CADDManager on April 15th, 2008

I have just completed a series of Revit meetings.  They were focused on teaming up on projects and defining Revit standards.  The project is large and three architectural firms are working on it.  We are developing a template building, then use it to create three different facilities at three different locations. Some of the questions […]

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CADDManager on April 13th, 2008

I have a lot of people hitting my site for info on Revit with Mental Ray Rendering. This is available in Revit Architecture 2009, Revit Structure 2009 and Revit MEP 2009 Here are a few links that might provide more info… Mental Ray comparison to Accurender in Revit Architecture 2009 Revit 2009- two words- Mental […]

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CADDManager on April 7th, 2008

32-bit AutoCAD 2009 Running under Windows XP: Microsoft Windows XP SP2 operating system Intel® Pentium® 4.3 processor or AMD Athlon®, 3.0 GHz or greater – Dual core supported 2 GB RAM – 3GB Recommended 2.5 GB free hard disk space for installation 1024×768 VGA with true color Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP1 or higher) DVD […]

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CADDManager on April 6th, 2008

System Requirements Windows® XP Home, Professional and TabletPC (SP1 or SP2), Windows XP Professional x64 Edition,Windows Vista® 32 bit (Business, Premium and Ultimate), Windows Vista 64 bit (Business, Premium and Ultimate) Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0 SP1 or later Intel® Pentium® 4 1.4 GHz or equivalent AMD Athlon® processor 1 GB RAM 1280 x 1024 monitor […]

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CADDManager on April 6th, 2008

There is a pretty exhaustive list of what you need before installing AutoCAD 2009 posted by Shaan Hurley. Here is the crux of it… 32-bit AutoCAD 2009 Running under Windows XP: Microsoft Windows XP SP2 operating system Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or AMD Athlon®, 2.2 GHz or greater or Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, […]

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CADDManager on April 2nd, 2008

I just received AutoCAD Architecture 2009.  I would be excited by this, but we just completed a roll out of 2008.  I will be loading it to see what is in there, but not using it in production yet.  I will post on the nice things that I might find.

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CADDManager on April 2nd, 2008

We are having some issues with ACA 2008. It appears that when we create categories in Project Navigator, they do not appear to others until they browse out and back in to the project.I could only find the following thread on AUGI that may give some clue to the fix… Character limit in PN I […]

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CADDManager on April 2nd, 2008

I will be speaking at the ASPE (American Society of Professional Estimators) Building Information Modeling seminar in Las Vegas this Friday. I will be speaking on the topic of who is using BIM, what tools they are using and how BIM is changing the AEC market. The event is a one day seminar held at […]

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CADDManager on April 1st, 2008

When will you be upgrading to 2009 products?   I just posted a new Poll asking just that question.   Do you plan on moving soon? What factors play in to your decision making process for deciding when to upgrade?  Money?  Time?  Training? Leave a comment and let us know.

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