I have some business meetings in a few locations and instead of playing the fun airline game I decided to drive so that I can also take some photos along the way and also not lose my luggage. As a... Read more →
The Pumpkinizer from a Photo at GlassGiant.com Here is my face pumpkin'ized. Read more →
I am far from knowing everything especially in design and Autodesk software or CAD Management. While I may know enough to be dangerous and have several years of experience, I am also intelligent enough to know that books, references, and knowing your resources are the true golden part of your knowledge. Read more →
The Utah Department of Transportation "UDOT" did something this rarely seen this weekend that had people cheering and smiling, was on-time, made sense, and on budget. They worked with some contractors Ralph L. Wadsworth "WADSCO" and Michael Baker Corp. to replace a major freeway overpass bridge in a weekend instead of shutting the freeway down for many months like what is typically done. Read more →
AutoCAD 2008 Certification is launching and the preparation guide should be available from the Autodesk eStore by the end of the week. I would recommend the 592 page preparation guide to brush up on best practices and new features and... Read more →
I have been working with a customer that has AutoCAD 2007 crashing and I wanted to share the solution as it could be common. It is related to another product installing a bad version MFC80U.DLL to their machine. Some applications... Read more →
SaaS stands for Software as a Service or perhaps you have heard the term Web 2.0. This is basically an application that needs no installation and runs on the web through your browser. Give this early preview example a run... Read more →
Our hearts and offers of help goes out to those affected by the wildfires of Southern California. If there is anything I can do, please do not hesitate to ask. Sincerely, Shaan Hurley Autodesk, Inc. Read more →
Revit MEP Product Manager Kyle Bernhardt has now launched a Revit MEP blog. Congratulations Kyle, welcome to the CADBlogging world. http://inside-the-system.typepad.com/ RSS 2.0 Feed Cheers, Shaan Technorati Tags: Revit, Revit MEP, Autodesk, Blog Read more →
The change in AutoCAD 2008 to the way layer states restore in model space and paper space. Read more →
The text based Content Search Alpha and geometry searching Autodesk Visual Search are two technologies in the Autodesk Labs now available to use and get customer feedback to help shape their directions. Autodesk Visual Search allows you to simply sketch... Read more →
On Saturday I had a newly scheduled exercise class starting at my gym titled "Body Combat". Body Combat sounded like a cool and manly type of exercise class to me, as a guy. When I arrived for class, I was... Read more →
Now the answer to who was the mystery person in the photo with me in my post on 10/13/07 "Who is the masked person with me?". Jimmy Bergmark in the comments wins as it was indeed the legendary Mr. John Walker the founder of Autodesk and now the owner of popular website http://www.fourmilab.ch/. Read more →
We have updated the Autodesk Labs hosted tool "Google Earth Extension for AutoCAD" which included fixes for reported issues and support of other products like AutoCAD Map. The credit and kudos goes to the developer Thomas Inzinga. With this updated... Read more →
I got a kick out of the top ten pet costume photos on this blog posting. LINK Read more →
The AutoCAD Mechanical Team is looking for users of AutoCAD Mechanical that would be interested in potential future releases. Read more →
Any guesses who this person might be? Post a comment to this post. Next week I will reveal who I got to meet not too long ago. Read more →
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Read more →
When shooting digital photos, please save your RAW versions of your favorite photos if possible otherwise you may regret not doing so in the future. Read more →
We just posted a new preview of a utility named the Drawing Cleanup Utility "DCU" to the Autodesk Labs. This Drawing Cleanup Utility will assist you in cleaning up a drawing to meet your specification or standards by organizing, re-mapping,... Read more →
Service Packs are supposed to fix things not break them. Anytime you change something you are risking breaking something else. Read more →
From Lisa's blog posting on Inside Hues: New Technology Preview Posted! Now many other countries can download the Autodesk Impression preview and also the build has the latest hot fixes included. Australia Belgium Canada Denmark Finland Ireland Luxembourg Malaysia Netherlands... Read more →
I just released a new updated 25 Year AutoCAD Timeline image in celebration that this is the 25th Anniversary of Autodesk and AutoCAD. http://lp.adskhost.com/index.php/1391.html Cheers, Shaan Read more →
This rumored haunted Victorian house is still popular especially around Halloween after all these years and having even burned down since. Read more →
Volker has just announced that the future release of Autodesk Design Review code named "Colorado Project" is now open for beta testing. Read more →