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Often my articles are inspired by something I read on the newsgroups or forums. Other times they come from client questions. In this case

Originally posted by Steve from Revit OpEd
ReBlogged here on 6 Jan 2007

AUGI HotNews - January 2007 edition hits the stands...

AUGI's official monthly Email Newsletter "AUGI HotNews - January 2007" edition hits the stands.Some of this month's highlights...What's Your "V" Score?Revit Building 9.1: Getting

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 6 Jan 2007

This is a Test?

I’m not sure why I read Civil3d blogs when I don’t use it but you never know what gems you may find. Take this disturbing test

Originally posted by RobiNZ from RobiNZ CAD Blog
ReBlogged here on 6 Jan 2007

This is a Test

I’m not the biggest fan in the world of all things Microsoft, but I hate the editor we use here at civil3d.com for posting,

Originally posted by James Wedding, P.E. from civil3d.com
ReBlogged here on 6 Jan 2007

A Great Football weekend...

Well the Colts are playing tomorrow in the first week of playoffs...Good luck to all of you who have teams you are rooting for

Originally posted by Lynn Allen from Lynn Allen's Blog
ReBlogged here on 6 Jan 2007

Tag! I'm It -- FIve Things You Don't Know About Me

It seems there is a "game" weaving its way through the blogosphere called "Tag--Five Things You Don't Know About Me." Randall Newton of AECnews

Originally posted by rachael Dalton-Taggart from PR, Marketing and the Business of CAD
ReBlogged here on 6 Jan 2007

Terminal assignments based upon Cable core indices

A customer asked about this recently... wanted to quickly make terminal numbers follow any connected cable marker's color position in the overall cable color/core

Originally from Controlling the Machine
ReBlogged here on 6 Jan 2007

Road Design Notes: June 2004 vs. January 2007

Over the holidays, I took the opportunity to clean out my old files. In one of my old planners, I found my notes from

Originally posted by Dana Breig Probert, EIT from civil3d.com
ReBlogged here on 6 Jan 2007

First Timebomb Explodes in Vista

Last week came the first proof that Peter Gutmann's thesis is not FUD [fear uncertainty doubt]. The computer science professor from the University of

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 5 Jan 2007

New eBook: Animation in AutoCAD

I'm nearly done my latest PDF ebook, "Animations in AutoCAD." This ebook looks at several ways of creating animations (movies) with AutoCAD 2007, as

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 5 Jan 2007

Are Beta Testers Superheroes?

Apparently so… OK, so not really a Superhero per se, but humor me, it’s Friday.

Originally posted by James Wedding, P.E. from civil3d.com
ReBlogged here on 5 Jan 2007

Some great old news from Autodesk

Finally! Drawing Tabs for AutoCAD 2007 and based products by Autodesk. Via Between the Lines blog. Batch Publishing DWF files with AutoCAD 2007. Via

Originally posted by info@jtbworld.com (JTB World) from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 5 Jan 2007

Avatech Solutions: Product Browser

Avatech Solutions Director of Software Development, Matt Mason, reports on his CAD Application Development blog that Avatech has released its Product Browser application. Product

Originally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 5 Jan 2007

Black is the New Blue

Some bloggers are reporting that AutoCAD 2008 packaging will be dressed in black. I just noticed that TurboCAD Pro 12's packaging is already in

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 5 Jan 2007

Alignments and Profiles, Keeping in Sync

Ed Note: Steve Boon, the first of our guest contributors, weighs in on Alignment and Profiles. Please, let me know what you think! Should we

Originally posted by Steve Boon from civil3d.com
ReBlogged here on 5 Jan 2007

Dimensioning IV

Autocad 2004 and higher versions Hello, Regarding dimensioning, in this final article we will study LEADER, TOLERANCE and CENTER MARK options by examples.

Originally posted by Murat Saraldı from Daily Autocad
ReBlogged here on 5 Jan 2007

Update: Autodesk employee's blogs, 27 and counting...

