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What is a DAO and why does it matter to AEC?

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Introduction Blockchain technology has revolutionized many industries worldwide, and the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is no exception. A significant innovation in this context is the DAO, which is a "Decentralized Autonomous Organization". A DAO is a blockchain-based organizational structure that operates decentralised, enabling transparent and collaborative decision-making and facilitating participatory governance. In this article, we'll explore what exactly a DAO is and why it's relevant and important to the AEC industry. What is a DAO? A DAO is an autonomous, organization-like entity that operates through smart contracts on a blockchain network. Unlike a traditional company, there is no hierarchical structure of power, nor the need for intermediaries such as managers or executives. Instead, decision-making is carried out collectively and transparently, through voting based on ownership of tokens or units of the DAO's native c...
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AutoCAD 2014 New Commands and System Variables

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New commands Description DESIGNFEEDCLOSE Closes the Design Feed palette. DESIGNFEEDOPEN Opens the Design Feed palette. FILETAB Displays the File tabs at the top of the drawing area. FILETABCLOSE Hides the File tabs at the top of the drawing area. GEOLOCATEME Displays or hides an indicator that shows your current position. GEOMAP Displays a map from an online maps service, in the current viewport. GEOMARKLATLONG Places a position marker at a location defined by a latitude and longitude GEOMARKME Places a position marker in model space at the spot corresponding to your current position. GEOMARKPOINT Places a position marker at a specified point in model space. GEOMARKPOSITION Places a position marker at a location you specify. GEOREMOVE Removes all geographic location information from the drawing file. GEOREORIENTMARKER Modifies the orientation and position of the geographic marker without changing its latitude and longitud...
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AutoCAD 2013 New Commands and System Variables

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New commands Description ARRAYCLASSIC Displays the legacy Array dialog box. ONLINECOLNOW Starts an online session with AutoCAD WS, in which people that you invite can simultaneously view and edit your current drawing. ONLINEDOCS Opens your Autodesk 360 documents list and folders in a browser. ONLINEOPTIONS Opens the Online tab of the Options dialog box. ONLINESHARE Designates who can access the current document from Autodesk 360. ONLINESYNC Starts or stops syncing your custom settings with Autodesk 360. ONLINESYNCSETTINGS Displays the Choose Which Settings Are Synced dialog box where you can specify selected settings to be synced. POINTCLOUDCLIP Crops the display of a selected point cloud to specified boundaries. POINTCLOUDINTENSITYEDIT Opens the Point Cloud Intensity Color Mapping dialog box that specifies intensity color mapping for eligible point clouds. SURFEXTRACTCURVE Extracts isoline curves from a sur...
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