Can 3D Printing Improve the Air We Breathe?
The impressive innovation in the area of 3D-printed materials and objects expands daily, as can be seen here and here. Recently, a number of artificial coral reefs have been 3D-printed, with the goal of reestablishing the abundant biodiversity that exists around coral reefs.
Read MoreCAD Standards Compliance Headaches?
One of the biggest headaches in getting CAD standards compliance is finding a fast and pain-free way to verify CAD standards are being followed.
Read MoreAutomatically Check Only Recent Changes When Verifying CAD Standards
One source of upset between clients and contractors is the apparent failure of the contractor to follow an established CAD standard. Many times this occurs because some of the base files provided by the client were created using an old or non-existent CAD standard.
Read MoreEngineering Firm Saves Thousands of Dollars with Smart Software
We’ve been using Revit since 2007 and we have been struggling with importing documents into Revit for years now. But now that we have Microsoft Office Importer™ for Revit, wow, it’s amazing. It’s been working great — it saves us tons of time — there is nothing like this in Revit.
Read MoreHow Those Bad*ss Babylonians Did Design, B.C. (“Before CAD”)
On a hot, humid day almost 4,000 years ago, two Babylonian men stood in a field somewhere in Mesopotamia, shielding their eyes from the sun, as they thrashed out the details of their land deal.
Read MoreControl All of Your Cell Libraries Simultaneously
One of the most significant enhancements in this release is CellManager’s new ability to open and manipulate all of your cell libraries simultaneously.
Read MoreThe Hall of Fame & The Unknown Names: CAD/BIM and the Internet
Wozniak. Gates. Jobs. Zuckerberg. To most of us, these are names as familiar as Stallone, Cruise, Pitt, Streep or Jolie — perhaps due to their achievements, or perhaps because they had great marketing teams.
Read MoreCan small MicroStation sites save time with add-on software?
In any company — but especially in small companies — every production minute contributes to the overall viability of the company. Every dollar spent must produce significant results in order to justify the expense.
Read MoreCAD for the Hole in One
Is golf one of those sports you think of as high tech? Do you imagine CAD specialists gathered behind the caddy and the golf professional, lending their engineering insight to the power and accuracy of the swing? No? Then you may not be tracking with how far the modern game has come.
Read MoreProfits Soar with Correct Software for AEC Industry Project
A great productivity tool in the hands of great CAD users can produce truly astonishing results. Time is money, which means that timesaving on any project is always desirable, and we all understand that the bottom line is, well, the bottom line.
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