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Emily Stewart - 2013-02-20 19:11:13

Posted by mediashower1

Feb 20, 2013 2:11:13 PM

Hi,

I wanted to reach out and connect with you about a short video I helped create that examines how Apple Inc. has been able to innovate throughout it’s history.

After the site popped up in my quick research, I thought I’d reach out, hoping you’ll find some value in the video. Let me know if it’s something you’d be interested in seeing or possibly sharing with your readers!

Thanks for your time and consideration!

Thanks,
Emily S.

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Albert - 2013-02-14 04:28:01

Posted by mediashower1

Feb 13, 2013 11:28:01 PM

We are evaluating our current cad stations. we are using HP Mobile Workstations as part of our job involves quite a bit of travel. We are investigating a change to Desktop permanent stations with a large touch screen and then use a surface pro to do AutoCad only but will allow us to use Microsoft Office and Adobe softwares. What is your opinion on the use of Autocad and a touch screen? will Surface run these programs?

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Ferdinand - 2013-02-05 13:12:34

Posted by mediashower1

Feb 5, 2013 8:12:34 AM

I need to buy a good workhorse type A3 CAD printer. My first option would be to go for HP and possibly the K7000. Is this the best value/performance option for a small architectural consultant's requirements?

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Oscar - 2012-12-22 03:46:13

Posted by mediashower1

Dec 21, 2012 10:46:13 PM

Hi, my name is Oscar, I study CADD Technology, and I need to buy a laptop for school, I bought one last semester but I have some problems with Revit 2013, SolidWorks 2012 and Autocad 3D.
Let me sxplain what my problems are. Solidworks: when I make a long helix, the program is slow, also if I make an assembly with a lot of components and I try to make a motion study, it is slow too. Revit: When I use realistic view it is slow (I know this option needs a lot of power), Autocad 3D: when try to rotate the view of a 3D model, the program is slow, etc.
Could you please let me know what kind of grahics card should the laptop has, I was thinking to buy a gamming laptop (Alienware) because those Laptops have a lot of power,
Also I would like to know what other thing I have to considerer before buy a new laptop, like: memory, processor etc, I know a good laptop means more money, but at least I can be sure my machine will work good enough.
I really appreciate your help.
Merry Cristmass and regards

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Ralph Severini - 2012-12-02 15:15:15

Posted by mediashower1

Dec 2, 2012 10:15:15 AM

I am working with my client that has added 3 CAD (Autocad with MEP) workstations. We have a fileserver that is serving up files to the workstations, but things appear to be bottlenecked.

Any suggestions on the fileserver specs?

Thanks
Ralph

Fileserver is Dell T610 - 2-CPUs, SATA 7200 RPM disk, 32GB RAM
Network is 1-GbE on all workstations and server
Network switch supports 1GbE
Workstations are Dell T7500 with solid state disks

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Ken Phillips - 2012-11-16 07:26:57

Posted by mediashower1

Nov 16, 2012 2:26:57 AM

Gentlemen:
I teach in a very small Eskimo village here in Alaska. One of the classes I teach is an introduction to CAD. Our district purchased Mac laptops for all H.S. students
to use, TurboCad is program we have to use.
I would like to be able to print out B/C size drawings. Looking online and having a difficult time trying to figure out what we need.
Any suggestions?

Ken Phillips
CTE Dept.
Buckland School
Buckland, AK 99727

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Julia - 2012-11-08 09:08:00

Posted by mediashower1

Nov 8, 2012 4:08:00 AM

Hello,

Would you be interested to list our event Product Innovation (PI) 2013 www.picongress.com on your blog?

Thanks!

Regards,
Julia

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Kayla Evans - 2012-11-05 17:24:14

Posted by mediashower1

Nov 5, 2012 12:24:14 PM

Hi,

My name is Kayla and I came across your site after searching for people that have referenced or mentioned workplace health. I am part of a team of designers and researcher that put together an infographic showing why skipping out on your work break might be killing you. I thought you might be interested, so I wanted to reach out.

If this is the correct email and you're interested in using our content, I'd be happy to share it with you. :)

Thank you,

Kayla Evans
evanskayla13@gmail.com | LearnStuff.com

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Aparajita - 2012-11-03 06:19:55

Posted by mediashower1

Nov 3, 2012 2:19:55 AM

Dear Blogger,

uCertify is excited to inform you about the new ‘Online Version’ http://www.ucertify.com for its PrepKits which means it is now free to run in any interface either Mac, Linux, Unix, iPad, iPod, etc. Some of the features of Online PrepEngine are:

Complete location and device independence: Available online 24x7 or go mobile (supported on all major Smartphones and tablets)
Digital book integrated with images, videos, audio, quizzes, flash cards, assessments, assignments, study notes and much more
Powerful Analytics to track and gauge learning effectiveness for students, teachers and school administrators
Self-Study or Teacher/Mentor assisted learning
Student-Student & Student-Teacher Collaboration tools
Customizable roles and access for students, TAs, teachers and administrators
Simple, yet powerful teacher portals to customize courses, pre-assessments, tests and assignments
Hassle free, highly available and scalable hosted solution

Additionally, there is another feature ‘Course Advisor’ which is a helpful tool for one who is confused to choose correct certification exam for them. This tool will help such individuals to choose best certification based on his/her interested technology, experience level, and qualification. Log in and try it here: http://www.ucertify.com/courses/

We would be pleased if you review our online PrepKit(s) or Course Advisor to grab its positive and negative features and write in your blog. We only want you to reply back us with the interested exam name, so that we may send you PrepKit for that. We hope to hear back from you soon!

Thanking You!

Aparajita
Customer Happiness Manager, uCertify
Website: www.ucertify.com
Email: aparajita@ucertify.com
Phone: 1-800-796-3062

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Christian Schernus - 2012-10-18 12:40:31

Posted by mediashower1

Oct 18, 2012 8:40:31 AM

Dear CAD-Speed-Team,

I really hope you and you competene publishers can help me solving a big problem I have with my CAD Workstation.

At the moment I am running an Intel Xenon powered PC with an SSD for the operation system and the files I work on. And an Nvidia Quadro FX 3800 grafic card with 1GB VRam. The RAM is about 16GB big.

To my mind this onfiguration should run really big 3D-modells which I work on. But unfortunatly it does not.

When I first got such detailed Modells of vessels, compressors or engines which were designed in SolidWorks or Inventor I could run them in a normal mode. The last Models I got were so big I can not even open the files. Therefore the RAM was doubled to 16GB.
At least the performance did not change.

So I thought about changing the grafic-card but a new one would be really costly. Therefor I first searched the settings I had within AutoCAD 2012.
I found out that there are only 468MB auf VRam are used, although the grafic Card (Nvidia Quadro FX 3800) has 1GB VRam build in.

Do you know any option, setting, preferance or something else how to activate the full VRam in this case??

sincierly yours
Christian Schernus

PS: if I wrote something you just can not understand, because english is not my mothertoung, don't hesitate to contact me!!

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