CAD Mgmt: Optimizing AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010

Highly recommend this technical note from Autodesk about optimizing your AutoCAD Civil 3D experience. Very good description of virtual memory and the advantages of running a 32bit application on a 64bit operating system. Here’s a quote: “The operating system is one of the most influential factors affecting performance of Civil 3D, not the hardware itself.” They include a list of recommended operating systems in order of performance preference. The list doesn’t include Windows 7, but I have been told that you can expect similar improvements by moving from a 32bit operating system to 64bit Windows 7. This tech note also includes several best practices for your engineers and designers including minimizing the number of open drawings and other CAD Management optimization tips such as limiting Layout caching with the LAYOUTREGENCTL system variable.

 

http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/autocad_civil_3d_technical_note_harnessingpowerofcivil3d.pdf

 

NCARB’s 2009 Survey of Registered Architects

NCARB’s 2009 Survey of Registered Architects

I pulled some data from recent years for comparison:

ARCHITECT REGISTRATIONS FOR KANSAS

Year	Resident	Reciprocal	Total
2009	905	1,771	2,676
2008	894	1,779	2,673
2007	936	1,566	2,502
2006
2005	949	1,550	2,499
2004	963	1,519	2,482
2003	913	1,539	2,452
2002	899	1,553	2,452
2001
2000
1999	980	1,496	2,476

All data from http://www.ncarb.org/.
2003 data from website was 913, 1639, & 2452.

Autodesk Announces Support for Windows 7

Autodesk will support customers on Windows 7 who are using the following products:

• AutoCAD 2010
• AutoCAD LT 2010
• AutoCAD Architecture 2010
• AutoCAD Electrical 2010
• AutoCAD Mechanical 2010
• AutoCAD MEP 2010
• Autodesk Algor Simulation 2010
• Autodesk Inventor 2010
• Autodesk Inventor LT 2010

Several products are not yet approved for Windows 7 (Revit, Civil 3D/Civil, Map 3D, Navisworks, etc.) and will not be supported until a future update.

You can find the complete pressrelease here: http://bit.ly/2frAlr

Autodesk Architects on Twitter

Autodesk Architects on Twitter
Follow Autodesk Technical Specialists Amy Fietkau, Eddie Perlberg, and
others at www.twitter.com/adskarchitects.

You can also find me on Twitter and LinkedIn in the links below.
www.twitter.com/scottdurkee
www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurkee

Autodesk BIM Reports

The Autodesk-sponsored 2009 McGraw-Hill Building Information Modeling (BIM) SmartMarket Report is now available for download. The report is a summary of a survey that was given to approximately 3,000 architects, engineers, contractors, and business owners across the United States and Canada. It focuses on two areas: determining where BIM adopters are experiencing business value, and determining why non-users haven’t adopted BIM and what it will take to get them to adopt. http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/Final_2009_BIM_SmartMarket_Report.pdf

 

You can find additional BIM-related reports at www.autodesk.com/bim

Revit Visions Wichita Users Group

Networking is an important part of learning new technology. If you are interested in Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Revit, please join the Revit Visions Wichita user group. We typically meet for lunch on the third Tuesday of the month (currently taking a break for the holidays and will start again in January). You can be informed of time and location of upcoming meetings by registering through LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/groupInvitation?groupID=2118307&sharedKey=125C032BA9BB. Also, please join my LinkedIn professional network at http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurkee.

 

Autodesk Assistance

Know someone who has recently been laid off? Direct them to www.autodesk.com/assistance.

 

The Autodesk Assistance Program has been recently expanded to include benefits for companies that hire Autodesk Assistance Program participants.