HyperPics: Beyond the UI

Holiday Weekend Not Without Excitement

Hello All,

As many of you know Memorial Day weekend is usually about spending time with family, while I did spend sometime with my family throughout the weekend I ended up finding myself in front of the computer making off something that has been on my list of To Do's for some time now.  I know it was going to be a fun project before I even got started, but it turned into some what of a pain for 4 days to get everything pretty well straightened out.  So what am I talking about, well on the HyperPics.com website I implemented a set of online forums that I plan on incorporating into various different things that I have on my website around general How To's and Customizing/Programming in AutoCAD.

The forums went into beta mode back late last year, and when the announcement was made that they were being implemented Autodesk decided to announce they purchased Maya.  So my announcement got buried into the news, which actually was fine by me as it allowed me to work some more on them.  This past weekend the forums have been integrated into the website further through the implementation of a single login.  Before this weekend, you would have to signup for the website and the forums separately which was a nightmare for both me and the members.  So being a nice extended weekend, I was able to go through and implement this change.  So I am pleased to announce that the HyperPics Forums version 2.0 is up and running.  Let me know what you think and if some additional items should be added.

Click here to access the forums on HyperPics.com

Sincerely,
  Lee

SQL Server Change Over

Update: Everything should be up and running now on the sister website HyperPics.com

A quick little posting as I know many of you out there that read my blog also visit the blog's sister website HyperPics.com.  We are currently switching over to a new SQL Server and are having some headaches this morning with getting everything configured, who would have guessed after doing the initial testing.  Oh well, just another day on the super information highway (opps... hit the pot hole).

This affects access to the test forums, system variable and command tables, tips and tricks and many other sections of the site.  Things should be smoothed out in the next few hours.

Sincerely,
  Lee

New AutoCAD 2007 for Dummies Books

I just got my copy of the AutoCAD 2007 for Dummies book that covers AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD LT 2007, so which indicates that the book is coming to a store near you (or website if you like shopping online).  The AutoCAD 2007 for Dummies book is about 400 pages of easy reading on AutoCAD, which itself is not by the far stretch of the imagination a lightweight topic.  I was the technical editor once again on this project and enjoyed reading it from cover to cover.  There are not many technical books that I read from cover to cover, but this is one of them and I do think it is worth picking up a copy of the book.

Well of course you could always wait for the AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies to come out in the next few months.  The All-in-One book covers both AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD LT 2007, and is about 800 pages of pure AutoCAD bliss in the Dummies format.  The latest edition of the AutoCAD Bible by Ellen Finkelstein is also coming out soon as well.  All of these books are published by Wiley Publishing, Inc.

Update (8/16/06): Both the AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies and the AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD LT 2007 Bible are both now available for purchase.

Sincerely,
  Lee