Steve Mercer

Hi Joshua,
 
From your description of why you use Mac’s it sounds to be like you should be running a PC instead…
 
As the Mac pertains to a LA
 
Color Management   (N/A  not applicable)
Graphics (ie Adobe suite) LA may use some PhotoShop but it is not the primary tool of choice – ( limited application)
Video editing (N/A)
Better able to handle…[Read more]

Hi Mark
No I haven’t had anyone “step-up to the plate” yet,  I suspect as long as you use pavers suitable for poolside applications (they have been grouted) and you sealed the surface every year they would perform okay. They are certainly strong enough.  You just have to be particular about the supplier of the stone to get a quality product.  So…[Read more]

Hi Mark,
 
Are you using travertine pavers or tile?  Is your concern frost heaving?  Travertine pavers are on par with concrete pavers:
Travertine pavers have a PSI of over 8000 and a coefficient of friction of 0.77.   (Concrete pavers have a PSI of between 7500 to 8500) They are using them more and more in Florida.  They won’t be any safer to…[Read more]

Try to be patient Henry,  remember the motivation to using BricsCAD is a much lower TCO (total cost of ownership)  That in these trying economic times should be motivation enough to be patient with the program!
 
best wishes… IT wise AND healthwise.
 
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You would have to also include Linux… though its use is found more at the University level than in industry.
 
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We have been using renewable energy for years.  Even before it was cool.  We use biomass and our fuel source is waste wood from arborists in our city.  They have trouble getting rid of their waste wood and bring it to us free.  The wood would just end up in a landfill somewhere if we didn’t use it.  They consider wood as carbon neutral beca…[Read more]

Hi Andrew,
The issues with BricsCAD are usually temporary.  There is a lot of development happening with BricsCAD.  It is critical that you keep the very latest updates installed on your computer.  For example, Though BricsCAD has its roots in IntelliCAD,  It is no longer a IntelliCAD product.  After release 7 they did a major rewrite of the prog…[Read more]

hincky? what was it doing Henry? or what were you doing when it started acting up?

Hi Matt,
 
Don’t assume that Linux is any more secure than any of the other OS’s on the market,  A number of years ago my computer tech started and ISP and he chose Silicon Graphics Hardware to run his ISP.  SGI ran on their own flavor of Unix.  (Linux is a derivative of Unix)  One week about 3 or 4 years into his business a bunch of russian hack…[Read more]

Hi Matt,
 
That is the strengths of doing business with a vendor that has control of both the hardware and the OS that it sells, fewer technical glitches (with an emphasis on “fewer”).  The disadvantange is the price, Apple will ALWAYS be more expensive!  These are the facts and they are undisputable.
 
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Hi Henry,
Though that sounds like a tempting offer, a user must evaluate the TCO (total cost of ownership)  When you factor in the Maintenance/software Update contracts.  It is still not as good a deal as the BricsCAD/LandFX is.
 
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Hi Chad,
Your concerns are very valid! And there may be some hidden concerns you may not have considered,  First, This is not the first time that Autodesk has ventured into the Mac world,  The last time they did that they stuck a lot of users who chose the Macintosh/AutoCAD platform over the PC platform.  All of those users were forced to ditch th…[Read more]

Hi Henry,
Actually the BricsCAD/LandFX/Sketchup Pro solution is a pretty strong solution!  I am a orphaned customer of Eaglepoint’s SMI/BricsCAD/LandCADD software.  (Within 6 months Eaglepoint announced to all of the customers they sold SMI and BricsCAD/LandCADD to that they would no longer support those options anymore.  “I just needed to das…[Read more]

Hi Tanya,
I agree with you legislators are always dreaming up stuff that may fix one issue and break 3 others.  There are laws on the books that conflict with other laws.  It is just crazy.  Maybe if we forced our legislators to put a 15 year time limit on all laws it would force legislators to revisit some of the crap they threw up on the wall an…[Read more]

Hi Brian
 
I agree you have to be able to communicate with the client in the early stages of a design.  I am only suggesting that the electronic tools have their place (try dealing with several major changes to a design)  By using CAD and tools like these you can still deliver that hand drawn look and captialize on the effiencies of CAD.  The rea…[Read more]

How about doing away with Legal tender altogether as money is the root of all Evil!
 
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a prayer for our Country,  “Lord grant us the taxpayers superhuman powers to change the direction of our country
amen”

Who says you have to give up your artistic look when designing on a computer:
 
http://www.gertrudisgraphics.com/landings/crayon-painting-made-easy
 
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I don’t believe the Republican Leadership is blameless either.  They had the oppurtunity to get something done when they were in complete control and they spent more money than the Dems did!  And succeeded in accomplishing nothing.  That is why we need the Tea Party to purge the Republican party of all the Democrats in Republican Clothing.

Regardless of your political persuasion… if you want to effect change in Washington.  Do not vote to re-elect incumbents from your district.  If enough incumbents get sent home those that are left will finally realize what it is going to take to remain in office.  If we could just get them to put a 15 year expiration date on all laws,  Leg…[Read more]