The Border I have seen so many troubles because people got the border wrong. It should be a very common sense kind of thing, but many complicate it beyond what is needed. First, draw the border full size in Model Space. If it is to be 24″ x 36″, then draw the trim lines exactly […]
The CADD Manager blog has passed 400,000 visits. It includes 191,259 unique visitors and 39,119 return visitors. Those two numbers don’t add up to the 400,000, so I obviously don’t understand the stats… I marked the milestone of passing 300,000 visits on January 29, 2007. The most visitors I had in one day was on […]
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I was reading a past issue of PC Mag (May 2007) and found… 10 Most Common Passwords password 123456 qwerty abc123 letmein monkey myspace1 password1 blink182 (your first name) Now I think that this list has been circulating the web for some time. Do you really think that one of the top ten would still […]
I stumbled onto the Official SketchUp blog. You can get tips and tricks and even sign up for surveys that the SketchUp team will do on features and feedback. You will also read about SketchUp plug-ins, new books that are out and contest winners. Take a look at it when you get a chance.
Draw things to scale and accurately It may sound simple, but many CAD users are not in the habit of drawing items actual size. They think that if it is close, it is good enough. Well, it’s not good enough. It contaminates the CAD you have and produces incorrect files. You know that CAD files […]
I hosted the Revit User Group Inland Empire at HMC Architects last night. It was a standing room only event that gathered over 45 interested parties to see a couple of presentations. Bob Carpenter of Onyx presented on BIM and Green Design followed by Scott Davis of Autodesk presenting “What’s new in 2008?” Scott covered […]
Will Rogers once said “Common sense ain’t common”. That rings true in CAD circles and much a politics. Maybe more in CAD than you may think. When thinking of the things that should be “common sense” it become apparent that some folks are just not thinking at all. Here is another common sense approach related […]
In a book called “THE DEATH OF COMMON SENSE – How Law Is Suffocating America”, Philip K. Howard postulates that the overemphasis on the Law was crippling society and the we were losing the understanding of plain old common sense. Instead of fostering cooperation, our legal system in effect works against it. By emphasizing violations […]
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