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Luc Poulin — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:41:55 GMT

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Cubify Releases Cubify Draw: Simple, But the Best Free Way to Communicate 3D Printing to Kids?

Josh Mings — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:59:55 GMT

While the majority of us may find happiness in 3D prints based off of complicated geometry, there is still a population out there that would love to turn a simple 2D drawing into an extruded shape (cookie cutters anybody?). While the 3D printing market has expanded into 3D print pens and other novelties, the ease [more...]

Is This the All-in-One Bike Helmet of the Future?

Josh Mings — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:59:55 GMT

For those used to cycling on busy city streets (NYC comes to mind), the need for swift reaction times could be compared to that of catching a fly with your bare hand. With maniac cab drivers and aloof SUV drivers running up and down Broadway, sometimes a simple hand signal doesn�t do the trick…especially at [more...]

Acoustics and aesthetics in Iowa

Sandy McNeel — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:19:55 GMT

LMN Architects have added another performing arts facility to their portfolio. This one is the School of Music Building, University of Iowa: 700 seats, 946 unique acoustic panels.The building's concert hall features a suspended acoustic ceiling canopy. Its intricate latticework provides strategic openings for the audio speakers, stage and house lighting, the fire sprinklers, while concealing the structural truss work.For visualization, LMN fabricated a three-foot scale model, plus a few full-sized components, on the firm's 3-axis CNC mill.Many consultants contributed to the design using different digital formats. The acoustical consultants used SketchUp. The lighting designers used Revit. The theater and audio/visual consultants saved their specifications as DWG files. All of these programs were compatible with Rhino and, using Rhino's Grasshopper plug-in, LMN was able to incorporate all the consultant's information.The project resulted from the damage of the 2008 flood and is now expected to be completed in 2016.Details featured in Fabrikator [more...]

Intersections 2013 AEC Symposium

Jody Mills — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:10:00 GMT

Intersections 2013: Interoperable Workflow | Innovative PracticeMay 31, 2013 - 9:00am-5:00pmNYC College of Technology, New York, NYIntersections 2013 is a symposium with lectures and panel discussions by industry leaders, educators, and innovators on the topics of:TOOLS: Identifying them, teaching them, and ensuring they play well together.INNOVATION: Finding the conditions and opportunities for innovation in both established firms and small start-ups alike.MAKING IT WORK: Translating innovative technology into high-impact practice using lessons from the field.An exhibition of student work will run concurrently with the symposium. The display will focus on new curricular initiatives within the Department of Architectural Technology and will include research and prototypes from courses on foundational digital skills, computational fabrication, Building Information Modeling (BIM), and building performance/energy modeling.Details [more...]

Graphic Artist/Designer, Per Diem

Informative Graphics — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:57:00 GMT

WGN-TV is looking for an experienced Graphic Artist/Designer to work vacation relief producing graphics for the WGN-TV News. The right candidate will have a strong interest in news as well as the ability to create interesting, informative graphics. Candidate must �

Autodesk Smoke Extension 1 to ship on May 29th

Autodesk — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:57:00 GMT

Autodesk has announced that its first major update for Smoke 2013, Extension 1, will go live on May 29th. The update adds two main features, beginning with support for Blackmagic video IO devices including the DeckLink, UltraStudio, and Intensity lines. The other is a new Trim View, accompanied by a set of dynamic trimming tools which should allow for faster editing.... � � � �

Will PLM pickup OTT Mobile Collaboration strategy?

Oleg Shilovitsky — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:58:56 GMT

Collaboration. Magic and one of the most confusing words. People are using it in so many contexts that it became meaningless. One of the main trends that was dominant for the last few years was social collaboration. Social networks and social tools went mainstream and it impacted the way business applications and tools think about [… [more...]

NVIDIA enables full virtualization for graphics: up to eight remote users per GRID GPU

nVidia — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:15:01 GMT

You probably won't have noticed the following problem, unless you happen to be the IT manager in an architecture firm or other specialist environment, but it's been an issue nonetheless. For all our ability to virtualize compute and graphical workloads, it hasn't so far been possible to share a single GPU core across multiple users. For example, if you'd wanted 32 people on virtual machines to ...

