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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xLSHq6v6IR9oducffrtZWnsJhoU/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xLSHq6v6IR9oducffrtZWnsJhoU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;This week has went by extremely quick. There were a lot of great presentations done this week, a lot of great networking and a lot of great times had. One of the coolest places I went to was the Minus 5 bar. It was a bar in which everything was made out of ice. including the glasses that you drank out of. There was a bunch of different ice sculptures. Check out www.minus5experience.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All of my classes went well that I presented. I wish that I could have practiced a little more for the virtual class since it was on camera and one take only. It would have been nice to have a dry run on camera to get a better feel for it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My two unconference classes were probably the best and i got the best feedback throughout the entire class. My 90 minute lecture went very well also. I have the survey's back on that and it averages pretty high in scores.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The favorite class I took was creating jigs with AutoCAD and VB.net. The instructor had some good simple examples to make it easy to understand. I wish it would have been a little more content but overall i learned the most out of this class.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am already starting to brainstorm on my classes for next year. If you have any ideas of what you would like to see feel free to email me at &lt;a href="mailto:robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com"&gt;robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-1268285529609487997?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/CDwaRv11MHo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/CDwaRv11MHo/au-2009-comes-to-close.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/12/au-2009-comes-to-close.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-775630029245270573</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-30T10:19:04.403-08:00</atom:updated><title>ADN 2009</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VK2eIzbZ5Ej0fDY5sHBVG_jnvM0/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VK2eIzbZ5Ej0fDY5sHBVG_jnvM0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VK2eIzbZ5Ej0fDY5sHBVG_jnvM0/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VK2eIzbZ5Ej0fDY5sHBVG_jnvM0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Here we are ADN 2009 and I have already seen some cool technology that I won't be able to talk about for a few more months. None the less it is really cool stuff. Who would have thought that they could still improve AutoCAD. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Keep checking back for updates from Las Vegas. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br clear="all"/&gt;&lt;div class="iblogger-location-wrapper"/&gt;Mobile Blogging from &lt;a class="iblogger-location" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=43.0760,-83.6743"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="iblogger-footer"&gt;&lt;br clear="all"/&gt;&lt;p style="text-align:right;font-size:10px;"&gt;[Posted with &lt;a href="http://illuminex.com/iBlogger/index.html"&gt;iBlogger&lt;/a&gt; from my iPhone]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-775630029245270573?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/DGOLjm2Z8is" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/DGOLjm2Z8is/adn-2009.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/11/adn-2009.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-7304138463571532004</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-29T14:08:48.884-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Autodesk University</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">AutoCAD Electrical</category><title>Autodesk University 2009: Checked in</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f8eJTApfUVbm_hZ_T0TWTYZf5uI/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f8eJTApfUVbm_hZ_T0TWTYZf5uI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f8eJTApfUVbm_hZ_T0TWTYZf5uI/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f8eJTApfUVbm_hZ_T0TWTYZf5uI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Alright, I am all checked into the Mandalay Bay hotel. Nice room not quite as big as the Venetian or as nice for the rooms but overall very nice. I don't spend too much time in the room with all the classes I am attending and presenting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On today's schedule I record a virtual session at 5:30pm EST which will then be broadcast on Thursday and Friday of this week. During these broadcasts I will be available for question and answer. After this week they will be on the AU Online website. After the Virtual recording session today I meet with some people for an interview on industry trends and visions. This should be broadcast quite a bit over the coming days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow is a slightly more relaxed day, I have the ADN conference, a usability study for AutoCAD Electrical 2011, a blogger event and maybe go out with a friend or two.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One thing is for sure, I miss my family already and I am going to be VERY busy this week. I hope I get a chance to meet up with all of my friends that I don't get to see very often.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope to update my blog after tonights tasks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-7304138463571532004?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/0e99C5Kx9rc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/0e99C5Kx9rc/autodesk-university-2009-checked-in.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/11/autodesk-university-2009-checked-in.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-2643648188350257484</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-21T06:57:28.372-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Autodesk</category><title>Ask the Expert</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T5GRbjmJqEPhUlm5bZeMGAg4yK0/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T5GRbjmJqEPhUlm5bZeMGAg4yK0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T5GRbjmJqEPhUlm5bZeMGAg4yK0/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T5GRbjmJqEPhUlm5bZeMGAg4yK0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I have a busy few weeks coming up so I wanted to post this now. Starting December 12th, I will be the expert on Autodesks Ask the Expert site. &lt;a href="http://autocad.autodesk.com/"&gt;http://autocad.autodesk.com&lt;/a&gt;. During this week i will be answering AutoCAD questions from users around the globe. I am sure this will give me good topics to post on my blog site also.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope to hear from you then.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have any questions please email me at &lt;a href="mailto:robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com"&gt;robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-2643648188350257484?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/GB4hpD9vsko" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/GB4hpD9vsko/ask-expert.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/11/ask-expert.