Outside The Box blogs, Autodesk University anecdotes, articles, blog digests, and product news in chronological order. See Writing for the same material by subject.

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

· Programming, Personal, Industry

Although my blog has become relatively stagnant, the rest of my life has been changing — and there are even bigger changes ahead. My children have been growing into adulthood one by one, and my parenting time has been shrinking as a result. To take up the slack, I bought a bike a few years ago and started riding it on the many local bike trails. Initially cycling was a way to get healthy and enjoy the outdoors, but it has turned into much more. Riding a bike is great exercise, but it’s also a fantastic social activity when you do it with friends, and I have made many new friends in the very large and growing cycling community here in Ohio. …

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QuirkyPolyline updated for Bricscad and ZWCAD+

· LISP, Tools, Programming

I’ve updated QuirkyPolyline and added support for Bricscad 14 – 15 and ZWCAD+ 2014 – 2015. The new QuirkyPolyline download is available on the ObjectARX freebies page. Share ThisTweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

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How to fix IntelliSense errors in Visual Studio

· Programming

New Visual Studio C/C++ users sometimes get tripped up by IntelliSense errors, so today I’ve decided to share the secret, undocumented solution: just turn them off! IntelliSense is a nice user interface feature when it works, but it has nothing whatever to do with building and running your C/C++ code. IntelliSense errors do not equal compiler errors, and trying to “fix” them is fruitless. …

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