Last year I went there in person, and it was a great experience, but this year I will not.

But you don’t need to go there…

• AU Virtual Premier Pass — Full access to the AU Virtual experience, plus premium content

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I received this email from my friens Jeremy Hage:

João,

We announce today the imminent release of a new Skype App: VodBurner (www.vodburner.com).

Twitter It!

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today (30^th June) announced it would open its 33^rd base at Porto (Northern Portugal) with two based aircraft and four new routes (16 in total). Ryanair will offer 50 weekly return flights to/from Porto in an investment worth over $140 million.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Sá_Carneiro_Airport

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Free download at http://www.cadexchanger.com/download.html . Now supports IGES, STEP, STL, VRML, BRep and provides additional display modes and triangulation precision control. Read more at CAD Exchanger site »

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1. Try the News tab where you can find the last news in the area…you can discuss the news here
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Here is a set of very very interesting videos about the use of Google Earth and Civil 3D.

	Introduction on using Google Earth Class Introduction clip on using Google Earth.
	Using Google Earth for a Virtual Site Visit This video is a clip from a presentation on Google Earth for Engineers and Surveyors that will demonstrate how an engineer and surveyor can use Google Earth to evaluate a site virtually.
	Sharing Civil 3D Model in Google Earth This is a sample clip from our Google Earth for Engineers and Surveyors vBook. In the vBook we cover more of the feature of Google earth and discuss how Google Earth can be an effective tool for presenting data, and planning projects.
	Using the Note Feature in Civil 3D The Note Feature is an underused tool in Civil 3D. This feature is in Land Deskop and also in Civil 3D. This Clip and more can be found in our Survey vCourse. Go to www.retrievemedia.com to find more full length videos.

It deserves to be seen.

Tukatech Playlist

Watch the #1 rated CAD company in the world use 2D and 3D digital solutions to make and test garments.

Have a look also to TUKAweb

Web-based Apparel Development Services

There’s a new search experience coming from Microsoft! Bing won’t launch for a couple more days, but I got a sneak peek on this site. Follow this link to see some of the great new features.

http://www.bing.com/ComingSoon

You can download the new Feature Recognition Tool for Autodesk Inventor  from here http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/feature_recognition/.

 Is compatible with the following:

• Autodesk Inventor 2010
• Autodesk Inventor 2009
• Autodesk Inventor 2008
• Autodesk Inventor 11

More information here
To have an idea kindly see this video

As novas funcionalidades do funcionalidades de trabalhar o projecto em chapa tornam o Autodesk Inventor 2010 muito atractivo. Veja o video e availie por si. Se é estudante universitário pode baixar o programa no portal académico da autodesk.

The new features turns Autodesk Inventor 2010 in a very atractive investement. Have a look to the video.

As this Hip Tip is of interest to allmost of the AutoCAD users here is the post in English.

Now updated!

Update to an old post see here http://topcadexperts.com/?p=505 of  Jan 26, 2007 @ 12:45

Em Português veja aqui  http://cad.blogs.com/cadptbr/2005/06/como_criar_um_t.html Jun 20, 2005 @ 16:24

Draw a closed polyline of the roof contour. (see picture)

Measures are in meters. Put it in an isometric view.

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If you want to see what is possible to do see this complementary information. For a step by step more “classic” roof have a look down please.

see next picture

kindly see the next picture to go ahead.

and finaly…

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Extrude the polyline as text in the picture

If you want a roof with an inclination of 15 degrees you must introduce in the taper angle 90 –15 = 75 .

Now we need to close the top of the roof.

How? Using the Solids Editing toolbar we will chose Offset Faces.

And then we will proceed as in the following picture  We can get one of these results…

Or to Offset faces only 1 meter and then the result will be this

Use your imagination to explore the potential of AutoCAD.

Here is an example how you can transform a PDF on this…

Click on the web book to see full screen. (Esc to return to this blog)

An inspiring 3ds max animation.

clipped from www.youtube.com A quick animation of a worm singing his last moments away before taking a plunge. Created with 3DS Max. Category:  Film & Animation Tags:  Worm  Animation  3D  3DS Max  Moby  Ocean  Hook

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• An interesting video about Interior Design.
• Um video interessante sobre Design de Interiores.

clipped from www.youtube.com Interior Design video clips done by 11th grade students from the architectural design workshop — Escuela Central de Artes Visuales (Art Expo 2009) Video cortos realizados por estudiantes de 11mo gr… Interior Design video clips done by 11th grade students from the architectural design workshop — Escuela Central de Artes Visuales (Art Expo 2009) Video cortos realizados por estudiantes de 11mo grado del Taller de Diseno Arquitectonico Prof. Cortes.

This video deserves full screen mode.

clipped from www.cadmodelling.it CAD Modelling Ergonomics S.r.l., the Italian company best known for creating real anthropometric body forms, established itself in the field of industrial modelling in 1968. The company has led a primary role within the clothing industry due to its extensive experience and high level of technical and scientific development. Garments’ FIT, INNOVATION and SAFETY form the company’s mission. FIT, INNOVATION and SAFETY CAD Modelling Ergonomics S.r.l. collaborates with major garment producers in Italy and abroad, as well as with public administrations, research institutes such as ENEA, and military corps such as the Italian Navy. In January 2005 the company joined CEN, as official Italian member of WG10 TC 248, working on prEN 13402–4 “Size designation of clothes”.

You can see this and more at http://autocad.autodesk.com