Here is where we pick up the CAD hardware discussion on mobile workstations, or notebooks, given that I’ll throw in a few consumer-grade options that should get the job done on  your next project as well. All things are not created equal when comparing desktop hardware and notebook computers. The form factor is different, components must be shrunk down to fit in a small space, power hungry devices are toned down to suit the battery supply, and heat becomes an issue with electrons blasting a light speed in such confined …

It has been released and available for over a month now, but I’d be remiss to not mention it; the August 2011 issue of AUGIWorld contained an article I wrote. It is a great issue, chock full of content about collaboration with different disciplines and using many different Autodesk products. There are a lot of great articles in it and it is definitely worth checking out.
My article, “Collaboration in a Multi-Disciplinary/Multi-Firm Environment,” goes in depth on different methods of saving, exporting, modifying, and sharing Civil 3D files with other software …

As you may or may not know, Autodesk University is coming up in just a couple short months. It’s an annual tradition of design geeks of all shapes and sizes coming together to teach, learn, and share in each others’ passions and struggles for the software they use to get the job done. AU2011 is November 29th – December 1st out in Las Vegas and you can find out more information here.
Last year at AU I was a lab assistant for 2 classes, attended a bunch more, took part in …

Autodesk software system requirements. That sentence is enough to make hairs stand on the back of a CAD Manager’s neck. It’s something early adopters and Subscription customers are concerned about annually and for good reason; if Autodesk updated your favorite software package with loads of new resource-hungry features, you’ve got to find a way to support those features if you ever plan on using them. Although I can’t change the process of the release cycle, nor do I want to, I can make it a little easier in finding that …