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Live blog: Australasia BricsCAD Conference 2019
Posted Mar 18, 2019 at WorldCAD Access
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Issue #1,009 Commentary by Ralph Grabowski on Eugene Wei Social media was first known as Web 2.0. Whereas the original Web connected us directly to corporations (recall the “No intermediaries!” rallying cry of 2000), the second generation would directly connect... Continue reading
Posted Mar 10, 2019 at upFront.eZine News Archives
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Today's mice from Logitech last a long time on a battery.
I recommend against the ones with rechargeable batteries:
They do not run as long as chargeable ones
They need to be plugged in, so you are back to have a corded mouse
You have to hunt down replacement rechargeable batteries, which cost
a lot more than regular batterers bought in buld.
Commented Mar 10, 2019 on When the cursor gets erratic, it's the mouse's nano-receiver at fault at WorldCAD Access
When the cursor gets erratic, it's the mouse's nano-receiver at fault
It's common nowadays for wireless mice to be packaged with a nano-receiver, a tiny receiver the size of a small finger nail, that plugs into a USB port. On two systems, I've experienced erratic cursor behavior as I move the mouse. The cursor jumps or sometimes doesn't react at all. The problem ...
In our brave new world, our cell phone number is the new SIN
Our IMEI is your SSN When governments rolled out social security numbers in the 1960s, privacy activists warned it would allow bureaucrats to learn everything about us. (SSN in USA, SIN in Canada.) End-times enthusiasts warned that this was the... Continue reading
Posted Mar 4, 2019 at WorldCAD Access
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The CAD Trends of 2019 and Beyond
Issue #1,008 by Ralph Grabowski Marketing can make some things more important than they really are, and so it is good to get the view from the ground. There is, for instance, a vast difference between what is presented from... Continue reading
Posted Mar 3, 2019 at upFront.eZine News Archives
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Archive: PTC introduces live FEA from Ansys
Posted Feb 27, 2019 at WorldCAD Access
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Archive: Graitec vs Autodesk
Posted Feb 26, 2019 at WorldCAD Access
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Varjo Targets Industry With its VR-1 Goggles
Issue #1,007 by Ralph Grabowski For just over two years, Varjo ("shadow" in Finnish) worked on the world's highest-resolution headset for virtual reality. Last week, they released it: Originally named 'Bionic Display', it now has the more utilitarian VR-1 name... Continue reading
Posted Feb 24, 2019 at upFront.eZine News Archives
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This is what it's like using a $30 smartwatch
Posted Feb 21, 2019 at WorldCAD Access
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Archive: Visualizing Trans-humanism Differently
Posted Feb 19, 2019 at WorldCAD Access
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What 2019's looking like for Autodesk
Issue #1,006 Opinion by Ralph Grabowski It seems Autodesk cannot decide if it wants to be a compact software company or a huge one. Last year, it laid off 23% of its employees; on the other hand, its roster of... Continue reading
Posted Feb 17, 2019 at upFront.eZine News Archives
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Alexander Yampolsky: A Third-generation 2D Editor
Posted Feb 14, 2019 at WorldCAD Access
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Highlights from PTC's Q4 Conference Call
Issue #1,005 by Ralph Grabowski Once a quarter, corporations owned by shareholders must report their financial results and report on anything that might effect their share price significantly. The corporations hold conference calls with financial analysts, who want to learn... Continue reading
Posted Feb 10, 2019 at upFront.eZine News Archives
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Four WiFi points for a 1/5 of an acre of land and to handle a house with central heating consisting of large galvanized steel ducts that like to block the signal.
Hence I am very pleased with the power of the commercial-grade Wifi.
Commented Feb 6, 2019 on What I found when I bought a commercial-grade WiFi access point at WorldCAD Access
What I found when I bought a commercial-grade WiFi access point
Ubiquiti UAP-AC-LR wifi access point I live in a "BC Box" home, a rectangular house designed to maximize the interior space. These homes put the natural gas furnace and hot water heater in the center of the house, in the basement, with sheet metal ducts and copper piping spreading tentacle-lik...
