You normally see me posting updates about the AUGIndy meetings here in Indianapolis. Well, I’m adding another user group to the list that I’ll try to post updates about, RUGIndy. RUGIndy is the Revit User Group of Indianapolis and covers everything from Revit Architecture, Structure, MEP and also dives into the world of Navisworks. From time to time, they also discuss AutoCAD Architecture and MEP, but mostly as a source of comparison to the Revit products. This is a very well supported and attended user group that I highly suggest …

It is quickly becoming common knowledge that two of the largest Value Added Resellers (VAR) for Autodesk software have just made a huge impact on the entire industry by merging. Those two companies are Avatech Solutions and Rand Worldwide, which is the parent company to IMAGINiT Technologies — Rand Worldwide’s Autodesk-related business division. There are now several places online and in print you can find details about this merger and how it affects both businesses involved. However, I’m going to merely skim over that information, supply links to the sources, …

So this is the official 100th post on Indydrafter.com. I say ‘official’ because there are some posts over the last year that I’ve removed because they were irrelevant, incorrect, or just didn’t read correctly. So, as it stands now, this is the 100th post on this website if you were to query the total number of currently available posts. I’ve been toiling over what to write about for this numerically significant post without avail, but I’ve decided that the best way to honor this monumental blog moment is to actually …

It has been one heck of a crazy year. On this day in 2009, I finally launched Indydrafter.com to existence. It was without fanfare and I didn’t have a clue of what I was getting myself into. All I knew was that I had a lot rattling around in my head for a long time and I wanted to share it. After planning for several months, I registered the Indydrafter.com domain name, purchased a host service, deployed a decent looking WordPress template and thought I had it made. Boy was …

There are several internet browsers out there. To name just a few: Google Chrome (my favorite), Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and the many versions of Internet Explorer (IE6, IE7, and IE8 in particular). Everyone of these browsers interprets and renders the code on website pages differently, which can cause some problems in your experiences of some website features. I’ll spare you the details, but the 2 browsers that cause the most problems for Indydrafter.com are Internet Explorer 6 and 8.
With IE6, there really isn’t any option aside from just dealing …