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Friday, February 22, 2008

Accudraw Reset for MicroStation XM

I had a request from Ashley to recompile Accudraw reset for MicroStation XM. Thanks Ashley for prompting me to do this. Sounds like the tool is still useful, so if you want it here it is.

adrstxm.zip

Leave a comment to tell everyone what you think.

XM has some functionality that returns focus to the accudraw dialog anyway, but there are probably situations where being able click the reset button makes sense.

The zip file includes the source and the file adrstxm.ma. Extract this file to your mdlapps folder and you should be good to go.

Saturday, February 09, 2008

CAD on YouTube?

We've been able to create fly throughs and animations in MicroStation for many years, but I can't say I ever predicted that people would share these like they are today - CAD on YouTube!

Go to YouTube and search on MicroStation, Autocad, or Sketchup and you will discover that people are creating animations and sharing said videos. Some of the examples are quite creative. Here's "Building a House in Sketchup".

Friday, February 08, 2008

Google Search Tips

Looking for something?

This is a great link for google search tips. TechTracer.com's article lists 10 search tips I'm sure you will find useful when looking for CAD resources. Here's an example. In the google search field type the following,

sketchup model table filetype:skp





It mostly works. The third item in the list is a picnic table, and it's a sketchup file that you can open, save, edit, etc. Try it and check out the 10 tips on TechTracer.