Release an AutoCAD Raster Design network license

You can release an AutoCAD Raster Design 2009 network license without restarting AutoCAD using the command IUNLOAD. Worth learning your users or even add a button on a toolbar or on the Ribbon for easy access.

Releasing an AutoCAD Raster Design network license

Expression Web 2 is not available with Empower MSDN subscription

I have MSDN access through my ISV Empower subscription and noticed that I could access Expression Web 1 but not Expression Web 2. Version 2 was greyed and not available. I got confirmed from Microsoft that this was the case and that this media is only available for Certified Partners and in other MSDN subscriptions. Too bad, have to go back to version 1 again as my trial period of version 2 has ended.

Participated in setting a Guinness World Record

 

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/

Guinness World Record for the most downloaded software in 24 hours. From 18:16 UTC on June 17, 2008 to 18:16 UTC on June 18, 2008, 8,002,530 people downloaded Firefox 3

Fix for some Autodesk 2009 products in JTB FlexReport

A customer found that some features like 60500PNID_2009_0F (AutoCAD P&ID 2009) and 67700PNID_F (the package feature for P&ID) did not show up in the reports in an older version of JTB FlexReport.

We found that lmutil.exe version in the JTB FlexReport folder was 10.8.0.1. When upgrading lmutil.exe to 11.4.100.0 or higher it started to work.

Download for lmutil.exe 11.4.100.0 and lmutil.exe 11.5.

Autodesk is getting greener with Ecotect

Autodesk Enhances Sustainable Design Capabilities with Acquisitions of Ecotect (by Square One Research, Ltd. and Dr. Andrew Marsh) and Green Building Studio Analysis Tools – press release.

Autodesk’s Sustainability Center - http://www.autodesk.com/green

Impressing Dynamic Architecture

A 420 meter high building by the Italian architect David Fisher will be raised in Dubai and is scheduled to be completed by 2010. The Dynamic Tower changes it shape based on the rotation each floor has. Integrated wind turbines makes the building powered by wind to a green building. Most parts of the building will be prefabricated as modules in an Italian factory and shipped to Dubai and later a building will be build in Moscow.

 

 

 

Wondering what CAD and BIM software they are using.

For more visit Dynamic Architecture's website - make sure to see the intro.

Some videos on YouTube: Dynamic Tower plans unveiled, Preview of World's First Rotating Skyscraper, Dynamic Tower, Dynamic Architecture

JTB FlexReport 4.2 released - now with IBM LUM support

Now JTB FlexReport adds reporting on concurrent usage for IBM LUM licensed products like Catia and Enovia from Dassault Systemes.

FLEXnet-enabled (previously named FLEXlm) applications like AutoCAD 2009 are of course supported since before and the support for Matlab usage has been improved.

Request your free trial right now and give it a try.

Command Complete Bonus Tool for AutoCAD updated

In case you missed it there is an update recently to the Command Complete tool available.

Here are my favorite news:

• Added LISP defined commands to the list
• Added commands to enable/disable CommandComplete (CCENABLE/CCDISABLE).

Via It's Alive in the Lab with more details about it.

Quick start Visual Studio 2008 on Vista without UAC warning

Do you use Visual Studio 2008 on Windows Vista and still want to keep UAC on but avoid having the time consuming User Account Control warning each time you start VS 2008?

This can be solved by creating a scheduled task that runs with the highest privileges.

This hack can be used to start other programs like the registry editor (regedit.exe) that usually requires a permission to start.

Open Task Scheduler by entering Task Scheduler in the start menu search box.

Click on Create Task...

Give the task a name and check "Run with highest privileges".

On the Actions tab click on New.

Enter the path to Visual Studio 2008:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe"
and for Start in:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\

Create a new shortcut.

Enter schtasks /run /tn "VS2008" and change VS2008 so it matches the name of the scheduled task.

Set the  Run option to Minimized and if you want change the icon. Location for the icon:
%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe

AutoCAD 2009 RSS Feeds bug in InfoCenter

Notice that the RSS Feed for AutoCAD 2009 forum or discussion group is not the correct one. It points to the one fro AutoCAD 2008.
http://www.autodesk.com/rss-autocad2008forums

It should be http://discussion.autodesk.com/rss/rssmessages.jspa?forumID=344