By Mark Scacco, PE on September 1, 2010
Part 6: Back in April, I started writing a regular column for CE News, called Leveraging Technology. You can find most of the articles on their website, but I figured I’d make it easy for you and post them here as well.
Meetings are an important, and often unavoidable, part of nearly every business. While much is often accomplished during a meeting, getting to and from the meeting is an unwelcome waste of time, money, and energy resources. Wouldn’t it be great to get all the benefits of an in-person meeting without the hassles they typically entail — to meet with others, regardless of their physical location, from any desktop? Well, you can — and it is great.
Continue reading “Meet you at your desk – without leaving mine”
Posted in training | Tagged CE News
By Mark Scacco, PE on August 31, 2010
Autodesk announced that this Fall it will be releasing a native Mac version of AutoCAD. While the exact release date has yet to be determined, the New York Times is reporting that it will be sometime in October. This is exciting news for Mac users who, since 1992 (the last year Autodesk released a version for that platform), have been forced to use workarounds to run AutoCAD on their beloved Apples.
Also, no official announcement of any sort has been made regarding other products, I’m wondering if other AutoCAD-based products like Civil 3D will also be available for the Mac. Learn more directly from the horse: http://goo.gl/03ry
Enjoy
Posted in AutoCAD | Tagged Mac
By Mark Scacco, PE on August 25, 2010
Part 5: Back in April, I started writing a regular column for CE News, called Leveraging Technology. You can find most of the articles on their website, but I figured I’d make it easy for you and post them here as well.
As a consultant working with clients across the country, I’ve noticed that nearly every office has binders full of “how-to” documents and a network folder full of digital files explaining everything from how to make coffee and how to log time to a project in the accounting software to how to set up a new CAD drawing for a particular client. As a small business owner, I must admit that we too have these paper and digital how-to documents floating around our office. But that is all changing now as more of our procedures are documented in easy-to-share videos.
Continue reading “Screen capture: The new how-to document”
Posted in training | Tagged CE News
By Mark Scacco, PE on August 17, 2010
Part 4: Back in April, I started writing a regular column for CE News, called Leveraging Technology. You can find most of the articles on their website, but I figured I’d make it easy for you and post them here as well.
We all know there is a wealth of information on the Internet, everything from personal interests to business to engineering. And while Google and others try to organize all this information, it still can be an overwhelming avalanche that makes it difficult to get what you need, when and where you need it. But there is a simple technology tool that can help you keep on top of pertinent content without getting buried: RSS
Continue reading “Information Delivery Boy”
Posted in training | Tagged CE News
By Mark Scacco, PE on August 10, 2010
Part 3: Back in April, I started writing a regular column for CE News, called Leveraging Technology. You can find most of the articles on their website, but I figured I’d make it easy for you and post them here as well.
We’ve all been in this situation before: Our design team has completed drawings for a project and you now need to share them with members of the extended design team. Unfortunately, CAD files these days are often too large to be sent via standard e-mail. So now you’re forced to hassle with FTP sites, or even more inconvenient, burning the files to a DVD and sending via mail. It sure would be nice if there was an easy-to-use, free (or low-cost) way to send large files. Luckily, there are several options from which to choose.
Continue reading “Information Sharing: Using low- and no-cost solutions for sharing your biggest files”
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By Mark Scacco, PE on August 3, 2010
Part 2: Back in April, I started writing a regular column for CE News, called Leveraging Technology. You can find most of the articles on their website, but I figured I’d make it easy for you and post them here as well.
What is cloud computing? For several years now, software and Internet companies have been offering various services over the Web to a wide range of industries. These services have many different names, including: hosted services, subscription services, software-as-a-service (SaaS) and so on. Recently, “cloud computing” has emerged as an all-encompassing moniker for these services and more. (The “cloud” in cloud-computing is derived from the cloud-like symbol network administrators and architects use to represent the Internet) Why should you care about this? Because you could be improving your profits or reducing costs by using cloud-based applications and services.
Continue reading “Making Rain in the Cloud”
Posted in training | Tagged CE News
By Mark Scacco, PE on July 28, 2010
Back in April, I started writing a regular column for CE News, called Leveraging Technology. You can find most of the articles on their website, but I figured I’d make it easy for you and post them here as well.
Welcome to the first in a new series of articles that will examine how current and emerging technologies are impacting the business of civil engineering. Over the course of the year, we’ll look at the ways software and hardware technologies are leveraged to improve efficiencies, reduce costs, and increase profits. Along the way, I hope to engage you and get your feedback on how you and your organization are leveraging technology to your advantage.
Continue reading “The Changing Face of Technical Training”
Posted in training | Tagged CE News
By Mark Scacco, PE on July 20, 2010
If you get the TenLinks Daily email update or are on subscription, you’ve probably already downloaded this. For the rest of you, Autodesk released SP3 for Civil 3D 2010. Get it here.
From the Readme file:
This update includes the resolution of over 10 issues.
Alignment Spirals
· Drawings which contain alignments with spiral curves will no longer change geometry upon open.
General
· Incorrect instances of missing Language pack errors on file open have been resolved.
Intersections
· An issue that caused a regenall to be required in order to see style changes has been resolved.
Performance Issues
· Instances have been addressed where AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 runs out of memory during certain tasks.
Enjoy!
Posted in Civil 3D | Tagged SP3, update
By Mark Scacco, PE on July 15, 2010
Take this one-question poll about BIM: http://polls.linkedin.com/p/95689/urowb
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By Mark Scacco, PE on June 18, 2010
Autodesk released a Hotfix for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 that addresses a number of survey, and some addition non-survey related issues. From their site:
This hotfix contains the solutions to the following issues.
- Creating a feature line from a closed polyline with assigned elevations no longer causes the program to exit.
- Help now appears as expected when running Civil 3D as AutoCAD 2011.
- Datasets containing large numbers of control and non-control points now open and import more quickly.
- Figure prefix databases will now match lower case figure names.
- You can now create parcels from multiple objects selected in a DGN underlay.
- Application Product Interface changes are included that improve:
- Point group import functionality
- Custom draw issues with second command instances in localized Japanese builds
Get it here: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=15291107&linkID=9240698
Posted in Autodesk | Tagged Hotfix, Survey
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