Last Saturday I read an article over at RCB (RobiNZ CAD Blog) titled “ Why doesn’t Revit have a model browser? ”….and it reminded me of my first experience with Revit, and why I need to revisit the program. That  first experience with Revit came when the Autodesk VAR for the company I worked for at the time (this was 4ish years ago) [...]

This is a new one to me. I can no longer insert images in Autodesk Inventor! Trying to save a part with an inserted image first caused first a ‘Failure’, immediately followed by a ‘Problem’, which then lead to a crash.  The image below shows pretty well how things started. I was working on the tankless [...]

For those of you who have created your own background image for Inventor and need a color scheme to match –or if you just want to fine tune things to fit your style, there is a way to do so. The stock color schemes that ship with Inventor are, in my opinion, just fine for most [...]

NEW YORK, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ — The growth of the green building market will drive adoption of Building Information Modeling (BIM) software, according to a new SmartMarket Report, Green BIM: How Building Information Modeling is Contributing to Green Design and Construction , released today by McGraw-Hill Construction , part of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP). Produced in collaboration with [...]

Autodesk announced that Athié | Wohnrath has received an Autodesk BIM Experience Award for the use of a Building Information Modeling (BIM) process on more than 200 projects to date, including interior design, building design, retrofit and new construction.

“We are 100 percent committed to BIM and, in fact, require [...]

Autodesk  has named Mark Richey Woodworking , a high-end architectural woodworking firm, as the Autodesk Inventor of the Month for August for expert use of Autodesk Inventor software in developing and installing the precision millwork required for a new performing arts center.

“Mark Richey Woodworking’s [...]

PANAJI, Goa (30 th August 2010) – SYCODE has released six file import and five file export add-ins for ARES, the brand new CAD platform from Graebert. “We see tremendous potential for the ARES CAD platform from Graebert,,” explains Deelip Menezes, Founder and CEO of SYCODE . That’s the reason why we took the initiative of studying the internal working of [...]

Autodesk, Inc. , announced AutoCAD for Mac software. This version of AutoCAD, one of the most widely used software for professional design and engineering, runs natively on Mac OS X and will increase choice of hardware for millions of users around the world. Autodesk also announced the AutoCAD WS mobile application , a new app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch [...]

If you didn’t sleep through the previous post, you were promised some stuff at the very end. This is that stuff. It took longer than it should have as I had to get some drawings to the plumber. Without further ado… The next part needed in this assembly is another 4” ‘Long Sweep’ elbow that goes [...]

Delcam will launch a new modelling partner product for its PartMaker CAM system for turn-mill equipment and Swiss-type lathes at the IMTS 2010 exhibition to be held in Chicago from 13th to 17th September.  The new product, called the PowerSHAPE Companion for PartMaker, is based on Delcam’s PowerSHAPE design software, which is already used at thousands [...]

Annual contest offers over $4,000 in prizes for photorealistic renderings and visualizations America’s leading professional services company for design and engineering technologies today launches the Render Us Speechless Contest to publicly recognize the best digital rendering and visualization designers who use Autodesk® design and engineering software. This year Avatech is accepting submissions in three categories: Manufacturing / Mechanical [...]

This Hotfix addresses an issue where updating a drawing document which contains replaced references, in invisible mode, may cause Inventor to become unstable.
Hotfix DL15582648

For this series of articles, the Routed System of choice will be your average everyday home plumbing. The DWV (drain, waste, and vent) system to be exact.   The DWV layout I am using as an example is for is for a little eco cottage design that has all of the mechanicals running through chases and [...]

The crayon in question is Crayon Physics Deluxe , —– a cool little program written back in 07 by Petri Purho , that uses artificial physics and virtual crayons to complete levels of an interesting  little game. I downloaded the original version of the game (pre deluxe) for my four year old daughter back-in-the-day thinking it would be a fun [...]

SAN RAFAEL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Demonstrating productivity gains ranging from 16 to 90 percent, Autodesk, Inc . (NASDAQ:ADSK) unveiled the results of a new study that documents the time-saving features of its AutoCAD LT 2011 software. In the study, David S. [...]

Results Show That 3D Is the New Business Normal and That Consumers Expect to See 3D Images of Products Before They Buy SAN RAFAEL, Calif.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–A strong majority of consumers say being able to see 3D images of prospective purchases online makes them more likely to buy those products, more likely to consider them high quality [...]

The buildingSMART alliance needs some help with its building information modeling (BIM) standard. The Alliance, which is both a council of the National Institute of Building Sciences and the North American chapter of buildingSMART International, has the responsibility of developing the United States National BIM Standard ™ (NBIMS). Version 1 of NBIMS established the overview, principles and [...]

SAN RAFAEL, Calif.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Synventive Molding Solutions, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of hot runner systems and components, has standardized on Autodesk Moldflow Insight software globally to deliver higher quality, more optimized solutions for its customers. Synventive recently expanded its deployment of Autodesk Moldflow Insight software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) to achieve a higher level of accuracy for its [...]

It’s been a busy few days filled with computer crashes  & glitches, email interviews, and a huge amount of hectic modeling  behind-the-scenes on a big fat house model. Thanks to help from Mark Flayler over at IMAGINiT, the big culprit behind all of the crashing I have been experiencing has been traced to the Autodesk Labs 3DA technology preview … [...]

Combined Company is Autodesk’s Largest Global VAR FRAMINGHAM, Mass. & OWINGS MILLS, Md.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Rand Worldwide, Inc. (Framingham, MA), a global leader in providing technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, and Avatech Solutions, Inc. (Owings Mills, MD) (OTCBB:AVSO), one of America’s leading professional services companies for design and engineering technologies, today announced that [...]