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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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How to Save AutoCAD Drawing as Read Only

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How to Save Auto-CAD  Drawing as Read Only – is quite a difficult way to answer. The only way to answer this question is by giving different options for the user to Save Auto-CAD Drawing as Read Only. Let’s see some of them below. Save Auto-CAD Drawing as Read Only Some of the different methods are listed below please choose which is appropriate in your case. Method 1 – Use Save As Auto-CAD Drawing Files as DXF (Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format is a CAD data file format developed by Autodesk), by this method you actually prevent the user to make any changes to your drawing files. Making the Drawing as Read-Only Files Method 2 – Ideally you could right click on the drawing file icon (once saved), go to properties and tick read only. Ahh, well that doesn’t “lock” the drawing or anything. they can still edit it, do a Save As, or simply unchecked the Read Only option for the file once they have it. Method 3 – In case you are on a Network, you can ...
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Revit Structure- A Tool to Success

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Revit Structure software is a building information modelling application for structural design, analysis, and construction documentation. It has a physical model with fully associated analytical model. Since it was launched, a lot of companies were using this program on their successful projects. But did you know it was originally developed by a start-up company called Charles River Software (founded 1997) - later renamed Revit Technologies. Autodesk successfully acquired Revit Technologies on April 2002. One of the major advantages of Revit Structure is the use of true structural elements such as walls, columns, beams, slabs, trusses and parametric building model. All structural elements have a property which you can modify according to your design. The physical model composed of structural components such as columns, slabs, beams, footing and braces. It drives the construction documentation as well as coordination for engineers and architects. The analytical model contains i...
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