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Architectural Technologist – Google Earth Will Track Cars and People In Real Time, Eventually Destroy Privacy

October 2, 2009 in CAD, Vectorworks

Now this is not just scarey, but dam interesting, and scarey, But for Architecture it could be a most usefull piece of technology, it’s one of the awesomestest and scariestest technology demonstrations I’ve seen in a long while: Georgia Institute of Technology’s students are using CCTV video to map actual vehicles and people into Google Earth. Why is this scary?

Right now, all the data displayed is anonymous, which makes up for a cool looking technology. You could see a football game in real time or the actual traffic in your route to work. Eventually, you will be able to see clouds moving, the weather changing, and even birds move in real time.

Now, put on your plastic saftey hat and imagine.

Imagine that someone is able to tag you in some way. In theory, it could be as easy as having access to one of the CCTV cameras and this system. You mark a car on the screen and, provided that you have enough cameras along the way, the technology would be able to follow the vehicle wherever it goes. In England, for example, this will be really easy to do, because there are CCTV cameras absolutely everywhere. And let’s not talk about RFID tags.

Of course, I’m sure that no government agency will be interested in using this for controlling someone’s movements. Why would they?

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Commentary on 8 reasons Engineers should spend their free time in the Machine Shop

September 29, 2009 in CAD, Kubotek

8 Reasons Engineers Should Spend Their Free Time In The Machine Shop

I found this recent post by T. Brian Jones very interesting. We meet with hundreds of engineers every year, maybe more. We hear the “old-timers” lament about the lack of practical skill that many “CAD programmers” have in designing products that are manufacturable.

I think this is closely related to the need for Engineering and Manufacturing to spend more time understanding each other.   It is also closely related to the ability of OEMs and suppliers to collaborate effectively.

I found the 3rd reason very applicable:

3. You can draw a lot of things in Pro/E and SolidWorks that you can’t make in the real world.

Kubotek software – KeyCreator CAD, our Validation Tool our Spectrum Viewers are designed for ease of creation/editing, comparing, validating and viewing of 3D/2D models, drawings and PMI.  Our KeyCreator CAD direct modeling software allows you to work using solid, surface, and wirefame, as your workflow dictates. This allows engineering, manufacturing and quality the flexibility and precision necessary to make decisions and collaborate to make manufacturable and cost effective designs and products.

Do you have stories about receiving manufacturable designs from manufacturing, we’d love to hear them.

Nice list T. Brian Jones!

Thank you for you insights.

Scott

 

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September 21, 2009 in CAD, IntelliCAD, progeADD-ons, progecad

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Manufacturing Outlook – Are you ready?

September 12, 2009 in CAD, Kubotek

It’s becoming obvious that the news regarding the manufacturing
industry is starting to be more and more positive. I’m quite sure we
are not out of the woods yet, but it won’t be long. Manufacturing
companies that have taken this downturn time to make themselves more
efficient and effective will be much better off when business picks up
again. Higher profits and more work means everyone is happy!

If
your company is still feeling the affects of the downturn, then maybe
you still have time to make your company more efficient and effective.
As we all know, once the businesses start to run at full capacity, room
for improvement is minimal. If you don’t take the time to improve now,
you may not be able to win business or have enough profits to survive.

Mark
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Manufacturing Productivity Tip – Multi-CAD Viewers for Manufacturing

September 12, 2009 in CAD, Kubotek

Tired ManIt’s 5 O’clock and the deadline has passed for the RFQ that you have buried under a pile of papers on your desk.

Missed another deadline.

You’ve got capacity on the manufacturing floor.  You could really use more orders, but you can’t afford to buy and get people trained on many expensive CAD packages.  And the CAD jocks you have are busy, getting jobs out the door. So they don’t have time to stop open the OEM’s CAD files or even draw up a model to be included in the quote.

How can you increase the number or quotes you are completing on time without utilizin your valuable CAD resources.

One essential tool for today’ contract manufacturers and job shops to do quoting and estimating is a Multi-CAD viewer.  Inexpensive CAD viewers are available that allow you to open, view, measure, get mass properties and print. These are easy to use – no need to bother your valuable engineers.

