| See also: April 2003PDM Bridges Islands of Data - how an electrical systems component manufacturer uses product data management to integrate information throughout the enterprise, John Krouse, Desktop Engineering, April 2003 AutoCAD 2004 Tip - Prevent Passwords - how to remove the ability to password-protect drawing files, CADsoft Consulting, April 18, 2003 Using Old OEs in New Software - Autodesk Architectural Desktop tip explores the Object Enabler, CADsoft Consulting, April 18, 2003 Box with Lid - Pro/DESKTOP video tutorial illustrates the creation of a box with a hinged lid, INTAD, April 2003 (zip file) Menu Mishap - tips on customizing toolbars in AutoCAD 2002, IMAGINiT Technologies, April 2003 Hatching and Patterning Disjointed Areas - MicroStation V8 tips, Lynne Taylor, bentleyuser.org, April 12, 2003 Making Live Nested Reference Attachments Into Direct Attachments - MicroStation V8 tips, Lynne Taylor, April 2, 2003 Modeling with Beam Elements Tutorial - tutorial explains how to use ALGOR software's capability to set up and analyze a model with beam elements, ALGOR, April 25, 2003 Multiple Dimension Changes All At Once - Autodesk Inventor 7 tips, Autodesk.com, April 21, 2003 Upgrade or Switch? - AEC firms trying to increase productivity often find it difficult to choose the best CAD package for their needs, Arleen Boyd and Kristine Fallon, ArchitectureWeek, April 30, 2003  Pro/TOOLKIT: Setting Up Your Environment in VC++ .NET - the first in a series of tutorials on using Pro/TOOLKIT to enhance Pro/E to customize the standard user interface, automate repetitive steps, apply design rule verification and drawing automation and more, Vojin Jovanović, CADdigest.com, April 30, 2003 (Part 1)
Virtual Voyagers - reveals how a Canadian flight simulator maker reorganized its 1.2 million square-foot manufacturing plant, re-deployed its 2,000 plant floor workers and slashed production time of its products by more than half, Nathan Mallett, Advanced Manufacturing, March/April 2003 DWG: Encrypted Or Not? - the OpenDWG Alliance says that DWG 2004 employs two forms of encryption, but differing interpretations abound, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, April 27, 2003 Tips for Assemblies - a collection of general assembly tips for Autodesk Inventor, Sean Dotson, April 28, 2003 (pdf) Solid Modeling and Medical Devices: Maintaining Compliance in a Virtual Design Environment - 3D digital design has yielded huge gains in speed and flexibility, but going paperless also raises important legal and regulatory hurdles, David Warburton, Medical DeviceLink, April 2003 Licensing: Software by the Numbers - the Business Software Alliance, which includes Autodesk and Bentley, are trying to deal with software pirates, a fair number of whom are CAD users within the architecture industry, Alan Joch, Architectural Record, April 2003 Is the Worst Over? - the job market for both new grads and experienced engineers is showing some positive signs, Machine Design, April 30, 2003 Analysis During Design Reduces Cost and Time - Finite element analysis can solve for stress in a part, reduce prototyping, shave weight, save design time and much more - so why isn't everybody using it?, Suchit Jain, CADdigest.com, April 29, 2003 Dassault Q1 Conference Call - despite a rather gloomy - and somewhat confusing - first quarter report, the world's largest CAD company is determined to increase its market share in 2003, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.ezine, April 27, 2003 AutoCAD LT: Text Wishes Have Been Granted! - tips on using LT 2004's new frameless Multiline Text editor, which makes it easy to set up margins, indents and tabs, Lynn Allen, Autodesk.com, April 29, 2003 AutoCAD 2004: Digitally Sign Your Drawings - tutorial shows you how to use digital signatures in the latest version of AutoCAD, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, April 28, 2003 The Great BIM Debate - Part 2 - looks at the differences on the interoperability issue that emerged from the recent Building Information Model debate between Autodesk and Bentley, Lachmi