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To BIM or not to BIM that is the question

spencer — Thu, 06 May 2010 01:34:57 +0000

Today I came across an e-mail informing me that Autodesk had released the new 2011 versions of their CAD and BIM software, AutoCAD and Revit. If you are familiar with these products feel free to skip the following two paragraphs for my opinion about BIM and CAD, if not, read on. For those of you [...]

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To BIM or not to BIM that is the question

Wednesday – App Review – CardSnap

spencer — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:11:16 +0000

It took me a while to find an app that could successfully translate any business card into a contact. I tried out apps that limited the number of contact fields and the types of fields (e.g., no e-mail addresses or job titles), but eventually decided to bite the bullet and pay the rather hefty price [...]

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Wednesday – App Review – CardSnap

Wednesday – App Review – XpenseTracker

spencer — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:46:40 +0000

Even before I was laid off I had to keep track of my expenses for work. At that time it meant extra bonus “expense” checks for mileage driven or reimbursement for my food. Now that I am working for myself and not taking a salary, it is of the utmost importance that I do this, [...]

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Wednesday – App Review – XpenseTracker

Wednesday â€“ App Review â€“ myPantone

spencer — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:30:00 +0000

I know as someone affiliated with architecture and not Interior Design I should be somewhat ashamed to say this, but I am a color nut. I think it stems form my days as working as a graphic designer, but I love color standards, whether thats ICC profiles or standardized colors like the ones in the [...]

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Wednesday â€“ App Review â€“ myPantone

Virtual autoCAD

spencer — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:11:46 +0000

One of the most expensive purchases of any architecture and design office is drafting software. Not only does it cost anywhere from $1000 to $3000 a seat but the software changes yearly and every three versions the file formats tend to change as well. Whenever that happens firms either need to buy into the new [...]

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Virtual autoCAD

Wednesday – App Review – StonePedia

spencer — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:14:53 +0000

Keeping with the pattern I started last week, today is the day I am going to spotlight an app for the iphone that specifically is helpful for the architecture and design community. This week I am shining a spotlight on StonePedia brought to you by Marble & Granite, Inc. This app, which showcases over 500 [...]

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Wednesday – App Review – StonePedia

App Review Wednesday – I.D. Wood

spencer — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:45:33 +0000

Yesterday I finally took the plunge, deactivated my blackberry curve and bought an iphone. For months, I had nothing but trouble with my blackberry, it crashed constantly, I had to empty my mail and texts off of it weekly so that it could have enough memory to run, and on a regular basis the google [...]

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App Review Wednesday – I.D. Wood

Autodesk meets Barbie Dream House Architect

spencer — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:40:51 +0000

I just read a great article on the New York Times about a new product from Autodesk (Design Your Dream House, Lamps and All – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com). It looks like Autodesk is getting into the 3-D home architect/interior design business with their new product “Project Dragonfly”. But instead of charging an arm, a [...]

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Autodesk meets Barbie Dream House Architect

WordPress Issue

spencer — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:54:13 +0000

So, this post is a bit off topic. It was brought to my attention that my single post pages were 404ing. This was an odd issue because my posts all showed up in the main page, but clicking any link would return an error. So I changed my permalinks from being Month/Day/post based to being [...]

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WordPress Issue

Breaking the Autodesk Hegemony

spencer — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:30:32 +0000

In the modern architect’s office there are no more drafting boards; if they exist, they serve as extensions of the desktop and become semi-permanent homes for check sets, red lines, specs and trace paper sketches. Instead, we work in CADD – Computer Aided Design and Drafting – usually short for Autodesk’s AutoCAD or Architectural Desktop/AutoCAD [...]

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Breaking the Autodesk Hegemony