This is a two prong boost to your productivity.  You can complete more quotes, more quickly and for more customers and you can increase the amount of time that your engineers stay focused on your current projects. This easy to implement, low cost CAD tool will add to your top line and bottom line simultaneously.  For more easy ideas on how to reduce wasted time and to increase your profits download the following White Paper:

5 Easy Ways Manufacturers can turn Wasted CAD Activity into Profits

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SolidWorks World 2010 Registration

August 20, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks

It hardly seems like all the much time has gone by since SolidWorks World 2009.  Even during our current recessed economic times, SWW09 proved to be unexpectedly successful, with a larger than expected attendance.  It’s now time to begin thinking about SolidWorks World 2010 (SWW10)!  Date: January 31 – February 3, 2010 in Anaheim, CA [...]

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Architectural Technologist – No silicon here

August 19, 2009 in CAD, Vectorworks

Stone Cill detail
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I have said time, and time again, you can detail a window without silicon and this window detail to a casement window at Charlcotte Park, shows just how its done, using the full basket of tricks of shadow groves, checks, drips and good workmanship, I happen to know this window is over 200 yeas old never been replaces and no sign of rot, just painted as required, and look no paint on the stone. Incidentally the interior is also very interesting with timber shutter doors instead of curtains

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Architectural technologist – This week in Google

August 7, 2009 in CAD, Vectorworks

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Now I am a major fan of Google, and was pretty upset when I saw what Apple had done, maybe there was good reason, we wait to find out, but in the mean time, I think its in any ones interest if your a user of Google, from the straight forward browser tools, to the docs and read services in fact all thing cloud, to listen to a new podcast from Leo Laport, called This week in Google, I listened to the first one last night, its still in beta, and was fascinated to listen to the comments and where the panel think the next innovation will come from. Wave certainly has to be of Interest, I think I have mentioned this before, for its use witin a practice to disseminate information, they are saying its the next big jump, Email to a whole new way of email.

So I think its just best to keep up to date with Google, and this podacst maybe be just the way, certainly Leo Laport is good to listen to and his panel are not quite and voice there opinions very loudly.

Is this worth following for the Architectural Technologist, yes, we use the net for all kinds of stuff, from simple search to docs to drawing, and we should spend some quality CPD just listening to a 54 min podcast, well worth the time. Sign  in via iTunes just search for “This week in Google” or go to the www.twit.tv web site and follow the links to download

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Flashback to the past!

August 4, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

As I was surfing around this evening I ran across an AutoCAD picture that took me way back in time. I attached to my header above. It is the infamous drawing of the Space Shuttle. It is pictured in AutoCAD Version 2.18. You old timers will certainly remember this drawing. It was drawn in 2D. I remember my boss at the time loved that picture. Everytime a client would come in the door he would bring them into my CAD room and have them watch as I plotted out a copy of it for them on our Calcomp 1040 pen plotter. I went through a lot of paper and pens back then. Ah the memories.

Does that take some of you back in time?

Bob

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Using Drawing Recovery Command

July 22, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

I know all of us AutoCAD users, has experienced losing our drawing files when a program system failure unexpectedly came. Or sometimes when a power failure or a software problem happens right in the middle of doing our work. And because it is too sudden, most of the times we haven’t saved our drawings.

So in order to avoid losing much of our work, we tend to use Automatic Save so that even we forgot to save our work, the AutoCAD automatically save it for us, albeit it only saved some of it from the time frame we had set.

Some years ago, when I’m just using the previous version of AutoCAD notably the  AutoCAD 2002 (this version has the most program error I had encounter), when this system error unexpectedly happen and the AutoCAD shutdown unexpectedly. I used to look for my automatically saved drawing (drawing.sv$) on temporary folders using the window explorer.

So now if you are using latest version of AutoCAD, just as I am using the not so latest AutoCAD Architecture 2008. Recovering ou drawing is not that  so complicated anymore. Because AutoCAD now has this command DRAWING RECOVERY.

drawing_recovery_manager

This command recovered our drawing automatically for us. After a system failure or the AutoCAD program failure unexpectedly came, the Drawing Recovery Windows Manager will open the next time we start AutoCAD session. The Drawing Recovery Windows display the list of all drawing files that were open. However unsaved drawings that are open at the time of an unexpected failure are not tracked by the drawing recevery manager. So it is always safe that we always save our drawing from time to time, even if we had set Automatic Save for file precautions.

If happens that you close the Drawing Recovery Window,  before recovering all files tha you want to recover, you can always access Drawing Recovery command at all times by accessing from the Files pulldown menu, then Drawing Utilities, then Drawing Recovery. Or at the command prompt, type DRAWINGRECOVERY.

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