Tim said:
@unknownuser said:
Going from a 3.5" screen to say a 5" might not affect the UI much but could make it a real pain to fit in a pocket when it looks like it ought to.
I haven't seen an ipad face to face yet but I imagine that holding a lightweight paper book (or something the size and weight of a kindle) is more ergonomic. I know you can't really compare the ipad to a book but it does look a bit clumsy to hold.
This doesn't do much but what it does, it does very well - if you need it.
Streetscape Pro generates sections of streets, no drawing required, just fill in the fields and it draws a plan and a section.
@unknownuser said:
Are you involved in street design ?
Do you often draw small cross sections of streets to scale ?
Do you spend a lot of time counting on-street parking spaces ?
Do you want to see how much of your street will be in shadow at different times of the day ?
Streetscape Pro is a simple street design tool that will make your life easier!Streetscape is FREE OF CHARGE for personal, commercial or educational use, subject to licence agreement.
It is QUICK to download and install (no licence key or activation code required).
It is EASY to learn and simple to use. You can create your first street design in seconds.
It got a fair bit of criticism on the BBC news this morning.
Hi Richard
Thanks, your sublime use of styles always impresses me. I think I may have found a good font to go with this style.
drfabinex
I'd be interested to see an example of one of the files that you have worked with as I have had some pretty big projects in Doublecad and have experienced very few problems. The only annoying thing for me is the jerky realtime pan, a real pain when your dealing with a big file. Since leaving an AutoCAD based job 3 years ago, I think I've experimented with just about every free CAD program out there. ProgeCAD Smart (for non commercial use - I now work for a charity so not a problem for me) and DoubleCAD are the best that I've found. I have to say I'm surprised that people have recommended Solid Edge as although I liked the interface, I found it to be quite unstable.
I think Doublecad is the only free cad app out there that can open skp.
Martin
This is phenomenal work. I live about an hour from Castle Howard so have visited a few times. Wish I'd thought about doing an SU model!
jon
Cheffey
I enjoyed looking at your design, it is well considered. I support your selection of a helical wind turbine.
The building I work in has an array of small (residential scale) traditional 2 blade prop turbines which require constant maintenance. The mechanisms that allows them to turn into the wind need regular tweeking. As I understand it, there is also 2 gearing systems, one to increase the number of revolutions that go to the transformer but also a mechanism that restricts their spin in high wind as they could shake themselves apart. This gearing adds a lot of weight to each turbine so they are inherently inefficient. According to the expert that does the maintenance for us helical turbines have nowhere near as many problems! You probably know this Cheffey but I thought it might be good info for somebody else.
I remember from school being told that the political value of the British monarchy was actually quite significant as the British Army are answerable to them, not the government.
I haven't posted anything in ages but thought you might like this collection of pics and quotes that I put together for some teaching. You've probably seen some of the pics before.
jon
I got snow here, meteorologically and workwise. Still snowed in workwise!
Yes Sepo, I've worked there for 6 months, previous to that I've mainly worked in architectural practices.
Unlike SKetchup that appeared as a cheap easy to use 3d choice between Autocad at the top end and, well, blender at the free end, I really can't see that Soft Office stands a chance. Open Office is free and easy to use with only very minor compatibility issues.
I made this for work, I thought I'd spread the corporate love and post it here too
merry christmas
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l273/hannius/snow.gif
p.s. you are all welcome to join Arc's facebook group. Arc is part of a national network of UK architecture centres founded by CABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment)
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21755589985
@unknownuser said:
... I am trying to get a sketch model that will be sufficiently abstract to allow a community group to think about their watershed, but sufficiently detailed so that they can think about their watershed.
Donna I think you have answered the question yourself. Model enough to give them an idea but use fog in SU to mask less detailed areas. Also, having done a few public consultations, I find you can rarely beat a big printed plan and a packet of markers if you need to get people's feedback.
@unknownuser said:
FWIW, I was being facetious about energy saving lightbulbs
yes you were
@unknownuser said:
If you can't afford to heat your house 24/7, you put a sweater on. Poorer people, in my experience, whether they consider themselves green or not, know quite a bit about resources and how to save them, probably more than the average 4x4 driver in Chelsea
admittedly, so was I
@unknownuser said:
Having an allotment is a great idea, as long as you are able to maintain its upkeep. My wife and I are both on fairly low incomes, we both work full time to pay the rather high mortgage on this house... If you want to spend most of your life growing food, and you have the time to do it, great!
My situation is not so different to yours. I work a 40-50 hour week and my girlfriend works about the same. We have a mortgage too. I spend about an hour and a half a week tending to plants, once you have a good set up, the plants look after themselves.
We do have a car, I agree it is a necessity, what provoked me is your belief that people on lower incomes are somehow more responsible, you have presented no facts to back this up.
@unknownuser said:
Do you not think that this forward thinking technology is not a good idea? It takes burning coal to produce a bicycle, and a lot of it too. If you want to cut back on industrialisation,
Have I said anything about cutting back on industrialisation?
@unknownuser said:
you may as well stop producing bikes, because by this logic, the manufacture of bicycles are no different to cars.
I'm not going to bother blowing a hole in that ridiculous argument.
@unknownuser said:
I don't really give a stuff about climate change.
fine
tf design wrote:
@unknownuser said:
If you can see the video, that is also worth watching, as it shows that those in the UK who are on lesser incomes, are more concerned about education and hospitals than energy saving light bulbs.
I have to say, living in Hull, one of the poorest cities in the UK, that that is a very black and white view of the facts. Just because people on lower incomes are less likely to buy as many energy saving bulbs doesn't mean they are any more responsible for climate change.
For a start, energy saving light bulbs, seem to be one of the token gestures that our government can endorse, while they make excuses for not tackling massive corporate polluters and energy wasters. If they wanted to make the bulbs affordable, simple, just ban the old style and the manufacturers would have to lower the price. Secondly, most energy saving light bulbs contain mercury, so in the future we have a disposal problem on our hands. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_fluorescent_lamp
Now about that lesser income thing:
Hull has a long tradition of cycling, 14% of journeys to work are by bike, because of financial necessity and relatively low levels of car ownership, Hull has the 6th highest level of cycling in the UK. source: http://www.tmsconsultancy.co.uk/hull/SaferCycling.doc
Also Hull has a huge demand for allotments because more and more people want to grow their own food - I do this because I enjoy it but I know plenty of people who do it because its the only way they can afford healthy food. I'm very pleased to say that the local McDonalds, which was just opposite a large school, shut down over a year ago due to a lack of custom. source:http://static.hullcc.gov.uk/hullinprint/archive/october2008/mike_met_arthur.php
If you can't afford to heat your house 24/7, you put a sweater on. Poorer people, in my experience, whether they consider themselves green or not, know quite a bit about resources and how to save them, probably more than the average 4x4 driver in Chelsea.
@unknownuser said:
I think a softer approach is to raise the education level of people around the world, especially women
?! LOL
