Design Revolution, Available for
Free Download - “Industry veteran David Weisberg of Cyon Research publishes CAD history…”
From Cadalyst Manufacturing news: Free First Trace White Papers Available for
Download - “Documents about engineering document management can be downloaded at no charge…”
MORE FROM THE BLOGGERS
Toggling between layer freeze and layer off in the LAYOFF … from CAD Forum Tips
Where is the Camera? from the Revit OpEd blog
Worksets - Save to Central “Key” Message from the Revit OpEd blog
ALSO IN THE NEWS
Anark Releases Core 2.0 3D CAD Transformation Platform from TenLinks
ANSYS Completes Ansoft Acquisition from MCADCafe
ANSYS Completes Ansoft Acquisition from TenLinks
Autodesk Extends Invitation to Join Its Q2 Fiscal 2009 Financial Results Conference Call from MCADCafe
BobCAD-CAM Releases BobWIRE v22 for Wire EDM from TenLinks
Caligari Releases Free trueSpace 7.6 for 3D Modeling from TenLinks
Chief Architect Launches User Certification Program from TenLinks
Dassault Completes Engineous Acquisition from TenLinks
Dsm Capital Partners Buys Autodesk Shares from TenLinks
EskoArtwork Promotes Guido Schueren to Vice Chairman from TenLinks
Harley Davidson Museum HGA Team Selects Visa Lighting from TenLinks
Immersion Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results from MCADCafe
Italy’s City of Genoa Selects Bentley from TenLinks
Nemetschek AG, Weto to
Develop Software for Timber Industry
from TenLinks
Nemetschek Discovers Timber-Based Construction from AEC News
Oce CS4100 Color Scanners Gets BERTL 4 Star Rating from TenLinks
Quality Automation Graphics Offers 3D Symbol Library from TenLinks
SENER Selects think3 ThinkDesign, thinkteam from TenLinks
SolidWorks 2009 Beta Contest Winner to Get Dell Laptop from TenLinks
VDS to Offer Inventor Simulation Book ‘Soon’ from TenLinks
XANADU Relaunches CADforum.cz Portal from TenLinks
XANADU Updates AutoCAD 2009 Utilities from TenLinks