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AutoCAD Drafting News: Autodesk Fined

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Our favorite CAD software manufacturer has suffered a hit. Because of a patent infringement suit filed against them by Z4 Technlogies regarding the product activation software AutoCAD employs, U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis of Texas ordered Autodesk to pay an $18 million fine. This of course will not wreck Autodesk, which has revenues in excess of $1 billion, but still, it’s a tough pill for Autodesk to swallow!

If it’s any consolation, mighty Microsoft was fined too: $140 million !!!

Read more about this event here.

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Hospitality Architecture: We Interview the Helix Hotel’s Architect on Our Show
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It’s one of the the most innovative designs the world has ever seen. It’s the Helix Hotel, soon to be built in the Persian Gulf. It looks like a stack of irregularly shaped dinner plates; in reality it contains 208 rooms, an atrium and a waterfall. The design was chosen from amongst many in a…

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Crane Collapse: A Construction Accident Video
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Here’s a video a consulting civil engineer client sent us a day ago. There’s a great lesson in it for anyone in the construction industry. I won’t say what it is… please watch the video to find out! Click here to watch this unusual video. Have you figured out where the crew went wrong? Hope…

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A Guide to Section Drawing
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What is Section Drawing? Section drawing can be explained with a simple analogy: slicing a loaf of bread. If you had an unsliced loaf of fruit and nut bread and wanted to know how fruity and nutty it was, you would slice the loaf across the middle (say) and look at the sliced face of one…

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CAD Drafting: Dynamic Blocks with Embedded Fields
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As you all know, blocks help to reduce file size and the time it takes to draft an object multiple times.Howdy to all AutoCAD users and explorers who are well-versed in the uses of blocks and fields. Today, AutoCAD blocks are becoming intelligent and flexible, acquiring new features and constraints. These can be controlled…

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Coming Soon: Web Design From The Magnum Group!
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The Magnum Group will soon enter the field of web design. The plan is to first produce brochure (static) websites in HTML with external CSS files, integrated blog platform, customized logo, search function, newsletter signup and unlimited sequential autoresponders, then move into ecommerce sites with shopping carts, credit card gateways and affiliate datafeeds. This new…

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Why the 737 MAX Tended to Tip Upwards
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The Unexplained Boeing’s ill-fated 737 MAX series planes have larger engines than the earlier 737NG series. You may have wondered (as I did) why those larger engines caused MAX planes to pitch upwards during takeoff, necessitating the disastrous MCAS software. Basic logic suggests that the new, heavier engines would tend to make the planes pitch…

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