Eat Your CAD

You Are What You’ve Been... But Don’t Be All That You Are

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:57:51 +0000

I watched a TV show on New Year’s Eve. That’s what I like to do. The whole “got to go party, got to celebrate” thing is alright, but there are times when I’d rather just sit, watch crap TV and think about what the last year has brought me. This new year I watched a programme highlighting the 20 best commercials of the “noughties”. 10 years of a commercial art form that has continually redefined...

Survival Guide Chapter 10: Presentation Skills

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:55:57 +0000

“I’ve never done a presentation before, where do I start?” “How do I make sure I’ll fit it all in to the time?” “What if someone in the audience knows more than me?” “How do I stop people from falling asleep?” Although the guides below deal predominantly with public presentations and conferences, presentations are an important part of any management role, CAD, BIM or otherwise. Y...

February 2010

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:32:30 +0000

Some of you may have read the recent BD (Building Design) article Keeping an Eye on Technology. Various specialists were asked their opinion on upcoming technology. I read the article with what I need to term "speed interest", meaning that I was quite interested but couldn't allow myself th...

Using AutoCAD shortcuts in MicroStation

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:46:44 +0000

acad.pgp download updated for AutoCAD 2010 For AutoCAD users who have crossed over to MicroStation, the lack of keyboard shortcuts can be frustrating. What else is there for their left hand to do all day…?! What many people do not realise is that MicroStation is capable of supporting the acad.pgp (program parameters) file. To load a PGP By default Micr...

UK BIM Standard: What next?

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:48:19 +0000

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MicroStation V8i configuration variables

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:33:50 +0000

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Remapping Levels

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:47:35 +0000

If you are copying information from an external party or bringing in data from an archived project, you may find that the levels don’t match your level standard. To ensure copied information always conforms, you need a simple short extra step: just right-click a level in Level Manager and pick “Remap Elements”. You're p...

How can I edit lots of text in AutoCAD?

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:44:44 +0000

Question I have a topographic survey with 10,000 levels on it. Each level has a prefix which we'd like to strip out. All of the texts are in the format "123-12.345" Unfortunately the numbering section varies in character length (i.e. it starts at 1 rather than 001) but they all have a dash in them just prior to the actual level. How can I strip all the prefixes from the level...

The File and Folder icons

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:51:10 +0000

MicroStation uses Windows dialogue boxes for many of its file-based commands. These include Open, Reference, Save As, Export, Attach Cell Library, and pretty much anywhere you see “Browse...” These dialogues have been customised slightly to include two icons in the top right hand corner: File (Tools / File History) and Folder (Directory History).

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A CADBIM Manager’s Career Alternatives

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:42:08 +0000

Well, I’m not impressed. Clearly the world has gone to hell for the impossible has happened. I, Charles A. Doppleganger, have been made redundant! Clearly there are influences at work here beyond my control and understanding, as how could they have possibly come to this decision? Don’t they realise things will fall apart without me? I am unique! I am invaluable! I am the only one who can do thi...