CADDManager on May 14th, 2007

I was looking through the readme file for AutoCAD 2008 and stumbled onto a list of the trademarks that Autodesk has used and is using. Some of these are active and some are nostalgic in nature…. I still have an Actrix box on my shelf. The following are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., […]

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CADDManager on May 9th, 2007

From the Readme… Opening an old file in ACA 2008 can appear to hang up your system. When previous version drawings are opened, a dialog is displayed with a warning that saving this drawing will upgrade AEC objects to 2007 format. If a previous version drawing is opened by double-clicking the file in Windows Explorer, […]

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CADDManager on May 8th, 2007

More info from the 2008 Readme file… The road to 2008 seems to run thru 2007 AutoCAD 2007 File Format For best results, it is recommended that drawings in a previous to 2007 format be opened and saved in the 2007 format before attempting to combine them, through Block Insert or Xref, with 2007 format […]

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CADDManager on May 4th, 2007

My final installment on the BE Conference 2007 in Los Angeles The conference comes to a close and ti was quite a training event. Learning everywhere you turn. The Platform Team did the Wednesday keynotes and discussed the two platforms that the firm was focused on: Microstation and ProjectWise. ProjectWise includes Navigator, StartPoint and InterPlot. […]

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CADDManager on May 1st, 2007

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CADDManager on May 1st, 2007

Another packed day… First I heard from the Bentley BIM team on how BIM is changing the industry and how we can all tap into this movement or get left behind. Client demands and competition among architects to gain a leg up have impacted us. Then it was on to some training in Bentley Architecture. […]

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CADDManager on April 30th, 2007

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 […]

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CADDManager on April 29th, 2007

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 […]

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CADDManager on April 24th, 2007

Are you a subscriber? Managing Expectations Are we done yet? – moving the conversation topics away from CAD Walking the Talk Survey -Do you PDF? Check out the latest issue…

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