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AU 2008 Session Catalog

Check out Joseph Wurcher's AU blog for this years AU classes!

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Remembering Passwords for Multiple Buzzsaw Sites

Did you know that you can You can use the same password for multiple Buzzsaw sites?

You can also let your computer auto-insert your username and password for you!!

First make sure you check the 'Remember this password' setting

 

Now you can select multiple projects from the 'Site' drop down and your computer will remember each sites password. Sweet - I don't have to remember any Buzzsaw passwords when moving from one site to another!

Down for Everyone or Just Me?

This seems like a useful service. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work with any sites that redirect, including www.autodesk.com, projectpoint.buzzsaw.com, www.constructware.com. Hmmm....any ideas why?

Constructware's Public Project Web Page

Did you know that Constructware can publish project information to a public project web page? 

Public Project Data

Constructware Administrators have tools to surface project information to the general public through Constructware's public web page.  They can post Hot Topics, Community Updates, Scheduled Events, Progress Photos, and more...

This is a great way to get project information out to the general public and raise community awareness around design and construction issues like Green Building practices and Building Sustainability. 

Ask your Constructware Administrator about this if you think it could be helpful!

Add a Google Calendar to your Buzzsaw Projects

You need to be logged into Buzzsaw with site administrator permissions to add a calendar. It’s really easy to add, here are the steps…

First select your Buzzsaw root site from the directory tree:

Then select the site setup drop-down in the upper left of your Buzzsaw dialog:

The ‘Information Pages’ selection will allow you to add user defined HTML pages. Simply select ‘Add Page…’. Note, you can also control the order of the existing dashboards and information pages as well as control which page shows first for each project.

Now complete the ‘Web Page Dialog’ with your project calendar name and past the Google Calendar link into the ‘Source’ field. Note that you can also control who can view this calendar with this dialog.

Users can access the calendar by selecting The ‘Site Information’ dropdown and then selecting the Project Calendar option you just created:

Note that with Google Calendars you will need to give your users your project calendar username & password but they can auto save this info so they will only have to enter it once.

Constructware's Favorites Menu

Most of you are familiar with Constructware's Favorites Menu but did you know that you can hold down your Ctrl-key and scroll your mouse wheel to adjust the menu's text size? 

Custom Favorites text sizing on the fly... very nice!

      

Batch Printing is Built In to Design Review 2009

Calling all batch printers: if you've been using the Batch Print Plug-In to print multiple DWFs, you can stop now. Design Review 2009 has given this handy feature a home, right there on the File menu, where you can get to it any time you have a DWF open. Questions for me about batch printing? Ask away, in the comments, please.

Autodesk & Bentley to Play?

We've come a long way since the 90's... Check out this press release on AEC software interoperability!

      

Let me just rearrange my papers here to form a pillow...

Received an invite to a RIM/BlackBerry webcast today. Really, BlackBerry? I should attend from "the comfort of my desktop"? Should I bother to move my keyboard and mouse out of the way so I can lay out comfortably on my desktop? Should I close the door, or will my co-workers understand my strange desktop behavior?

Video Demo's in the Help section for Constructware

Did you know that Constructware's help section features videos that explain how modules work? 

Just select the '?' pictured below from the upper left-hand corner of your CW screen.

and then hit 'Getting Started' to uncover the 'Demos' option. 

Sorry, no sound - only text based but they still give a great look at the way each module works!