A credible rival to MS Office, OpenOffice.org includes powerful applications for making text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, diagrams, and databases, as well as HTML and XML documents. Not only does it let you edit basic documents, such as letters and faxes, it also handles equations and complex and multipart documents with bibliographies, reference tables, and indexes.
The interface is similar to that of MS Office, and even advanced Office users will find almost everything theyre used to: templates, collaborative features (versions, recording changes), macros, and even a programming language. OOo, as its known, lets you open and save documents in formats as diverse as MS Office formats, PDF, HTML, and XML. It can also import files from those formats, as well as WordPerfect and others. However, it normally saves files in the open-standard Oasis OpenDocument XML format, for maximum compatibility with other applications.
The latest versions of OpenOffice
have seen a spurt of growth in the extensions available for the program. These include templates for professional writers, an export tool for bidirectional functionality with Google Docs, blog publishing, and others. Blog publishing assistance especially strikes us as a natural area for word processing to grow toward.
We were pleased to find that stability has improved too. No doubt about it, the multilingual and crossplatform OpenOffice.org is a compelling option for anyone in search of an alternative office suite.
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REQUEST - Building Codes Illustrated: A Guide to Understanding the 2009 International Building Code, 3rd Edition
Building Codes Illustrated: A Guide to Understanding the 2009 International Building Code, 3rd Edition
Francis D. K. Ching, Series Advisor
ISBN: 978-0-470-19143-9
Paperback
432 pages
September 2009
Publisher : International Code Council
Book's Info :
An easy-to-use, illustrated guide to the 2009 edition of the International Building Code
As the U.S. building industry adapts the international standards, architects and other building professionals need a clear, practical guide to the International Building Code. Marrying the graphic skills of bestselling author Frank Ching with the code expertise of Steven Winkel, FAIA, this invaluable reference provides an easy-to-understand interpretation in both words and illustrations of the portions of the building code that are most relevant for the architect. Highlighting major changes between the new code and previous model building codes, this book will help architects understand how this code change will affect their practice.
* Provides a visually-oriented guide to the 2009 International Building Code
* Uses illustrations and concise explanations to hone the building codes down to the fundamentals that most designers need
* Includes reviews by the International Code Council (ICC) and follows the ICC's 2009 International Building Code
* Drawings by Frank D.K. Ching (Seattle, WA), Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the University of Washington, is world-renowned for his numerous architecture and design books, including Architecture: Form, Space, and Order; A Global History of Architecture; Interior Design Illustrated; Building Codes Illustrated; and Building Construction Illustrated, all from Wiley
* Commentary written by nationally-recognized building codes expert Steven Winkel, the Architect member of the California Building Standards Commission, a past national board member of The American Institute of Architects (AIA), and past president of the AIA California Council
* Winkel is also co-author of Building Codes Illustrated for Elementary and Secondary Schools, Building Codes Illustrated for Healthcare Facilities, and Residential Building Codes Illustrated
Course Description
Lecture Series on Soil Mechanics by Prof.B.V.S. Viswanadham and Prof. G. Venkatachalam, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay.
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GTB 2006 Complete Edition now for € 45, - - (purchase price was € 195, - -)
Eurocode 2 (concrete) is expected during 2011. After then the construction (work) decides to take effect. At present and in the coming years is expected to VBC still be applied.
If you are not in possession of the GTB 2006, based on the BCA and want at the last minute can still buy that for a small fee: € 45, - -.
Note that the new GTB 2010, based on the Eurocode, is expected to appear later this year.
Charts and Tables for the manual design of concrete structures based on the BCA 1995, including amendment A3.
This loose-leaf system is a useful tool for the engineer in a rapid manner, without computers, a design calculation to determine whether the results of a computer calculation to check in outline. Even simple prestressed concrete structures can now be calculated.
It also contains flow charts necessary to determine the environmental class (es).
For students starting in September is also the G.T.B. 2006 limited edition available.