NVIDIA GRID Unleashes Graphics for Virtualized Desktops

nVidia — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:15:01 GMT

Citrix Synergy -- NVIDIA today announced that it is unleashing the full graphics potential of enterprise desktop virtualization with the availability of NVIDIA GRID� vGPU� integrated into Citrix XenDesktop ...

Autodesk Announces Smoke 2013 Extension 1

Autodesk — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:15:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Hot off two �Best in Show� awards at last month�s NAB Show, Autodesk has announced that its Autodesk Smoke 2013 Extension 1 professional video editing software is expected to be available beginning May 29, 2013. As part of the product roadmap and influenced by extensive feedback from editors, the release will feature numerous enhancements to help improve functionality, add ...

Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority Digitizes its Plan Review Process with Bluebeam Revu

Karen Painter — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:05:56 GMT

We have another great customer story to share. This one comes all the way from Centennial, Colorado, where the Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority (SEMSWA) has found a way to capitalize on the benefits of the city�s electronic submittal system by using Bluebeam Revu to digitize its plan review process. Click here to read how helping [… [more...]

Keynoting Sheets and Worksets

Steve Stafford — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:25:56 GMT

Ryan wrote a post yesterday at The Revit Clinic describing a couple scenarios that result in borrowing sheet views while keynoting views. These affect versions 2012 and 2013 in particular. If you've encountered some quirkiness on your project using keynotes it is worth a read. A subtle point made at the end of the post reveals that 2014 has been tweaked to help resolve these issues. Ryan wrote:For Revit 2014 keynote and revision functionality has been improved. Sheet view worksets are no longer borrowed during the same process, which should give larger project teams additional flexibility (especially during documentation-heavy project phases).Btw, Ryan is also one of the author's of the Revit Essentials book I mentioned the other day [more...]

Paper Free? Vectorworks Nomad 2.0 takes us a step closer

Kevin Lee Allen — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:25:00 GMT

Justin Lange, editor at�Projection Lights and Staging News�invited Kevin to blog at Pro Lighting Space, Justin’s go to site for professional lighting designers, and lighting technicians. Thanks to Justin, and Pro Lighting Space, I am cross posting Kevin’s blog entries here. Paper Free? Vectorworks Nomad 2.0 takes us a step closer I really do believe [more...]

3D Systems Launches Cubify Draw

3D Systems — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:59:00 GMT

-Create Printable 3D Content With the Tip of Your Finger

Architectural Technologist � Drawing Dynamic Visualizations

Steve Scaysbrook — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:39:59 GMT

I know of no other way other than to say, just watch this presentation, it's a massive 35 mins long, and it's a little Mac based, but watch and learn, re a new way to visualise, and draw. You might not see the link between our CAD and maths, but watch, it's all about the [...]The post Architectural Technologist – Drawing Dynamic Visualizations appeared first on Konstrukshon CPD Weblog [more...]

The Revit Kid Project - Master's Thesis - Cycle Design/reBuild

Jeff Pinheiro — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:20:00 GMT

I'M BACK!! I would like to thank you all for being so patient the last few months while I completed my semester. I am happy to announce that I am finally finished! I am also happy to announce that you guys continued to check out the blog and content while I was away... In fact, the blog rolled over 2,000,000 hits during my hiatus. As many of you have been contacting me letting me know how much you enjoy seeing some of my personal work (beyond this blog) here are some goodies from my final thesis presentation.... (you can full screen and click through the presentation).... I will eventually be posting my final thesis book for you all to view when it is completed and that will have all of the information about the presentation above. Furthermore, below are the high resolution renderings from the presentation for your viewing pleasure. These renderings are Revit > 3DS Max > VRay > Photoshop (click to enlarge):The following rendering is simply Revit and Photoshop: Also, don't forget to follow my on twitter @TheRevitKid ... I was posting there quite a bit during my hiatus. Posted by: Jeffrey A. Pinheiro, LEED AP at The Revit Kid.com [more...]

