Monthly Archives: July 2009

Mr. Mac, Autodesk will see you now

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Support for the Mac running Revit 2010 in Boot Camp is now officially recognized by Autodesk. Never thought this day would actually arrive. A cool breeze must be running through the halls at AEC HQ today. Despite what the Apple ads say, it really is a PC, it just happens to be an Apple PC. It’s a PC that I’ve enjoyed using for over two years now and the experience has been nothing short of awesome.

A few diehards at the factory have been testing and kicking the tires for a while now. A little leprechaun told me that even a Revit programmer or two use a Macbook Pro, similar to my own for their everyday work. So, to the rest of you… it’s alright now, you can step out into the light.

Mind you this support is only for running Boot Camp, but hey it’s a start. I’ve been using VMWare Fusion since I got this machine, and it’s alright for training and occasional demos. Now, if virtualization was good enough to use on projects day to day, that would be a whole different ball game.

Read the rest of the story here: The Revit Clinic: Take a bite of that Apple.

SeaRUG Meeting

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The July 22nd meeting of the Seattle Revit User Group (SeaRUG) will be co-sponsored by sdb consulting and United Reprographics. I will be providing the lunches to this month’s meeting. I will also be presenting and host a panel discussion along with Pat Byrne of Byrne+Works Architecture, and David Redding, an HVAC designer. The presentation topic will be “Presentation Techniques with Revit”.

From the announcement:

    Meeting Information:

    When: Wednesday, July 2, 2009 (add to Calendar)
    Time: 11:30am – 1:30pm
    Where: Seattle Public Library – Central Branch
    Microsoft Auditorium – Level 1
    1000 4th Ave (corner of 4th & Madison)
    Seattle (Map It!)

    This presentation will explore a wide range of presentation techniques available in Revit. Whether you are an engineer or an architect you will learn new ways to represent your projects and discover techniques to refine and improve your current presentation methods. Revit beginners will be exposed to a wide range of tools while advanced users are sure to discover something new. A panel discussion will follow the presentation. This presentation is suited for all AEC professionals using Revit.Thank you to those of you who contributed images to this presentation! For those of you who want to submit images, it’s not too late…please forward any images and/or techniques you would like to share with the group to admin@searug.org.

    Please bring Revit related questions to ask in an open forum setting or forward relevant topics to admin@searug.org.

    Please RSVP by noon on Monday, July 20, if you plan to attend, so we can have an accurate head count for lunch. You must be a registered member on the website to submit your RSVP. Please visit our website at www.searug.org for membership information and registration.
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I hope to see you there.