Categories Misc.

They Grow Up So Very Fast – Happy Birthday Katie

My daughter Katelyn "Katie" turns 13 years old, and becomes an official teenager tomorrow which is technically now in Australia which is now 12:00AM August 1st, 2014 in Perth. She has always been my princess and it is both an honor and pleasure to watch her grow from…

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Categories Misc.

Please Vote to Support Virunga’s Impact Challenge

My good friend and respected paleontologist Dr. Louise Leakey tells me we are in the final hours to vote to support ‪‎Virunga‬'s Google Impact Challenge‬! Help Virunga Foundation win £500,000 and Google's support to protect wildlife and communities. It only takes a couple seconds to vote, and you…

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Categories AutoCAD

Autodesk AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Webinar July 31 2014

OSNAP! You’re invited! Please join us for the Autodesk AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Webinar: ‘Precision Drafting: Object Snaps and Object Tracking’ Autodesk AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT users are gathering for a series of Hangouts designed to introduce you to the powerful features available in AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. We’ll…

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Categories AutoCAD

Change AutoCAD Layout Background Color to Black

So you want you AutoCAD Layout to be black just like you model space background for whatever reason or preference you have? Simple to do and here is how to do it. I this video Autodesk Screencast  you can see the command steps I use in real-time and…

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Categories 3D Printing

3D Prints with a Powerful Purpose

With all of the hype surrounding 3D printing it is sometimes difficult to hear about the true promise of 3D printing like artificial limbs and many more life changing examples in addition to the powerful transformational changes it will do for manufacturing. Here is one example of a…

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Categories Misc.

My Weekend

Be active, healthy, and happy. Cecret Lake in Little Cottonwood Canyon (40°34′12″N 111°37′19″W / 40.570°N 111.622°W) is located about 20 minutes from where I live, and is a great place to hike and chill before starting another busy work week. The amazing wildflowers are just now starting to…

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Categories Misc.

Ultimate Mid-Summer Cool Down – Verruckt

I have been dealing with the hot Summer heat even triple digits for awhile now and anything cool and wet sounds like a great idea. I just happened to read that Autodesk customer Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City had built a huge waterslide named Verruckt (means insane in…

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Categories AutoCAD

AutoCAD Shortcuts Guide

Need a fast way to enter a command, want to save keystrokes, and time? Here is the perfect resource for you. http://www.autodesk.com/store/autocad/autocad-shortcuts

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Categories AutoCAD

AutoCAD Deployment Tutorial

Do you need to learn how to install; or deploy AutoCAD easily onto computers? Don't go installing one by one on multiple machines wasting your time and others, do it fast and easily whether standalone or network licensed use the deployment feature.

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