In the world of concrete manufacturers GTB is an understanding. The publication "Charts and Tables for Concrete" for over forty years an important tool for quick calculation of concrete structures to be implemented at an early stage of the design the outline of the construction to indicate if a rapid test of an existing construction to be performed. The phrase "it is in the GTB" in manufacturer country a synonym for "it is in the norm". In the beginning, when the computer arrives barely had done was for the manufacturer, even a tool to quickly calculate using charts to calculate a structure without ever own do not re-invent the wheel.
But today, in which the computer since the introduction of the PC on the desks no longer imagine a digital tool, the GTB appears to have retained its value. Checking in outline of the paper deal with exports, the computer produces, by using the GTB manageable.
Revision of the GTB is desired by the force of the amendment A3 VBC based on the new Europe, concrete technology standards. Introduction of Eurocode 2, the European standard constructor, the only applicable standard in the Netherlands, is not expected to be the case in 2010.
On August 30 is the first complete edition copy of the GTB in 2006 by the Vice-President of the Concrete Society, Professor Dr D.A. Hordijk handed to Mr. G.J.R. Wolters, Inspector-General of Housing Inspection, and the importance of a good choice for building a local environmental group (s) highlighted by the manufacturer.
In his acceptance speech showed the Inspector General of the GTB function plays in maintaining the structural safety of buildings, a topical issue given the recent incidents.
The status that the document obtained and ease of use help with their manufacturers not an easy task. The availability of this revised edition is of great importance to the profession.
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Author: Florida department of transportation
193pages - 9,022MB
Year: 2006
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The purpose of this handbook is to provide Geotechnical Engineers with a guide to the proper procedures in the performance of geotechnical activities for the Florida Department of Transportation. Specifically, this handbook is intended to define the tasks involved in performing a subsurface investigation and the geotechnical aspects of the design and construction of roadways and roadway structures. General guidelines are presented covering the geotechnical phases of a typical project.
As each project presents unique considerations and requires engineering judgment based on a thorough knowledge of the individual situation, this handbook was not originally intended to serve as the geotechnical scope of services on individual projects.
However, in 2002, the Standard Scope and Staff Hour Estimation Task Team elected to use this handbook as the standard minimum scope of work. Therefore, the scope of services for each project may supersede the minimum scope of work outlined in this handbook. The scope of services dictates the specific practices, which are to be used on a particular project. Additionally, the scope defines the required interaction between the Department’s Geotechnical Engineer and those performing the geotechnical work.
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Advances in Geophysics, Vol. 46 - by Renata Dmowska
"Advances in Geophysics, Vol. 46" ed. by Renata Dmowska
Elsevier Academic Press | 2003 | ISBN: 0120188465 | 293 pages | PDF | 24 MB
Volume contains much material still relevant todaytruly an essential publication for researchers in all fields of geophysics.
CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTORS
Mountain Building, Erosion, and the Seismic Cycle in the Nepal Himalaya - JEAN-PHILIPPE AVOUAC
Seismic Traveltime Tomography of the Crust and Lithosphere - N. RAWLINSON AND M. SAMBRIDGE
Assembly of Pangea: Combined Paleomagnetic and Paleoclimatic Approach - MAREK LEWANDOWSKI
Characteristics of Dense Nests of Deep and Intermediate-Depth Seismicity - ZOYA ZARIFI AND JENS HAVSKOV
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Freeden, Willi; Nashed, M. Zuhair; Sonar, Thomas (Eds.)
