CAD-1 Blog
What is being billed as the world's most energy-efficient skyscraper is being built here in the center of one of China's smoggiest cities by state-owned China National Tobacco Co.
The 750 million yuan building, set to open in October as the Guangzhou International Finance Center, features high-efficiency chilled water systems and heat recovery design, an air-conditioning system that recycles condensed water, built-in carbon dioxide sensors and double-glazed windows. Link Here and More Info Here
permalink |
Posted 1/13/2010 by Jarod Schultz |
Category:
Building
Autodesk created a list of performance expectations for the new headquarters of its largest division by revenue, the Fortune 1000 software company wanted the space to deliver all those benefits.
Link Here
permalink |
Posted 1/6/2010 by Jarod Schultz |
Category:
Building
Play the RetroFits game and help raise awareness about the benefits of better, greener buildings. Buildings are the number 1 source of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Make these buildings better with sustainable and energy efficient design. Don’t just stand there. Play the game, post your high score, and invite your friends to compete—every little fit helps.
Link Here
permalink |
Posted 12/14/2009 by Jarod Schultz |
Category:
Building
The 17th Annual Autodesk University was held on Tuesday, December 1st through 3rd, 2009, at the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Our tech support team attended the conference that week and came away with powerful information. There were hundreds of classes to choose from, all with great content. We were excited that four of our techs were selected to present a class at AU2009. With over 5,000 participants, each day was chock full of classes and activities, including entrance into the Shark Reef and Aquarium at Mandalay Bay. Autodesk University is one of the best investments you can make by sending at least one member of your team. The knowledge and networking is invaluable. You can become a member at http://au.autodesk.com . Hope to “CU” at AU 2009!
permalink |
Posted 12/9/2009 by Brian Hailey |
Category:
AutoCAD
New to 2010 versions, the online License Transfer Utility (LTU) replaces the Portable License Utility (PLU) that was included with many legacy Autodesk products. Similar to the PLU, the LTU enables the transfer of the standalone license activation to another system. This transfer is done by exporting the license to an Autodesk server and then retrieving that exported license on the destination computer.
There is no computer identification that needs to take place between the two workstations, and there is no restriction on how many times this feature can be used. Additionally, there is no time restriction for the transferred license. The exported license can be imported by you to your laptop (reserved for you) or can be made available for use by someone else (“public” use) to import to their home computer, laptop, etc. The LTU is not user-specific; it is tied to the serial number of the product. Products with different serial numbers cannot share the exported license.
The LTU is located by selecting Start button>Autodesk>(the application you need the license exported from)>License Transfer Utility. The CAD-1 tech support team would be happy to assist you if you need help with this utility.
Deb Williams - Technical Specialist @ CAD-1
permalink |
Posted 12/9/2009 by Brian Hailey |
Category:
AutoCAD
Project Bluestreak is a web-based collaboration environment for accelerating building information modeling through the open exchange of design information and ideas between desktop applications, web-based services, and people.
With this initial release, you can:
•Create and join project groups
•Communicate with your project group members
•Share project designs and documents
•Quickly respond to project activities
More incremental releases will come Alive in the Lab as more features are developed, and your feedback is incorporated.
Link to more info
permalink |
Posted 11/19/2009 by Jarod Schultz |
Autodesk Subscription Advantage Packs are now available for 2010 Autodesk software. They provide Subscription customers with early access to the latest product enhancements—boosting productivity and offering a significant competitive edge.
With new features and specialized functionality, tools, and content that are fully compatible with the latest software release, Subscription Advantage Packs help you benefit from the latest capabilities. And, they can be downloaded from Subscription Center—or right from inside most 2010 software.
Link to More Info
permalink |
Posted 11/2/2009 by Jarod Schultz |
Categories:
Building
AutoCAD
Geospatial
Civil
In this final article we will talk about implementation and transition planning. Your key BIM “Checklist for Success” must include the following:
- Get assistance developing a sound implementation strategy. There are a wide variety of information sources to help you. Talk with firms that are at various stages of adoption, read AIA documents, go through the McGraw-Hill BIM report, talk with your allied professional network, and talk with CAD-1. Then decide what is right for your firm’s personality.
- Understand that BIM is a business decision, not just a new drawing tool. Successful BIM based firms rethink everything from workflow to billing practices, from client marketing to staffing, services offered and more. Make sure you develop a broad vision as your firm makes the transition.
- Assemble your “A-list” team. These are the people that will absorb the new technologies, help you rethink the processes, mentor the rest of the staff and provide the “glue” that keeps transition on track and vital.
- Select a suitable starting project. Your first project or two should be “familiar” projects that allow you a great deal of freedom to think about, explore and master the new technology and workflow. Projects with an extremely tight time table and projects that are highly design intensive should be reserved for a point where the team feels comfortable with the technological fundamentals.
- Evaluate and improve after each step and project. Meet regularly to evaluate what is going well, what needs to be improved and how to incorporate the necessary changes into your workflow. Tie this in with outside mentoring assistance for a couple projects, and you will see much faster gains in productivity. Of all of the “Checklist for Success” steps, this is the most often neglected and perhaps the most essential for ongoing success.
Building Information Modeling is one of the most important shifts ever in the design field. It allows for exciting new possibilities in design, essential movement towards a more sustainable world and many new business opportunities. Change managed well has the power to bring additional energy to your practice.
permalink |
Posted 10/23/2009 by Jarod Schultz |
Category:
Building
Engineers face a daunting task when undertaking a road reconstruction project. Reconstruction is considered a difficult type of road design to carry out. Rather than dealing with pristine geometry conditions of new construction, irregular existing conditions, and their challenges, are inherent in reconstruction. Accurate design, an accurate account of material types and quantities, along with attention to environmental impacts are all critical to the design process.
AutoCAD Civil and AutoCAD Civil 3D software (referred to here as “the Civil products”) come equipped with specific subassemblies meant for road rehabilitation and reconstruction. This results in the ability to configure those subassemblies to make design decisions more automatic—thus, realizing time and cost savings.
For example, The City of Loveland announced an intersection reconstruction project that will begin soon. The City decided to use a unique, patented, left-turn intersection design. This design is known as a Continuous Flow Intersection (CFI). There are less than a dozen of these unique intersections in the country. To name a few project locations, the CFI was implemented in Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City, and St. Louis. Due to the increased traffic growth in a particular intersection, the CFI will allow left-turners to simultaneously flow with forward-moving traffic and right-turning traffic. This design allows for less wait time at red arrows and safely provides an alternative to the traditional left turn signals. It all adds up to greater traffic flow, less wait time, lessened business impact, and lower project cost. You can view the CFI video here
http://tinyurl.com/y8hm6km.
With just the out-of-the-box subassembly tools, The Civil products can productively, efficiently, and timely handle these types of reconstruction projects. The integrated tools will help stretch dollars further, enable methods to help optimize designs, and provide powerful Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology. The Civil products have come a long way since its baby-step inception, but each release realizes a more robust and powerful design and collaboration tool. You can view an on-demand webcast “The Road Ahead” interactive video at
www.autodesk.com/roadahead.
permalink |
Posted 10/7/2009 by Brian Hailey |
Category:
Civil
The project is testing remote delivery of Autodesk applications over the Internet. The goal of project Twitch is to enable you to test and try the latest versions of AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor, and Maya without having to install or download the applications. These applications run remotely on our servers and are delivered to you over the Internet. You will use them in the same way that you would if they were on installed on your system.
Autodesk Labs Link
permalink |
Posted 10/7/2009 by Jarod Schultz |