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-2798147013512628780</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-17T15:26:45.235-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">AutoCAD Electrical</category><title>Shaping the future of AutoCAD Electrical</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wINTe587SuzCXeDKf_MqKReeYic/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wINTe587SuzCXeDKf_MqKReeYic/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wINTe587SuzCXeDKf_MqKReeYic/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wINTe587SuzCXeDKf_MqKReeYic/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;Are you interested in shaping the future of AutoCAD Electrical?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;The AutoCAD Electrical team is offering two great opportunities if you work with schematics for controls, switchgear, power, process, and instrumentation, and are attending Autodesk University 2009 in Las Vegas:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;Product Usability Evaluation&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;Various sessions. Nov 30 – Dec 3, 2009&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;Register &lt;a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=V_2bDB6GK4exdUnGPAqu4irw_3d_3d" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;Power, Controls, and Instrumentation Unplugged&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;November 30, 2009.  2-4pm&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;Register &lt;a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=qluT5KgxkFT8bFBrVlWOKQ_3d_3d" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;If you can’t attend but are interested in keeping in touch with the AutoCAD Electrical team for future events, register &lt;a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=96zly313GUZkytxESImONA_3d_3d" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;I have attended several of these over the year and they are always fun and interesting to see what is coming in the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-2798147013512628780?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/6DkAb-HsV5s" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/6DkAb-HsV5s/shaping-future-of-autocad-electrical.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/11/shaping-future-of-autocad-electrical.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-4260143267824337140</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-26T10:39:30.483-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Autodesk University</category><title>Autodesk University 2009</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HiQby7F8D6yxUBAaLMmus6hPrGo/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HiQby7F8D6yxUBAaLMmus6hPrGo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HiQby7F8D6yxUBAaLMmus6hPrGo/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HiQby7F8D6yxUBAaLMmus6hPrGo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;It's hard to believe that Autodesk University is about a month and a half away. Deadlines are coming up quickly for handouts, datasets and much more. I have a very busy schedule this AU. Probably busier than most previous AU's. I guess that is a good thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is an overview of my schedule and if anyone ones to meet up while I am at AU please feel free to shoot me an email and hopefully we can meet up and talk all things Autodesk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sunday November 29th&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10:25 am - Arrive at LAS, proceed to Mandalay Bay, unpack and finish preparing for AU Virtual Class.&lt;br /&gt;4:45 pm - Arrive at the Studio to record the &lt;a href="http://au.autodesk.com/?nd=virtual_class_listing&amp;amp;speaker_filter=102768#classlisting"&gt;Virtual Session&lt;/a&gt;. Recording will be from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm.&lt;br /&gt;7:15 pm to 7:30 pm - Business Trends and Visions Interview with Autodesk University. (will be posted on the AU website later.)&lt;br /&gt;7:30 pm - tbd, Free. - I hope to meet up with some other friends that are coming in early.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Monday November 30th&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6:00 am - Breakfast, and emails from the office.&lt;br /&gt;8:00 am - ADN Conference&lt;br /&gt;Evening - Bloggers Social or ADN Event (haven't decided yet)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tuesday December 1st&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6:00 am - Breakfast and emails from the office.&lt;br /&gt;8:00 am - 9:30 am Attending class - CAD Geeks Inside: Starting, Maintaining and Enabling a Company User Group. (Presented by a former colleague Kevin Robinson)&lt;br /&gt;10:00 am to 11:30 am - Keynote - AU Keynote and Welcome Address with Carl Bass&lt;br /&gt;11:30 - Lunch&lt;br /&gt;1:00 pm - 2:30 pm - Attending Class - Real Life Applications: Practical Engineering Purposes for AutoCAD Electrical (It's not just for Drafting)&lt;br /&gt;3:00 pm - 4:30 pm - Presenting - &lt;a href="http://au.autodesk.com/?nd=e_class&amp;amp;jid=29034&amp;amp;session_id=4926"&gt;AutoCAD Electrical Power Tools for Power Users&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5:00 pm - 6:30 pm - Attending Class - Hands-on Jigging: Creating Jigs using VB.NET&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wednesday December 2nd&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6:00 am - Breakfast and emails from the office.&lt;br /&gt;8:00 am - 9:30 - Lab Assisting - &lt;a href="http://au.autodesk.com/?nd=e_class&amp;amp;jid=29034&amp;amp;session_id=5005"&gt;A Quick Spin on AutoCAD Electrical 2010&lt;/a&gt;(Presented by a friend and fellow AutoCAD Electrical Consultant Randy Brunette)&lt;br /&gt;10:00 am - 11:30 am - Attending Class - &lt;a href="http://au.autodesk.com/?nd=e_class&amp;amp;jid=29034&amp;amp;session_id=5291"&gt;Create the Magic Like Disney Does with Tif and Tiff&lt;/a&gt;(Presented by two former colleagues, Tiffany Tucker and Tifani Weisbrod)&lt;br /&gt;11:30 am - Lunch&lt;br /&gt;1:00 pm - 2:30 pm - Keynote - Industry Keynote: Manufacturing&lt;br /&gt;3:00 pm - 4:30 pm - Attending Class - AutoCAD APIs: The Right Tools for the Job&lt;br /&gt;5:00 pm - 6:30 pm - Lab Assisting - Finding the Logic in iLogic: Hands on Lab&lt;br /&gt;6:30 pm - Dinner then finalize presentations for Thursday Morning&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursday December 3rd&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6:00 am - Breakfast and emails from the office.&lt;br /&gt;8:00 am - Presenting Unconference - &lt;a href="http://au.autodesk.com/?nd=e_class&amp;amp;jid=29034&amp;amp;session_id=4928"&gt;AutoCAD Electrical 2010 Unplugged&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10:00 am - Presenting Unconference - &lt;a href="http://au.autodesk.com/?nd=e_class&amp;amp;jid=29034&amp;amp;session_id=5535"&gt;Consulting Concepts Unplugged&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Broadcast of &lt;a href="http://au.autodesk.com/?nd=virtual_class_listing&amp;amp;speaker_filter=102768#classlisting"&gt;Virtual Session&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3:00 pm - 4:30 pm - Attending Class - Hands on Introduction to C#.NET&lt;br /&gt;5:00 pm - 6:30 pm - Attending Class - Human Management: A Non-Technical Approach to CAD Management&lt;br /&gt;6:30 pm - Dinner event then.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Friday December 4th&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6:00 am 11:00 am- Breakfast and emails from the office, wrap up any other loose ends for the week.