How to Run AutoCAD 2007 in Windows 7

It was in July of 2010 that I switched from Windows XP to Windows 7. Continue reading

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CADD Geek Health Issues

Here’s a superb video interview of Dr. Andrew Weil, in which the interviewer Kevin Rose asks Dr. Weil health questions that relate to computer geek lifestyles. CADD people certainly spend Continue reading

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Floor Plan Survey | Project Summary 13

One of the services I provide is floor plan surveys. Continue reading

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AutoCAD Hexadecimal Color Equivalents

I built my website using HTML and CSS. Continue reading

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Measured Drawings | Project Summary 12

Measured drawings of multistory buildings and residential spaces Continue reading

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Freelance Drafter or Not?

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An Interview of GrabCAD’s Indrek Narusk

Recently while I was browsing the web I ran across Continue reading

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CAD Floor Plans | Project Summary 11

I create CAD floor plans of existing buildings Continue reading

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Real Estate Floor Plans | Project Summary 10

Today I’ll review a project that I completed two weeks ago. The scope of work was Continue reading

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Construction Drawings Defined

I was just doing some web queries on “construction drawings” Continue reading

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The #CAD Twitter Hashtag

I just realized that we in the CAD community may be able to answer each other’s questions by using the #CAD Twitter hashtag Continue reading

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Commercial Building Floor Plans | Project Summary 9

Today I will describe a project on which I created commercial building floor plans for Continue reading

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Building Measuring | Project Summary 8

Building measuring, for the purpose of Continue reading

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Riding Out An Earthquake Here In Queens, NY

The life of a CAD Drafter can be more perilous than one might think. It can include riding out an EARTHQUAKE at 1:52 pm in the afternoon!! Continue reading

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Floor Plan Service | Project Summary 7

A floor plan service is Continue reading

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Free Autodesk Architecture & Building Solutions Webinar 9-13-11

Yesterday I received an email invite from Autodesk to Continue reading

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As-Built Services | Project Summary 6

Providing as-built services means to Continue reading

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AutoCAD Selection Modes

As I was drafting today a weird thing happened to me. I was Continue reading

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As-Built Documentation | Project Summary 5

The phrase as-built documentation could be defined as: Continue reading

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As-Built Floor Plans | Project Summary 4

A set of as-built floor plans are Continue reading

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Existing Conditions Drafting | Project Summary 3

Existing conditions drafting is the act of Continue reading

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AutoCAD Mouse Wheel Zoom

If you use AutoCAD a fair amount like I do, and have been doing so for many years, then Continue reading

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As-Built Plans | Project Summary 2

This blog post is the next in a series of “project summary” blog posts that Continue reading

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Existing Conditions Drawings | Project Summary 1

A set of existing conditions drawings are the deliverables created from an existing conditions survey. Regularly I create existing conditions drawings of Continue reading

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Free AutoCAD Tutorials

I’ve been contacted a few times by AutoCAD beginners Continue reading

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Project Photofly v2 Resources

Creating 2D as-built building elevation drawings in AutoCAD format is one of the services that I provide as a CAD consultant. Typically such drawings are required by my AEC industry clients for Continue reading

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Top Ten CAD Blogs As Of May 2011

This weekend is Memorial Day weekend, and here in New York City it’s a point in the year that always seems to me to be a time of transition. I think I get this impression because, quite amazingly, this weekend like clockwork Continue reading

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