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Humor: Autodesk Labs (part 2)
With all of the Project Freewheel discussions on the Autodesk Labs site, when Lead Technical Writer, Chris Blocher, saw this graphic (created by MichaelOriginally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper ReBlogged here on 24 Feb 2007
Microsoft's Nice List
Microsoft says the following CAD programs are on its Nice List for Vista: Certified for Windows Vista SolidWorks Corporation - SolidWorks 2007 SP01 v15.1.103Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access ReBlogged here on 24 Feb 2007
Add it to your site or blog and subscribe BLAUGI's feed
Complementing what Mike Perry suggest in this post you can add a static badge to your site or blog. But if you prefer aOriginally posted by João Brogueira from BLAUGI ReBlogged here on 24 Feb 2007
Add BLAUGI to your site
Add the above Badge to your site for a direct link to BLAUGI Just cut and paste the code below into your template. <aOriginally posted by Mark W Kiker from BLAUGI ReBlogged here on 24 Feb 2007
No More LTSCALE/PSLTSCALE Problems!
The muzzles have been removed, and participants in the Beta program for the 2008 release of AutoCAD Architecture (formerly known as Autodesk® Architectural Desktop)Originally posted by David Koch from The Architect's Desktop ReBlogged here on 24 Feb 2007
Project Freewheel down: Friday, Feb 23, 2007 from 3:00 - 7:00 pm PT
The Project Freewheel production service is currently down. This is a planned 4 hour outage that will allow us to upgrade our technology previewOriginally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper ReBlogged here on 24 Feb 2007
lmtools.exe crash solution
If you get a crash of lmtools.exe (Macrovision's network license management application) when you try to access the system settings tab the solution is as follow.Originally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog ReBlogged here on 24 Feb 2007
Seattle CAD Camp
A huge THANK YOU for all that attended the Seattle CAD Camp and the excellent facility and hosts Renton Technical Community College and Mike,Originally posted by CADman from Between the Lines ReBlogged here on 23 Feb 2007
Tip: Polar Snapping in Max and VIZ
I just got an email from someone desperate on Friday night (in Europe) that's worth passing on here. It's been one of the bestOriginally posted by tbdesign from Ted Boardman's Visualization Blog ReBlogged here on 23 Feb 2007
Announcement: new 3ds Max and VIZ video training available
I have a big favor to ask all of you who find these blog tutorials useful to help me in promoting my new videoOriginally posted by tbdesign from Ted Boardman's Visualization Blog ReBlogged here on 23 Feb 2007
Siemens+UGS
USA Says "Yes"
U.S. antitrust authorities approve plans by Germany's Siemens to buy Texas' UGS for US$3.5 billion. Now the fingernail biting continues for UGS's current owners
Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access ReBlogged here on 23 Feb 2007
DGN Support in AutoCAD 2008
AutoCAD 2008 includes new support for V8 DGN file format. When you have an AutoCAD drawing open, you can use the DGNEXPORT command asOriginally posted by hewetth from Heidi Hewett's Blog ReBlogged here on 23 Feb 2007
Autodesk's 2008 Line of Software
Release Schedule
If this is Thursday, it must be another Autodesk software release day. That's what it'll seem like during March and April. Here's the dates
Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access ReBlogged here on 23 Feb 2007
Make Sure Digital Files are Complete Before Sending for Printing
On his The Blueprint blog, John Cronin noted that there is a focus in the reprographics industry on charging for digital services. The InternationalOriginally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper ReBlogged here on 23 Feb 2007
Acrobat 3D Version 8 - Part 2
Come Spring and Acrobat 3D 8 is all set to take the PDF-DWF war to a new level. Last night Adobe’s executives showed meOriginally posted by Deelip Menezes from Deelip Menezes ReBlogged here on 23 Feb 2007
Power dimension; using distance snap
Back when I was drafting on AutoCAD, a long time ago, I had a bad habit. I’d spend hours making my drawings look good.Originally from Drawing the Machine ReBlogged here on 23 Feb 2007