&lt;br /&gt;11:00 am - noon - Broadcast of&lt;a href="http://au.autodesk.com/?nd=virtual_class_listing&amp;amp;speaker_filter=102768#classlisting"&gt; Virtual Session&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;noon - Lunch&lt;br /&gt;Open for Networking (and finishing up anything I didn't get finished in the morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday December 5th&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Open most of the day, flight leaves for home at 11:ish PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can email me at &lt;a href="mailto:robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com"&gt;robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com&lt;/a&gt; if you have any questions or want to meet up. As you can see it will be a busy week but I hope to make time for as much networking as possible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks&lt;br /&gt;Rob Stein&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-4260143267824337140?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/U8fcugjA3ng" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/U8fcugjA3ng/autodesk-university-2009.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/10/autodesk-university-2009.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-7216512701633078327</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-08T16:00:32.739-07:00</atom:updated><title>Bitter Sweet</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/u5T9cvDgEFKUZfradnnut_5xBVI/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/u5T9cvDgEFKUZfradnnut_5xBVI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/u5T9cvDgEFKUZfradnnut_5xBVI/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/u5T9cvDgEFKUZfradnnut_5xBVI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;As many of you may remember I had a difficult time making the decision to leave INCAT where I spent over 5 years of my life. I really enjoyed my time with the organization and I just wanted to comment on today is my 1 year anniversary of my last day at INCAT. This past year has been an interesting change in my career which has led to some new skills, and friends. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-7216512701633078327?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/vhH_3nNiXbc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/vhH_3nNiXbc/bitter-sweet.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/10/bitter-sweet.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-8459550271495445881</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-17T09:40:49.049-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Autodesk</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">iPhone</category><title>Autodesk enters the iPhone app arena</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/G_vWyzT-oQIoSo7o1Ac3HjFcfKk/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/G_vWyzT-oQIoSo7o1Ac3HjFcfKk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/G_vWyzT-oQIoSo7o1Ac3HjFcfKk/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/G_vWyzT-oQIoSo7o1Ac3HjFcfKk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Check out this video for Sketchbook Mobile, an app created by Autodesk for the iPhone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="500" height="315"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YwYm5YhA0pQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YwYm5YhA0pQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="315"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-8459550271495445881?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/Z04bPjG_4VM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/Z04bPjG_4VM/autodesk-enters-iphone-app-arena.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/09/autodesk-enters-iphone-app-arena.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-5381403432477945684</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-11T20:23:10.858-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">War</category><title>Remembering that day.</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EqgSnzCOBj4lnwZur8TO7yVAW_I/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EqgSnzCOBj4lnwZur8TO7yVAW_I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EqgSnzCOBj4lnwZur8TO7yVAW_I/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EqgSnzCOBj4lnwZur8TO7yVAW_I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I don't think I will ever forget that September day so many years ago. I was working at Orchard Design in Romeo Michigan. I remember hearing about it on the radio and thinking wow, this sounds like an intense movie. No one at the office thought it was real. I proceeded to call Kim, my girlfriend at the time and ask her if she had heard about it. By this time we realized it was real. I remember going home at lunch and bringing back a TV so we could watch the breaking story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By that night it was all over the news, everyone was talking about it. A very sad, angry and scary time in USA history. I remember hearing about people driving from all over the country to NY to help look for survivors. I wanted to go, but didn't. I wish I would have. It was kind of crazy how much this tragedy brought America even closer together. Everyone helping, sending food, water and resources to help clean up. I remember thinking why would anyone do this to other humans. It's sad that people don't view all people on this earth as humans. It's sad that it comes down to the color of skin, or the religion that we pray to. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I unfortunately remember thinking, when are we going to send the troops over to take care of this problem. I remember cheering when I heard that our fighter jets were on the way and bombs were being dropped. I was foolish to cheer like it was some kind of video game that we were about to win. War isn't a game that anyone wins, rather it is a necessary evil at times. If we stand by and do nothing, we are looked at as cowards, if we fight we lose even more lives. It's a lose, lose situation and it sucks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The thing that saddens me the most is that we, American's, Patriots, wait until the anniversary of such a tragedy to remember our fallen friends that were killed in the 9/11 attacks. We wait until veterans day to pay our respects to lost soldiers, we wait until a specific day that has been set a side to remember, when we really should remember this daily. These tragedies are what have made our country what it is today, for better or worse. The soldiers that died in all the wars that have been fought deserve to be remembered every day. We take liberties every day that were gained by our loved ones who have fallen, those who have been injured physically or mentally for the rest of their lives. Yet we only remember on certain calendar days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few days ago my dad sent me an email saying that on September 11th all American's should fly their flag proud. I say (and unfortunately I need to take my own advice.) we need to fly it proud every day. This is a great country and many of us take our freedoms for granted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please remember our fallen hero's, loved ones and soldiers today and every day.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-5381403432477945684?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/59ePvR4KeSM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/59ePvR4KeSM/remembering-that-day.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/09/remembering-that-day.