Introducing the AECbytes Blog: A Forum for Your Comments

AECbytes is pleased to announce the launch of the AECbytes Blog, which has specifically been establised as a forum for readers to comment on articles published in AECbytes. Over the years, I have received a vast amount of feedback from readers, only some of which I was able to capture in the annual collections of feedback published in the Viewpoint series. With the availability of the blog, readers can share their thoughts, comments, and questions with a wider audience, which in turn can generate further discussions and responses from readers.

Please take some time to contribute your feedback. Hopefully, this will generate some interesting and lively discussions! Look for the blog link at the end of each article to view others' comments and post your own. (These links are currently active for the most recent articles and will be continue to be added for the earlier articles progressively.)

This month, AECbytes features a product review of the new version of Adobe Acrobat Professional, version 8, that was released in November. This release comes in the midst of several interesting developments for Adobe, including the recently announced partnership with the Nemetschek Group, release of the full PDF specification to the ISO to make it a formal open standard, and the expansion of the Acrobat family to include Acrobat Connect, Adobe's new web conferencing and collaboration solution based on Macromedia Breeze. The review explores the general enhancements as well as the more CAD-specific functionality improvements of Acrobat 8 Professional.

Also on the agenda for the month is a look at the increasingly popular virtual world, Second Life, and its potential to enhance the design and construction of buildings in the real world. The Tips and Tricks issue of this month features two new tutorials, one on creating walls with NURBS in 3ds Max & VIZ, and the other on Archicad 10 Project Indexes.

Thank you!

Lachmi Khemlani

Editorials > February 2007