archGFX » autoCAD http://archgfx.net Austin web designer - Adam Freetly Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:50:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Rev Clouds http://archgfx.net/blog/2007/arch/rev-clouds http://archgfx.net/blog/2007/arch/rev-clouds#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:52:41 +0000 adam http://archgfx.net/blog/2007/arch/rev-clouds

* Please be careful when you put revision clouds on your drawings, some of the contractors do not understand. *

h/t Josh

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You don't need to be able to read the blog, when the pictures are so convincing:

Autodesk labs just released a tab-completion add-on for AutoCAD 2008. Tab-completion and Auto-suggestion is one of my non-negotiables for code editors, I don't know why it never occurred to me that I wanted them in my day job. It's great for variables like surftab1 & surftab2, that I use when I'm modeling, but almost never in between. I can never remember what the variable name is, but once I start typing "surface", it shows right up. Our office will be working a little faster as of today ;)

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The problem with trying to get into that market is that every kid out of college knows autocad. Why? the software is notoriously easy to crack, and AutoDesk doesn't prosecute students for piracy. (They do, however, routinely sue firms out of existence for running pirated copies). How do you break into a market like that?
 
Download ArchiCAD for free
 
give away your student licenses. Graphisoft is apparently doing well enough that they can afford it. Whatever performance gains you get out of autoCAD, it's still a deal with the devil. Learn archicad. Drafting is a skill that's separate from autoCAD. (using autoCAD is a skill unto itself)

H/T no, 2 self

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