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Toggle Commented 4 days ago on Adding RAM to Acer's ZS600 all-in-one computer is tough; here's how to do it at WorldCAD Access
I think that the load menu command is LV (load video).
Toggle Commented Sep 27, 2024 on Running Generic CADD in 2013 at WorldCAD Access
Sorry for the nonsense reply, I thought you were a customer. If you're not... - Yes, it's still in alpha testing, but that applies only to new features. The core of the program is mature code and fully stable. - The version for Mac has... issues. Porting to Cocoa is a big job. Besides, updates are sent to backers by e-Mail. - To access the program, you have to make an Indiegogo "donation" (which is in fact a sale, with all the normal guarantees that this implies). The minimum donation, I believe, is one dollar. Even if it's five, it's worth it. - Yes, it can take up to a month - all the invites to the testing group are sent out as a batch. If you're lucky, you can get it in as little as a day, if you're NOT lucky, can take up to a month. - I'm one of the developers - in fact, the CHIEF developer - but stay well away from the code because, well, I've got an engineer for that, and even he finds himself in over his head every once in a while. On Wed, 25 Sept 2024 at 11:20, Ralph Grabowski wrote: > > I look forward to receiving my download link. > > I found the details in the above comment a bit vague in how to get the new EurdoraMail 8, so here is what I found: > > It is still in alpha testing. > There is a version for Mac, and another for Windows, but last the update by the developer was last December so it's not clear which one is shipping first > To access the program, you have to make an Indiegogo purchase (called "Pick Your Perk") at igg.me/at/hermes80; there are no perks to pick. > The minimum amount is $10 + $4 Indigogo service fee > Then wait for a download link, which commenters on the Indiegogo site say has taken as long as a month. See https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hermes-eudoramail-8-0-the-final-stretch#/discussion > >
Toggle Commented Sep 26, 2024 on Updated: How to make Eudora 7 work with Gmail servers at WorldCAD Access
Yes, message is going out today on how to get it. Sorry for the wait.
Toggle Commented Sep 25, 2024 on Updated: How to make Eudora 7 work with Gmail servers at WorldCAD Access
I look forward to receiving my download link. I found the details in the above comment a bit vague in how to get the new EurdoraMail 8, so here is what I found: * It is still in alpha testing. * There is a version for Mac, and another for Windows, but last the update by the developer was last December so it's not clear which one is shipping first * To access the program, you have to make an Indiegogo purchase (called "Pick Your Perk") at igg.me/at/hermes80; there are no perks to pick. * The minimum amount is $1 + $0 Indigogo service fee, but the default is $10 + $7. * Then wait for a download link, which commenters on the Indiegogo site say has taken as long as a month. See https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hermes-eudoramail-8-0-the-final-stretch#/discussion
Toggle Commented Sep 25, 2024 on Updated: How to make Eudora 7 work with Gmail servers at WorldCAD Access
AI Isn’t in CAD
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Opinion Generative design (image source Autodesk) Matt Lombard wrote about his thoughts of AI and CAD at https://dezignstuff.com/cad-and-ai, which caused me to think about what he said. There is a huge gap in what so-called AI can do now, and what we wish it could do to help take over tedious tasks: Step 1: AI is amazing! Step 2: ??? Step 3: AI is actually useful. As Matt noted, AI is mostly used by marketing, and AI firms are desperate to maintain their valuations by promising AGI RSN (real AI, real soon now). I think that what CAD vendors call... Continue reading
Posted Sep 23, 2024 at WorldCAD Access
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I Can Understand Why Logitech Wanted to Charge for Software
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Logitech's 25th anniversary ClearCase mouse Opinion The ceo of Logitech caused a stir, musing about charging a subscription for software that helps its hardware (source). We would be paying over and over again to use a really well-built, $200 mouse, she reflected. The idea was laughed off the pages of the tech press, the idea was retracted. Good Idea I think I understand why Logitech broached the idea. It writes software that lets us customize how the mouse works -- its buttons, its wheel, its motion, even options specific to specific applications. This costs money. Then, Logitech frequently updates the... Continue reading
Posted Sep 17, 2024 at WorldCAD Access
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How I Lost Faith in iTunes
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Opinion For music lovers in Canada, iTunes is pretty much our only go-to for buying albums online. I tried a few of the others, like Google Music and HMV, but I found them too painful to use. Despite trillionaire Apple taking 30% from struggling musicians, I liked that iTunes kept track of what I have already bought in my song library, now at 2,810 pieces. Also nice that Apple keeps a copy of all my purchases on the cloud. Should I lose a computer (as I once nearly did on a business trip through Stockholm airport), I can re-download my... Continue reading
Posted Sep 9, 2024 at WorldCAD Access
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I do not know a solution to this problem, other than copying-and-pasting the new PSD into the other copy of PaintShop Pro.