Version: eReference
English | 1st Edition., 2010 | 1338 pages 100 illus. eReference. In 2 volumes |
ISBN-13: 9783642015472 | PDF | 50.94 MB
ISBN: 9783642015465
Release Date: November 2, 2010
During the last three decades geosciences and geo-engineering were influenced by two essential scenarios: First, the technological progress has changed completely the observational and measurement techniques. Modern high speed computers and satellite based techniques are entering more and more all geodisciplines. Second, there is a growing public concern about the future of our planet, its climate, its environment, and about an expected shortage of natural resources. Obviously, both aspects, viz. efficient strategies of protection against threats of a changing Earth and the exceptional situation of getting terrestrial, airborne as well as spaceborne data of better and better quality explain the strong need of new mathematical structures, tools, and methods. Mathematics concerned with geoscientific problems, i.e.,
Geomathematics, is becoming increasingly important. The ‘Handbook Geomathematics’ as a central reference work in this area comprises the following scientific fields: (I) observational and measurement key technologies (II) modelling of the system Earth (geosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere) (III) analytic, algebraic, and operator-theoretic methods (IV) statistical and stochastic methods (V) computational and numerical analysis methods (VI) historical background and future perspectives.
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As a result of detailed information from customers who used the Customer Error Reporting Utility, a number of problems were identified and fixed. Updates have been made in the following commands and features:
2D Display
3D Navigation Tools
Annotation Scaling
Attributes
Customize User Interface (CUI)
DGN Support
External References
File Navigation
General UI
Graphic System
Hatch
Inquiry
Image
Layer
Open/Save
Other
Parametric Drawing
Partial Open
PDF Export
Ribbon
Selection
Selection Highlighting
General Updates
The following defects have been fixed:
.NET API
.NET applications built for AutoCAD 2010 may not run on AutoCAD 2011.
When opening multiple drawings, the minimize and maximize buttons may not always be visible.
You may experience a random exception when loading custom ARX applications.
2D Display
When using Software Acceleration, AutoCAD may become unstable.
3D Cache
When VSINTERSECTIONEDGES is set to “0”, Camera preview can be extremely slow.
3D Modeling
AutoCAD may become unstable when stretching along the Z-axis of the Gizmo.
Using the Gizmo grip on a 3D model may not work correctly from the right-click menu.
3D Navigation Tools
Navigation Bar tooltips may cause AutoCAD to become unstable when switching between drawings.
Clicking on the “X” to close AutoCAD may fail if the drawing is maximized, and both the ViewCube® and SteeringWheels® function are enabled.
Orbiting 3D models does not degrade when Adaptive Degradation is checked in the Performance Tuner and uses the 3D Connexion device.
AutoCAD may become unstable when using the Look tool in the WHEEL command.
AutoCAD may become unstable when using 3D Orbit in degradation mode with 3Dconnexion devices.
AutoCAD may become unstable when using the Walk tool in the SteeringWheels feature with degradation and when FPS is set to a limit of 30.
Annotation Scaling
Drawings containing 100 or more annotation scales cannot be reset.
ARX
Third-party applications may fail when using "removeCmd" in custom ARX applications.
Attributes
Multiline attributes in a dynamic block created in AutoCAD 2011 may not display in AutoCAD 2010.
Command Line
With Dynamic Mode set to “0”, you may not be able to input Japanese or Chinese characters at the command line.
Customer Involvement Program
AutoCAD fails to start due to Customer Involvement Program on Windows 7 workstations with Windows 2008 Server on the same subnet.
CUI
When an Enterprise menu is loaded, the Workspace control in the CUI Editor may be grayed out.
Unable to copy and paste toolbar controls in the CUI Editor.
When switching profiles that point to a CUIx file cannot be found, AutoCAD may become unstable.
When using "^P" in a macro, the MENUECHO is not displayed properly.
Digitizer
AutoCAD will display a CER (Customer Error Report) dialog when exiting AutoCAD with a digitizer configured.
DGN Support
DGNIMPORT command may not work with the option to ignore external references.
Dimensions
Some AutoCAD Mechanical objects cannot be selected after being inserted as a block and exploded.
AutoCAD may become unstable when using eTransmit on drawings containing multileaders.
Display Acceleration
AutoCAD may become unstable when a password-protected screen saver displays on the screen.
