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Wow, it certainly hasn't seemed like six fantastic years… but my time as an AUGI BoD is almost gone.  Without doubt, it has become a milestone event in my life and it has become extraordinarily clear to me is that there are so many committed and talented people doing wonderful work in their respective trades and industries and all for the benefit of the AUGI Community. I certainly plan to stay connected to AUGI in some ways and look forward to 2012 with excitement as I explore new opportunities and broaden my horizons… I would like to take this opportunity to thank the dedicated staff and volunteers who are the backbone of this great organisation and the AUGI Board of Directors, both past and present, who have provided me with guidance and support during these last six years.

In keeping with tradition, I'm happy to present the 2012 Edition of the AUGI CWC Calendar… thanks to all at #AU2011 who participated in wearing the "official AUGI hat" It can be viewed at the  AUGI Forums - Coffee Without CAD  (You must be logged in to see this forum)

With so many things happening at this years'  Autodesk University , here a brief list of what is happening with  AUGI at AU. Monday, November 28 Autodesk's AU Leadership Forum AU Freshman Orientation AU2011 Bloggers & Media Reception Tuesday, November 29 AUGI Volunteers gathering AU2011 Welcome Address & General Keynote AUGI Forums Moderator's gathering Exhibit Hall Opens - International Community Reception AUGI Top Daug 2011 Challenge begins at the AUGI Booth Wednesday, November 30 Its  AUGI Day  today!!! Annual General Meeting AUGI Board of Directors' Elections voting opens AUGI Beer Bust Thursday, December 1 AUGI TweetUp  at the AUGI Booth AUGI Top Daug Final Presentation Be sure to catch up with all the info / photos at AU with AUGI's "HotNews Daily"

Project Photofly has been a very popular technology preview. People from all over the globe have created 3D models from their 2D photographs using the power of the Autodesk Cloud. Now it's time to take the next step. With today's release, the technology has been incorporated into 123D Catch Beta… Scott Sheppard's " Its Alive In The Labs " blog announced earlier today about Project Photofly's graduation Are you ready to start?  Click on the  123D Catch Beta…  link to access the website to download the Autodesk 123D Beta.  Once its downloaded, open the self-extracting zip file to start the installation

Mistress of the Dorkness: AUGI Wishlist System - Go Rank Some Wishes! Great article Melanie :) I couldn't have said it better myself...

On the weekend I had the pleasure of visiting the famous "Stick Shed"  in Murtoa, a small town north-east of Horsham in Victoria’s western district. This area of Victoria is predominately a wheat and wool farming community. Ordinarily, wheat after being harvested is stored in grain silos  wheat before being sold for either domestic consumption or export. However, in 1941, when the "Stick Shed" was "born", Australia and the world was at war.   War didn’t just deplete the number of available hands to assist with the harvest, it also closed off most of Australia’s export options. When combined with an exceptionally-good season, the farmers of Murtoa had a real problem on their hands because suddenly there was an oversupply of wheat grain and no-where to store it. Enter the “ Stick Shed ”, officially the  Marmalake/Murtoa Grain Store No.1 Murtoa Shed . In 1941, building supplies and labour were in exceedingly short supply so the shed’s builders had to u...

Its Nominations time again at AUGI.com… Certainly without any hesitation, serving on the AUGI Board, has been one of the most rewarding experiences I've had the pleasure to do …  The last six years (3x 2-year terms) has been amazing… I've learnt lots, met some amazing peoples and thoroughly enjoyed myself and would highly recommend the experience for any individual AUGI Member wishing to become more involved…  Nominations are NOW open and this could be just the beginning of what could be the start of a fantastic, rewarding experience for any hardworking volunteer… AUGI members will be given yet another way to be involved with AUGI.  You can do this either by nominating someone for the Board of Directors or throwing your own hat into the ring for the next term. B eing an AU GI Director requires some work, effort and carries responsibility but it offers many rewards as well.  So how do I apply, you ask.  All the details, can be found on ...

Further to this post  I now have a biopsy result.  Earlier today, my specialist's advised me I have  Nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma (NLPHL). When asked about its aggressiveness… advised it is totally non-agressive and  is an uncommon subtype of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). This disorder is differentiated from all other forms of HL, which are commonly referred to as classical Hodgkin lymphomas (CHL), by characteristic pathologic and clinical features. NLPHL represents a more indolent disease than CHL, and is therefore managed uniquely. Since this disease is rare, most information concerning treatment and outcome has come from reports of single institutions or pooled, multi-institutional retrospective analyses. It is their understanding that patients with NLPHL may not require as aggressive therapies and that the treatment standard of chemotherapy followed by involved-field RT that has been used in CHL may not be appropriate for NLPHL.  So fo...

 In hopeful readiness that this year there will be another AU bloggers meet n' greet, I've rehashed my blog badge from last year's AU to reflect this years' graphics.  Happy to share the photoshop file (approx 1.2 Mb) should you wish to create your own #AU2011 bloggers badge - just leave a comment with your details or email me :)

The premier CAD event of the year is upon us... Registration has opened for Autodesk University 2011 for Autodesk Subscription customers, AUGI members and members of AU online.  Autodesk University is once again back at the stunning Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, from November 29 to December 1, 2011. AU 2011 is 3 full days packed with a plethora of learning tracks and networking, not to mention the exciting product showcase and of course the AUGI Community in the Exhibit Hall.    You can check out the details on the AU site and submit your registration here   I'll be there... Will you???

