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Wow - what a day!
Half of the day was taken up by Keynote addresses. A parade of Bentley folks speaking to the issues of the day and the plans for tomorrow.
First up - Malcolm Walters - COO
He mentioned that there were over 2000 in attendance and that the whole event was about learning. [...]

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Day One of the Bentley conference comes to a close. There were many classes to choose from today and many ways to get more info.
Bentley Architecture for Users Part I
Bentley Architecture for Users Part II
Well managed information in distributed teams - for CAD Managers
BIM Based Integrated Practice
The ProjectWise Experience
Much more expected tomorrow - but [...]

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Final items from the ACA2008 readme file…
Dimensions
Adding a height value to the text style changes the height of text within AEC Dimensions but not AutoCAD dimensions.
It is not possible to summon the Dimension Style Manager dialog via the Display Properties dialog, if accessed through the Display tab of the Properties Palette. To access this dialog, [...]

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Again - here is some info from the readme file in ACA2008 - my comments in italics
Spaces
Property Set Definitions

New automatic property set definitions have been added for spaces.
Base Perimeter Including Interferences
Gross Area Minus Interferences
Gross Perimeter Including Interferences
Net Area Minus Interferences
Net Perimeter Including Interferences
Usable Area Minus Interferences
Usable Perimeter Including Interferences

Generate Spaces
When using the Generate all option [...]

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From the ACA2008 readme file…
Layers
AutoCAD 2008 Layer State functionality replaces Layer Snapshots, from Architectural Desktop, in AutoCAD Architectural 2008.
To Prevent the Replacement of Layer Snapshots with Layer States, you will need to edit the registry.
Note:You should back up the registry before making any changes to it.
Check the readme in your copy of ACA2008 [...]

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I am attending COFES again. (Congress on the Future of Engineering Software)
COFES is a gathering of vendors, users, developers, marketing and even venture capitalists in Scottsdale Arizona. There is an open exchange of ideas and thoughts among the participants that relate to where the various industries are headed and what the future may look [...]

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More Comments from the 2008 ReadMe
IFC Export

IFC Export will only export the components of objects that are On in the Model Display Set. IFC Export does not use the current display when exporting the file. To verify the visibility of an object open the Display Manager and browse Sets and Representations by Object to control [...]

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What use to be known as “Known Issues”
Autodesk has published the readme file from AutoCAD Architectural (What used to be known as ADT). In that file are notes on the software about issues that were not fully resolved. They use to call them Known Issues. They now call them “Feature Comments”.
These are things to [...]

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