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-5126576011094754313</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-18T04:14:54.067-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">LinkedIn</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Autodesk University</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">AutoCAD Electrical</category><title>AutoCAD Electrical Unplugged (LinkedIn Group)</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5soBjhsTzAJ1Z5AHrOpOlNACujc/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5soBjhsTzAJ1Z5AHrOpOlNACujc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5soBjhsTzAJ1Z5AHrOpOlNACujc/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5soBjhsTzAJ1Z5AHrOpOlNACujc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Come one, Come all. I have just created a group on linked in called AutoCAD Electrical Unplugged. Stemmed from my Autodesk University class idea we will discuss anything AutoCAD Electrical in this group. My goal is to build a strong user community that can openly share symbols, catalog entries, ideas, and whatever else we can think of.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the &lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/2211291/eml-grp-sub/"&gt;link &lt;/a&gt;to the group. If you have any questions you can email me at &lt;a href="mailto:robert.stein@zephyrtechnologies.com?subject=AutoCAD Electrical Unplugged (LinkedIn Group)"&gt;mailto:robert.stein@zephyrtechnologies.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-5126576011094754313?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/OXmNtIEeBCU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/OXmNtIEeBCU/autocad-electrical-unplugged-linkedin.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/08/autocad-electrical-unplugged-linkedin.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-4406605375750564309</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-12T07:51:05.765-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Presentations</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Autodesk University</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">AutoCAD Electrical</category><title>Autodesk University Updated</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vu8O4ZYZiBy_rDDt9PMfbxM9uuU/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vu8O4ZYZiBy_rDDt9PMfbxM9uuU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vu8O4ZYZiBy_rDDt9PMfbxM9uuU/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vu8O4ZYZiBy_rDDt9PMfbxM9uuU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;As I mentioned in the previous post I have been awarded the great opportunity to present 4 courses at Autodesk University. Below are the links to the specific classes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://au.autodesk.com/?nd=src_class&amp;amp;jid=29402&amp;amp;session_id=4928"&gt;AutoCAD Electrical 2010 Unplugged&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Class ID: MA304-1&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Class Type: Unconference&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Expertise: All Levels&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Industry: Industrial Machinery&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Primary Track: Manufacturing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Primary Software: AutoCAD Electrical&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;8:00 AM Thursday December 3, 2009 in Palm E&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://au.autodesk.com/?nd=e_class&amp;amp;session_id=4926"&gt;AutoCAD Electrical Power Tools for Power Users&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Class ID: MA118-4&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Class Type: 90-Minute Class&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Expertise: Power User&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Primary Track: Manufacturing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Primary Software: AutoCAD Electrical&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3:00 PM - 4:30PM Tuesday December 1, 2009 in Jasmine D&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://au.autodesk.com/?nd=e_class&amp;amp;session_id=4927"&gt;AutoCAD Electrical 2010 Ribbons unWrapped&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Virutal Session, Information still to come.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://au.autodesk.com/?nd=e_class&amp;amp;session_id=5535"&gt;Consulting Concepts Unplugged&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Class ID: MA2160&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Class Type: Unconference&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Expertise: All Levels&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Industry: Industrial Machinery&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Primary Track: Manufacturing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Primary Software: AutoCAD Electrical&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;10:00 AM - 11:30AM Thursday December 3, 2009 in Palm E&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think this will be one of the best AU's to date.  I am very excited about these classes and the opportunity to help people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-4406605375750564309?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/OPfoWisY4gk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/OPfoWisY4gk/autodesk-university-updated.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/08/autodesk-university-updated.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-4717447899432264212</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-09T17:49:28.099-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Consulting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Autodesk University</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">AutoCAD Electrical</category><title>Autodesk University 2009</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W6MZ4_sLCp04s_krY1kSQI3F0CU/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W6MZ4_sLCp04s_krY1kSQI3F0CU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W6MZ4_sLCp04s_krY1kSQI3F0CU/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W6MZ4_sLCp04s_krY1kSQI3F0CU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I am starting to ramp up for Autodesk University 2009. This year I have been awarded 4 classes.  Below are my class titles, more details to follow in the next week or two.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;AutoCAD Electrical Power Tools for Power Users - 90 Minute Class&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;AutoCAD Electrical 2010 Unplugged - Un-Conference (AU Unplugged)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Consulting Concepts Unplugged - Un-Conference (AU Unplugged)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;AutoCAD Electrical 2010 RIbbons unWrapped - Virtual Session&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am very excited about the two unplugged sessions. It should be very interesting.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Stay tuned.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-4717447899432264212?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/wka6l7E-hN8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/wka6l7E-hN8/autodesk-university-2009.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/08/autodesk-university-2009.