Khemlani, CADENCE AEC Tech News #96, April 24, 2003 Configurations and Animations in Pro/DESKTOP - tutorial gives an introductory lesson in configurations and animation, Peter and Ruth Thompson, INTAD, April 2003 (pdf) Making Use of the Reference Manager - AutoCAD 2004 tips, Autodesk.com, April 28, 2003 Using REFEDIT to Help Bring Blocks into Other Drawings - AutoCAD 2004 tips, Autodesk.com, April 28, 2003 Autodesk Revit: Working Without Layers - tutorial explains how Revit manages to design without layers, Lachmi Khemlani, Autodesk.com, April 28, 2003 Autodesk Revit: Productivity Tips - three Revit tips, Steve Burri, Autodesk.com, April 28, 2003 Veteran CAD CEO Says Apple Is going to Make Big Push into CAD Market - CEO Robert Bou of Ashlar-Vellum believes Apple is going to make a big effort to become competitive in the CAD market, Architosh, April 25, 2003 ArchiTIPs: Solid Element Operations 101 - tutorial explores a feature of ArchiCAD 8 that allows you to add, or carve, ArchiCAD elements with each other, Graphisoft.com, April 2003 (pdf) The QSELECT Command - tutorial shows how to use the QSELECT command to specify object-filtering criteria, Dave Pitzer, Autodesk.com, April 25, 2003 Visual LISP: Using AutoCAD Automation - explains how to use (within AutoLISP) some of the ActiveX tools built into AutoCAD, Bill Kramer, Autodesk.com, April 25, 2003 Shuttle Breakup Theory Remains Elusive - investigators from the board analyzing the Columbia's breakup said they still have no working hypothesis of exactly what caused the accident, Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, April 25, 2003 (may require free registration) Dear Lynn - April 2003 - AutoCAD tips cover selecting multiple items, protecting AutoLISP programs, using the EDGEMODE setting and AutoCAD 2004 backwards compatibility, Lynn Allen, Autodesk.com, April 2003 Preparing to Upgrade - Part 3 - offers some do's and don't's for the actual process of implementing a CAD upgrade, CADENCE CAD Manager's Newsletter #83, April 17, 2003 AutoCAD LT: Changing Elevation - tutorial explores the best way to move lines and other objects back to zero, Dave Pitzer, Autodesk.com April 24, 2003 Secrets of AutoCAD - Change Text Case in MTEXT - streaming video tip for an AutoCAD 2000 enhancement, Avatech Solutions, April 10, 2003 Secrets of AutoCAD - Dimension with One Pick - streaming video tip explores a dimensioning shortcut that will "automatically" snap so you don’t have too, Avatech Solutions, April 10, 2003 AutoCAD 2004 New Plotting Features - tutorial explores the latest plotting enhancements, including the ability to plot both shaded models and 3D models through layouts, Alireza Parsai, April 22, 2003 Migration Frustration - CATIA users explain some of the main reasons why they're resistant to upgrading to CATIA V5, CADCAMNet, April 10, 2003 AutoCAD: Introduction to 3D Visualization - tutorial covers many of the techniques for displaying and viewing your 3D drawings, Ellen Finkelstein, Autodesk.com, April 23, 2003 Silkscreen and Artwork on Drawings - SolidWorks tips to create artwork for the vendor right in your drawings, Brad Johnson, SOLID Digital Digital, April 23, 2003 Autodesk VIZ: Editing Mesh Objects with the Edit Mesh Modifier - tutorial explains how to use the Edit Mesh modifier to change rendered objects, Nancy Fulton, Autodesk.com, April 23, 2003 Design Center - AutoCAD 2004 streaming video tips show how to use Design Center's functionality to gain easy access to content, including the Web and achieve increased screen space with a modeless dialog box, Sterling Systems, April 23, 2003 Autodesk Land Desktop: Advanced Grading Object Options - tutorial explores advanced grading techniques for working with target regions and slope tags, Felicia Provencal, Autodesk.com, April 23, 2003 Dimensions - Architectural Desktop 2004 streaming video explores enhancements to AEC Dimensioning, including external reference file dimensioning, Sterling Systems, April 23, 2003 PTC Q2 Conference Call - despite its gloomy financial situation, the company does have some good news to report