It's that time of year!!!

Nope, I'm not talking about Halloween or Fall, here in Dallas, Texas the end of October means one thing, the beginning of another Mavs Season! MFFL baby!

I just hope the Mavs can actually go deep in the playoffs this year, with an aging core and the signing of more veterans, I don't think the core of the team has many years left. But I am still optimistic about this season. Go Mavs!

Automating logical names

Here is a quick tip for the Microstation user on logical names, we use logical names on every project at my company so when I came across this tip I found it very useful.

Just simply right-click on the Model name, and select Properties.

In the Model Properties dialog box just give your file the desired logical name, and each time you reference in that file it will come in automatically with that logical name.

Going Back to School!

Well not really like that, but I am going to some Civil 3D 2010 training next week!!!
This is really over due, I havent had to much experience with Civil 3D, but I can't wait to go and it's always nice to get out of the office every now and then.

Funny Graphs

Big News from the Ballpark

Well it is official the Texas Rangers and their hitting instructor Rudy Jaramillo have parted ways. Rudy was offered a 1 year contract extension but declined, there was also a rumored pay cut. Jaramillo has been the Rangers hitting instructor for the past 15 years.

This really comes as no surprise to me considering how the Rangers offense was M.I.A the last month of the season. In a year when the Rangers had good solid outings from their pitchers it was there offense and the untouchable Rudy who failed the team. Rudy will no doubt find a place on another team but I think the Rangers were over do for a change.

Who is Bill???

So I was fake working in Autocad like I often do when I get tired of staring at the same files. So I typed in ME into the command line thinking it might throw me into the measure command, but instead of prompting me for a command my command line reads "Thanks Bill!"



Who is this "Bill"???

Multi-snap

Here is a Microstation tip that may make the Autocad user feel a little more at home in XM. Try using Multi-snap, this is basically the equivalent of OSNAP in Autocad.

In the Snap Mode tool bar, toggle on Accudraw, then select the Multi-snap icon and right-click and select properties. Then choose the snaps you would like to set active.

Autocad tip: OSNAPZ

If you want a quick and true distance between 3D lines, just type in OSNAPZ and set the default to 1. Then just use the distance command.