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…
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. …
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…
Civil3D.com has in many ways become the go to place for just about all things Civil 3D. I personally view the many posts able to be found there as a testament to the way I regard the company (Engineered Efficiency)…
Goodness, am I not the worst blogger ever? My apologies to all of my loyal readers; last week was quite a monumental week. As I have mentioned a few times before, The CAD Geek is something I do in my…
Autodesk began shipping many of their 2009 products starting Monday. Among those released is their flagship product, AutoCAD 2009. If you just can’t wait until your subscription shipment makes its way to your doorstep, a fully-functioning 30 day trial can…
Rounded Pi is roughly equal to 3.14, and consequently March 14 (3-14) is known by many as Pi Day. Pi is one of the most important mathematical constants, approximately equal to 3.14159. The definition of Pi can be stated as…
POST UPDATED: We’ve authored an updated version of this post using AutoCAD 2016. The updated post includes a video demonstration of the process discussed in this post. My post titled “Quickly Link Excel Tables to AutoCAD” from last August continues…
If you have stayed current on your Tech News, you have undoubtedly heard about Google Sites. For those unfamiliar with the Google Site’s service, I’ll provide the Cliff Notes version. Launched February 27, 2008, Google Sites is a wiki platform…
Attributed blocks can be incredibly powerful, but they do sometimes have their issues. Among those is one I personally came across here recently as I was working to update the text style of an attribute definition. Quite simply, the attribute…
Although each release of AutoCAD translates to bigger and arguably better features one thing has never changed; its malleability. In fact some would argue the malleability of the software as being its best feature. Be it the CUI command, LISP…
Good employees are hard to find, and even harder to keep. While this virtue is undeniably true in just about any industry, I find it to be especially true within the engineering industry. Many have heard the timeless question; is…