#019 – Autodesk | 2023 State of Design & Make: Another Interpretation

Autodesk recently released its 2023 State of Design & Make report. It made for some incredible reading, and that, combined with the data in the report, describes exactly where we are at with Design & Make in the world right now. One of my fellow Autodesk Community Voices authors, Shelby L. Smith, wrote a blog […]

Fantastic Friday #012 | The New DIFFERENT

(NOTE: All images belong to their respective owners) So, here we are once more! Fantastic Friday #012. I hope you are all safe and well. You may have noticed my less-than-regular blogging recently. I am simply focusing on business and family at the moment. Our second lockdown has just started to be lifted in stages […]

Terrific Tuesday #006 | AutoCAD 2022

Well, it’s that time of year again. Another year, another AutoCAD. And it has been quite a year. I do hope you and yours are all safe and well, in what has been probably the most difficult year in all our lives to date. After my little COVID ride, I feel blessed to still be […]

Fantastic Friday #011 | AU2020

So, here we are. Fantastic Friday #011. You may have noticed my absence from blogging for a while. I have had to focus on business and family. We are now in our SECOND lockdown here in the UK, and I just battened down the hatches for a while. COVID sucks. At this time of year, […]

Motivation Monday #010 | Revit – THE Open Letter to Autodesk

Welcome to Motivation Monday #010 from Not Just CAD! It is a serious one this week, but before I start, I MUST apologise for being off the radar for some time. I have had some personal matters to deal with and I needed to take the necessary time to heal, reflect and move forward. Those […]

Terrific Tuesday #005 | FM & COVID-19

I want to refer you back to last week’s Terrific Tuesday #004, where I talked you through a simple COVID-19 classroom drawing I created in AutoCAD. Imagine that scene in a classroom, back in 1918, with the Spanish flu pandemic. According to Wikipedia, it killed 500 million worldwide. There were no computers, no AI to […]

Terrific Tuesday #004 | AutoCAD – A simple COVID 19 classroom

I took a Monday out yesterday. Within the current climate, you must deal with personal stuff, and yesterday was one of those days. Right now, I see the lockdown as a way to be flexible. OK, so you might not get all the things done you want to in a day. Relax. You WILL get […]

Motivation Monday #009 | Revit – Simple Roof Discipline

Welcome to the Motivation Monday series from Not Just CAD! Here we go, Motivation Monday #009! It’s the start of another week in lockdown for me here in the UK, and I’m sure most of you are currently working from home due to this nasty Coronavirus (COVID-19), and I sincerely hope you and all your […]