I attended the AUGI CAD Camp today. It was located near LAX airport. It was a great event. AUGI provided a wide range of educational presentations. Matt Murphy was the master of ceremonies, as he does so well at so many events. He presented some of his “Revealed” topics. Other presenters included Robert Green on […]
We had the May RUGIE meeting at HMC Architects. The turnout was about 35 or so. We had the opportunity to hear about e-Specs from Seamus McGrady of Interspec. This tool works with Revit to pull the appropriate spec sections from Master Spec. Scott Davis of Autodesk then showed us the power of the Revit […]
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How many of these do you remember? 1982 Autodesk founded AutoCAD introduced and shipped 1985 Autodesk goes public; IPO of 1.6 million shares at $11.00 per share 1989 John Walker, founder, relinquishes management to Alvar Green 1992 Carol Bartz named Chairman, President and CEO 1993 Autodesk acquires Woodbourne 1994 Autodesk ships 1,000,000th copy of AutoCAD […]
We have looked at how the end users might drive the development of the software, but what about the owners of our designs? Do those who inherit the creations we design actually have any input into the software tools that we use? My Opinion – Yes they do. Sometimes they actually drive the whole market. […]
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Users have always wanted a voice into the process of creating and refining new features that appear in future releases of software. This desire plays itself out in many ways, but does it actually impact the developers and what they focus their efforts on? The Users like to think so. Having been associated with AUGI […]
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Over the lengthy time I have spent being involved with CAD and now BIM, I have seen a lot of software development that has improved our processes. I have also seen development that did not work so well. Sometimes I ask myself “Who is really responsible for creating these things?” “Who’s idea was that? So […]
I have mentioned several items to review or check off the list when you have a new hire come into your office. Here are a few last ones. Check back with them often – don’t let them fend for themselves. Return to their cubicle and chat with them from time to time. Ask if they […]
More info on what to discuss with a new hire… Get them into training – No matter what level of expertise they have, everyone needs training. At the very least you should train them in the proper use of the CAD Standard. You should develop levels of training that address new hires. Differing lenghts and […]
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