50000 Visits to the Dork Side! My blog reaches a milestone!
Wow. I just noticed my counter ticked past 50,000 hits today. Wow. I know, that doesn't sound like a whole lot when you compareOriginally posted by Melanie (Stone) Perry from Mistress of the Dorkness ReBlogged here on 23 Feb 2007
Women of Note in St. Louis
I just recently picked up another issue of the fabulous St. Louis Woman magazine. I thought I'd point out a great feature... 'Women ofOriginally posted by Melanie (Stone) Perry from Mistress of the Dorkness ReBlogged here on 23 Feb 2007
More AutoCAD 2008 Goodies
My Inventor 2008 training continues this week - some very, very cool features for you AutoCAD users who plan on making the move toOriginally posted by Lynn Allen from Lynn Allen's Blog ReBlogged here on 23 Feb 2007
Acrobat 3D Version 8
Today I was given an hour long briefing and demo by John Cristofano, Rak Bhalla and Bahman Dara of Adobe about their latest versionOriginally posted by Deelip Menezes from Deelip Menezes ReBlogged here on 22 Feb 2007
Autodesk CIP: We are not evil
We are not evil. There are bloggers who like to make names for themselves by depicting us as evil, but we are just regularOriginally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper ReBlogged here on 22 Feb 2007
Autdoesk Design Review 2008: Navigation Palette Enhancement Overview
Autodesk Design Review 2008 is scheduled to be released in April. In an earlier blog posting, I mentioned what's new in Autodesk Design ReviewOriginally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper ReBlogged here on 22 Feb 2007
Snipping Tool the Vista killer application or is it AutoCAD 2008?
There are actually reasons to upgrade to Vista. Snipping Tool is not really a killer application but it is really a good one thatOriginally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog ReBlogged here on 22 Feb 2007
AutoCAD 2008 among applications with a Windows Vista logo
This article contains a list of applications that have earned the "Certified for Windows Vista" logo or the "Works with Windows Vista" logo. TheseOriginally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog ReBlogged here on 22 Feb 2007
Tables from Datalinking and Data Extraction in AutoCAD 2008
In AutoCAD 2008 you can combine the powerful functionalities of datalinking and data extraction by extracting drawing data and then linking it to correspondingOriginally posted by hewetth from Heidi Hewett's Blog ReBlogged here on 22 Feb 2007
SeekingAlpha:
Future of the giants of Dassault and UGS "Suspect"
Sramana Mitra is puzzled over the recent changes by UGS and Dassault Systemes: Both moves are surprising, since I don’t at all see any
Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access ReBlogged here on 22 Feb 2007
CAD Digest - Triple Play
Today CAD Digest (one of my favorite places to go to find the latest CAD info) posted three of my articles on the homeOriginally posted by CADDManager from CADDManager.com Blog ReBlogged here on 22 Feb 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Dimension Toolbar
Besides having the multileader capability, you may find yourself lost when dimensioning in AutoCAD 2008 when you are looking for the leader tool onOriginally posted by BethPowell from Beth's CAD Blog ReBlogged here on 22 Feb 2007
Great Revit Resources
I recently discovered two very active Revit Resources.Revit3D.com has links to many Revit articles and 4BIM brought to us by MILES WALKER and MARIOOriginally posted by David Duarte from Revit Beginners ReBlogged here on 22 Feb 2007
The World Gazetteer provides a comprehensive set of population data and related statistics
The World Gazetteer provides a comprehensive set of population data and related statistics Population data arranged by countryCurrent population figures and area size for allOriginally posted by Joel from Orr's Observations ReBlogged here on 22 Feb 2007
[Untitled]
What's special about this number? A delightful site, with great links (useful in figuring out some of the references in the text): http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/numbers.htm What'sOriginally posted by Joel from Orr's Observations ReBlogged here on 22 Feb 2007
Using the COM interface for AutoCAD objects from .NET
This question came in a couple of weeks ago from csharpbird, and I promised myself to turn it into a post:The Hatch class ofOriginally posted by Kean Walmsley from Through the Interface ReBlogged here on 21 Feb 2007
AUGI Blog
BLAUGI (AutoCAD Users Group blog) keeps you up to date with the latest AutoCAD news. Read breaking info on AutoCAD 2008 and share tipsOriginally from Featured Blog ReBlogged here on 21 Feb 2007
Vault 5 Install
Originally posted by R.K. McSwain from CAD Panacea ReBlogged here on 21 Feb 2007
AutoCAD 2008 UI changes
Ok...I confess that last week I was on vacation (yes...again). Soon I will be on the road for nearly 4 months straight with theOriginally posted by Lynn Allen from Lynn Allen's Blog ReBlogged here on 21 Feb 2007
Today, It's Bricsys NV
The company formerly known as Bricsnet, yesterday as BricsCAD, and today as Bricsys. (Actually, Brics|Net still exists as a separate company. As does BricsCAD,Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access ReBlogged here on 21 Feb 2007
Tables from Object Data in AutoCAD 2008