Display Drivers
May have issues updating the Graphics Card drivers on Windows Vista or Windows 7.
Some display drivers may show up as certified even though they were not certified.
DWG
WBLOCK may be unable to save the drawing to the AutoCAD 2000 file format for “DWG” and “DXF”.
External References
AutoCAD may become unstable when an External Reference is reloaded after XOPEN, EDIT, or SAVE.
Graphic System
AutoCAD may become unstable when opening multiple drawings in the same session when running out of video memory.
AutoCAD may become unstable when opening large amounts of drawings.
Hatch
Hatch may not display properly when dynamic blocks are part of the boundary and live preview is enabled.
Some hatch objects on a newly thawed layer may require a “REGEN” to display.
Some custom hatch patterns may not display in the Ribbon panel.
AutoCAD may become unstable when using grips to select hatches in some drawings.
AutoCAD may become unstable when editing annotative hatch through the Ribbon.
Hatch Scale may revert to 1 when setting transparency and angle on a hatch pattern on a 64-bit operating system.
Help
Welcome Screen Videos may not play on 64-bit operating systems.
Searching Online Help may be slow.
Layer
Changing layers transparently from the Ribbon will not update to the new layer when you complete the command.
Layer properties cannot be changed transparently from the Ribbon.
Licensing
Cascading license can't be checked out if one of the distributed server machines doesn't exist on the network.
AutoCAD cannot get a license from the distributed server when one of servers is stopped.
Image
AutoCAD may become unstable when plotting a drawing with plot transparency set to "On".
Materials
Protein Materials values created on a 64-bit operating system will not work on a 32-bit operating system.
When FBXEXPORT is using the default settings, de-selecting the Insert as Block option in FBXIMPORT results in nothing being imported.
MText
Mtext Paragraph spacing cannot be removed.
Text in AutoCAD Mechanical-created Fit dimension can change unexpectedly after DDEDIT.
ObjectDBX
Unable to export multi-line attribute values with ObjectDBX.
OLE (Object Linking & Embedding)
Drawings with OLE objects saved as a DXF file no longer contain OLE options.
Open/Save
AutoCAD may become unstable when using Undo on large drawings.
Other
FBX® files imported from Autodesk 3ds Max will not import unless materials are unchecked.
AutoCAD may become unstable if a drawing REGEN occurs after editing a block.
AutoCAD will not take advantage of the 3-gigabyte switch when enabled on a 32-bit operating system.
Color book values may not display properly in AutoCAD
Partial Open
AutoCAD may become unstable when SDI (Single Document Interface) is set to 1, while editing drawings with OPENPARTIAL are set to 1.
PDF Export
Adobe Reader may display a warning message “Cannot find or create the font “ArialMT” when opening PDF files created in AutoCAD.
Publish
AutoCAD may become unstable when publishing large drawings to PDF.
Raster Design
AutoCAD may become unstable when inserting some BMP images.
Saving with ISAVE, ISAVEAS, and ISAVE again may cause an error message saying that you cannot save the file.
Ribbon
AutoCAD may become unstable in a side-by-side install if the files tab path points to the Install Directory of AutoCAD 2010.
AutoCAD may become unstable when Regional and Language Options are set to Turkish language.
Ribbon Fold panels cannot be transferred in the CUI Editor.
AutoCAD may become unstable if you have a "." in your menugroup name.
While in a command, changing the workspace from the Quick Access toolbar will not work.
Loading custom toolbars from the Ribbon may fail.
Section & Flatten
All cut-away geometry in sectionplane may not display properly when selecting “Show Cut-away Geometry”.
Selection Highlighting
Selection Cycling displays when none should be visible.
AutoCAD may become unstable when holding control and hovering over intersections of lines.
Changing the Selection Cycling toggle from "Off" to "On" and then quitting AutoCAD may cause you to receive an error report.
AutoCAD may become unstable after using the "CapturePreviewImage" method
Snaps
Crosshairs do not extend across the screen when set to 100% in isometric snap style.
