I also found John Hancock Center, Empire State Building, Seattle Space Needle on brickstructures.com
There is also a Frank Lloyd Wright Lego collection with Fallingwater and Guggenheim Museum in NY. As you can see they are quite simplified.
And here the Museum in the real world.
Knowledge Base document: AutoCAD Architecture 2009 Product Update 3
Knowledge Base document: AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2009.1 Product Update 3
Downloads for Update 3
You can apply this update to the following Autodesk products running on all supported operating systems and languages. This update (Service Pack) includes both Update 1 & Update 2.
The following defects have been fixed in AutoCAD Architecture 2009 Update 3
Display themes
- The use of manual text properties involving numbers caused incorrect display properties.
Drawing management
- Loading certain projects or linking particular drawings to a project caused a hang or crash.
- Modifying files under the current project folder led to a crash.
Export to AutoCAD
- Wipeouts in devices did not have the correct appearance after Export.
Grips
- When moving objects in the Conceptual Visual Style, the grips would become separated from objects.
IFC
- Walls were shifted from the correct position or missing when certain files are imported.
- Some slabs would be in the wrong position when certain files are imported.
- A crash would occur when importing some files.
- Overridden materials were not preserved after re-importing a file.
Performance
- Cursor movement was slow when objects are isolated and Dynamic UCS is on.
Schedules
- A crash would occur when updating schedule tables that refer to external files with certain spaces.
Tool palettes
- A block would be added to the drawing even though the placement using a tool was canceled.
Wall objects
- Add selected of walls from previous version drawings with cleanup based on the centerline caused cleanup to fail.
- Copy offset behavior was not the same as in AutoCAD Architecture 2008.
- Canceling out of the Wall Edit In Place "Save Changes" dialog could cause a crash.
Xref
- Linework and component geometry in walls were not correct when the host and xref drawing use different units.
I have done coding using the ProSteel API and it is pretty extensive and flexible. I made improvements to the logic used to add position numbers on the steel structure objects as well as creating a two way sync of object properties between AutoCAD and a database. I also created other customizations to automate the workflow further both for working with the 3D model as well as the 2D generation. Another thing I did was to manipulate the ProSteel model so it worked better to use the information in Navisworks.
Either ps3d_com.arx (PSComWrapper Type Library) or ProStructuresLoader.arx are used and it works fine to develop with either AutoLISP or VBA. (VB.NET or C# should be possible to use)
Unfortunately there are not many resources about usage of the ProSteel COM interface other than the included documentation but the other day I run into this site that has some examples posted.
ProSteel was created by Kiwi Software GmbH and later acquired by Bentley and is an add-on running on the AutoCAD platform.
If you need any customization done for ProSteel (or AutoPLANT Structural) feel free to contact me.
Previous blog post talking about ProSteel 3D.
There is no problem to have multiple vendor daemons running concurrently on the same server. The Autodesk vendor daemon is adskflex.exe for example.
To set up network licensing for two or more products:
For detailed steps see this Knowledge Base document:
Combining Autodesk with another vendor's products already using FLEXlm
One comment on the above is that there is no requirement to install Autodesk NLM first. It is also possible to “install” by just copying the required exe files and license files into one folder. I’ve successfully done that before just making sure to use the latest version of the (Acresso) FLEXnet exe files.
Interesting organic architecture raising up to 600 meters. Vincent Callebaut’s Dragonfly is a concept of an urban farm concept for New York City’s Roosevelt Island.
Via designboom.
Sheet Set Manager Properties Editor version 3 is now available. Now you can copy and paste properties easily between sheets or sheet sets as well as edit sheet set properties. This makes it possible to work more effective with Sheet Sets, save time and tedious manual work. See all the news below.
Downloads are available on the SSMPropEditor website.
A Camtasia Screencast is available here if you cannot access the above YouTube video.
SSMPropEditor is compatible with all AutoCAD based applications that uses Sheet Set Manager or Project Navigator. SSMPropEditor does not require AutoCAD to run.
AutoCAD 2010 as well as Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit are supported.
Here are all news in version 3.0:
Contact us to get a time limited license file for free.
Full support is provided during trial period.
Reputation Institute ranks companies according to the reputation in their 2009 Global Reputation Pulse. Forbes lists the top 200. Ferrero is on the top followed by IKEA, Johnson & Johnson and Petrobras. Of the top 4 there are 3 companies that are customers to JTB World. Other JTB World customers on top 50 of the list are General Mills, Walt Disney Company, 3M, Philips and General Electric. At least 8 more companies on the top 200 are also JTB World customers.