Having just read the following blog posts "New Autodesk blog: From the Ground Up" by Scott Sheppard, I have taken the time to update

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 5 Jan 2007

B - Blockicon command

Originally posted by R.K. McSwain from CAD Panacea
ReBlogged here on 5 Jan 2007

The Survey Gods Are Smiling

I know you’ve likely seen this somewhere else (over on some Community Site…) but it definitely bears repeating: HP48GX users with TDS software can

Originally posted by Jason Hickey from civil3d.com
ReBlogged here on 5 Jan 2007

Project Freewheel: Down for Maintenance until Friday Noon

The Project Freewheel production service is currently down. This is a planned outage that will allow us to move to more our technology preview

Originally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 5 Jan 2007

An Inventor Tip to Turn Back the Hands of Time!

Happy New Year (again...for those who are just joining me). Isn't it hard to get up and running after the holiday season? It's a

Originally posted by Lynn Allen from Lynn Allen's Blog
ReBlogged here on 5 Jan 2007

AU Class Materials

MA23-2 Autodesk Inventor® Configurations Class Presentation MA32-2 Plastic Parts Design with Autodesk Inventor® Class Presentation MA41-2 The Autodesk® Manufacturing Solution: Putting It All Together

Originally from The Gear Box
ReBlogged here on 4 Jan 2007

Civil 3d

Learn all about the latest Civil 3d 2007 and discover answers to common modeling questions. This blog is actively updated by 3 authors: Jason

Originally from Featured Blog
ReBlogged here on 4 Jan 2007

Free AutoCAD Training at www.CADclips.com

Daryl Gregoire has been busy and is providing a wealth of training for free as well as some premium training including for other products

Originally posted by CADman from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 4 Jan 2007

Welcome to 2007 ORUG Members!

Our first meeting of the year is scheduled for Feb.21, 2007, starting at 6:30pm Please email your confirmation to jpolding@cadmicro.com Location: Alice Fazooli’s Toronto

Originally posted by Jay Polding from revit in plain english
ReBlogged here on 4 Jan 2007

AU Class Materials

Congratulations Abound

As I attempt to get caught up from being away there are a few pats on the back that I would like to share.First

Originally posted by Angel Espinoza from Angel's Civil 3D Thoughts
ReBlogged here on 4 Jan 2007

Civil 3D 101 Jan 29 + 30 with James Wedding at Cadapult, Ltd.

January 29, 2007toJanuary 30, 2007Assuming things go as planned, I’ll be teaching the Jan 29 + 30 Civil 3D 101 at Cadapult, Ltd. in

Originally posted by James Wedding, P.E. from civil3d.com
ReBlogged here on 4 Jan 2007

Easy RGB - Paint Color RGB Values

A fellow Revit user, C. Ryan, posted a link to Easy RGB at the Autodesk Newsgroups and I thought it was something I ought

Originally posted by Steve from Revit OpEd
ReBlogged here on 4 Jan 2007

Skype behind IIS error

I got a problem with Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and the Default Web Site. I found out that Skype was taking up port 80.

Originally posted by info@jtbworld.com (JTB World) from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 4 Jan 2007

AutoCAD: Using the Sheet Set Manager

Director of Autodesk Labs, Brian Mathews, taught an Autodesk University 2006 class entitled "Building Custom DWF-based GIS Applications for Mobile Field Force Workers." In

Originally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 4 Jan 2007

100+ Journos at SWW07

SolidWorks is expecting over 100 journalists at its SolidWorks World 2007 in New Orleans early next month. I'll be one of them. Two weeks

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 4 Jan 2007

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Recently, good friend Scott Wolter, a Wisconsin resident and Civil 3D guru, joined me on a trip to the University of Wisconsin in Oshkosh,

Originally posted by Pete Kelsey from The Dirt
ReBlogged here on 4 Jan 2007

CAD Standards - Almost Perfect

I have found that many firms may get tied up in trying to make a perfect standard. They try to get everything just right

Originally posted by CADDManager from CADDManager.com Blog
ReBlogged here on 4 Jan 2007