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-5889496227254016665</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-07T06:01:26.578-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">General</category><title>The Brick Wall</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j_8epwy2TaeQ1lBEeFiImPmYv3Y/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j_8epwy2TaeQ1lBEeFiImPmYv3Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j_8epwy2TaeQ1lBEeFiImPmYv3Y/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j_8epwy2TaeQ1lBEeFiImPmYv3Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I recently started listening to an audio book called "The Last Lecture". So far it is a good book. I just wanted to make a comment on something in the book that I think rings very true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The author talks about the brick walls that we all run into throughout life. And as we all know these brick walls seem like they are immovable. The author goes on to discuss why these brick walls are there. Brick walls are placed in front of people to stop the people who don't want what's on the other side enough. Think about that for a minute. How many times throughout our days / lives do we run into a small problem and just give up. I can answer that for the majority of the people. Often. I am very guilty of this also.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am a strong believer of you can do anything you put your mind to. I leave you with this. When we run into our brick walls, climb them, bull doze through them, get a wrecking ball. Do whatever it takes to attain that goal. You will feel better about your accomplishment and also feel that you can accomplish anything.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-5889496227254016665?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/cOiJ5jYMyGI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/cOiJ5jYMyGI/brick-wall.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/08/brick-wall.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-7762892083664405356</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-06T04:07:15.741-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">AutoCAD Electrical</category><title>ACE Tools</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4GXO6qHjRoFsMUXtDddt9CvJ-Ao/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4GXO6qHjRoFsMUXtDddt9CvJ-Ao/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4GXO6qHjRoFsMUXtDddt9CvJ-Ao/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4GXO6qHjRoFsMUXtDddt9CvJ-Ao/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I am currently spending a little time writing an "ACE Toolkit". I am curious to see what your ideas are for a toolkit. For example the previous post where I provided an excel spreadsheet to build the autolisp string that would automatically create wire types in AutoCAD Electrical.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would love to hear your ideas and see what types of tools I can help build.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;email me at &lt;a href="mailto:robert.stein@zephyrtechnologies.com?subject=ACE Tools"&gt;robert.stein@zephyrtechnologies.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-7762892083664405356?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/gBOQd3KR6Ik" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/gBOQd3KR6Ik/ace-tools.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/08/ace-tools.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-5189502293075258125</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-04T08:31:11.208-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">AutoCAD Electrical</category><title>Adding Wire Types with Automation</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0CZ18QIALbS-bvJ6da57MqMmWf8/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0CZ18QIALbS-bvJ6da57MqMmWf8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0CZ18QIALbS-bvJ6da57MqMmWf8/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0CZ18QIALbS-bvJ6da57MqMmWf8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I have been writing a lot of code lately at work and even at home for AutoCAD Electrical. I have came across this cool API call that I want to share with you. First I should explain a use case for this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We should all be setting up templates with our wire types already defined in them to save us time. However there will be many times due to several reasons when those wire types are removed from the drawings, or when we add new wire types. When we add new wire types we probably want to add them to a project which could have hundreds of drawings and we wouldn't want to do this 1 drawing at a time. Below shows the basic steps and information about this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The overall API call and information: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;(c:ace_new_wiretype "0000 Default Wires" (list "WIRE COLOR" "blue" "SIZE" "" "_COLOR" "210" "_LTYPE" "Solid" "_LWEIGHT" "Default") nil)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wow, that kind of looks like a foriegn language. Let's break it down. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;"(c:ace_new_wiretype" - This is the base for the command. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;"0000 Default Wires" - This is the layer(Wire Type) name.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;(list "WIRE COLOR" "blue" "SIZE" "" "_COLOR" "210" "_LTYPE" "Solid" "_LWEIGHT" "Default") - This is the data list. throughout the entire data list there is a identifier (i.e. "WIRE COLOR") followed by the value (i.e. "blue"). In this case it is not the actual color of the wire, but the color data field in the wire type list. The "_COLOR" is the color for the layer. Toward the end of the data list you see _LTYPE and _LWEIGHT, these define the values for the actual layer that get's created.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;" nil)" - at this time this is for options that don't exist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So now what you would do is create a text file with a file extension of .scr. You will enter a list of these API calls into the text file with all of the details for your wire types. Then run the script file by either dragging the script file into your autocad drawing, or using the project utilities, then For each drawing, then run command script file.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have also included a &lt;a href="https://www.box.net/shared/bhgmyxrspx"&gt;zip file&lt;/a&gt; that contains a sample script file and a spreadsheet to help you generate the script file. Here are the steps.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Open the excel file and update Columns B, E, H, J, L, N &amp;amp; P. This will generate the value in Column R which is the api call you will need to put into your .scr file.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Next copy the column R values into the scr file.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Make sure that you have an extra carriage return at the end of the scr file to act as the last "enter" for the script.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have any questions please feel free to email me at &lt;a href="mailto:robert.stein@zephyrtechnologies.com?subject=Adding%20Wire%20Types%20with%20Automation"&gt;robert.stein@zephyrtechnologies.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-5189502293075258125?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/DHyScBKINgs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/DHyScBKINgs/adding-wire-types-with-automation.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/08/adding-wire-types-with-automation.