CADDManager on December 29th, 2010

I took a little time to review the blog posts that I made in the past year… My Favorites: Here are my Top Ten favorite posts from 2010. Many of them are series so the list is not ten items long, but there are more than ten posts collectively. The Last Gasp for CAD – […]

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CADDManager on December 27th, 2010
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Momentum

As mentioned in a prior post,Velocity is the speed at which your environment is moving or embracing change. Velocity goes beyond just speed.  If it were just speed then those that moved the fastest would always make the most progress.  While rate of change is important,so is the direction of the change. Velocity is defined […]

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CADDManager on December 20th, 2010
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Momentum

Momentum is defined as the power that is resident in a moving object. The amount of momentum that an object has depends on two physical quantities: the mass and the velocity of the moving object in the frame of reference. In physics, the usual symbol for momentum is a bold p (bold because it is […]

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CADDManager on December 20th, 2010
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Momentum

Loss of Momentum can happen and it will slow your CAD efforts down. Momentum, from a physics perspective, is constant in a closed system.  “Total momentum of a closed system of objects (which has no interactions with external agents) is constant. One of the consequences of this is that the center of mass of any […]

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CADDManager on December 2nd, 2010

It all started out with a hosted “all out” breakfast for the AUGI Volunteers at AU.  About 25 gathered for a fantastic breakfast buffet in the AUGI room.  David Harrington (incoming AUGI President)  and I thanked them all and then had an in-depth discussion of all things AUGI, with most conversations centering around the website […]

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CADDManager on December 1st, 2010

The day started for me with a meeting with Ray Eisenberg of the Autodesk International Community.  After that a meeting with the AEC Community manager for Autodesk.  Then a meeting with the Autodesk M&E Max and Max design product manager.  A quick break for lunch and then off to  teach my BIM Manager class. After […]

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