Shorn Shaan – you saw it here first

I was amused to see Shaan Hurley losing his locks at AU. Some of you may recall me suggesting this course of action a couple of years ago. How close do you think I got with my artist’s impression?

Original images © 2008 and 2009 Shaan [...]

Revit rebel Read re-admitted

Phil Read has, according to him, been re-admitted as an Autodesk University 2009 speaker. Yay!

Is this a victory for people power? A victory for the blogosphere? I rather think it’s just a victory for common sense.

Autodesk’s Revit rebellion reaction

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 [...]

I haven’t seen AutoCAD 2010…

…yet.

That means I’m free to speculate about it in public. There have already been a few hints dropped here and there. Stronger 3D, parametric 3D? Does that just mean adding the missing 3rd dimension to dynamic blocks, or more? What else?

If you’re in the right spot at the right time at Autodesk [...]

Autodesk University is only slightly moving

I mentioned earlier that Autodesk University might be moving in time and/or space. It appears that it’s not moving in time at all, and is moving only slightly in space. Here is the AU 2009 date and location from the horse’s mouth.

Time: 1 – 5 December 2009 Place: Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas

AutoCAD 2009 – Top reasons to be Ribbonless

I’ve closed the poll for those of you who are using 2009 with the Ribbon turned off to show us the reasons why. The top 10 choices were:

Tab concept means extra clicks (65%) Uses up too much screen space (64%) No advantage over existing methods (64%) Dislike concept of hiding tools – want [...]

Autodesk University is moving!

No, I don’t mean it’s a deeply emotional experience, however true that may be for certain CAD geeks (who will remain nameless to protect the dorky). What I mean is that it’s moving in the fourth dimension, and possibly the other three too. This will be no news for several hundred of you, but [...]

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