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-437546733212244076</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-03T19:09:31.937-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Vault Manufacturing</category><title>Pre-Releasing in Vault Manufacturing</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GqNq5dkxYFpEvs-kG9xBNzcIuEs/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GqNq5dkxYFpEvs-kG9xBNzcIuEs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GqNq5dkxYFpEvs-kG9xBNzcIuEs/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GqNq5dkxYFpEvs-kG9xBNzcIuEs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;For years engineers have had to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;pre&lt;/span&gt;-release parts in order to meet customer deadlines. For example long lead items are often &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;pre&lt;/span&gt;-released. With &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Autodesk&lt;/span&gt; Vault Manufacturing you can now have multiple states marked as Released to help control the document along the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;lifecycle&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's how.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Log into Vault Manufacturing with admin &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;privileges&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select "Tools" then "Administration"&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select on the "Behaviors Tab", then the "Lifecycles" button.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;At this point you can create a new lifecycle or an existing one. (click edit or new)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Choose the "Add" button under lifecylce details.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Provide a name and description. (i.e. "Pre-Released", "Released to Standard" or "Released to Manufacturing") then click ok.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select the newly created lifecycle state and then choose the "Control" tab. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Here you will notice a checkbox "This is a Released State". Check this and complete your new state.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;I hope this quick post gives you some ideas on how you can use this functionality. Please feel free to email me with questions. &lt;a href="mailto:robert.stein@zephyrtechnologies?Subject=Pre-Releasing%20in%20Vault%20Manufacturing"&gt;Robert.stein@zephyrtechnologies.com&lt;/a&gt; Manufacturing Pre-Releasing in Vault Manufacturing&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-437546733212244076?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/BqjGUuDLijY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/BqjGUuDLijY/pre-releasing-in-vault-manufacturing.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/08/pre-releasing-in-vault-manufacturing.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-5209111058213735108</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-21T05:33:26.821-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Jobs</category><title>Tiffany Tucker...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NBel3ITcKielhX_0BtxZwqj-vBA/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NBel3ITcKielhX_0BtxZwqj-vBA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NBel3ITcKielhX_0BtxZwqj-vBA/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NBel3ITcKielhX_0BtxZwqj-vBA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I don't recall how long I have known Tiffany for, but I remember that we met at an INCAT sponsored event a few years ago. Tiffany was an attendee and had interest in AutoCAD Electrical and Inventor. We got  to talking and a few months later I was training her in AutoCAD Electrical in Grand Rapids. We had talked quite a bit about her desire to become a consultant and trainer. I worked with the management at INCAT and we decided to hire Tiffany. I think she learned allot during her time at INCAT and is very talented in what she does. She recently got accepted to present at Autodesk University this year which is a nice achievement.  Recently Tiffany and a number of my other friends and former coworkers from INCAT have been laid off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is Tiffany's &lt;a href="https://www.box.net/shared/s3cvvxj2p2"&gt;resume.&lt;/a&gt; I hope that someone can help her out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you need a letter of recomendation for Tiffany please let me know.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-5209111058213735108?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/uk4at772l4s" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/uk4at772l4s/tiffany-tucker.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/07/tiffany-tucker.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-4656913054406343139</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-19T10:11:02.282-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Jobs</category><title>Jason Johnson....</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RNMNm1i8xjGTn5VLj8YJjF3gaUE/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RNMNm1i8xjGTn5VLj8YJjF3gaUE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RNMNm1i8xjGTn5VLj8YJjF3gaUE/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RNMNm1i8xjGTn5VLj8YJjF3gaUE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;I first met Jason Johnson when he was at ABB and INCAT was hired to conduct an AutoCAD Mechanical class. I was the consultant that got to go work on that training project.  Several months after that, I got an email from Jason and he was looking for a job. I immediately told our management that we needed to try and hire Jason because he was very skilled. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;While Jason and I were at INCAT together we worked on several programming projects together where I was very impressed with his programming skills and ideas for programs. Jason also worked on Inventor and Autodesk Data Management implementations. Jason is a very valuable person to have on your team. Here is his &lt;a href="https://www.box.net/shared/izypdebhz4"&gt;resume.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-4656913054406343139?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/QMPcQqatMvs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/QMPcQqatMvs/jason-johnson.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/07/jason-johnson.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-555462636727840225</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-14T04:02:37.187-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Jobs</category><title>You asked for it...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VSfT-DE4euPnHNwVPNgyvUr6YMc/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VSfT-DE4euPnHNwVPNgyvUr6YMc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VSfT-DE4euPnHNwVPNgyvUr6YMc/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VSfT-DE4euPnHNwVPNgyvUr6YMc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Over the past year or so many people have asked for my resume. Well I have decided to post it &lt;a href="https://www.box.net/shared/q3isr3i2nl"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-555462636727840225?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/PH576gDIV-8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/PH576gDIV-8/you-asked-for-it.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/07/you-asked-for-it.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-8631450209322978295</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-14T03:46:12.180-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">AutoCAD Electrical</category><title>Nate Holt has a new blog site.