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October, 2008                                                              CAD Lighting Design News

WELCOME to our October issue of the Design & Drafting newsletter.
LD Assistant NEWS
PLSN Road Test LD Assistant 08 by Stephen Ellison .

The program has all the tools required for a complex drafting project, but you don’t need to be a CAD wizard to produce good results. It has some built-in features to make lighting design easy, including several drop-down menus just for lighting and production applications. In these menus you will find tools to help create professional looking drawings with minimal training.



LDI CONFERENCE & TRADESHOW - Las Vegas
Backstage Las Vegas: October 20-22
LDInstitute: October 20-24
Projection Master Classes:  October 21-23
Conference Sessions:  October 23-26
Exhibit Hall:  October 24-26
Mix Live:  October 24-26

Visit the LD Assistant booth and see
why more Universities and Professional
Designers are migrating to LD Assistant 08.
Join us at Booth 2852 to ...
ARTICLES
AutoCAD Tutorial: Create a GRADIENT FILL - Create presentation drawings from 2D drawing using GRADIENT, Ellen Finkelstein.com
Drawing With Precision - Pt 1 - Video displays using grid, snap functions in AutoCAD LT, Kate Morrical,You Tube, Sep 25, 2008
Maximize Viewports, Minimize Effort - Video shows editing objects within a viewport by modifying scale factor in AutoCAD, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst
Draw Objects - Pt 1 - Video demonstrates drawing of lines, polylines using AutoCAD LT 2009, Kate Morrical, You Tube, Sep 29, 2008
AutoCAD to Photoshop - Using raster based application to make AutoCAD drawings presentations, simple steps to follow, David Watson, CADTutor
AutoCAD 2008 Material Definition Toolpalette 1 - Create a texture material in AutoCAD2008
AutoCAD 2008 Material Definition Tool Palette 2 - Define relationship between drawing and materials using available material in drawing' option, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD
AutoCAD 2008 Material Definition Toolpalette 3 - Selecting material using material editor section, properties settings, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD
AutoCAD 2008 Material Definition Toolpalette 4 - Material texturing using 'maps' with various texture options like diffuse map, opacity texture, bump map, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD
AutoCAD 2008 Material Definition Tool Palette 5 - Scaling and tiling of texture, material offset, preview, various options to control, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD
AutoCAD 2008 Material Definition Toolpalette 6 - Creating texture template, settings, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD
REVIEWS

Dell Precision M6300 (First Look Review) - Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 processor, 6 MB of L2 cache, 8 GB of DDR2 667-MHz RAM, NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M providing high-end performance for mobile systems, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst

Xi MTower 2P64X (Cadalyst Labs Review) - High end system for engineering applications with 4.0 GB of DDR2 800-MHz ECC RAM, NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 PCIe2 graphics card using NVIDIA drivers, ViewSonic Optiquest Q241wb 24" LCD monitor, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst
New HP Laptop Is Actually a Workstation - HP Compaq 8710w with 17-in. panel, Quadro FX 3600M GPU, high-definition 24-bit audio chipset, several hard-drive options, more, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering
Server-Caliber Computer Doubles as a Mobile Workstation - Eurocom's D901C PHANTOM-X notebook, mobile server, with 3.0GHz processor, built-in UPS, 17-in. LCD, multitasking capability, high performance, Margaret Gurney, Desktop Engineering
JOBS

Experienced Drafter - Trainor Glass Company has opening for experienced drafter in Michigan City, IN, ideal for bachelors degree with 2 yrs experience, mechanical or structural engineer degree is plus, proficiency in AutoCAD, 3D Max, SolidWorks/Inventor, knowledge of MS Office and project essential, glazing industry experience preferred.


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