All photos by Ralph Grabowski
ralphg @ xyzpress.com

1999:
Sydney, Australia:

• Across the Big Pond to the Land of Oz  

In March, 1999 I attended the PC-IT'99 computer exhibition as the guest of MultiCADD magazine.

2000:
Cambridge, MA USA:

• Two Oceans in One Day

Updated: The CAD social event of the month was the Revit launch, which took place April 5, 2000.

New York City, NY USA:

• My Day in Gotham City

Autodesk goes all-out to impress the CAD press on May 2, 2000.

Washington, DC USA:

• Waiting for the Bubble to Burst

"Can we dot.com you today?" at the A/E/C Systrems show, held June 6-8, 2000.

Boulder, CO USA:

• Two Editors Travel to Planet CAD

Updated: Why Spatial decided to "sell its grandmother"; Oct 4-7, 2000.

Anaheim, CA USA:

• AEC Systems Fall 2000

Computers for Construction; Nov 4-7, 2000.

Budapest, Hungary:

• Graphisoft Key Client Conference

Customers and the CAD media gather, Dec 1-3, 2000.

2001:
San Francisco, California:

• Visiting a Green California

Updated: We vist two dot.com survivors in San Francisco and two friends in the Bay Area, Apr 2001.

2002:
Scottsdale, Arizona:

• C.O.F.E.S. 2002 Report

The Congress on the Future of Enginieering Software, May 2002.

Atlantic City, New Jersey

• BIUC A-OK, AC NJ

Bentley International User Conference  is A-okay, and was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 2002.

Anaheim, California

• A/E/C System 2002

The annual A/E/C Systems shows was in Anaheim CA, and smaller than ever. June 2002.

Nashville,  Tennesse

• Inventing Nashville

Autodesk flies in the media to show off its new Inventor 6 and Streamline 4 software. August 15, 2002.

Boston, Massachusetts

SolidWorks 2002: The Boston Preview

SolidWorks flies to Boston CAD journalists and analysts to show off the next release of its namesake software. September 18, 2002.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Autodesk University 2002

Journalists flies to Las Vegas after an extended absense of 15 years to find it's still "sin city." December 5, 2002.

 2003:
Baltimore, Maryland:

B.I.U.C. 2003 in Blatimore

The Bentley International User Conference was held in May in Baltimore Maryland.

New Zealand:

Breaking Through CAD Barriers

EduCAD of New Zealand invites me to speak at seminars in Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland, August, 2003.

 

2004:
Scottsdale, Arizona:

New! C.O.F.E.S. 2004 Report

The Congress on the Future of Enginieering Software, April 2004.

 

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