Visual Lisp
Visual Lisp may display an error message when using ads_defun and ads_regfunc calls in AcApp.arx.
When using the lisp function, "vl-directory-files" may cause AutoCAD to become unstable if the directory path is long.
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As a result of detailed information from customers who used the Customer Error Reporting Utility, a number of problems were identified and fixed. Updates have been made in the following commands and features:
2D Display
3D Navigation Tools
Annotation Scaling
Attributes
Customize User Interface (CUI)
DGN Support
External References
File Navigation
General UI
Graphic System
Hatch
Inquiry
Image
Layer
Open/Save
Other
Parametric Drawing
Partial Open
PDF Export
Ribbon
Selection
Selection Highlighting
General Updates
The following defects have been fixed:
.NET API
.NET applications built for AutoCAD 2010 may not run on AutoCAD 2011.
When opening multiple drawings, the minimize and maximize buttons may not always be visible.
You may experience a random exception when loading custom ARX applications.
2D Display
When using Software Acceleration, AutoCAD may become unstable.
3D Cache
When VSINTERSECTIONEDGES is set to “0”, Camera preview can be extremely slow.
3D Modeling
AutoCAD may become unstable when stretching along the Z-axis of the Gizmo.
Using the Gizmo grip on a 3D model may not work correctly from the right-click menu.
3D Navigation Tools
Navigation Bar tooltips may cause AutoCAD to become unstable when switching between drawings.
Clicking on the “X” to close AutoCAD may fail if the drawing is maximized, and both the ViewCube® and SteeringWheels® function are enabled.
Orbiting 3D models does not degrade when Adaptive Degradation is checked in the Performance Tuner and uses the 3D Connexion device.
AutoCAD may become unstable when using the Look tool in the WHEEL command.
AutoCAD may become unstable when using 3D Orbit in degradation mode with 3Dconnexion devices.
AutoCAD may become unstable when using the Walk tool in the SteeringWheels feature with degradation and when FPS is set to a limit of 30.
Annotation Scaling
Drawings containing 100 or more annotation scales cannot be reset.
ARX
Third-party applications may fail when using "removeCmd" in custom ARX applications.
Attributes
Multiline attributes in a dynamic block created in AutoCAD 2011 may not display in AutoCAD 2010.
Command Line
With Dynamic Mode set to “0”, you may not be able to input Japanese or Chinese characters at the command line.
Customer Involvement Program
AutoCAD fails to start due to Customer Involvement Program on Windows 7 workstations with Windows 2008 Server on the same subnet.
CUI
When an Enterprise menu is loaded, the Workspace control in the CUI Editor may be grayed out.
Unable to copy and paste toolbar controls in the CUI Editor.
When switching profiles that point to a CUIx file cannot be found, AutoCAD may become unstable.
When using "^P" in a macro, the MENUECHO is not displayed properly.
Digitizer
AutoCAD will display a CER (Customer Error Report) dialog when exiting AutoCAD with a digitizer configured.
DGN Support
DGNIMPORT command may not work with the option to ignore external references.
Dimensions
Some AutoCAD Mechanical objects cannot be selected after being inserted as a block and exploded.
AutoCAD may become unstable when using eTransmit on drawings containing multileaders.
Display Acceleration
AutoCAD may become unstable when a password-protected screen saver displays on the screen.
Display Drivers
May have issues updating the Graphics Card drivers on Windows Vista or Windows 7.
Some display drivers may show up as certified even though they were not certified.
DWG
WBLOCK may be unable to save the drawing to the AutoCAD 2000 file format for “DWG” and “DXF”.
External References
AutoCAD may become unstable when an External Reference is reloaded after XOPEN, EDIT, or SAVE.
Graphic System
AutoCAD may become unstable when opening multiple drawings in the same session when running out of video memory.
AutoCAD may become unstable when opening large amounts of drawings.