Toggle Commented Sep 4, 2024 on Getting PaintShop Pro 6 Compatible with Windows 10 at WorldCAD Access
Prismatic Generative Design
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Opinion Generative design optimization has a big problem, in my opinion. It’s been around for a long time (since 1994), and it seems to be just not that popular. Michael Bogomolny formed a new company whose InfinitForm software outputs prismatic generative designs that can be cut by regular machine tools, which are much more common, much faster, and much cheaper than 3D printing. I interviewed Mr Bogomolny last week. Here is our chit-chat, edited for clarity and brevity. Ralph Grabowski: I want to talk about your current company, InfinitForm, but also get a little bit of background on CogniCAD, your... Continue reading
Posted Sep 3, 2024 at WorldCAD Access
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New CAD Systems For 2024
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Opinion In the early days of the cloud, everything was going to run on it, according to the enthusiastic CEOs of certain CAD companies. Then reality hit, with users not necessarily keen to transition from desktop to cloud, and, worse, rewriting desktop software to work in multi-user, multi-server environments being hard enough that some vendors gave up on it. It’s easier to write new CAD software for the cloud from scratch, partly because user expectations of what desktop programs can do aren’t there. Over the last decade, numerous new ventures received funding to build on-line CAD programs. After a while,... Continue reading
Posted Aug 26, 2024 at WorldCAD Access
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Reading Patent 11,977,821
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Opinion In Canoa, the canvas is dimensionally unlimited (all images sourced from US Patent Office) The press release headline promised, “The Future is Here: AI-Powered Interiors by Canoa.” The text of the release explained what patent #11,977,821 granted Canoa: “The patent is the first to embed a learning algorithm directly inside of a CAD application and covers the generation of user-specific recommendations using their own clicks as prompt inputs.” I was intrigued, and set about to read the 52 pages of the patent, so that you don’t have to. It’s available through https://patents.google.com/patent/US11977821B1/. Overall view of how the method operates... Continue reading
Posted Aug 21, 2024 at WorldCAD Access
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CAD Share Prices Falling
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Opinion Publicly-traded CAD vendors, and ones that dabble in CAD, are not escaping today's stock market rout. Change in share price at this moment from a week ago: Trimble down 11%. PTC down by 8%. Autodesk down by 8%. Hexagon down by 7%. Dassault Systemes down by 6%. Nemetschek down by 4%. Siemens down by 3%. Continue reading
Posted Aug 5, 2024 at WorldCAD Access
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I am glad to hear it worked for you. Most problems these days involving Eudora stem from the email provider upping the level of security.
Toggle Commented Jul 23, 2024 on Updated: How to make Eudora 7 work with Gmail servers at WorldCAD Access
Crowdstrike Strikes out
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Opinion Image credit: @aaronoleary Crowdstrike provides Falcon threat checking software to approximately 60% of businesses running on Windows, and a software update shut all those computers down. The flaw crashed computers, because the software has root access -- the ultimate level of access. Twitter was unaffected, and so it let loose with real-time reports, fixes, and reactions. Here is some of the best of it. - - - Cameron Wilson: Reports of Windows computers showing BSOD errors across a lot of different sectors: supermarkets, banks, broadcasters, etc. Downdetector, which shows crowdsourced reports of outages, going crazy rn. Elon Musk: Biggest... Continue reading
Posted Jul 19, 2024 at WorldCAD Access
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My Q&A With Siemens About Zel X
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Opinion Assembly displayed by Zel X; image source Siemens Software The day before the Zel X PLM for SMBs launched, as I asked Siemens about the new product. Ralph Grabowski: Where did the unusual Zel X name come from? Siemens Software:In the product naming world, there are several different classes, including: descriptive (e.g. General Motors), evocative (e.g. Amazon), and invented (e.g. Pixar). We decided to take the invented name route, with a name that’s short and simple -- matching the easy-to-use and streamlined nature of the product itself. The X suffix indicates that Zel X is part of the Siemens... Continue reading
Posted Jul 15, 2024 at WorldCAD Access
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Sorry, but I don't know enough of the technical details to help you out. It is an older PC, and so might not have some of the interfaces we today take for granted.
