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cadalystcontents June 2008 www.cadalyst.com "QUEST£X I'UlUCATlON features 14 techtrends Community Building in Progress By Kenneth Wong columns 38 cad manager By Robert Green Making Standards Stick Win your users' enthusiasm by teaching them how CAD standards can simplify workloads. Individuals, user groups, and companies meet in the cyberworld of social networking sites 20 A Quarter Century of Cadalyst By Dav;d Cohn Cadafyst celebrates its 25th year with a trip down memory lane. By David Weisberg 40 mcadmodeling By Mike Hudspeth,lDSA Rational vs. Irrational Decisions Get past routines and rationalize your decision-making. 42 26 Tracking a CAD Giant A look back at the founding of Autodesk and how it became dominant. 28 The Highs and Lows of CAD Hardware By Ron LaFon CAD hardware has changed in unimaginable ways. Take a look back at yesterday's systems and track the amazing progress of 25 years. aecinsight By Jerry Laiserin Data Collection in AEC Digital data collection has significant advantages - higher speed, greater accuracy, and lower cost - over manual measuring methods. 30 Industry Insights - Looking Ahead Industry leaders and Cadalyst insiders talk about the future. 50 hottipharry By Bill Kramer Just a Few CAD Renovations Harry's Top Tip lets users select an object in a drawing and make more objects of the same type and properties. cadalystlabsreviews 32 HP xw4600 Workstation with LP306S 30" LCD Monitor By Ron l,Fon Good pricing, performance, and overall quality make this workstation package ideal for a broad range of work. 34 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 By Ron LaFon Graphics Card de.par:tment-'-s 6 editor'swindow 10 cadcentral 46 cadcartoon 46 issueindexes On the cover: The 3D cake model was created in Alibre Design by Max Freeman. Alibre product manager. Alibre offers Alibre Design Xpress. a 3D parametric CAD product. free of charge. Download Alibre Design Xpress via the link at www.cadalyst. com/alibre. _ AHighly Recommended graphics card provides accelerated drivers for AutoCAD and 3ds Max. 36 LaCie 324 - LCD Monitor By Ron LaFon This display garners straight As for brightness, contrast, focus, convergence, color purity, geometric distortion, and raster rotation. June 2008 cadalyst www.cadalyst.com 3 http://www.cadalyst.com http://www.cadalyst.com

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Cadalyst - June 2008 Contents Editor's Window CAD Central Tech Trends: Community Building in Progress A Quarter Century of Cadalyst Tracking a CAD Giant The Highs and Lows of CAD Hardware Industry Insights — Looking Ahead Cadalyst Lab Reviews: HP xw4600 Workstation with LP3065 30” LCD Monitor NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 — Graphics Card LaCie 324 — LCD Monitor CAD Manager: Making Standards Stick MCAD Modeling: Rational vs. Irrational Decisions AEC Insight: Data Collection in AEC CAD Cartoon Issue Indexes Hot Tip Harry: Just a Few CAD Renovations

Cadalyst - June 2008

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