25 November 2008
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From SolidSmack.com: SolidJott: Ya Know, For SolidWorks Users! - “There’s a new site that might get you an answer quicker that you can say, arrrrrrrGGGGH! to a SolidWorks VAR. It’s a new take on Tech Support from Ben Eadie of SolidMentor called SolidJott. Ben says it’s simple and it i…”
From WorldCAD Access: Recycling Big Box Stores - “A pictoral in Slate shows how abandoned Wal-Mart and KMart stores are being rennovated for other uses: The challenges of repurposing big-box stores are not limited to dealing with their unwieldy size…”
From the 3D Roadie blog at Autodesk: 3December is fast approaching - “Yep its that time of year again and I just wanted to remind everyone to check out everything that’s going on. There are large events around the world and many smaller events held by independent User groups so hopefully one is near you…”
From SolidSmack.com: Three SolidWorks Short Week Tips To Jump Into Screaming - “For most in the US, there’s dancing. It’s a three day week as happiness surrounds the Thanksgiving holiday and ensuing riots to get 90% off a ham brazie…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Autodesk ImageModeler 2009 - “Create 3D Models directly from images… I have not tried this out yet - but it sure sounds interesting. Here is what the Autodesk site says…”
From WorldCAD Access: No End in Sight: Autodesk CEO - “During Autodesk’s Q3 conference call with financial analysts, Steven Ashley of Robert W…”
From WorldCAD Access: It’s B-a-a-a-ack: AutoSketch - “What with the likes of the mysterious A/CAD, the competent Bricscad…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Working with AutoCAD Selection Sets (Harry’s Code
Class Newsletter) - “When building a Visual LISP or VBA routine, understand the unique rules that control these objects…”
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See Henning Lochner Present at ECF 2008! from the 3DMojo blog
Off Topic - Quote of the Day from the CAD-a-Blog
AutoCAD 2009 Feature Comparison Matrix from the CADDmanager blog
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