about its products, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, April 22, 2003 Secrets of AutoCAD - Autodesk DWG Explorer - streaming video tip shows how AutoCAD can preview all of the drawings in a folder at the same time, Avatech Solutions, April 10, 2003 Architectural Desktop - Custom Column Grids - streaming video tip shows how to create a custom column grid with ADT, Avatech Solutions, April 15, 2003 AutoCAD: Exciting Enhancements to Everyday Commands - explores some of the minor tweaks in AutoCAD 2004 that can actually offer powerful productivity gains, Lynn Allen, Autodesk.com, April 21, 2003 Secrets of AutoCAD - Hidden Line Drawing Export - streaming video explains how to copy a hidden line view of a 3D object from AutoCAD into another application, Avatech Solutions, April 10, 2003 Secrets of AutoCAD - How to Select Multiple Grips - streaming video demonstrates the method to maintain the relationship between grip points when stretching by using grips, Avatech Solutions, April 10, 2003 Secrets of AutoCAD - Trim and Extend at the Same Time - streaming video shows how AutoCAD now enables you to use both the Trim and Extend commands at the same time, Avatech Solutions, April 10, 2003 Finding That Lost Toolbar - AutoCAD tip on how to find a toolbar that has been pushed off the screen, CADstoreOnLine, April 21, 2003 XREF Attach Many At Once - AutoCAD 2004 tip, Autodesk.com, April 21, 2003 Is PLM Applicable to AEC? - for Product Lifecycle Management to become the next big thing in the AEC industry as it's become in the manufacturing sector, some major changes will need to take place, Mike Evans, A-E-C Automation, April 2003 Tapping Knowledge Vault's Engineer's Notebook - Inventor tutorial explains how to use the Engineer's Notebook tools for capturing design intent, tracking decisions and keeping a model history, Jeff Wymer, CADENCE, April 2003 Using SolidWorks Mate References - tutorial explores the mate reference functionality, which pre-defines a mating scheme for a part or assembly, Greg Jankowski, CADENCE, April 2003 Extending the "Edge" with Solid Edge Draft - covers some of the new functionalities in the latest Solid Edge Draft to dramatically increase productivity, J. Fred White, CADENCE, April 2003 Secrets of AutoCAD - Boundary Command - streaming video tip explains how to use this command instead of having to trace existing objects, Avatech Solutions, April 10, 2003 Secrets of AutoCAD - Convert Distances Between Model and Paper Space - streaming tip illustrates how to use the new SPACETRANS command to determine the correct height for text that is placed in Model Space, but will be viewed from Paper Space (Layout View), Avatech Solutions, April 10, 2003 Using the Multiline Text Editor - AutoCAD 2004 tip, Ellen Finkelstein, April 16, 2003 Converting Part Files to CATIA V4 Without STEP License - CATIA tips, Ravi Chandra Phani T., CATIA Digital Digest, April 8, 2003 IronCAD: Create Models Faster with Dynamic Handles - tips on how to create models quickly using IronCAD's dynamic handles functionality, IronCAD.com, April 17, 2003 Autodesk Land Desktop - Grading a Pond Based on Volume Using the Grading Object - streaming video shows how to use the Grading Object to shape a pond quickly and easily to achieve a required storage volume, Eric Chappell, Avatech Solutions, April 10, 2003 CAD Whiz Creates Her "Dream Story" - Stephanie Kvamme's CAD Store, founded in 1984 with a $5,000 loan, last year boasted $10 million in revenue, Suzanne Starr, The Arizona Republic Making Bones About It - the Bioplotter, a device that performs in a way similar to a rapid prototyping machine, is being used to produce 3D replicas of skin, cartilage, bone and membranes to aid in human transplants, e4engineering, April 17, 2003 Preparing to Upgrade - Part 2 - advice to help CAD managers plan for software upgrades, with a focus on budgeting and staff parameters, Robert Green, CADENCE CAD Manager's Newsletter #82 (April 3, 2003) Autodesk Inventor - Automate 2D Annotations with Symbols Inside Inventor Drawings - streaming video tips show how to