</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lxazZfw4yRlLiyqM4dgSYacUJ9g/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lxazZfw4yRlLiyqM4dgSYacUJ9g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lxazZfw4yRlLiyqM4dgSYacUJ9g/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lxazZfw4yRlLiyqM4dgSYacUJ9g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I would have to say that most of the people using AutoCAD Electrical for the past few years have heard of Nate Holt. Nate recently transferred his blog from the Autodesk one we have been following for years to this new one. &lt;a href="http://nateholt.wordpress.com/"&gt;http://nateholt.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt; check it out when you get a chance. Same great tips and tricks just on a new site.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-8631450209322978295?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/-axmlVp_-Jg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/-axmlVp_-Jg/nate-holt-has-new-blog-site.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/07/nate-holt-has-new-blog-site.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-8584827851075626302</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-07T04:11:55.137-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">AutoCAD Electrical</category><title>Mount This</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_HIij7QkOcT-fDwgAxZcMk66S5g/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_HIij7QkOcT-fDwgAxZcMk66S5g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_HIij7QkOcT-fDwgAxZcMk66S5g/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_HIij7QkOcT-fDwgAxZcMk66S5g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;In an earlier post I discussed Installation and Location codes and some possible uses. Today I am going to discuss the Panel Mount and Group codes. This is something I never really knew a perfect example of but we will give it a try to explain it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First I will start by stating I don't know many companies that I have worked with that have used these fields however I recently recieved an email asking what they were all about. So thanks John and I hope this helps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Very close to Installation and Location codes, Mount and Group codes can be used as to help define that device. These can only be added by editing the panel symbol. When I say they can help define that device I mean in respect to mounting and grouping. Here is what I think it means.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mount&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - Use this field to help define the mounting of the physical component. In the schematics we might have used an installation code saying OPSTA1 well at OPSTA1 it could be on the door or the backplate, it could also be on the right side, top, left side etc... of the box. With the mount code you could use something like BPLT for backplate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Group&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - I see two main possiblities for this field. First would be to add a code for assembly. For example let's say  your shop process specifies that certain things happen in a certain order. Use the group code to group all of the devices together that happen in the same process. Then you can "kit" the assembly of the panel's to help speed up the build process.  The other option I see is for sequencing. I haven't done much with Panel Level Sequencing but there is a way to define levels in the panel, I believe it is up to 4 levels, basically to help the shop understand the build of the panel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you need to use these, absolutely not. As with most things in AutoCAD Electrical yoou can take it as far as you want with the power of the product. Although I will say that the more features you use, the more long term benefits you stand to gain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One last thought is that the Mount and Group codes can also show up in the Panel Component report which might be helpful to get that "kit" done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope this helps and if anyone has used these codes before and has examples they would like to share, please feel free to email me at &lt;a href="mailto:robert.stein@zephyrtechnologies.com"&gt;robert.stein@zephyrtechnologies.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-8584827851075626302?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/Il-fWdXCIPg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/Il-fWdXCIPg/mount-this.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/07/mount-this.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-3352542216461674731</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-01T18:40:32.329-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Data Management</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Vault Manufacturing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Interviews</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Jobs</category><title>Introducing Ken Rose, a long time friend and coworker.</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vpWGEzIJR0KhcI9WPHwiyP5TDt4/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vpWGEzIJR0KhcI9WPHwiyP5TDt4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vpWGEzIJR0KhcI9WPHwiyP5TDt4/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vpWGEzIJR0KhcI9WPHwiyP5TDt4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;It has been a while since I have done this and I am selective on who's resume I post on this site. Ken Rose has recently become victim of this poor economy. It saddens me when very talented people lose their job due to things such as the economy. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ken and I worked together at INCAT for quite a while, where I quickly learned of Ken's skills and great personality. Ken is very easy to get along with and I would recommend him for my team any day of the week. You can find his resume &lt;a href="https://www.box.net/shared/vz90xdxxez"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now for a little of Ken's background. Ken worked as an engineer for four years using the Autodesk products that we supported while at INCAT. After moving out of engineering into consulting with INCAT he was able to put his engineering skills to great use as a post sales consultant. Ken also performed many pre-sales actions at INCAT and did very well at it. Ken helped INCAT to win some very large Data Management projects while he was there. After INCAT Ken moved to another reseller where he further honed his skills. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ken is both a great coworker and a great friend. If anyone has any questions regarding Ken or would like a reference I will personally be one of his references.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thanks&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-3352542216461674731?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/A7wTmJjdMdg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/A7wTmJjdMdg/introducing-ken-rose-long-time-friend.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-ken-rose-long-time-friend.