The current edition of AUGIWorld August 2011 - The Collaboration Issue has been released earlier today and yours truly has had the honour & privilege to provide the photo cover, taken during my trip to Canada & Alaska, earlier this year. Cover Image: Sinclair Centre Arcade,Vancouver, BC, Canada.  Photo copyright  © 2011–Bill Adams You can read the issue online or download a PDF version 

Earlier this week I was reminded that its " Between The Lines' blog " 8th birthday it would be totally remiss of me not to provide another "cake" to celebrate this great blog… Enjoy your virtual "cake" Shaan & Happy 8th Birthday "Between The Lines"  May you have many many more :)

RUGSA would like to invite you to the upcoming RUGSA meeting.  Details on the meeting are below. And thankyou to everyone who completed the survey. The responses are very valuable and will inform the format and content of future meetings. As always it’s also been great to see a lot of interest in the BLOG, remember you can follow us on  facebook  and  twitter  for more up to date announcements on local REVIT issues Next RUGSA Meeting: Date: Wednesday the 7 th  of September Time: 4:30pm – 6:00pm Venue: AIA, 100 Finders St, Adelaide RSVP:  revitugsa@gmail.com Agenda: Content, Content, Content. Building Content Sharing Content Getting Content This meeting will address all your questions about REVIT Families. Watch presentations from actual users on how they have dealt with the dilemmas associated with REVIT Families Plus bring your questions and issues for discussion with your peers Hope to see you there.

Ago after my glorious holiday away during May-June, my doctors advised on a recent routine blood test, an slightly elevated calcium levels were present… this gave cause for concern thinking it was most likely an enlarged parathyroid gland… So, late June-early July off I go to get an ultrasound scan of my neck, which revealed no enlarged parathyroid however it picked up another lump… Now I needed a CT scan which the preparation can mess with my diabetic meds – just all I need… so off I go to have this CT scan and then the drama begins… Now mid July, my local GP refers me to a specialist who doesn’t tell me the test results but she wants to review the scan with others before discussing options with me…   At that stage I was advised I had Stage 3 Lymphoma. I got jack of that approach and contacted another specialist via my GP who thought that approach was just plain stupid and promptly scheduled a biopsy of the lump which was wedged between my carotid artery ...

A great article on Revit Worksets by fellow reviteer Scott C. BIMbyScottC: Setting Up Worksets : "I had this in my notes for working with worksets... I may have pulled it from another blog if so please let me know so I can give credit whe…" Scott also has great articles on Revit Design Options - a must read

Yes its that time of the year once again and the Voting Booth is officially open and will remain so until close of business July 24th.  This year, two good friends of mine, James Surano and Jennifer Loftfield needs our assistance. James, is seeking re-election for the ENnie Awards Judge and Jennifer is seeking one of judging spots  this year as well.  Both need our support   and your votes… So just what  are the ENnie Awards, you ask?  The easiest way to describe the ennie awards is as the people's choice awards to table top RPGs. You can read James' application  here  and similarly, Jennifer's  here And most importantly, vote for them here I've voted... have you :)

I 'm slowly getting back into blogging after our glorious holiday in Canada & Alaska…  During a recent Revit Fundamentals Training course, I'd like to remind all that IMAGINiT Utilities for Revit 2012 are now available on their website and in their client portal - a facility for  IMAGINiT’s Autodesk Subscription and Support clients. IMAGINiT Utilities for Revit 2012 supports only Revit 2012 products however they do also offer versions for Revit 2010 and Revit 2011.  New for 2012 include… ViewSetup  Cover all the levels, phases and types of views you want with information presented to you in the ViewSetup utility in a grid, you can easily generate dozens to hundreds of new views with ease.  DWFPlus  Create DWF files with more BIM information - whether augmenting parameter data in 2D and 3D, adding hyperlinks, or creating new viewpoints to highlight content, DWFPlus will make your DWFs into the deliverables you expect from Revit.  Tran...

Revit Users Group of SA cordially invite you to attend the next upcoming meeting When: Wednesday 6th July 2011 Where: AIA, 100 Flinders Street, Adelaide Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm Please email your RSVP attendance to revitugsa@gmail.com Hope to see you there :) Don't forget you can follow RUGSA on Facebook & Twitter

Autodesk have released a  Revit Add-In Hotfix… In  continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released this hotfix which provides an update to the Revit Vault add-in. The README file highlights how to install this hotfix and other important information regarding this update. When using Revit with the add-in for Vault, occasionally the program will suddenly terminate during some vault operations.  An error message may be seen containing the text, "Revit encountered a System.AccessViolationException". Published date:  2011-May-02  ID:  DL1697152 Applies to: Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012 Autodesk® Revit® MEP 2012 Autodesk® Revit® Structure 2012 Autodesk® Vault Collaboration 2012 Autodesk® Vault Professional 2012 Autodesk® Vault Workgroup 2012   A download able zip and read-me files can be accessed via the website link here...

in Honour of Star Wars day here in Australia… May 4th Be With You...

A good friend of mine, Shaun Bryant has recently released his latest single.  You can download his new single here…  3AM In The Morning is the title track from Shaun's forthcoming debut album due for release late summer/fall 2011. …and I'm in listed in the final credits for providing the photo of the NYC night skyline 

Thoroughly enjoyed another great ride yesterday from Glenelg North (aka "the Coast") along the length of Adelaide's River Torrens Linear Path bike track through the city and up to Athelstone (aka "the Hills).  Mind you I was rather surprised I had the cross the river on this bridge - an un-nerving feeling travelling across this with your bike…  The hills and the headwind slowed me down a bit but thoroughly enjoyable...    … til next ride share the road :)

Partway through BDAQ's/Ecospecifier's sustainable green building course. Thoroughly enjoying it... Thought provoking... Now will be practicing the 5 fingers of Restorative Sustainability - reduce, reuse, recycle, repair & restore.