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I use Carlson Survey (which runs on top of Intellicad)
I also use LandFX (which runs on top of BricsCAD) and LandFX has a plug-in to Sketch-UP
 
Carlson is most useful for interacting with my Leica Robotic Total Station survey instrument
LandFX is most useful for my Construction drawings and deliverables.
SketchUP is most useful for Drawing in 3D…[Read more]

I’m curious if anyone has any experience using ViaCad for LA applications?

Those on the streets around Wall Street are the physical embodiment of hope. They know that hope has a cost, that it is not easy or comfortable, that it requires self-sacrifice and discomfort and finally faith. They sleep on concrete every night. Their clothes are soiled. They have eaten more bagels and peanut butter than they ever thought…[Read more]

I use/have experience with: AutoCAD with LandFX, Vectorworks Landmark, SketchupBIM, site modeling, smart planting tools, ability to switch between 2D and 3D within a single fileAutoCAD is pretty standard and pretty easy to grasp once you know the commands but to me it remains a bit dated with very limited 3D abilities. Sketchup is great for very…[Read more]

Churchill said, “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.”  You noted at one point that we are a nation of laws.  Churchill also said, “If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law.”  DeTocqueville warned us 170 years ago tha…[Read more]

Thanks, that’s what I figured from my limited messing around with Revit. I wonder if anyone has counted the number of “customization time” it takes to get a LA office up to speed with Revit or Civil 3d (or Vectorworks Landmark)…

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPLIES
 

Smells like a Red herring to me.

No,  I just shoot the robber!  Then I call the police.
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Hee Hee! (it keeps the conversation lively though does it not?)  You heard about the feller that fought the pig in the mud haven’t you?  (After fiight’n with ’em a while the feller began to realize that the pig liiked it thar!)
 
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No the difference between you and me is that I get politicians attention at the ballot box.  While you try to get their attention through media stunts called protests.  Until you have a Million plus march on Washingtion you won’t even register as a blip on their radar screen.  Meanwhile I will be working at my job ( a 7 day a week job no le…[Read more]

Meanwhile, the super committee is meeting behind closed doors as they hash out a budget that will affect all Americans. Guess who gets to meet with them: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-super-committe…
Not all submissions, however, go through the official channels. Lobbyists are in frequent contact with super-committee…[Read more]

It is astounding the level of emotion, fear mongering, and hype that this has generated.
Look at some of the language used in these posts!

“Afraid to call a spade a spade”. What do these people have to fear? Every sycophantic public and media organization is, in laughable irony, capitalizing on their “movement” by skewing their “movement” to be more palatable to the masses. You sensationalize these people as if they’re actually risking anything by being squatters. No one has the f…[Read more]

Glad you have so much work. There is indeed activity. Much of it localized (as you can see in the ABI) and quantity differs by the type of work you do. But taken as a whole, the industry continues downward, and any growth is neither substantial or prolonged. I know a few places (especially in architecture) that are working OT (paid or not)…[Read more]

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-october-18-2011/the-99-?xrs=share_fb
Very funny…and very true.

I guess I should count my blessings and stop complaining to others about having to work 50 – 60 hour weeks because we are so busy.  That we actually have clients that are actually spending money and building and who are ramping up their growth efforts.  Keep it real everyone.  There are good things happening out there, it’s not all doom and gloom.

So your point…in stating Jarrod is correct in calling protesters, “lazy”, is that I am indeed correct that politicians are corrupt? You guys don’t make any sense. As far as I can see you want to be armchair quarterbacks…mocking those that actually care enough to try to do something. So please…take the time to point out all the democrats and…[Read more]

I don’t know of anyone who has more influence in the down fall of our economy than Barney Frank!  And he is still in Washington making the same bad choices he has always made!
 
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Well said Jarrod!  Well said!
 
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