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-4636491562478695545</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-26T13:10:16.696-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Data Management</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Vault Manufacturing</category><title>File Naming Schemes in Vault Workgroup, Collaboration and Manufacturing</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/snsMc_kcdfuGM8wLyh2MIz7JMfE/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/snsMc_kcdfuGM8wLyh2MIz7JMfE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/snsMc_kcdfuGM8wLyh2MIz7JMfE/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/snsMc_kcdfuGM8wLyh2MIz7JMfE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I posted a few weeks back about the &lt;a href="http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/06/over-years-i-have-spent-lot-of-time.html"&gt;Vault product line&lt;/a&gt; to introduce the 4 different products that make up Autodesk Data Management. Today's post is on the Automatic File Naming in 3 of the 4 products. The products that have this feature are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Vault Workgroup&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Vault Collaboration&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Vault Manufacturing&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Automatic File Numbering&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is one of the first things I looked at because in a past career I helped to design an auto file naming tool so I wanted to see how this compared. So that I don't confuse anyone I won't talk about the other tool, only what's included with the application.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Numbering Schemes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can define numbering schemes to help you automate the file naming process. For example you might have several different styles of naming for your Inventor files. For example you have a part numbering convention for weldments and one for standard make details. Possibly you have two different divisions of the organization that have recently merged, that previously had their own numbering conventions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Defining a numbering scheme is really easy. The hardest part is understanding your organizations numbering scheme. In order to create or edit a Numbering Scheme you will need to log into the Vault product of your choice (those listed above). After logging in, you will choose Tools then Administration. After the Administration dialog box appears you will choose the Define button for Numbering Schemes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the Numbering Schemes dialog appears you will see an image like this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O40ske8VJ0U/SkI2IMb91VI/AAAAAAAAAJY/hWjBYk6Pr0I/s1600-h/FileNumbering-001.png"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 205px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350898821674947922" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O40ske8VJ0U/SkI2IMb91VI/AAAAAAAAAJY/hWjBYk6Pr0I/s320/FileNumbering-001.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you can see I have two numbering conventions created, both are set to active, and one is set to default. The very cool things is it works with Inventor. When you click save (if you are logged into the vault through Inventor) the naming tool is activated. If you click Skip it allows you to change the file name (For R&amp;amp;D or concept parts). If you have two naming schemes it displays the default first and any other one under a drop down list. This provides for easy access to multiple numbering conventions. In a later post I will discuss how to configure these naming conventions but for now let's look at how they look.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the image below the highlited area shows the drop down list. The "Number" field under the Scheme is displayed based off of the selected scheme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O40ske8VJ0U/SkJBMJTygRI/AAAAAAAAAJg/PlpBhOP-7kE/s1600-h/FileNumbering-002.png"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 101px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350910984182726930" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O40ske8VJ0U/SkJBMJTygRI/AAAAAAAAAJg/PlpBhOP-7kE/s320/FileNumbering-002.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this image you see I have selected the "Weldment" numbernig scheme and I am getting a&lt;br /&gt;different number generated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O40ske8VJ0U/SkJBqXq7wlI/AAAAAAAAAJo/Tmao04N-YEY/s1600-h/FileNumbering-003.png"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 101px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350911503433974354" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O40ske8VJ0U/SkJBqXq7wlI/AAAAAAAAAJo/Tmao04N-YEY/s320/FileNumbering-003.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As mentioned earlier, I will be posting more on this subject in the next blog post.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-4636491562478695545?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/EzRJBPiz3X8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/EzRJBPiz3X8/file-naming-schemes-in-vault-workgroup.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O40ske8VJ0U/SkI2IMb91VI/AAAAAAAAAJY/hWjBYk6Pr0I/s72-c/FileNumbering-001.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/06/file-naming-schemes-in-vault-workgroup.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-1892987021977338389</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-23T07:05:57.848-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Autodesk University</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">AutoCAD Electrical</category><title>Autodesk University Tech Talk</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yDCS-i284lBWMeuaO4nccuLVSY4/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yDCS-i284lBWMeuaO4nccuLVSY4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yDCS-i284lBWMeuaO4nccuLVSY4/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yDCS-i284lBWMeuaO4nccuLVSY4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Recently I submitted an article to Autodesk University to be part of the Quarterly Tech Talk that they have been doing. It was published and you can read it &lt;a href="http://au.autodesk.com/?nd=tech_talk_detail&amp;amp;article_id=33&amp;amp;jid=9835"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt; You can read other  articles on the manufacturing products &lt;a href="http://au.autodesk.com/?nd=tech_talk_listing&amp;amp;filter=Manufacturing&amp;amp;und=143"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-1892987021977338389?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/4kVMch0YqR4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/4kVMch0YqR4/autodesk-university-tech-talk.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/06/autodesk-university-tech-talk.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699926774222235777.post-7158718495660175800</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-16T18:17:28.192-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Autodesk University</category><title>Vegas Baby...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TMMKrdsmWN4ux5VlYMhR0z6_8Hs/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TMMKrdsmWN4ux5VlYMhR0z6_8Hs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TMMKrdsmWN4ux5VlYMhR0z6_8Hs/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TMMKrdsmWN4ux5VlYMhR0z6_8Hs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I got accepted to present 2 classes this year at Autodesk University. Stay tuned for more details.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5699926774222235777-7158718495660175800?l=robertstein.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~4/hmZoeY1Li8I" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ofvm/~3/hmZoeY1Li8I/vegas-baby.html</link><author>robert.stein@yourrealsoftwaresolutions.com (Rob Stein)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://robertstein.blogspot.com/2009/06/vegas-baby.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>