Three MCAD Programs You've Probably Never Heard Of
Issue #1,004 This issue sponsored by Innovate Your Products Faster with ANSYS Discovery Advanced physics modeling and simulation – no engineering PhD required. ANSYS Discovery speeds product design and prototyping, in an environment built for product designers and engineers. All... Continue reading
Posted Feb 3, 2019 at upFront.eZine News Archives
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No choice: the ADSL line arrives in the basement, at one corner of the two-story house.
Commented Feb 2, 2019 on What I found when I bought a commercial-grade WiFi access point at WorldCAD Access
What I found when I bought a commercial-grade WiFi access point
Ubiquiti UAP-AC-LR wifi access point I live in a "BC Box" home, a rectangular house designed to maximize the interior space. These homes put the natural gas furnace and hot water heater in the center of the house, in the basement, with sheet metal ducts and copper piping spreading tentacle-lik...
Q&A with Onshape CEO Jon Hirschtick
Issue # 1,003 by Ralph Grabowski Six years ago, two former CEOs of Solidworks launched a new stealth software company. They landed $9 million in initial funding on the strength of their experience with the MCAD market; the funding grew... Continue reading
Posted Jan 27, 2019 at upFront.eZine News Archives
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Why my mother-in-law's new laptop is a desktop
So much cheaper My mother-in-law's laptop was getting so slow that even she was complaining about it. It's a Toshiba I got for her from Staples many years ago; it still runs Vista. As I thought about how to replace... Continue reading
Posted Jan 22, 2019 at WorldCAD Access
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Q&A with ParaMatters Co-founder Michael Bogomolny
Issue #1,002 by Ralph Grabowsk Generative design is very hot these days, but it doesn't help that there are two definitions of it. One generates dozens or hundreds of design variations and candidates, usually in the field of architecture; the... Continue reading
Posted Jan 20, 2019 at upFront.eZine News Archives
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Readers Respond to 'Will Computers Revolt?'
Issue #1,001 This issue sponsored by Discover the A-B-Cs of BricsCAD at the inaugural Australasia BricsCAD Conference 19 March 2019 in Brisbane, Australia Book your tickets at http://www.trybooking.com/YIUA Readers Respond Will Computers Revolt? Best thing I've read in years! I've... Continue reading
Posted Jan 13, 2019 at upFront.eZine News Archives
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Tips: What to do when your color prints turn out horrible
Posted Dec 24, 2018 at WorldCAD Access
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Archive: Which corporation should own the Web?
Slaves to anarchy In the beginning... The Internet was designed for anarchy. It bypassed countries. Corporations were ignorant of it. Anyone with a modem could visit a telescope in Italy without buying an airplane ticket or look at dirty pictures... Continue reading
Posted Dec 21, 2018 at WorldCAD Access
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Archive: 'State of the PLM Economy' webinar
Posted Dec 19, 2018 at WorldCAD Access
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D.R. replies:
I think the main idea behind this kind of attack is the use of AutoCAD PROJECTS. You don't send a DWG (which cannot be infected this way), but you send a complete project (by USB, CD or mail).
The project consists of multiple DWGs (xrefs), maybe some support files (shapes/fonts) and a hidden acad.lsp/fas. As AutoCAD automatically runs an acad.lsp from within the project folder (which I think it does), using the project infects the system.
Commented Dec 17, 2018 on How Social Engineering (and acad.fas) Steals IP from AutoCAD at WorldCAD Access
How Social Engineering (and acad.fas) Steals IP from AutoCAD
Social engineering What with all the news about China looking to snare Western technology (and Westerners snaring Chinese), we are now learning more about efforts to steal intellectual property from design firms. A reader writes, I guess you already have seen this, but just in case: https://...
How Social Engineering (and acad.fas) Steals IP from AutoCAD
Social engineering What with all the news about China looking to snare Western technology (and Westerners snaring Chinese), we are now learning more about efforts to steal intellectual property from design firms. A reader writes, I guess you already have... Continue reading
Posted Dec 17, 2018 at WorldCAD Access
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