define your own custom Symbols and use them to automate redundant drafting tasks, Chris Dimler, Avatech Solutions, April 15, 2003 Architectural Desktop - Custom Column Grids - streaming video illustrates how to create a custom column grid, Mike Willet, Avatech Solutions, April 15, 2003 Using InterPlot Organizer for Group Plot - MicroStation tutorial focuses on a feature that allows you to work on a group of plots as a single plot set, Todd Coombs, April 14, 2003 The Great BIM Debate - Part 1 - explores the issues surrounding the Building Information Model, including its key benefits and how Autodesk and Bentley differ in their vision of the model, Lachmi Khemlani, CADENCE AEC Tech News #95 (April 10, 2003) Autodesk Revit - Adding and Fixing an Asphalt Shingle Roof Surface Pattern - streaming video tip explains how to apply an Asphalt Shingle Roofing Material to a roof and then adjust the material so that it displays aligned with roof surfaces, Joe Eichenseer, Avatech Solutions, April 15, 2003 Stadium Engineer Drives Toward 'Paperless' Project Sharing of 3-D - Chicago's Soldier Field makeover relied on 3D models to fit the new structure into the old one, Nadine M. Post, enr.com, April 14, 2003 CFD Helps in Ensuring Safe Power Plant - CFX-5 software was used to test for leakage of gas in turbines at a plant in Germany, R. Buettner, R. Walterskötter and H. Schmidt, CFD Review, April 15, 2003 Shuttle Probe's Focus: New Wing Data - investigators are now trying to determine whether a long, narrow slit opened between two of the toughened panels at the front of Columbia's left wing, providing a pathway for super-hot gas to attack the wing's structure during re-entry, Earl Lane, Newsday.com, April 16, 2003 CATIA V5 Incorporates Functional Modeling - the upcoming version of CATIA will include innovative functional modeling tools developed by CAD startup ImpactXoft, CADCAMNet, April 3, 2003 AutoCAD - Share Your AutoCAD and Keep Your Own Settings - streaming video tips explains how to use custom profiles to save and start with your personal settings, Avatech Solutions, April 15, 2003 Launching External Applications from Pro/ENGINEER - Pro/E tutorial shows how to create mapkeys to launch external applications from your Pro/E session, without getting locked out of Pro/E at the same time, Jason Turk, Pro/E Central, April 2003 Inventor - Automating your Design Process - streaming video shows how to change Inventor models by altering parameter values in an Excel worksheet, Avatech Solutions, April 15, 2003 ADT Tips and Tricks - Controlling Display Configurations - streaming video explains how to enhance Architectural Desktop productivity with the Display System functionality, Jarod J. Schultz, CAD-1, April 14, 2003 AutoCAD Mechanical - Use of the Structure Browser - streaming video tip explores the use of the structure browser to capture the assembly hierarchy of a 2D drawing, Avatech Solutions, April 15, 2003 Rhinoceros: Car Rim Modeling - Rhino tutorial aimed at beginners, Smasher, 3DFuture Bits, April 11, 2003 Malaysian Software Developers Feel the Heat of Piracy - a recent investigation found that four out of five copies of Autodesk software in use in Malaysia is pirated, Raslan Sharif, TechCentral, April 15, 2003 EDS Investors Watch New CEO - investors are keeping a close eye on EDS' new chief, Michael Jordan, to see whether he plans to sell off certain business units or the whole company, J. Bonasia, Yahoo! Finance, April 14, 2003 NASA Seeks to Solve Columbia Puzzle - NASA is sifting through a jigsaw of more than 45,000 pieces to solve the mystery of the shuttle's breakup, Bruce Nichols, Boston Globe, April 13, 2003 Autodesk Inventor: Shape Description Tools - Inventor 7 tutorial explores some of the new and improved tools that make creating geometry much easier than in earlier versions of the software, Neil Munro, Autodesk.com, April 14, 2003 Making the Case for Greater PLM Investment - tips for convincing senior management and IT executives to implement PLM in your company, Marc Halpern, 2PLM e-zine, April 14, 2003 Secrets of AutoCAD - Fence and