Register Now for the Northern Indiana SolidWorks User Group (NISWUG) Meeting Tuesday, June 18th

Carrie Patrick — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:04:56 GMT

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.3DVision invites you to register for the Northern Indiana SolidWorks User Group (NISWUG) Meeting Tuesday, June 18th. 3DVision Technologies’ Application Engineer, Chris Snider, will be presenting. The event will take place from 5-8pm and there will also be food provided. The event will be hosted at: Comfort Inn & Suites 27838 CR 24 Elkhart, IN [...]The post Register Now for the Northern Indiana SolidWorks User Group (NISWUG) Meeting Tuesday, June 18th appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

iMakr Opening My Mini Factory to Provide Free 3D Printable Files (and Sell Yours.)

Josh Mings — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:52:56 GMT

Raise of filament rolls in the room–who thinks they can open up a website that allows you to 1) download 3D printable files and 2) upload your own to make some cold, hard cash? I know, you’re thinking, “Egad, what is this genius!? The like has yet been seen!” The reality is there are a [more...]

Free Webinar - Adjusting Feedrates for Arcs in Mastercam

MasterCAM — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:48:57 GMT

The guys at eapprentice are offering another free Webinar today. They will discuss several ways to adjust the feedrate of your CNC machine to accommodate the corners of your part.

Think of it this way . . . If you�re driving down a country road at 60 miles an hour, you�ll need to slow down for turns. A gentle curve may not require you to slow down at all, while a sharp curve, such as turning onto a side road, will require a much slower speed than 60 miles an hour. The same concept applies when manufacturing parts, especially for older CNC machines that may not have a �look ahead� type of feature. If you�re using a new cutter, capable of high feedrates, you�ll cut material just fine, but lose accuracy going around corners because the machine is moving too fast and cannot change direction at the programmed speeds. Eapprentice will show you several methods for correcting for this in Mastercam.

The presentation will be followed by a Q&A with their panel of Mastercam experts. The presentation will deliver the basics, but will also be beneficial to power users.

Adjusting Feedrates for Arcs in Mastercam
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT

Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/240661855

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

Zbrush Speedforms

Thomas Parel — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:37:00 GMT

Details on new Trimble SketchUp 2013 Release

Anthony Frausto-Robledo — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:59:02 GMT

Trimble's SketchUp 2013 is now officially announced with more details about its features and plans and about its new Extension Warehous [more...]

AutoCAD Tip: How Do I Get the Old Array Version Back

Shaan Hurley — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:54:50 GMT

So you like the way the old pre AutoCAD 2012 Array command worked with the dialog. Even though there is more functionality in the new ARRAY version you don�t want to deal with the learning curve or change your ways. I understand as I still type DDARRAY as old habits are hard to break. No problem here is the solution to get the Classic ARRAY back [more...]

Being content with content�Configuring Revit Content Searching with Vault

Harlan Brumm — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:40:47 GMT

This post is from guest contributor, Adam Peter. As a Customer Success Engineer with Autodesk Adam provides data management expertise to Architectural, Engineering and Construction companies around the world. You may perhaps be aware that Vault has an add-in with [more...]

TERA Semicon Drives Its Own Destiny with CAD and PDM

Geoff Hedges — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:24:58 GMT

When you read the history of TERA Semicon, you can see right away that the company has had a strong vision and direction from Day 1. The South Korean company began developing high-temperature heat treatment equipment in 2002 during what it calls its �foundation phase.� It established an in-house research facility, and it laid the [… [more...]

Open source: then and now

Geoff Zeiss — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:18:00 GMT

I was asked participate on a panel on open source geospatial organized by Eclipse LocationTech at the Location Intelligence in Washington DC. I decided to look at how software had changed since the early days of open source which I [more...]

