More on the proper use of email… again, if I have not given credit for something that is contained here, forgive me and let me know where it is located so I can link to it. Writing Email Keep your email short – it is best to limit yourself to five or six bullet points […]
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In August I asked about your email habits. Here are the results… Here are some general guidelines I use for email. I have developed many of these and collected them and just picked them up here and there. If I have copied them from the net and not given credit it is because I do […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fairly good Overview of Revit from the Autodesk site ADT Overview from Autodesk Civil 3D 2007 New Features Workshop Autodesk Inventor Series Feature Demonstrations – 8 to choose from
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I think that the Purge command is most likely been set aside nowadays. We now have such expanded CPU power, loads of RAM and semi-unlimited storage space for our files. It seems like no one Purges anymore. Oh yeah, you use it when you are having troubles, but not as a routine part of CAD. […]
I spoke recently with a user who was quizzing me on what exactly Paper Space Layouts do. I was mildly shocked that he had no understanding about using PS and Layout tabs. He was a long time ACAD 14 user and had also used ACAD 2002 for some time. Are there really folks out there […]
Have you noticed that some software packages add “analog” looking styles to output. You can “Squiggle” your CAD files. You can smudge your Photoshop stuff. All in an effort to make things appear to be hand drawn. Well “bust my buttons”, as the Wizard of OZ would say… I think that we may have lost […]
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