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Nvidia Maximus looks to bring order to GPU compute workflows for simulation and rendering

2011-12-01T10:32:00.001+02:00

Nvidia Maximus consists of a Quadro graphics card and a Tesla GPU compute board, tied together by a unified driver in a certified Nvidia Maximus workstation. Ecce Maximus (behold Maximus), we proclaim, giving our best impression of having had a classical education. We’re not talking about the resurrection of Russell Crowe in Gladiator here though,Maximus is a new (Graphics Processing Unit)

Mastercam X6 Release Highlights

2011-12-01T10:28:00.001+02:00

Mastercam X6 delivers full 64-bit support and a powerful set of new tools to help you make the most of your shop. We've listed some highlights below (click the video icon to see a quick demonstration):Mill and Router: The new in-process stock model delivers an accurate representation of your part as toolpaths are applied to it. The model can be verified and used as the basis for additional

Imagine, Design, Create Now on Your iPad

2011-12-01T10:10:00.001+02:00

Thanks to Steve of the the Autodesk Blog “Autodesk Manufacturing Northern Europe” for the heads up on the new Autodesk Imagine Design Create iPad app now available free in the Apple app store. The Autodesk Imagine Design Create book was released this March in print at the TED 2011 conference. The book celebrates the impact of design. Imagine Design Create and tells stories of how technology is

Let AutoCAD help you

2011-11-29T09:57:00.001+02:00

Starting with AutoCAD 2012, when you start to type a command, AutoCAD auto-completes. If you pause, you see all commands starting with the letters you typed and you can choose the desired command. You can do minor editing as you type, in case you make a mistake (before pressing Enter): Home: Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line End: Moves the cursor to the end of the line Left

The advanced way of finding coordinates in Autocad

2011-11-28T12:50:00.001+02:00

Some coordinates are easy to find. For example, to find the endpoint of a line, you just use the Endpoint object snap. But others are more elusive. For example, recently someone asked me, "I would like to ask if there is a simple way to select a center of a rectangle." My answer was: If you press Shift and right-click, you'll get the OSNAP menu. Choose Mid Between 2 Points, and choose

AutoCAD 2011 – 0 no found error

2010-04-02T01:13:00.001+03:00

Two continuous attempts to test new surface modeling capabilities of AutoCAD 2011, led us to the same persistent error displayed above. We are using the trial version of Acad 2011. If this is a problem of licencing, why it appears only when we try the surface modeling module? We will see…

AutoCAD 2011 New Features

2010-03-27T20:44:00.002+02:00

Autocad 2011 lives among us! Here we refer, tne new features that enrich the product. 1.Surface Analysis Ensure a clear understanding of the continuity between different surfaces. This feature was a necessity since the introduction of free form capability 2.Point Cloud support Bring your 3D scans to life, streamlining time-consuming renovation and restoration projects. With support for up to 2

A butterfly flaps its wings in Tel-Aviv, Israel, and will change for ever the way Autocad users collaborate worlwide!

2010-03-15T16:01:00.006+02:00

Nothing more, nothing less for a wonderful magic product under development inside Autodesk labs. Project Butterfly. A team of Israeli software magicians, succeed to transfer almost the entire Autocad in the cloud! Using a simple browser, anybody can open any .dwg from his local disk and collaborate with his colleaques worldwide without any Autocad installed inside their workstations! Don't

New Sketching Capabilities in AutoCAD or how to overload Autocad with new applications

2010-03-06T22:01:00.003+02:00

New Sketching Capabilities in AutoCAD Technology preview from Autodesk labs. According to Autodesk: "Autodesk Alias Sketch for AutoCAD adds integrated painting, image manipulation, and illustration capabilities to enhance the AutoCAD workflow, making AutoCAD a broader creative tool" A dream of a lot of traditional architects and designers comes to life... Enjoy...

