James DeRoussel

Cool idea! Here’s a few that come to mind.

Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
Mother Nature’s Son – The Beatles
This Land is Your Land – Woody Guthrie
Seminole Wind – John Michael Montgomery
Little Boxes – Malvina Reynolds
Five Feet High and Risin’ – Johnny Cash
June Hymn – The Decemberists
Big City – Merle Haggard

Matt, I am an LSU alum (2001) who just moved back to Louisiana after 15 years away. I am a licensed LA in Arizona, but not Louisiana, so I am also considering taking the Louisiana Supplemental Exam this year to get licensed in LA.

As you have probably already seen, the LA Horticulture Commission only says, “The written exam covers plant use and…[Read more]

Thanks Robert, that’s excellent. I may well take you up on that offer as we get a little deeper into Vectorworks. I literally started the trial period last week! Right now we are trying to test Vectorworks 3D terrain modeling capabilities versus Civil3D-to-Revit terrain modeling. I like what I see from VW so far.

In a broad sense, have you…[Read more]

I have used AutoCAD my whole career at multiple firms. SketchUp quickly became the go-to program for 3D rendering. My impression is this is where the majority of LA firms are still working: AutoCAD and Sketchup.

With Architects rapidly moving over from AutoCAD to BIM software, Revit in particular, the limitations of AutoCAD for integration with…[Read more]

Thanks for posting this.  I had heard rumors, but nothing concrete.  
 
Very interesting; hopefully the new format makes the exam more accessible, but no less rigorous.

Nobody?!

I made the switch to Mac two years ago and do not regret it.  In fact, I will probably never buy another PC.  It used to be that the limitation was software, as in they did not make AutoCAD for Mac.  Now they do, and regardless, you can run Windows OS on a Mac anyway these days.  I have been running Windows 7 within Parallels on my Mac for two yea…[Read more]