Posted by James Wedding, P.E. on 9th June 2008
Well, yeah, ok maybe we do. Especially if we’re running Vault. Somehow, the boys and girls in Manchester managed to get the patch for 2008 to play with ADMS (Vault) 2009 uploaded and it slipped by us. Read on for more info and the link.
Posted in 2008, 2009, Add On Software, Autodesk, Downloads, Network, Vault | 13 Comments »
Posted by James Wedding, P.E. on 4th April 2008
I’m shocked, shocked I tell you. In what can only be seen a a complete refusal of Autodesk to listen to my completely narrow and unfounded business advice, they’re changing the dwg format to play along with the WAN guys. You can read the InfoWorld article here. (Exclusive? Come on, Eric, we’ve had cocktails at AU! Hook a brother up!)
It makes sense in light of the upcoming format change, but I wonder if this means that Autodesk will now kowtow to the graphic card and plotter vendors when the new versions break something in those systems. In my opinion, it’s a slippery slope, and generally says that the WAN accelerator market (or at least the big fat subscription customers running them,) is more powerful than many considered. Good for them I guess.
Considering this is still a year away, anyone taking bets that Riverbed and Silver Peak put the kibosh on sales to AEC firms? Me neither.
We’ll be watching this story continue to develop, it’s a good one.
Many thanks to Rizzo and others that sent this over.
Posted in Autodesk, Engineered Efficiency, Hardware, Network | 6 Comments »
Posted by James Wedding, P.E. on 10th September 2007
Throughout September & October, Mark and I are hitting the road. I’m dropping in on a LUG next week, then we’re teaming up with great instructors like Heidi Hewitt, Lynn Allen, and Matt Murphy to teach some classes at the circus that is the AUGI Cad Camp. Check out dates after the jump! Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in 2008, AU, Autodesk, Engineered Efficiency, Events, Network | 1 Comment »
Posted by James Wedding, P.E. on 27th April 2007
You got your C3D & LDT media, fired it up, and started creating some Deployments. So you read some e-mail and surfed the web. Celebrated a birthday. Read War & Peace. What the hell is taking so long? Apparently there’s a bug in the deployment creation tools. There’s a workaround, so check it out here. This was brought up in the webcast today, but bears repeating.
Posted in 2008, Network | 1 Comment »
Posted by James Wedding, P.E. on 29th December 2006
I’ve been a huge fan of Riverbed’s Steelhead appliances ever since I put a pair in place at JBI to link our Fort Worth and Dallas offices. The technology they use to shorten data communication across WANs borders on Voodoo in my mind, and the difference in transfer times is stunning the first time you run a controlled test. We’re talking about a change from 10 minutes to 15 seconds on a basic file transfer/open test.
Since I’ve left JBI, I had no way to test Vault and a Riverbed together. Thankfully, the folks at Advanced Solutions did. Read more for my take on their results. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by James Wedding, P.E. on 12th December 2006
Come on, you know you want to sit at home and play with Civil 3D on Friday night like the nerds here do…now you can!
According to Dave Simeone’s post, US Subscription customers can now request a home auxiliary license to run their network licensed C3D at home. This is very cool, and a great (and nerdy!) new benefit to being a subscriber.
Posted in General, Network | 5 Comments »
Posted by Mark Scacco, P.E. on 6th December 2006
This might be common knowledge for some, but maybe it will help others who are patching an existing C3D Network Deployment Admin image with SP3. Read the rest of this entry »
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