Not sure how many of the CAD companies that are among top 1000 but I found PTC and Siemens
Certified Hardware XML Database Update as well as this Update Graphics Card Driver page are having details on how to download the latest Hardware Certification Database file as well as how to install it.
What it is missing is to tell where the AdskHwCertificationDatabase.xml file is located on AutoCAD 2009 and 2010 as it only describes how to update it from within AutoCAD.
This can be useful to know if AutoCAD for some reason cannot install it as it should or if you want to distribute the newest file to multiple users in your network.
Here is one “Performance Tuner Update” error using 3DCONFIG and Check for Updates that can show up: “Performance Tuner failed to update. Please check your network connection and make sure you have write permission to the file.
The location used to be in the DRV folder where AutoCAD is installed like:
c:\program files\AutoCAD 2008\DRV
%PROGRAMFILES%\AutoCAD 2008\DRV
So where can AdskHwCertificationDatabase.xml be found?
Here are some locations where this file can be found in newer AutoCAD versions:
<ROOT>\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2009\R17.2\enu\PTXML
<ROOT>\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2010\R18.0\enu\PTXML
<ROOT>\Autodesk\ACA 2010\enu\PTXML
<ROOT> to be replaced with either of the following in Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data
<ROOT> to be replaced with either of the following in Windows Vista and Windows 7:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%
%PROGRAMFILES%
C:\ProgramData
Now you can use any of your favorite scripting method like KiXtart, VBScript, plain old BAT or CMD or why not PowerShell and have it run as a login script. You can even do it from a single location if you have enough permissions. See this example.
For the Graphics Hardware List see http://www.autodesk.com/autocad-graphicscard
DimNotes is available now with support for AutoCAD 2010 and both 32-bit and 64-bit as well as all AutoCAD verticals.
If you have several different standard notes or comments you regularly add to dimensions this can be a useful tool for you.
TimberTool is available now with support for AutoCAD Architecture 2010 and both 32-bit and 64-bit as well as AutoCAD Architecture verticals.
TimberTool makes it easy to convert closed polylines into mass elements and makes the bounding box width and depth correct for scheduling purposes.
Scheiwiller Svensson Arkitektkontor have created this proposal for a new skyscraper to grace the Swedish city of Gävle.
For an animation see this page.
If the house will be build the company will most probably use GenerativeComponents from Bentley as they today are using products from Bentley as well as Rhino.
If you have not updated to AutoCAD 2010 by now and still have to use AutoCAD 2009 consider installing Update 3 to make it more stable and better.
Who Should Install This Update?
Downloads
The AutoCAD 2009 Update 3 (Service Pack) includes both AutoCAD Update 1 & Update 2.
First seen on Between the Lines also including the list of defects have been fixed.
This means you can add accelerator functionality into Word, Excel, Windows Live Writer or any other application. How about a built in translator for AutoCAD or Revit? This would be a cool thing to spice them up with when using Windows 7. Adding search functionality, look up a definition, terminology and so on.
Right now a the big European show have started with semi-finals. My wife told me about how the scene lighting effects are spectacular at this years Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow. (Swedish winner of “melodifestivalen”, Malena Ernman with her song "La Voix" did just qualify for the final)
I could not resist to try to find out more about who was behind it and how it was done.
60 trailer trucks totally of technical equipment making the show really spectacular. The scene changes for each artist and during their performance with 2000 m2 LED screens. 550 m2 of the LED screens are on the stage floor covered by 80,000 kg of glass.
Eventually I found out that PROCON is a supplier for the ESC 2009.
The Procon group, internationally leading full-service provider of technical equipment for events, film and TV productions, was appointed as technical supplier for the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow.
Procon will send 34 trailer trucks with technical equipment and a team of more than 70 people to this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Contract value is in the seven-figure area.
In addition to this Sennheiser gives the following info.
Moscow is introducing 450 tonnes of the latest stage and lighting technology to the huge Olimpiyski Arena for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. 2,000 square metres of LED walls will bathe the two semi-finals on the 12th and 14th of May and the final, on the 16th of May, in an extraordinary display of light and colour.
The Olympic Arena can hold a crowd of 80,000 but as the stage of the 54th Song Contest is so vast —1,000 square metres — there will only be space for an audience of around 20,000!
“The incredible amount of lighting technology in the arena means there’s also an increase in RF disturbance,” explains Willemsen. LED walls in particular disturb radio transmission as they consist of hundreds of thousands of pulsed LEDs, creating broadband interference which reaches far into the UHF range used by wireless microphones. “That’s why precise frequency planning and the right choice of antennas and antenna locations are vital,” continues Willemsen. 56 microphone channels and 16 links for wireless monitoring will be in action in Moscow. - press release details.