Selection Options - streaming video explores the FENCE command in AutoCAD, which allows you to TRIM or EXTEND multiple lines all at once, Avatech Solutions, April 10, 2003 Secrets of AutoCAD - Lengthen Lines and Arcs - streaming video shows how to lengthen or shorten a line or arc without redrawing it, Avatech Solutions, April 10, 2003 Secrets of AutoCAD - Partially Open Drawings for Performance Increase - streaming video illustrates how to work on a small portion of a drawing without having to deal with the rest of the drawing, Avatech Solutions, April 10, 2003 A Fresh Look at Surface Modeling - an overview of surface modeling including its history and a comparison between surface and solid modeling to help explain the role of modern surface modelers, Robert White, Machine Design, April 3, 2003 And Now, Our Feature Presentation - a series of brief video clips demonstrating Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire's new functionalities, Lou Murphy, Pro/ENGINEER Express, April 2003 Imported Data with Downstream Applications - Pro/E tutorial explains how to import data, such as geometry, and successfully assimilate it into your design, Pro/ENGINEER Express, April 2003 Shaking Hands Again - a look at the software packages that one company uses to enhance collaboration between industrial designers and mechanical engineers, Jean Thilmany, Mechanical Engineering, April 2003 Using Windchill ProjectLink to Collaborate on Files in Pro/INTRALINK - explores how to collaborate on a design stored in Pro/INTRALINK when you’re working on a Windchill ProjectLink project, using Pro/E, Pro/ENGINEER Express, April 2003 Fit the Hatch on the Corner - AutoCAD tutorial explains how to create a hatch that passes through one of the corners of an enclosing area by setting the SNAPBASE system variable to a proper value, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, April 10, 2003 CAD on Campus - explores what some educators, industry leaders, and students have to say about CAD's role in education and what they see as the opportunities to refine the tech-education process for mutual benefit, Kenneth Wong, CADENCE, April 2003 AutoCAD 2004 Step Savers - highlights some of the powerful new time-saving features associated with the most frequently used drawing commands, Lynn Allen, CADENCE, April 2003 Rejecting Part Modifications - Autodesk Inventor tips, Neil Munro, Autodesk.com, February 28, 2003 Creating Terrain with Drape Command - Architectural Desktop 2004 tips, Kelcey Lemon, Autodesk.com, February 4, 2003 Modifying VectorWorks 3D Object - VectorWorks tutorial shows how to combine and modify basic 3D objects to create complex 3D models, John Wilson, CADENCE, April 2003 DWG 2004 - Tougher Than Thought - the OpenDWG Alliance finds AutoCAD's new file format tough to decipher, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, April 8, 2003 Surfacing: More Than Skin Deep - more and more automakers are turning to surface modeling tools to enhance workflow and speed decision-making, Kermit Whitfield, Automotive Design & Production, April 2003 2-D Repeat Regions for Family Tables - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial explores what to do if you must create a repeat region of parts that are members of a family table and you want to show the parameters of these parts in a 2D repeat region, Karavasilis V. Christos, Pro/E Central, April 2003 (may require free registration) Autodesk VIZ: Mastering VIZ Material Fundamentals - tutorial explores dragging and dropping materials onto objects and creating a material based on a scanned image, Nancy Fulton, Autodesk.com, April 9, 2003 Shuttle Probe Faults Analysis of Foam Debris - investigators say the analytical tool that Boeing engineers used to assure NASA that Columbia was in no danger was inadequate and outdated, Earl Lane, Newsday.com, April 9, 2003 CAD Standards in AutoCAD 2004 - tutorial offers a practical approach to using CAD standards in both AutoCAD 2004 and 2002, Alireza Parsai, April 8, 2003 Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: Putting the Extras in Drawing