Number one possible reason for unpredictable and (or) unstable drawing behaviour

2010-03-04T10:59:00.003+02:00

For those of you having problems opening acad drawings, which causes Autocad to crash this is the number one possible reason. "Large Drawing Coordinates" !!! Note it, try to understand it and the most important find ways to resolve it!!! The following is official from Autodesk. Errors or performance problems when working with objects in large coordinate space Published date: 2006-Oct-12 ID:

When you must turn merge control off to your plotter

2010-03-04T10:24:00.001+02:00

The ability to control the merging of colors of your plotter is a bless for most situations in your everyday drawing practice. So in most cases you leave merge control with the"lines merge" setting selected. When you draw building elevations in most cases your plot jobs will give you unsatisfactory results with this setting selected. In this case you must turn merge control to the "lines

Early attempts (2002 dated) to model a Suba using VIZ 3i

2009-09-11T08:28:00.001+03:00

and a rendering using the brazil renderer

The new staircase erected

2009-09-10T10:17:00.001+03:00

General view of the assembled staircaseAnd a more interesting perspective view here

Some necesary support works

2009-09-10T10:14:00.002+03:00

The old staicase demolition phase

2009-09-10T10:11:00.001+03:00

Autocad + Laser Cutter + my old staircase replacement (continued)

2009-09-10T10:02:00.001+03:00

This is the product from the Laser Cutting Machine

Although we feel...

2009-09-09T14:32:00.003+03:00

that we designed a nice building (using ACA2009 and 2010) with respect to every detail of the program issued and we submitted a correct BIM model according to the requirements af the commitee.The images has been taken from the IFC StoreyView which was among the official BIM viewers the commitee suggested.

And the result was...

2009-09-09T13:41:00.001+03:00

The competition we participated ...

2009-09-09T13:37:00.002+03:00

was for the National Museum of Vestbanen - Norway

Nearby to loose a project? Turn drawings in mm and move this f...g origin away

2009-09-09T09:02:00.002+03:00

Suppose you are a principal architect in a well established (multinational) Architectural Practice. Suppose you have executed the preliminary design phase of a project. Suppose you have not been awarded the next phase say the execution design phase. Then do the best. Order your CAD manager to do it. Bind all xrefs in one huge drawing. Dont purge anything. Scale anything from meters to milimeters.

Autocad + Laser Cutter + my old staircase replacement

2009-09-07T13:21:00.010+03:00

Something completely different now (and maybe for a number of subsequent posts). And what could be the relation between Autocad, one Laser Cutter and my old stair? Well I own an old house erected back in 1918. Since 2001 I have started to renovate the house and due to financial and time restrictions this effort will last maybe for a number of years in the future. One critical part in this

Remaining silent about BIM will not last for ever

2009-09-03T08:48:00.001+03:00

OK i must accept that i decided to remain silent about my BIM experience, waiting for the results of the competition we participated a few months ago. And it was an interesting experience. What we know until now is that our partitipation has beenreceived succesfuly by the commitee's FTP server and our BIM model stands between the models of the other participants. It was not a straight through

PDF printer with merge control for free!

2009-04-28T10:21:00.000+03:00

For those of you decided to stay up to ACAD 2009 and you missed the capabilities of a PDF printer- plotter with merge control, here is the solution.PDFCREATOR is a free PDF printer and can integrate seamlesly with your Autocad and verticals.And, more interesting, for free!

IFC knowledge refresh day and related tools collection

2009-04-23T15:05:00.000+03:00

A lot of reading and searching today.OK the ACA can make IFC files but I need to make some trials.First of all the jury will use independed IFC viewers so we must find few of them.The freely available id always the preferred choice and doing some googling someeone can find.1.IFCstoreyview2.DDS-CAD viewerTo start with a ready made model i used the 2009 Sample Project opening it with ACA-2010.ACA

Architectural Competition requires IFC model as deliverable

2009-04-22T16:34:00.001+03:00

The practice I am working for, decided to participate in an International Architectural Competition. The management thought it was a participation as usual. Today we received the competition program. The main competition deliverable will be the IFC model of the building proposed. Could any one even suppose this two years ago? It seems there is no way to go without ACA. Stay in touch!