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...

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 longitude properties.
ONLINEOPENFOLDER
Opens your local Autodesk 360 folder in Windows Explorer.
WEBLOAD
Loads a JavaScript file from a URL, and then executes the JavaScript code contained in the file
      

New system variables
Description
CGEOCS
Stores the name of the GIS coordinate system assigned to the drawing file.
CLAYOUT
Sets the current layout.
DESIGNFEEDSTATE
Indicates whether the Design Feed palette is open or closed.
DIMCONTINUEMODE
Determines whether the style of a continued dimension is based on the dimension that is being continued or on the current dimension style.
FILETABPREVIEW
Controls the type of preview, list view or thumbnail view, when you hover over a file tab.
FILETABSTATE
Indicates the display status of the file tabs at the top of the drawing area.
FILETABTHUMBHOVER
Specifies whether the corresponding model or layout loads in the drawing window when you hover over a file tab thumbnail.
GEOMARKPOSITIONSIZE
Specifies the scale factor to use for point objects and multiline text objects when creating position markers.
HPPICKMODE
Sets whether the default method for identifying what to hatch is to select a point or to select an object.
INPUTSEARCHDELAY
Sets the number of milliseconds to delay before the command line suggestion list is displayed.
POINTCLOUDCACHESIZE
Specifies amount of memory the reserved to display for point clouds. POINTCLOUDVISRETAIN
SECURELOAD
Controls whether AutoCAD loads executable files based on their location.  
TOUCHMODE
For those using a touch-enabled screen or interface, controls the display of the Touch panel on the ribbon.
TRUSTEDDOMAINS
Controls the domain names or URLs from which AutoCAD can run JavaScript code.
TRUSTEDPATHS
Controls the folders from where AutoCAD can load and execute files that contain executable code.
TEXTJUSTIFY
Displays the default justification used by the TEXT command to create single-line text.


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