Blog CAD On-demand! These days, who hasn’t binged on a TV series via on-demand streaming video and then felt like a sloth upon realizing how much time you spent sucked in…
Blog Bentley Systems – iPad Apps Roundup Bentley iPad Apps Roundup Its been nearly two and half years since Bentley released their first two iPad apps ProjectWise Explorer and Bentley Navigator.…
Blog The Many Hats of a Part-Time CAD Manager Wearing too many hats? As a part-time CAD manager this is a common struggle, mainly because your head truly is topped with a tower of diverse hats! Balancing…
Blog MicroStation Visualization Roundup I am asked all the time. “What are some good MicroStation resources if I want to start rendering and animating in MicroStation?” Here are some…
Blog Here Is Less . . . Now Do More! Written by Lisa Polonski Layoffs, budget cuts, lack of hardware upgrades, software versions that are two or more years old … These are just some of the…
Blog MicroStation Pranks In the spirit of April Fools Day we have compiled a few MicroStation pranks you can play on our coworkers. When your victim leaves their desk for a few…
Blog Meet Eric Gates – Senior CAD Specialist EnvisionCAD Staff: Meet Eric Gates – Senior CAD Specialist BIO: DOB – September 10, 1965 Hometown – Torrence, CA Current Residency – Mount Horeb,…
Blog My Top 10 Civil 3D Pet Peeves Written by The EnvisionCAD Civil 3D Team. 1. Viewports not locked. So, your scale and location are set for your viewports, yet you don’t lock any…
Blog When All Roads Converge… Written by Lisa Polonski. Success is a popular destination and never an easy road to traverse (nor should it be!). It takes building multiple pathways and…
Blog CAD Technician Joins EnvisionCAD EnvisionCAD is pleased to announce Ben Johnson has joined our team! Ben has been using Autodesk products since 1994 starting with AutoCAD release 9, and he…
Blog The Invaluable CAD Keystone Written by Lisa Polonski. “The Keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress.” – James Cash Penney (J.C.…
Blog Jargon of the Super CAD Professionals Written by Lisa Polonski. Sing to the tune of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Super CAD professionals, experts with devotion! Even when you talk to…
Blog Infographic: Bits of Wisdom from CAD/BIM Managers Please share your bits of wisdom in the comments below. People who read this post also read: … Read more…
Blog 2013 Highlights at EnvisionCAD – Infographic Written by Bethany Borsody. 2013 brought a lot of excitement for both the CAD industry and EnvisionCAD. We’ve compiled some of the highlights in the…
Blog Top 10 Blogs at EnvisionCAD in 2013 Written by Bethany Borsody. 1. My Top 14 MicroStation Pet Peeves 1. Move the drawing to 5000, 5000 and rotate so the road runs West-East. Did you…
Blog 6 Inspirational Quotes for a New Year in CAD Written by Bethany Borsody. 1) Have a Goal. Although CAD may not be at the very top of your list of things to improve on in 2014, it’s…
Blog Top 5 Distinctions between IT and CAD Management Written by: Lisa Polonski, Review by: Ron Brys. IT managers are typically responsible for licensing and installing software instituting company-wide…
Blog 12 Days of CAD Manager Tips for the Holidays Written by Bob Mecham and Rod Wing With the holiday season upon us here are 12 Days of CAD Manager Tips. Performing these tasks will help keep your…
Blog My Top 14 MicroStation Pet Peeves Written by Bob Mecham. 1. Move the drawing to 5000, 5000 and rotate so the road runs West-East. Did you know a kitten dies every time a buildings…
Blog CAD Technician Joins EnvisionCAD EnvisionCAD is pleased to announce Bryan Sullivan has joined our team! Bryan provides a variety of CAD Management services. As a CAD Specialist, Bryan provides…
Blog A Virus in a Design File? Written by Rod Wing. A design file virus? Not exactly. In my 25+ years of supporting MicroStation I’ve seen this happen more times than I can count. A user,…
Blog CAD and IT: Not one in the same, but partners in efficiency Written by Lisa Polonski As a senior manager, you probably question the need for a managed CAD environment when you already have a managed IT environment.…
Blog A Managed CAD environment A Managed CAD environment Everyone knows that having standards to follow and making them easy to access translates to increased consistency, efficiency,…
Blog Creating a Text Style Standard Written by Bob Mecham Creating a Text Style Standard Text Style Naming Implementing text styles makes annotating the drawing more efficient in most situations.…
Blog Upcoming Fall 2013 Bentley User Group Meetings Written by Bethany Borsody. The Southern California Bentley User Group will present 3 sessions of the Fall 2013 Meeting. Topics to be discussed include…
Blog CAD and IT: The deep divide & why they’re better on your side Written by Lisa Polonski. “United we stand, divided we fall.” We’ve heard it many times, so why not embrace it? Although often mistaken by…
Blog Meet Lisa Polonski – Editor/Administrative Assistant EnvisionCAD Staff: Meet Lisa Polonski – Editor/Administrative Assistant Bio: DOB – August 30, 1982 Hometown – Middle Island, NY Current…
Blog Introducing our Newest Book – Bentley Descartes V8i (SELECTseries) Written by Rod Wing. EnvisionCAD has released a new Book: Bentley Descartes – V8i (SELECTseries) Bentley Descartes V8i (SELECTseries) is available…
Blog 8 OpenRoads Myths expelled! SELECTseries 2 to SS3, what’s the big deal? At EnvisionCAD we hear some things being thrown around about OpenRoads that may not be completely accurate.…
Blog Through the Looking-Glass of Senior Management (Part 2) Written by Lisa Polonski. If Part 1 of this logical nonsense blog (the only way to describe a piece authored by Carroll — and I suppose us!) left you…
Blog Through the Looking-Glass of Senior Management (Part 1) Written by Lisa Polonski, EnvisionCAD Editor. “If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because…
Blog Meet Bob Mecham – CAD Applications Manager EnvisionCAD Staff: Meet Bob Mecham – CADD Applications Manager Bio: Hometown – Waunakee, WI (the only one in the world) Current Residency –…
