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Ralph GrabowskiAfter 40 years, still talking about computer-aided design. Also, still throwing ideas out there that I find intriguing.
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How to Build on IntelliCAD
The plan: Dethrone AutoCAD by acquiring a secretly-developed DWG editor, sell it for 10% of AutoCAD’s price, and unseat the king [source].
IntelliCAD 14 showing its user interface (all images sourced from ITC)
‘Cept the plan failed...
How LEDAS Uses AI Efficiently
Why don’t we say, “AI will replace programmers”?
Why don’t we cut staff, when we know how to use AI effectively?
How do we guarantee high code quality and AI safety?
When it comes to developing engineering software in the area o...
Experimental CAD Is Exploding All Over
When you haunt places like Github and OCCT3D, you uncover a truly remarkable trove of programmers taking CAD software in fresh directions.
- Algorithmic CAD — in which you type programming code like JavaScript into one window, and then s...
Letters To the Editor
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The Difficulties of Scan-to-BIM
3D point cloud (left) converted to 3D model in Revit MEP (image source RvtCAD)
The Open Design Alliance held a Webinar explaining how its scan-to-BIM system works, and I found the technical details interesting enough to summarize th...
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Ralph Grabowski has been writing about computer-aided design for 40 years; producing 240 books and 200 videos; receiving his B.A.Sc. degree in civil engineering from the University of British Columbia in 1980.
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