http://www.cad-1.com/Blog.aspxCAD-1 Blog.60http://www.cad-1.com/Blog.aspx?BlogId=73&Title=Project+DasherI saw this at this year's Autodesk University and Project Dasher is a Autodesk Research project. Project Dasher combines the information model with real sensor data to provide owners with much greater insight into building performance. Link HereCAD-1 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:56:14 GMThttp://www.cad-1.com/Blog.aspx?BlogId=72&Title=Create+3D+city+models+from+civil%2c+geospatial%2c+and+building+data.New technology released from Autodesk Labs. Project Galileo is an easy-to-use planning tool for creating 3D city models from civil, geospatial and building data, and 3D models. Link HereCAD-1 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:59:59 GMThttp://www.cad-1.com/Blog.aspx?BlogId=71&Title=Palette+and+Element+CreationFor you that develop your own families you might have ran into an issue with how the new "properties" work in 2011 product. You might want to look at this link and check out how there is a new fix for this that might become permanent in the next release. Link HereCAD-1 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 08:17:23 GMThttp://www.cad-1.com/Blog.aspx?BlogId=70&Title=Autodesk+and+Tekla+Working+TogetherIn a BIM construction project, building information models that are from different disciplines need to be coordinated. There are some new tools to export from Revit and import to Revit for Revit and Tekla users to easily and effectively coordinate their models. Link HereCAD-1 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:48:58 GMThttp://www.cad-1.com/Blog.aspx?BlogId=69&Title=New+Subscription+Advantage+Packs+ReleasedAutodesk® Subscription Advantage Packs help you get ahead by giving you early access to the latest product enhancements.  Available for select products, Subscription Advantage Packs vary and can include additional product features, integrated web services, and robust design content. These enhancements expand software capabilities, promote collaboration, support sustainable design, and enrich renderings. Autodesk® Subscription Advantage Packs help you stay on the leading edge of your industry with... CAD-1 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:12:32 GMThttp://www.cad-1.com/Blog.aspx?BlogId=68&Title=AutoCAD+Wish+List+Now+OpenAutodesk Users Group International (AUGI) has opened up the voting for what you might want to see for new features in the next release of AutoCAD. Remember all of these great tools would be available on all of the verticals, AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD MEP, Civil 3D, AutoCAD Map, Plant 3D and etc. You need to be a member but remember it is free and there are some great benefits to being an AUGI member. Link HereCAD-1 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:53:52 GMThttp://www.cad-1.com/Blog.aspx?BlogId=67&Title=AutoCAD+Lengthen+CommandIn this Tips and Tricks I want to talk about a way of modifying an arc to the correct length on the AutoCAD 2011 platform that will save you some time and less picks and clicks. I bring this up because sometimes people ask if you can draw such an arc. From what I know there seems to be no direct way to do this. There are some methods that seem to allow you to define length – for example start, center, length – but this is defining the chord length, not the arc length. Now there might be a way to... CAD-1 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:23:48 GMThttp://www.cad-1.com/Blog.aspx?BlogId=66&Title=Free+1+Hour+LEED+CreditMcGraw Hill Construction Continuing Education Center has a article on radiant heating. After reading the article you have the ability to take a online test and get a one hour credit for your LEED Credential Maintenance. Link HereCAD-1 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:09:00 GMThttp://www.cad-1.com/Blog.aspx?BlogId=65&Title=Project+Photofly+Project Photofly is a technology preview of automatically converting photographs shot around an object or a scene into "Photo Scenes" using the power of cloud computing. The photographs can be shot with any standard digital camera. Read MoreCAD-1 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:45:58 GMThttp://www.cad-1.com/Blog.aspx?BlogId=64&Title=Faster+Selection+on+the+AutoCAD+2011+PlatformIn this Tips and Tricks I want to talk about the new object creation, selection and display options on the AutoCAD 2011 platform that will save you time, picks and clicks.  The first is the ability to create new objects based on existing content that you already have in the drawing.  Now some of you might say just use the copy command; but once you see how this tool works, you’ll see that this might be a better solution.  A lot of times we need to draw lines, arcs, and circles with the same... CAD-1 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:58:33 GMT