System Variables affecting the display of 3-D solid models

Autocad 2007 and higher versions Hello my friends, This week, I would like to explain some settings that affect the screen display of 3-D

Originally posted by Muharrem Koçyiğit from Daily Autocad
ReBlogged here on 4 Jan 2007

AU 2006: Handouts, Datasets and Screencasts Ready

Joseph Wurcher has announced on the Autodesk University Blog that the materials are ready for download on AU Online for AU 2006 attendees and

Originally posted by CADman from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 4 Jan 2007

Surface Smoothing Simplified

Have you ever had jagged contours that just made your entire topo look bad? It sometimes seems that no amount of additional data will

Originally posted by Jason Hickey from civil3d.com
ReBlogged here on 4 Jan 2007

Data Shortcuts Tip

I was discussing with a friend the use of Data Shortcuts. In an effort to minimize potential loss of shortcuts I mentioned the following

Originally posted by Angel Espinoza from Angel's Civil 3D Thoughts
ReBlogged here on 4 Jan 2007

Sustainability Center

Every once in a while I learn something about Autodesk. I learned about the Sustainability Center a while back and thought it might be

Originally from Mayalicious
ReBlogged here on 4 Jan 2007

Brief history of the State Plane Coordinate System

Around 1930, an Engineer in North Carolina approached the Coast and Geodetic Survey Office (now the OCS and NGS - both under the NOAA

Originally posted by Scott from Civil 3D - Paving the Way
ReBlogged here on 4 Jan 2007

Signing off

This blog is now officialy closed. As part of AU Online, I started a new blog and that can be found at http://au.autodesk.com/blogs/blog/4/ - or

Originally posted by Joseph Wurcher from Autodesk University 2006
ReBlogged here on 3 Jan 2007

AUGI Seattle CAD Camp February 22nd 2007

http://www.cadcamp.com/ = After running into many AUGI members, AUGO Board members, CAD Camp staff at Autodesk University 2006 and also being asked by members

Originally posted by CADman from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 3 Jan 2007

A - ADC commands - Design Center

Originally posted by R.K. McSwain from CAD Panacea
ReBlogged here on 3 Jan 2007

In praise of simplicity

In today's entry on his gizmos blog, Ralph Grabowski writes compellingly about simplicity. It brought to mind a manifesto by Matthew E. May, Elegant

Originally posted by Evan Yares from The CAD Industry
ReBlogged here on 3 Jan 2007

New Autodesk blog: From the Ground Up

Autodesk continues to be the bloggiest CAD company in the world. GIS Application Engineer Chris Berends, Civil Engineering Technical Presales Consultant Ove Cervin, and

Originally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 3 Jan 2007

Learn ADT has a great compilation on ADT 2007 Wall Cleanups

Wall Cleanups can be most frustrating in Autodesk Architectural Desktop for many users. Share this link on the Learn ADT blog with them. In addition

Originally posted by info@jtbworld.com (JTB World) from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 3 Jan 2007

Who Are the Lawyers Autodesk and ODA have Arrayed Against Each Other?

Both Autodesk and the Open Design Alliance are using law firms located in Seattle, because the court action was launched in Washington State. Both

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 3 Jan 2007

www.pfbreton.com: Project Freewheel in action

Lighting consultant and lighting simulation specialist, Pierre-Felix Breton, shares his 3D models with his clients using Project Freewheel. Trinity Church New York Times Building

Originally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 3 Jan 2007

How to find the lost toolbar?

Autoad 2006 and higher versions Hello every body, Today, I will explain how to bring back a toolbar in case you have lost it

Originally posted by Orhan Toker from Daily Autocad
ReBlogged here on 3 Jan 2007

Which Objects Cut?

