For ensuring that network connectivity exists and is functioning properly, follow the steps outlined below for your respective operating system: Mac OS X
1. At the top of the screen, you should see toolbar resembling Figure 1.1. Click on the apple icon, then select System Preferences.
2. Next, select the icon for Network (located under the category Internet & Network) as detailed in Figure 1.2.
3. In the drop down area next to Show, click the area and choose Built-in Ethernet from the options given.
4. Click on the TCP/IP tab. Click on the button titled Configure IPv6. When a window is displayed (resembling the below image), click on the option Off then select OK.
5. Click on the TCP/IP tab. Make sure that the section marked Configure IPv4 is set to Use DHCP. If it isn’t, choose that selection from the drop-down menu adjacent to that section.
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Isometric drawing is essential to the engineering filed. Through the isometric drawing, it is easier to imagine how a part or a drawing would look like. Some isometric drawing has no details such as dimension and annotation. This type of isometric drawing is usually accompanied by orthographic drawings with complete detail and annotation.
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In this first tutorial you will learn how to start AutoCAD, save a drawing, and a range of common drawing commands.
Start AutoCAD by clicking on the Windows Start button (bottom left), then move the mouse to Programs then CAD and Modelling then “AutoCAD Architectural Desktop 2″ and click on AutoCAD Architectural Desktop 2. A dialog giving various startup options will be displayed. Select the second option: “Start from Scratch” and click OK.
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Workspaces
AutoCAD workspaces are sets of menus, toolbars and dockable windows (such as the Properties palette, DesignCenter, and the Tool palettes window) that are grouped and organized so that you can work in a custom, task-oriented drawing environment.

3D Dashboard
The dashboard consists of a set of control panels organized by function. For example, the top control panel contains commands that create and modify 3D solids; the second control panel contains commands and controls used to navigate 3D models.
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Step by Step Exercise
Setting up the drawing: Drawing Limits, Zoom All
How big is your site or object? Always consider the real sizes in metres (or mm or whatever) of the overall site, in plan, measuring width then height. (x,y dimensions).
This house is small, we will be thinking in metres, so it should fit into an area of 15mx12m
Pick: Format, Drawing Limits
Accept the lower-left limit < 0.0000, 0.0000 > (Press Enter ¿ ) then type in 15,12¿ to define a new upper-right limit
Pick: View, Zoom, All to stretch to the new limits this has provided you with a drawing area suitable to your project, but it will not stop you extending beyond this area later
Check your status line. POLAR and OSNAP should be active
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Google Chrome is out, brand new and shiny, and with its launch a new set of standards for all web browsers is implemented for both end users and developers. At this moment the Internet is flooded with details and info on Google’s newest and hottest application designed to link the user to the pool of information on the web. Unlike successful browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Opera and even Internet Explorer, Google’s approach in building Chrome differs in that the app is built from scratch without giving in to formalities (that is why, at first use, most users will waste time looking for the menu bar). The program seems as if all the features were added as soon as the tester needed them. None of its features are unnecessary or redundant in terms of access.
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If you share your photos on Flickr, you are an active user of Web 2.0. If you have a Facebook or MySpace page, download video from YouTube, subscribe to RSS feeds, or use Wikipedia, you’re also participating in Web 2.0. Web 2.0 describes a new generation of the web, designed around content created by users. High-tech industry people describe Web 2.0 sites as “collaborative”, “participatory and interactive”, “personalized”, or “community-driven” because these sites enable people to go beyond simply reading content provided by others. People can proactively share their interests and ideas with other site visitors.
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Gradekeeper is a powerful tool for managing your gradebook. With Gradekeeper you can:
• Have 250 students per class
• Have 100 assignments per term
• Group assignments into 10 categories
• Excuse individual assignments for any student
• Drop the “worst” score in one or more categories
• Compute grades based on total points or category weights
• Assign letter grades based on your own letter grade cutoffs
• Have final exams contribute to term, semester, or final grades
• Keep every score and assignment for the entire school year
• Divide your school year into two, three, four, or six terms
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