Units and the AutoCAD 3-D Grid
Exploring the role of units in AutoCAD and develop a strategy for optimally setting up units in any drawing project. We will start from a 20,000-foot view . . .
Enjoy the Golden Box Stomp
I made this geometry-based animation using 3-D AutoCAD and Camtasia. Enjoy!
Appreciating CAD Drawings as Fine Art
Here’s a question for you: Can CAD drawings be seen and appreciated as fine art? That question rolled around my head as I was working on a desktop sculpture . . .
Love the Louvre
At the Louvre in Paris, I was fascinated to see the impact made by I. M. Pei’s addition of a large glass pyramid in the main courtyard of the revered museum.
Overhangs and Wall Thicknesses in Revit
Roof overhangs behave differently in Revit when they are over different thicknesses of walls. Revit has some great tools for creating and modifying roof overhangs. Primary among these tools is the Pick Walls tool…
The Objects-Action Order Decision in AutoCAD
To make a modification happen, AutoCAD needs to know two things: which object(s) do you want to modify, and what type of action do you want to apply to them?
BCT Website is Clean Again
Our Best CAD Tips website was hacked, but we are clean as a whistle again. And we’ve taken serious steps to ensure that we won’t get hacked again.
“The Falcon has landed”
Entrepreneurial genius Elon Musk (CEO of Tesla Motors) and his team at SpaceX successfully launched a super-powerful rocket with a payload of satellites, and then safely landed the booster rocket back on Earth.