Toggle Commented Jun 27, 2024 on Adding RAM to Acer's ZS600 all-in-one computer is tough; here's how to do it at WorldCAD Access
Range Anxiety with Hybrid Cars
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Opinion I switched from ICE (internal combustion engine) to hybrid when I bought my latest car, and gained a 50% improvement in gasoline mileage. It is a 2009 Ford Escape Hybrid. It's been interesting few months in learning how a hybrid differs from an ICE. It has a large, 400-volt battery that is charged by braking (called "regenerative braking") and by the gasoline engine. Whereas ICE has one mode (the engine runs all the time), this hybrid has three modes: Only the battery and electric motors power the wheels The gasoline engine assists the electric motors in accelerating, driving over... Continue reading
Posted Jun 25, 2024 at WorldCAD Access
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I am unsure of which adapter you are speaking of. This computer does not have M.2 socket, just a regular SATA port.
Toggle Commented Jun 25, 2024 on Adding RAM to Acer's ZS600 all-in-one computer is tough; here's how to do it at WorldCAD Access
My Notes from Qonic Talks 2024
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Opinion User interface of Qonic About 136 people watched Qonic Talks 2024, brought to us by the folks who originally brought us BricsCAD. The intent of Qonic is to create a full BIM modeler, from concept design to detail design. But, they admit, that will take time. So, Qonic is working backwards: filling in details of BIM models and viewing existing BIM designs, which are imported from IFC, Revit, and Rhino. Qonic imports classification systems from bSDD [buildingSMART Data Dictionary]; importing of properties from bSDD will be available soon. However, no IFC spaces yet. In the model shown below, the... Continue reading
Posted Jun 21, 2024 at WorldCAD Access
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The Fallout from Autodesk’s Financial Misadventure
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Opinion The problem with subscriptions is that they generate a lot of money that companies cannot immediately report as income. Think of it: you pay Autodesk $2,000 to use AutoCAD for one year. Autodesk earns $2,000, but then can report only one-quarter of it ($500) in its next quarterly report. The other $1,500 sit in a bank account and cannot be used. Then, in the next quarter, it can report another $500 and start spending it. And so on. What if there were clever ways to report more of it sooner? Autodesk “incentivized customers” to Accept multi-year upfront billing, typically... Continue reading
Posted Jun 18, 2024 at WorldCAD Access
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The CAD Behind Physics
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Opinion We take reality for granted. Philosophers, however, wonder what reality really is. The movie The Matrix did a wonderful job of expressing the question: “Is the reality I experience actually real?” The question famously led Descartes to examine the problem and, upon finding a solution, exclaimed, “I think, therefore I am.” Some jokers added, “I think, therefore I am -- I think.” Physics concerns itself with the nature of reality, which seemed straightforward, following the works of Newton, who came up with a brilliant set of formulas that could be used to predict all kinds of motions, such as... Continue reading
Posted Jun 17, 2024 at WorldCAD Access
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It increasingly will become a battle to keep Eudora working as the rest of the email world changes. I'm glad to hear my tips helped you out!
Toggle Commented Jun 12, 2024 on Updated: How to make Eudora 7 work with Gmail servers at WorldCAD Access
Software vendors DeSpArAtE for your data
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Opinion When Adobe announced this week that it would access user content via “automated and manual methods” to improve its software, Twitter went nutso. Specifically about section 2.2 [source] of the new license: "Our automated systems may analyze your Content... using techniques such as machine learning in order to improve our Services and Software and the user experience." The new ToS [terms of service] were lobbed at users, who, of course, have no choice but to accept the one-sided licensing: "By closing this window [announcing the new ToS], you’ll be unable to continue using Adobe apps and services." Well, users... Continue reading
Posted Jun 6, 2024 at WorldCAD Access
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Dassault Unveils 15-year Plan
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Opinion Bernard Charlès proposing waste be designed into new products (All images sourced from Dassault Systemes) Dassault Systems has a master plan to take them through to 2040. The plan: integrate modeling, simulation, and AI to create virtual twins on virtual universes, through data-mining of design data that’s stored on the cloud. During his keynote at the 3dExperience 2024 conference, Bernard Charlès, executive chairman of Dassault Systemes, called AI “the big elephant,” because it reinvents the way design is done. Charlès calls AI “the magic of design”; indeed, he referred repeatedly to “magic Solidworks.” To be clear, when CAD vendors... Continue reading
Posted Jun 4, 2024 at WorldCAD Access
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