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There has been a fair bit of open discussion from Autodesk lately on the subject of a possible future OS X AutoCAD version. The more I think about this, the more I am inclined to believe that this would be a bad idea. A very bad idea. It pains me to write this, because [...]  29 May 2009, 6:46 pm |  68 comments | Tags: Apple, AutoCAD, AutoCAD for Mac | Category: Apple, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Fail, LISP, Microsoft, Nostalgia, Performance, Thoughts It’s time to examine how Autodesk has reacted to the widespread criticism of Revit 2010. Is Autodesk listening? To be more specific, is Autodesk’s Revit team listening? The Good It has been good to see extensive public participation by Autodesk people in various discussions in different places. The Revit team isn’t hiding. It is [...] 26 May 2009, 1:33 pm | 11 comments | Tags: 12-Month Release Cycle, AUGI Forums, Autodesk, Listening, Other Blogs, Other Products, Revit, Revit 2010, User Reaction | Category: AU2009, Autodesk, Autodesk University, Customer Service, Fail, Other Autodesk Products, Other Blogs, Rant, Thoughts This sign was visible for some months at my daughters’ old school:
It vanished rather quickly after I was spotted taking a photo of it. My daughters don’t go to that school any more. Instead, they go to the school where I took this photo this morning:
Again, [...] 22 May 2009, 11:01 am | 2 comments | Tags: Edyewkayshun, Fail, Fun, Pictures, Spelling | Category: Fail, Fun, Grammar, Pictures Despite living in troubled times, AUGI is managing to keep its AUGI World publication going, at least in electronic form. The printed edition, which was previously available only in North America, is no longer with us due to printing costs and/or green intentions. It may or may not not return at some later date. [...] OK, so the last one was too easy. Is this one any harder? Who is this?
Bonus brownie points are available for identifying the time and place. The first person to identify the pixellated personage below will win a virtual doughnut. Bonus sprinkles will be provided if anyone can identify the other people, the event, the location and the year.
Picture courtesy of Donnia Tabor-Hanson (CADMama), from this thread in the AUGI Coffee Without CAD forum. I encourage [...] 19 May 2009, 2:07 pm | 15 comments | Tags: AU1998, AUGI, Fun, Pictures | Category: AUGI, Autodesk University, Fun, Pictures My first computer was a Dragon 32, which I think I bought in 1982. With a massive 32 kilobytes of RAM and a proper typewriter keyboard, it was quite advanced for a home computer of the time. The Commodore 64 may have had more RAM, but a lot of it was grabbed by its [...] 14 May 2009, 6:04 pm | 8 comments | Tags: Computing, Hardware, Navel Gazing, Nostalgia, Programming | Category: Hardware, Navel Gazing, Nostalgia Update (nee Service Pack) 3 for AutoCAD 2009 is now available. See Between the Lines for full details. As always, read the readme first. Here are the links: Readme AutoCAD 2009 AutoCAD LT 2009 AutoCAD 2009 for Revit Architecture AutoCAD 2009 for Revit Structure No word yet about related updates for the vertical products. [...] 14 May 2009, 1:46 pm | 6 comments | Tags: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2009, CAD Management, Listening, Update | Category: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2009, Customer Service, Other Blogs The long-awaited election of members of the 2009 AUGI Board of Directors has finally got under way. Nominations are now open and will be until 24 May 2009. To nominate yourself or others, see this page for details. Various announcements have been made about the timing and format of the election events, see the [...] I hesitate to cover this subject because my understanding of Revit is very close to nil. I’m going to cover it anyway, because it relates to the Does Autodesk Listen? theme that I’ve discussed here in the past. Revit 2010 has appeared with a Ribbon interface, and many users don’t like it. Some well-known [...] 11 May 2009, 4:26 pm | 6 comments | Tags: AUGI Forums, Autodesk, Listening, Other Blogs, Other Products, Revit, Revit 2010, User Interface, User Reaction | Category: Autodesk, Customer Service, Other Autodesk Products, Other Blogs Autodesk has been in touch to confirm that the failure to allow a mixed network/standalone environment is confined to Raster Design. I haven’t yet tested this myself, but I’ve been told unequivocally that you can mix standalone and network license models for the major products. Here is the official Autodesk response to the issue: [...] 1 May 2009, 9:09 am | 4 comments | Tags: AutoCAD 2010, Interoperability, Licensing, Raster Design | Category: AutoCAD 2010, Autodesk, Interoperability, Other Autodesk Products, Raster Design |
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