Cantina Creative Gives Iron Man 3 a �Heads Up� with MAXON CINEMA 4D

MAXON — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:54:59 GMT

MAXON, leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today announced that Cantina Creative, the design and visual effects studio locat

Excel Hyperlinks & Document Management Tricks

Gregory Arkin — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:51:00 GMT

Do you have to keep track of a lot of different folders and files?Do you wish you peers could open the correct Revit file?Are you tired of having to tell people where to look for files?Do you wish you could keep track of a project's active folders?Well, here's a little tool for you. Excel can combine strings of text and it also has a hyperlink function. So, you can create a little project data spreadsheet and keep track of everything on a project without having to constantly search through folders. At my last job, there was a project that had 1421 folders. How the heck are you ever supposed to find something in less than 15 minutes if you're not the one managing the project.Here's what you do.1 Open Windows Explorer.2 Go to a folder, any folder on your server.3 While holding the Shift Key, Right Click on a file or folder4 Now, let go of the Shift Key and Left Click on 'Copy as Path' As a bonus for you since you asked, if you click on one file or folder then hold down the Control Key and click on other files and/or folders, then Shift+Right Click and 'Copy as Path', you can select multiple items at one time for the next step.Next step is to open Excel.Go to cell B1Hold the Control Key and tap V (Ctrl+V = Paste)Whatever you copied as path will now fill in on Column B in Excel.In cells C1 and the cells below it, you can type in a friendly name for files and folders.Now, for the final step,Copy this formula: =HYPERLINK(IF(IFERROR(SEARCH("http",B1),0)+IFERROR(SEARCH("www",B1),0)=0,"file:///","")&B1,IF(B1"",IF(C1"",C1,B1),""))Now, go to Excel and go to cell A1.Now, copy what's in cell A1 and you can paste it from A2 down as far as you want to A100 or beyondColumn A will now have a list of files and/or folders with hyperlinks that will automatically open files or folders for you.You can also add web pages in Column B. For example, if you have a cloud upload folder on Box.com, you can open the project subfolder in Box, then copy and paste the URL to the Excel spreadsheet. You can put your server folder right below that in the spreadsheet, so you can quickly open the folder where files need to be uploaded or downloaded, then open the Box subdirectory to sync your files.You can get fancy later and hide Columns B & C or make a new Tab, cut Column A and paste it into the other tab. You can also simply type mailto:name@domain.com in a cell in Column A for quick links to email people. My overall concept is that you have a spreadsheet for each project you have.You can even have a master spreadsheet listing each project, job number and project manager/team and then have a page which each project folder that can open up the individual project folder and file hyperlink list to manage your project documents.Ask your staff how much time they spend everyday trying to find files and then ask the people who occasionally go into project folders how long it takes them to find stuff. 10 minutes a day searching is 43.33 hours a year. Multiple that by $75/hour billable rate and you're losing $3250 a year per person. If your firm has 50 people, you're only losing $162,500 a year in billable time. Let me know if the spreadsheet helps or you have problems with it. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ � Join the buildingSMART alliance - National BIM Standards Provider� Are you getting your CM-BIM credential? Click here for classes and information� Click here to Subscribe to the blog via daily email updates for the BIM news you don't want to miss.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [more...]

Free real-time viewport raytracing in Rhino 5 with Neon

Andy le Bihan — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:45:57 GMT

Neon 1.0 Service Release 1 is now available as a free download for all Rhino 5 users. SR1 adds new features and fixes several bugs with the initial release of Rhino. For more details, please visit:http://v5.rhino3d.com/group/neonNeon is a real-time, fully ray-traced viewport plug-in for Rhino 5. Developed in collaboration with Caustic Professional, Neon adds a new working viewport mode called "Raytraced with Neon� - there's almost no other UI - it just works.Neon helps a designer to quickly evaluate and establish the form, color, texture, lighting, and material requirements of a scene, very early on, without interruption. Real time high dynamic range reflections, transparency, high quality sky-lighting, true procedural textures � all rendered in real time, right into the Rhino viewport, as you work. And if you are using Brazil � many of those settings and materials will be rendered faithfully in real-time too!Neon also supports theCaustic Series2ray tracing accelerator boards (currently on promo � about 30% off) to deliver up to 4x the performance.And best of all, Neon is free!If you haven�t already done so, sign up tohttp://v5.rhino3d.comand join the Neon group, download Neon and start using it in Rhino 5 today!Details and download [more...]

Product Support: Want to talk to us?

Seth Hall — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:29:21 GMT

This post is specifically for all you Subscription customer's out there who are wondering how to and what the process is in order to speak with us in Product Support directly over the phone. The following link descibes step-by-step the [more...]