On March 22, 2014, a large landslide in Oso, Washington killed 43 people and destroyed dozens of homes. Heavy rainfall in the previous days and weeks had saturated the soil on a hillside over State Road 530 and the Stillaguamish River. This eventually triggered the slide, burying approximately…
Read MoreI posted some of these these pages from old drafting standards on a Throwback Thursday two weeks ago, and people loved them, so I will share more of the timeless words of wisdom from the Drafting Time Machine. This is from a Drafting Standards Manual from Ralph M.…
Read MoreAutodesk Memento becomes Autodesk ReMake and has formally graduated to a commercial Autodesk product! Autodesk ReMake turns reality data into hi-resolution 3D meshes for design & engineering workflows and so much more. It has been a long journey to this point and many new features and great feedback…
Read MoreIf you want to be a speaker at AU 2016 you now have only 5 more days to get your proposals in by May 27, 2016. ”Join industry leaders and Autodesk users from around the world, November 15-17, 2016 at The Venetian in Las Vegas. (That’s 2 weeks…
Read MoreI found these in my old CAD and Drafting standards boxes and had a good chuckle and thought I would share on this Throwback Thursday.
Read MoreI thought I would share the following photo I took today while working on a project near Death Valley California. It was hot, but so beautiful. While I am sharing a photo of the hot desert, I might as well as add for contrast last weekends hike…
Read MoreIf you have Autodesk product questions, we have answers. Join the big Autodesk answer day tomorrow online and speak with people from several Autodesk product teams. What: Autodesk Answer Day – You have questions, we’ve got answers! Date: May 18th, 2016 Time: 6am to 6pm Pacific Time Products:…
Read MoreOver the past two weeks we have had some changes like the username and password split into two steps in the Autodesk community sign in process that impacted projects for users of Autodesk Beta and Autodesk Labs. My colleague Scott Sheppard detailed the issue in a blog post…
Read MoreCheck out what my good friend Sly Lee and his non-profit scientific organization The Hydrous are doing to help educate people and make sure there are coral reefs for our children and their children. Coral reefs are often referred to as the rainforests of the sea. They occupy…
Read More“Computer-gaming pioneer Arthur Samuel once defined “machine learning” as “a field of study that gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed.” But for some people, the meaning takes a negative turn—as in what happens in dystopian movies after computers have conquered humanity. But the future…
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