Notes - add various control character extras to spruce up your drawing notes, Synthesis Engineering Systems, April 2003 Additional Layers for Model Mode - Mechanical Desktop tips, Bill Fane, Autodesk.com, April 2, 2003 Did Wing Hole Doom Shuttle? - investigators of the space shuttle Columbia's breakup are becoming increasingly convinced that a fatal hole opened in the leading edge of the craft's left wing, Earl Lane, Newsday.com, April 8, 2003 Autodesk Shares Strategic Plans and Goals - a report from Autodesk's Investor Day 2003, where CEO Carol Bartz gave an overview of the company's future plans and details about the subscription program, Amy Rowell, MCADCafe Weekly, April 7, 2003 IronCAD: Positioning Using the TriBall - advice on how to position parts and assemblies in the fastest possible way using IronCAD's patented TriBall, IronCAD.com, April 7, 2003 Basic Design Automation with Pro/PROGRAM - tutorial explores the basic concepts of using Pro/PROGRAM to manipulate and automate a model, Jason Turk, Pro/E Central, April 2003 Changing the Color of RPC Cars - tutorial shows how to change the color of RPC cars with 3ds max and Autodesk VIZ, Marc Lorenz, CGarchitect, April 4, 2003 The Bug Hunters - profiles of several CAD/CAM/CAE software testers - those engineers who find the bugs and suggest the features and fixes the code writers probably never considered, Laurie Toupin, Design News, April 7, 2003 Building Information Modeling (BIM) Debate - webcast of the April 3 debate between Autodesk's Phillip G. Bernstein, vice president, Building Solutions Division, and Bentley's Keith A. Bentley, co-founder and co-CTO, on each company's vision of BIM (above link provides a Real One 220k connection; to connect at 80k click here; to connect via dial-up at 56k click here). AutoCAD: Using Hyperlinks - tutorial explains how to insert hyperlinks between objects in your AutoCAD drawings and files or websites that may be located anywhere on the Internet, a network (intranet and extranet), or your own hard drive, Ellen Finkelstein, Autodesk.com, April 4, 2003 IronCAD Drag and Drop Design System - demonstrates IronCAD's Catalog Based Drag and Drop Design system, IronCAD.com, April 4, 2003 Autodesk VIZ: Animation Fundamentals - tutorial on how to create walkthrough animations, make objects follow paths and animate objects with forward and inverse kinematics, Nancy Fulton, Autodesk.com, April 4, 2003 Sharing Drawings With People Who Don’t Have AutoCAD - a look at the pros and cons of current file-sharing formats, including PDF, TIFF and DWF, and the new Autodesk Express Viewer, Rick Ellis, CADdigest.com, April 3, 2003 "Turnkey" Race Car Turns Heads in Daytona - a race car designed in Solid Edge wows Grand Am Racing fans, CADdigest.com, April 3, 2003 Modeling and Texturing Glass - a 3ds max tutorial, Domagoj, 3dkingdom.org, April 3, 2003 A PowerBook in a Windows/AutoCAD Architecture Firm - a senior project architect describes how he managed to introduce his Apple PowerBook G4/800 laptop into a Windows/Dell/AutoCAD-dominated architecture firm, MacDailyNews, April 2, 2003 Columbia Investigation Zeroes In On Carrier Panel - the mysterious object seen near space shuttle Columbia on its second day in space was probably a maintenance access cover from the shuttle's left wing, Kathy Sawyer, Washington Post, April 2, 2003 AutoCAD 2004 Command Aliases - a complete list of command aliases - arranged alphabetically - to help increase your speed in entering the commands at keyboard, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, April 2, 2003 AutoCAD LT Tip: Fun with Mtext - how to use the new Mtext cursor preview functionality in AutoCAD LT 2004, Heidi Hewett, Autodesk.com, April 2, 2003 Autodesk Mechanical Desktop Tutorial: Can You Take the Stress? - how to use the Power Pack finite stress analysis tool to analyze load, strain and stress in MDT, Bill Fane, Autodesk.com, April 2, 2003 Autodesk Revit Tips: Stairs and Stringers - advice on how to create monolithic stairs, U-shaped stairs and complex stringers, Autodesk.com, April 2, 2003 Designers Urged to