So how do you know which objects Revit will cut? Well you could look in the help files and read the chart.Help File Location:Chart:Or

Originally posted by Steve from Revit OpEd
ReBlogged here on 3 Jan 2007

Thinking Outside the Block

Dynamic blocks have been out there for a while and I think we have all had some idea of what we can use them

Originally posted by Todd from The Lazy Drafter
ReBlogged here on 3 Jan 2007

Daily AutoCAD Blog is Very Active and Helpful

http://www.dailyautocad.com/ How long can my new Turkish CAD blogging friends Murat, Erhan, Orhan and other team members keep this fast article pace up? I

Originally posted by CADman from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 3 Jan 2007

Happy New Year!

Every year Autodesk observes the annual week of rest between Christmas and New Years - so it's been mighty quiet on the Autodesk front.

Originally posted by Lynn Allen from Lynn Allen's Blog
ReBlogged here on 3 Jan 2007

CAD Standards for the New Year

Okay - Happy New Year - now get back to work...!!! (har har)Reviewing your CAD Standard should be something that you do constantly. Changing

Originally posted by CADDManager from CADDManager.com Blog
ReBlogged here on 3 Jan 2007

Printing STB and CTB Files

Autodesk provides a tool that will allow you to export the contents of a named or color-dependent plot style table to a comma delimited

Originally posted by David Koch from The Architect's Desktop
ReBlogged here on 3 Jan 2007

Printing STB and CTB Files II

Long-time readers (both of you) may recall this post from nearly two years ago. It contains a link to a page on the Autodesk

Originally posted by David Koch from The Architect's Desktop
ReBlogged here on 3 Jan 2007

Dealing with NA in Formulas

ADT will report NA for an automatic property when that property does not have a value assigned for a particular object or style. The

Originally posted by David Koch from The Architect's Desktop
ReBlogged here on 3 Jan 2007

Digital Sketching Contd.

Happy New Year!!! I wonder what the big news in the world of land planning is going to be this year. Certainly sustainability is

Originally posted by generoe from Plan It Autodesk
ReBlogged here on 3 Jan 2007

A wicked cool guest

I'm very happy and excited to let you all know that I will be having a wicked cool guest author here on Wicked Cool

Originally from Wicked Cool Stuff
ReBlogged here on 2 Jan 2007

Saving Command Changes

No I didn't fall off of the face of the earth, I have just been on vacation and buried in snow for the last

Originally posted by Dominick Gallegos from The Crazy World of Civil 3D
ReBlogged here on 2 Jan 2007

New Year... New Blogs!

Well, here we are in 2007. I am back at the office attempting to get caught up. I have recently become aware of some

Originally posted by Angel Espinoza from Angel's Civil 3D Thoughts
ReBlogged here on 2 Jan 2007

Boise State

You rarley hear me on a rant, and I'm relatively confident I've never ranted here - but hold on sparky, I'm fairly ticked.Did you

Originally posted by Scott from Civil 3D - Paving the Way
ReBlogged here on 2 Jan 2007

Slick! ViewPlus v2.0 supports 3D DWF files

Robert Pantangco reports that CAD Systems Unlimited, Inc. has just released Slick! ViewPlus v2.0. One of the new features included is viewing support for

Originally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 2 Jan 2007

AutoCAD: Using the PUBLISH command

10 11 Reasons Why Vista is a Killer OS

Welcome to 2007, the year Microsoft becomes our Big Brother, telling us what we can and cannot read and watch. Peter Gutmann of the

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 2 Jan 2007

ARX_ERROR: eDuplicateKey or ARX_ERROR: eNotThatKindOfClass When Opening A DWG File?

The error ARX_ERROR: eDuplicateKey can occur if you are working with a file that was saved in the 2004 or earlierDWG format from a

Originally posted by CADman from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 2 Jan 2007

AUGI ATP Classes - Nothing like Free Training on Autodesk products to kick off the New Year and build new skills

AUGI = Autodesk User Group International made up of over 50,000 users of Autodesk products and membership is free.ATP = AUGI Training Program Mike

Originally posted by CADman from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 2 Jan 2007

Space Auto Generate Tool bug and workaround

Sometimes not all properties are listed in AecSpaceAutoGenerate>Generate Spaces>Tag Settings>Add Property Set to New Spaces>Property 1 and Property 2. The reason is that if

Originally posted by info@jtbworld.com (JTB World) from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 2 Jan 2007

Best wishes for 2007

Originally posted by AutoCADder from AutoCADder
ReBlogged here on 2 Jan 2007

Dimensioning III

Autocad 2004 and higher versions Hello, In the third part of dimensioning subject, we will make applications of QUICK, BASELINE and CONTINUE options.

