January 2010 Featured User

Featured LD Assistant User Timothy Burke "I went to the LDI 2009 exhibition confident that I was going to purchase  a certain lighting design software program. I had made up my mind and was excited to take their class at LDI for a quick start. After attending a two day class on the product, I was confident on how to use the program and planned to drop by their booth to make the purchase when the show opened.  But, on the way to their booth I happened to walk by the  Design & Drafting / LD Assistant booth;  I stopped by to see what they were up to.      One of the salesmen took the time to show me how easy it was to create a lighting plot with audio and video playing back - we walked through the design in real-time while the lighting was being controlled by a lighting console!  I have to say I had never seen a program that was that easy to use. I spent more that an hour at the Design & Drafting booth, asking questions about 'how to do this' and 'how to do that', and I was quickly shown exactly how to do it. At this point I decided to rethink my earlier purchasing decision.      The next day I returned to the Design & Drafting booth and bought LD Assistant. For me, LD Assistant offers more benefits than any other CAD program on the market.  I couldn't be happier with my purchase!" Tim Burke

January 2010 Featured Article

• CAD in Live Theatre by David Ripley
  
David Ripley looks at how CAD is applied in live productions in the latest issue of AUGIWorld. 
Click Here to download AUGIWorldIssue 6 / 2009 (PDF 9 MEG). 
AUGIWorld is published every two months and is made available free of charge 
to all AUGI members.Click here to visit AUGIWorld online

January 2010 News

• Over 1 Million Downloads for Autodesk SketchBook Mobile Users have purchased more than 140,000 copies of SketchBook Mobile and have downloaded more  than 900,000 versions of the free* Autodesk SketchBook Mobile Express on the App Store, bringing total downloads to more than one million. • Autodesk Education Community Hits One Million Members  Autodesk's Education Community has grown to one million student and educator members representing over 28,000 educational institutions. • LD Assistant.COM Design & Drafting opens all new LD Assistant.com website with a fresh new look, including more tutorials and support movies. • New Product Help Desk Design & Drafting adds new Help Desk for product support with Knowledge Base and TroubleShooter to quick resolution issues. • Business Software Alliance (BSA) recently launched website provides useful information to educate consumers and businesses about illegal, fraudulent internet schemes and how to avoid them. www.bsacybersafety.com

• Autodesk Tools Help Destroy the Universe in Roland Emmerich’s Movie “2012”

• Manufacturers Mingle with BattleBots, First 3D-Printed Jet Engine and Commercial Spaceflight Pioneer at Autodesk University 2009

• 3Dconnexion 3D Mice Improve Design Efficiency - Your mouse can add another dimension to design by moving in three dimensions.

January 2010 Articles

•Creating Polar Array - using ARRAY command to create 8 copies of circle with radius 20 in AutoCAD, Murat Saraldi, Daily AutoCAD

• Quick Text (QTEXT) Display - QTEXT change text in AutoCAD LT drawing from characters to square boxes, remove spaces, Kate Morrical, LT Unlimited,

• Ribbons and Tool Palettes - customizing workspace to get desired tools palette in AutoCAD 2010 drawing, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access

• Maximize Your Screen and Speed Up with Ribbon Shortcut - using shortcuts in AutoCAD ribbon, minimizing ribbon to increase screen space, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes

• Workaround for AutoCAD Section Plane Problem - ensure that section plane at least touches surface of 3D object, David Cohn, CADman-DO

• Understanding Dimensional Constraint - learning about dynamic constraint, annotational dimension, reference constraint, using dimensional constraint in AutoCAD, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes

• AutoCAD - How to Handle a Corrupted File - using AUDIT, RECOVER commands, Jeff Arbogast, Avatech, Solutions

• How Can I Standardize AutoCAD eTransmit Setups? - editing registry settings in AutoCAD, Eat Your CAD

• Using AutoCAD Filter - advantages of using filter tool, saving filter, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes

• Copying All Layers from One Drawing to Another - AutoCAD tip, Orhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD

• AutoCAD Quick Select - selecting object properties, including/excluding selection, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes

• Your Cursor Isn't Moving Smoothly? - defining snap settings, Orhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD

• External Reference Tips - using ._XATTACH, ._CLASSICXREF, ._CLASSICIMAGE commands in AutoCAD, R McSwain, CAD Panacea

• Understanding Geometric Constraint - AutoCAD 2010 tip, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes

January 2010 Reviews

• HP's new Mini 311 packing in an 11.6-inch, 1,366x768 screen

• HP Envy eclipses the Apple MacBook -

• Alienware M15x (Intel Core i7 720QM, 250GB HDD, 3GB)

• New Apple MacBook review roundup -

January 2010 Jobs

• BlueWater Technologies has an ongoing need for LD Assistant experienced professionals in the areas of Sales and Operations.
• Technician, AutoCAD - C&S Wholesale Grocers needs technician with 4 yrs exp in AutoCAD 2000 or higher, Keene, NH
• PSAV Presentation. -Jump-start your career with the world’s largest and fastest growing event technology company! PSAV®
• AV Installation Account Executive will sell integrated audio, video, and lighting systems and coordinate projects
• TAC Worldwide is currently looking for an Event Manager in San Diego, CA
• Meeting and Event Planner - Professional, non-profit trade associations, is looking for a Meeting and Event Planner
• AVI-SPL is looking for Install Technician
• The Whitlock Group is looking for an OnSite AV Technician