Google Earth Spins Into Revit
CADwire.net: Blurbs: "Google Earth Spins Into Revit"



And now for a lead to something you might like to try in the exercise just before you finish next week!

Google Acquired @Last Software - FAQ
CADwire.net: Blurbs: "Google Acquired @Last Software - FAQ"



Well, well, well. Shades of Autodesk's acquisition of Revit in the past - seems like we discover and start using an intereting product and the big boys and girls also notice and acquire the product. Watch this space. Let's just hope they do more with Google Sketchup than they have done with Google Earth in the past 12 months. Google Earth is an extremely frustrating an promising product because of the unrealised promise....



Check out the GE file on our R:\drive in the BBSC 401 folder some time from Rachel Ryan's work last year in BBSc Honours.

BBSC 303 Digital Craft Lecture 3 March 14 2006

Topics: RSS feeds; Global Illumination; an expert's view of Archicad

David came in and presented the RSS feeds he has set up, plus the Sage plugin/extension that can be entered into the Firefox (recommended) web browser for subscribing to feeds.

I presented information on the two Global Illumination render options in 3DS Viz that are required tools for rendering the models currently being constructed in the tutorial exercises and are required in the Render assignment as well. These two are Radiosity based photon tracking and Radiance based photon tracking. They each have pros and cons.

Andrew Johnston then presented a personal view of how he would approach the use of Archicad to model buildings for the assigned work in the course.

Great Uses for RSS
AutoCAD Tips Newsletter: "Basement.org has done a great job of putting together a list of great things that you can track with RSS feeds. You�re sure to find one that will hold your life together.

Part One



http://www.basement.org/archives/2006/02/taking_rss_beyond_headlines_pa_1.html">Part Two"



A preview of what David has to tell us on Tuesday 14 March - RSS feeds and what you can do with them.... Another of Ellen Finkelstein's interesting blog references.

AutoCAD 2007 new features! (EllenFinkelstein.com)
CADwire.net: Reviews: "

AutoCAD 2007 new features!

Source: EllenFinkelstein.com
by Ellen Finkelstein

Beta sites have been released from their non-disclosure agreement, so now I can tell you all about it! As you may have heard,...

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Finally we might have some 3D objects in AutoCAD that mean something in terms of genuine 3D modelling - making objects that follow the imagination, rather than the strictures that have been imposed in the past. Now, all we need is access to the parametric tree of objects that created the final product - so we can change the (design) 'rules' AND the ability to 'declare' free-form solid objects as actual building components with all the normal properties of 'roof'/'wall'/'floor'...