15 May 2017: I’m sure you will have heard or read about the ‘Massive Cyberattack’ that hit the world news late on Friday, but just in case you haven’t, here are some things you need to know. Summary of what happens:This malware is the type that blocks access to your files (by encrypting them), then ransoms them […]
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1 February 2017 This article originally appeared in PCWorld.com Get ready, Office365 administrators: Microsoft is ending support for the Office 2013 client apps that it previously distributed through its cloud-based productivity service. Instead, administrators and users will be pushed to use Office 2016, the latest version of the productivity suite that includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Starting on […]
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11 August 2016 Caduceus wishes to advise all our customers of a new variant of the Cryptolocker Virus that is hitting mailboxes at the moment. The emails we have seen claim to be from New Zealand Post (but there may be other variants out there) and purport to be about an undelivered parcel. The email comes with an […]
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18 March 2016 We have become aware of a new variant of the Cryptolocker malware that’s particularly nasty and is currently doing the rounds. Please copy this to anyone you feel will benefit from this heads up. Summary:The malware is arriving via email in the form of a Word Document claiming to be an Invoice.On opening the […]
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While adoption rates are high, the cloud still suffers from certain myths and half truths.This article, re-posted from mspmentor.net, discusses 3 that everyone considering the cloud should be aware of. While there have been plenty of discussions about the increased usage of cloud technology among businesses, there are probably a few things that many people haven’t […]
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This post explains how to use survey information in a dwg file, either from a registered surveyor or downloaded from Koordinates.com, to geographically locate your building on the site. It is part 2 or my RUGwell July 2015 presentation and follows on from the previous post: How to get Wellington Area Site & Terrain Information, […]
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This post explains the process of converting ArchiCAD projects to Revit 2015 via the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) file format to enable manipulation of the modelled elements from within Revit. A bit about IFC The IFC translation process is still a work in progress. The various parties involved (there are many) have made leaps and bounds […]
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This post documents a presentation I did at Revit User Group Wellington RUGwell in July 2015 on how to use the Koordinates.com web site to get site contours and boundary information to create toposurfaces and boundary lines. A lot of this information is free! The fist step is to log onto Koordinates.com. Create an account […]
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Use AutoCAD’s Sheet Set Manager (SSM) as the quickest way to plot all the layouts in your project.This video shows you how.
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Subscription Customers:Browse to manage.autodesk.com and log on with your Autodesk ID that is linked to your contract. All your software, including previous versions and serial numbers will be listed on the Products Tab, along with download links.(your Autodesk ID will have been sent to you from Autodesk when your subscription contract was set up. If […]
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