Archive for Donnie Gladfelter

Author ImageAUGIWorld columnist, Donnie Gladfelter is jointly responsible for the technical support and training provided to the CAD staff of Timmons Group where he serves in the role of Design Systems Specialist.

Multi-Disciplinary Plotting Made Easy

Plotting is a topic so simple in theory, but yet so difficult in practice. Looking no further than my own firm, I can attest for the difficulties users encounter while plotting. Prior to standardizing the plotting process within my firm; a typical week of support contained 2-3 requests about plotting. Today those requests have [...]

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Some Nifty Tools

A while back I made a post titled ‘Free Tools for the CAD Manager/User‘.  In it I outlined a number of nifty tools I knew about and/or used in the past.  Over the last several months I have come across a few other tools that I personally find helpful.
Task & Project Organization: Mindjet MindManager ($)
Admittedly [...]

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AU 2008 - Let the Voting Begin

Talk to anyone who has attended an Autodesk University in the past and you will most certainly hear praises sung over the top-notch training available during the conference. Having the privilege to attend AU 2007 this past November I too can say it really is a phenomenal experience. If you haven’t considered attending in [...]

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The CAD Geek Reaches a Milestone

It’s taken 3 years and 4 months, but with this post I have officially reached the 100 post milestone.  With that I must admit I have been on the fence as to what I should make this post all about.  Do I do some grand tutorial about a yet to be determined topic?  Do I [...]

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BIM’s Impact on Design

The current trend, especially for government projects, seems to be towards providing a BIM deliverable with your submittals. And so I ask a very fundamental question, what is BIM? Yes, I know its definition, Building Information Model, but what does it mean to create a BIM deliverable? Modern-day design platforms have instilled into our DNA [...]

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