Hatch
Hatch may not display properly when dynamic blocks are part of the boundary and live preview is enabled.
Some hatch objects on a newly thawed layer may require a “REGEN” to display.
Some custom hatch patterns may not display in the Ribbon panel.
AutoCAD may become unstable when using grips to select hatches in some drawings.
AutoCAD may become unstable when editing annotative hatch through the Ribbon.
Hatch Scale may revert to 1 when setting transparency and angle on a hatch pattern on a 64-bit operating system.
Help
Welcome Screen Videos may not play on 64-bit operating systems.
Searching Online Help may be slow.
Layer
Changing layers transparently from the Ribbon will not update to the new layer when you complete the command.
Layer properties cannot be changed transparently from the Ribbon.
Licensing
Cascading license can't be checked out if one of the distributed server machines doesn't exist on the network.
AutoCAD cannot get a license from the distributed server when one of servers is stopped.
Image
AutoCAD may become unstable when plotting a drawing with plot transparency set to "On".
Materials
Protein Materials values created on a 64-bit operating system will not work on a 32-bit operating system.
When FBXEXPORT is using the default settings, de-selecting the Insert as Block option in FBXIMPORT results in nothing being imported.
MText
Mtext Paragraph spacing cannot be removed.
Text in AutoCAD Mechanical-created Fit dimension can change unexpectedly after DDEDIT.
ObjectDBX
Unable to export multi-line attribute values with ObjectDBX.
OLE (Object Linking & Embedding)
Drawings with OLE objects saved as a DXF file no longer contain OLE options.
Open/Save
AutoCAD may become unstable when using Undo on large drawings.
Other
FBX® files imported from Autodesk 3ds Max will not import unless materials are unchecked.
AutoCAD may become unstable if a drawing REGEN occurs after editing a block.
AutoCAD will not take advantage of the 3-gigabyte switch when enabled on a 32-bit operating system.
Color book values may not display properly in AutoCAD
Partial Open
AutoCAD may become unstable when SDI (Single Document Interface) is set to 1, while editing drawings with OPENPARTIAL are set to 1.
PDF Export
Adobe Reader may display a warning message “Cannot find or create the font “ArialMT” when opening PDF files created in AutoCAD.
Publish
AutoCAD may become unstable when publishing large drawings to PDF.
Raster Design
AutoCAD may become unstable when inserting some BMP images.
Saving with ISAVE, ISAVEAS, and ISAVE again may cause an error message saying that you cannot save the file.
Ribbon
AutoCAD may become unstable in a side-by-side install if the files tab path points to the Install Directory of AutoCAD 2010.
AutoCAD may become unstable when Regional and Language Options are set to Turkish language.
Ribbon Fold panels cannot be transferred in the CUI Editor.
AutoCAD may become unstable if you have a "." in your menugroup name.
While in a command, changing the workspace from the Quick Access toolbar will not work.
Loading custom toolbars from the Ribbon may fail.
Section & Flatten
All cut-away geometry in sectionplane may not display properly when selecting “Show Cut-away Geometry”.
Selection Highlighting
Selection Cycling displays when none should be visible.
AutoCAD may become unstable when holding control and hovering over intersections of lines.
Changing the Selection Cycling toggle from "Off" to "On" and then quitting AutoCAD may cause you to receive an error report.
AutoCAD may become unstable after using the "CapturePreviewImage" method
Snaps
Crosshairs do not extend across the screen when set to 100% in isometric snap style.
Visual Lisp
Visual Lisp may display an error message when using ads_defun and ads_regfunc calls in AcApp.arx.
When using the lisp function, "vl-directory-files" may cause AutoCAD to become unstable if the directory path is long.
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It isn't a book! There´s no author, editor or any reference (including references for a company or School/University).
But it´s a beginner level well illustrated material with didactics and useful information about bore piles!
There´s no better qualifying section for this material, so, my opinion is to stay here!