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There are many great enhancments in Solid Edge ST2, not least the new Synchronous sheet metal capabilities and the new Simulation module. However in this first post for ST2 I wanted to focus on one of the the most important elements that you first encounter as a user  [more...]

While I'm not a huge fan of Twitter, I do take a daily look at it just to see if there are any interesting tidbits from the SolidWorks Community. There are the occasional UG meeting announcements (@housug), links to interesting [more...]

Since 2000, Siemens spent $1.7 billion on some 4,000 bribes in a dozen countries. Last year, they got fined $1.4 billion by the US and German governments. This week, they got more punishment, this time for bribery involving a World Bank project in Russia.For the next  [more...]

Prompt - do you think we are going to have free Project Management tools? Is it next possible Google App? How Product Development and Lifecycle will be able to use it? Take a look on Manymoon. I think we will see more such tools in the future... Just opinion.

“Bzzzzzzz!”, it went, and suddenly more ice cream than you could catch in your mouth was falling from the opening, along with horses, butterflies and these convincingly brilliant links. Ivan Santic – You’ll see once you get to the site. The  [more...]

Last week saw the release of the annual league table of academic research journals. Although the competition for prestige publishing is less intense in CAD/CAM research than say Physics, it is still interesting to check out the performance of one’s favorites. But beyond  [more...]

CAD tip for ACAD, ADT, ACADM, Map: In many cases (parcels, rooms, lots, sheetmetal parts) you may want to split (divide) irregular closed areas to a half, or to a number of smaller lots. The AutoCAD LISP utility Xanadu ...  [more...]

The Mad Englishman (the title now owned by Al Dean)Sandpaper CadillacHigh Time We Went [more...]

Mystical Tint Tone and Color 2.0 is a suite of 60 professional imaging filters that give photos a distinctive professional look and feel. Easily create a professional 'mood' that normally takes hours to achieve - all in just a few seconds. Mystical empowers  [more...]

Hey all, today I wanted to highlight a simple tip provided by none other than "Junction Jack" our Autodesk Technical Consultant based in the United Kingdom. His blog, co-authored with Ove Cervin, another Technical Consultant based in Sweden, is also [more...]

In Autodesk Revit Structure, we can get different hidden lines by setting a parameter called: Display in Hidden Views Use the following case to explain how to: There is a floor and a T shape beam under the floor (See [more...]

7/1/2009 About a WEEK ago I decided to reinstall everything. I push the limit with space and implementing new things, so my OS gets flaky sometimes. It’s the cost of doing business. Last time I got nailed with a virus. Now we have a sonic wall and keeps me pretty  [more...]

Great student projects in New Orleans. To be able to design and build like this should be required for all architecture students.From ArchDaily:...The Tulane City Center houses the Tulane University School of Architecture’s urban research and outreach programs. So  [more...]

Tomorrow is the day America celebrates its independence. As they have been all week, our Autodesk offices in the Unites States are closed today. Tomorrow we will spend the day with family, eat hot dogs, and watch fireworks at night. [more...]

Autodesk Moldflow 2010 for digital prototyping can solve complex computations twice as fast as the previous version, the company claims.

Short prompt on very good article The True Cost of MS SharePoint. Comprehensive analyses related to IT, business and MS SharePoint implementation. I had chance to discuss SharePoint in multiple blog posts on plmtwine: SharePoint PLM Paradox? SharePoint Social Platform  [more...]

I believe this is officially the first of what will hopefully be many technical posts about my iPhone program SlickShopper. I'm just about to release a semi-major update, and a couple of revelations I had along the way are, I feel, deserving of some attention.The  [more...]

We recently touched on the topic of IFC export and the lack of API access to this functionality. Another property that the Revit API also does not provide write access to is the Element.Pinned property. In both of these cases, [more...]

I received this info from Deke Smith of buildingSMART Alliance… Deke states… “I am excited that scholars are now beginning to do the research that we need to move our profession forward and I will continue to do all I can to support those efforts.  [more...]

Revit OpEd: Virtual Memory: "Virtual MemoryQuick items to share/remind...Set Minimum and Maximum to the same value between 2-3 times the available RAM on your PC. Making them the same means that Windows does not adjust the amount that is available on the fly."...continue  [more...]

Here's a pretty cool looking building. Just went into foreclosure. One of my star Revit techs turned it into a Revit model in about 36 minutes. It's not perfect, but may be fun for you to play with.Notice how it fits in perfectly with the surrounding buildings.  [more...]

Siemens PLM Software Appoints New Leader for India Operations.

We often tend to look up help of software for information that either isn’t intuitive or we are confused about. But more often than not we have to access the software itself to get to the help menu. Wouldn’t it [more...]

Double news bulletin:3am Solutions has released their latest version of their flagship product - Dynamite VSP 4.0.Full compatibility with 3ds MAX Design 2010 & AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010Full 64bit supportIn addition, U.S. CAD has become authorized to sell Dynamite-VSP  [more...]

A couple of posts ago, I talked about some values that make the background look great. Now it's time for the lines within the model. With the new meshes, the need to really understand each face is even more important [more...]

The new version simulates the dissipation of thermal energy in electronic devices ... To address its mobile graphics needs [more...]