Use CAD to Push Innovation - a report from this year's SolidWorks 2003 gathering, which featured the unveiling of new imaging tools to provide more realistic-looking 3D drawings, Advanced Manufacturing, March/April 2003 Digital Manufacturing - how manufacturers are capturing, re-using and sharing their digital design data to help speed time to market and improve product quality, Steve Krar and Arthur Gill, Advanced Manufacturing, March/April 2003 Adding Excitement To E-learning - think3 is among the growing number of companies offering simulated software for employee training, Jennie L. Phipps, Industry Week, April 2003 CFD Assists Nozzle Propeller Design - CFX-TASCflow software was deployed to help with the analysis of flow behavior for a propeller design project, Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud and Hans-Jürgen Heinke, CFD Review, April 2, 2003 Shuttle Probe Looks at Corrosion from Launch Towers - NASA investigators say that paint primer from shuttle launch towers may have splashed with rain onto Columbia and formed pinholes in the edge of the left wing that contributed to the disaster, Marcia Dunn, startribune.com, April 2, 2003 Getting Started with ArchiCAD 8 - an in-depth guide to learning ArchiCAD 8 and how to integrate its new features and capabilities into your work flow, Digital Vision Automation, April 1, 2003 (pdf) Does the Building Industry Really Need to Start Over? - Keith Bentley, co-CTO and founder, and Brad Workman, vice president of building vertical at Bentley, respond to Autodesk's proposal for the future of "building information modeling," Bentley.com, April 1, 2003 (pdf) Autodesk Architectural Desktop Tutorial: Walls and Windows - illustrates how much easier it is to create walls and windows with ADT 2004, Ed Goldberg, Autodesk.com, April 1, 2003 Mastering Point Filters - Autodesk Architectural Desktop tutorial illustrates how important the point filters are for editing ADT objects in 3D Space, ARCHIdigm, April 2003 Autodesk Revit Tutorial: Custom Relationships and Constraints - tutorial illustrates how to define custom relationships such as dimensional constraints, alignments, and attachments between components, Lachmi Khemlani, Autodesk.com, April 1, 2003 Autodesk Mechanical Desktop Tip: Mirroring Assemblies - a workaround to permit mirroring an assembly in MDT, Kevin Terry, Autodesk.com, April 1, 2003 S-MAN Standards Management Prepares You for the Next Boom Time - advice on how to better manage CAD standards, Barrie Mathews, Softco Engineering Systems Inc., April 1, 2003 Indian Software Firms Face Threat From Foreign Invaders - among the large technology services companies planning to expand their operation in India is EDS, which now employs about 900 people in India and will expand its work force in the country to 5000 by 2004, Uday Khandeparkar, Yahoo!, April 1, 2003 Technology Update: Rapid Prototyping/Tooling: Full Speed Ahead - an overview of the recent advancements in the flourishing rapid prototyping and rapid tooling sector, Richard Babyak, Appliance Manufacturer, April 2003, 2003 CFD Software Makes Waves in the America's Cup - using the computational fluid dynamics software FLUENT and other CFD tools has enabled Swiss designers to analyze hydrodynamic and aerodynamic flows and even yacht/yacht interactions, CFD Review, April 1, 2003 Blocks and SolidWorks 2003 - tips on how to handle blocks in the latest version, Wayne Tiffany, SOLID Solutions, March/April 2003 Pervasive 3D Viewing for Product Data Management - a stand-alone solution lets users access MCAD 3D models on a PDA, Bruce D’Amora and Fausto Bernardini, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, March/April 2003 (pdf) The Mystery Behind SolidWorks Sheet Formats and Drawing Templates - tutorial aims to end the confusion surrounding the differences between the sheet format and the drawing template, Paul Gimbel, SOLID Solutions, March/April 2003 Best Use of SolidWorks BOM - offers two methods for getting more from the SolidWorks bill of material (BOM) function, Kingsley Burn, SOLID Solutions, March/April 2003 | 