Originally posted by Murat Saraldı from Daily Autocad
ReBlogged here on 2 Jan 2007

What does your CAD Standard say about you?

I think that what is written in your CAD Standard says a lot about your firm and whoever put together the standard. A good

Originally posted by CADDManager from CADDManager.com Blog
ReBlogged here on 2 Jan 2007

AutoCAD 2007 and DWF

I think that the most promising development in the 2007 suite of tools from Autodesk may be the DWF "Underlay" which allows you to

Originally posted by CADDManager from CADDManager.com Blog
ReBlogged here on 2 Jan 2007

Help bring the New Year! in with some free training

ATP starts back next Monday, after taking a well earned break during December 2006. After the indulgences of the holiday season, it's time to

Originally posted by MikePerry from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 2 Jan 2007

The Future is Simple

Over on my Gizmos Grabowski weblog [worldcadaccess.typepad.com/gizmos], I've written a thesis on "The Future is Simple." Have a good 2007.

Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access
ReBlogged here on 1 Jan 2007

Introduction: How does the electronic review process work?

A Mr. Richard Feder from Fort Lee, New Jersey writes in:Can you show me step by step how the electronic review process works for

Originally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper
ReBlogged here on 1 Jan 2007

Layer property filters in AutoCAD

Autocad 2007 and higher versions Fig. 1 – Layer Properties Manager. If you have this much of layers in your drawings, it is very

Originally posted by Erhan Toker from Daily Autocad
ReBlogged here on 1 Jan 2007

Dona Z. Meilach

I just learned that my dear friend Dona Meilach passed away last Thursday. She was 80 years old.Dona was the most prolific writer I've

Originally posted by Joel from Orr's Observations
ReBlogged here on 1 Jan 2007

A message from Richard Binning - AUGI President.

Reprinted from the December Hot News... I’d like to wrap up this year by taking an opportunity to share with you some of the

Originally posted by Mark W Kiker from BLAUGI
ReBlogged here on 1 Jan 2007

A Handy Holiday Tip

Not about AutoCAD.This handy tip is about Christmas Cookies.Oh, yeah. Christmas Cookies are SO good fresh from the oven. But, now they've been sitting

Originally posted by Melanie (Stone) Perry from Mistress of the Dorkness
ReBlogged here on 1 Jan 2007

Last Post of 2006

As I wish a farewell to a good year 2006, I look forward to a much better year 2007. I made so many new friends around

Originally posted by CADman from Between the Lines
ReBlogged here on 31 Dec 2006

Ganhe 25GB de espaço extra - Subscreva agora!

Este alojamento tem algo muito interessante já que para além do seu preço muito interessante...permite o alojamento de multiplos domínios e subdomínios...WebDrive (ou seja

Originally posted by João Brogueira from CAD ptbr - Falando sobre CAD, GIS e 3D em Português...por João Brogueira
ReBlogged here on 31 Dec 2006

What is Innovation?

The term "innovation" seems to be increasingly in vogue these days. For example, Amy Rowell, a friend from the days when I first started

Originally posted by Evan Yares from The CAD Industry
ReBlogged here on 31 Dec 2006

ADT/ABS List Definition freeware

I have added a new freeware on my website. It is a free plug-in created in VB.NET 2005. Use ADTListDefinition to import, create and export

Originally posted by info@jtbworld.com (JTB World) from JTB World Blog
ReBlogged here on 31 Dec 2006

Notes to User - Family Editor

Would you like to put a note in your families that is just "read only" when used in the project only, like this perhaps?Here's

Originally posted by Steve from Revit OpEd
ReBlogged here on 31 Dec 2006

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