In AutoCAD 2008, you can extract information from objects to use in spreadsheets or AutoCAD tables. For example, in a civil drawing you mightOriginally posted by hewetth from Heidi Hewett's Blog ReBlogged here on 21 Feb 2007
CAD Manager Control Utility for AutoCAD 2008
The CAD Manager Control Utility has been updated for AutoCAD 2008. It is also still backward compatible with AutoCAD 2007. The Search Results tabOriginally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog ReBlogged here on 21 Feb 2007
Version Compare: A simple polygon example
Autodesk Design Review 2008 is scheduled to be released in April. The Autodesk Design Review 2008: DWF Version Compare article provides an overview ofOriginally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper ReBlogged here on 21 Feb 2007
Drive-by Skyping - CAD editor recovers composure
It was with much amusement last week that Randall Newton reported that he had experienced a 'drive-by-skyping' from a 3D Publishing vendor. Randall isOriginally posted by rachael Dalton-Taggart from PR, Marketing and the Business of CAD ReBlogged here on 21 Feb 2007
Preserving Project Milestones
Let's say you want to preserve the project in its present state as a record of the project's progress. In AutoCAD you could alwaysOriginally posted by David Duarte from Revit Beginners ReBlogged here on 21 Feb 2007
Near 20,000 visitors in 4 months - Quase 20.000 visitantes em 4 meses
I was surprised by the list of unique visitors (each IP counts only once per day).19960 visitors from 99 countries. This makes me publishOriginally posted by João Brogueira from CAD ptbr - Falando sobre CAD, GIS e 3D em Português...por João Brogueira ReBlogged here on 21 Feb 2007
Look Who's Bending - Part 4
Greg Milliken, the CEO of Alibre, has been quite vocal in pointing to the arm twisting tactics used by his rivals to force usersOriginally posted by Deelip Menezes from Deelip Menezes ReBlogged here on 21 Feb 2007
AutoCAD 2008: Let there be Lights, and Materials Improvements!
In addition to the awesomely powerful mental ray renderer we added in AutoCAD 2007 we have added more control and features to allow youOriginally posted by CADman from Between the Lines ReBlogged here on 21 Feb 2007
AutoLISP Shortcut Command Guidelines
Having created many shortcut routines in LISP over the years, I have also developed certain guidelines for naming those shortcuts.Here are my guidelines forOriginally posted by CADDManager from CADDManager.com Blog ReBlogged here on 21 Feb 2007
3D Mouse from Cylo
Cylo has a new type of 3D mouse. The 3style mouse moves in the x and y directions like regular mice, but has aOriginally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access ReBlogged here on 21 Feb 2007
AUGI top-10 makes AutoCAD 2008
The latest AutoCAD update from AutoDesk will soon be released next month. AutoCAD 2008 will includes more than 35 features in response to theOriginally from Cadopolis News ReBlogged here on 21 Feb 2007
Humor: Autodesk Labs
Do you ever wonder what those Autodesk Labs guys do? Josh Natarajan John Schmier Well according to John Schmier, they first need to lookOriginally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper ReBlogged here on 21 Feb 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Compatibility
AutoCAD 2008 uses the same DWG format as AutoCAD 2007 and it can read all DWG files from AutoCAD 2 back in the earlyOriginally posted by CADman from Between the Lines ReBlogged here on 20 Feb 2007
Virtual PC 2007
Final release of Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 available for free. I've used Virtual PC 2007 to run for example Windows Vista Ultimate together with theOriginally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog ReBlogged here on 20 Feb 2007
Table Datalinking in AutoCAD 2008
In AutoCAD 2008, you can create AutoCAD table cells that link to an Excel spreadsheet. One easy way to do so is to copyOriginally posted by hewetth from Heidi Hewett's Blog ReBlogged here on 20 Feb 2007
AutoCAD 2008 on myFeedz from Adobe Labs
Adobe Labs has released a new kind of feed reader or so called social newspaper as a technology preview. I took my OPML fromOriginally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog ReBlogged here on 20 Feb 2007
System Requirements for AutoCAD 2008
The system requirements for AutoCAD 2008 for 2D drawing creation (32-bit AutoCAD): Intel® Pentium® 4, 2.2 GHz Recommended Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Basic, HomeOriginally posted by CADman from Between the Lines ReBlogged here on 20 Feb 2007
Autodesk Design Review 2008 is our new free viewer
Autodesk Design Review 2008 is scheduled to be released in April. Release Coordinator, Debbie Bambao, reports that Autodesk Design Review 2008 can be installedOriginally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper ReBlogged here on 20 Feb 2007
Real Perspective
In his post "Reality Distortion", Evan Yares asks an important question: "Given all the marketing hype and reality distortion out there, how does aOriginally posted by Deelip Menezes from Deelip Menezes ReBlogged here on 20 Feb 2007
Interesting Facts from Autodesk
Corporate Facts<!--stopindex--><!--startindex-->100% of Fortune 100 firms are Autodesk customers98% of Fortune 500 firms are Autodesk customers Autodesk has 7 million usersAutodesk has licensed usersOriginally posted by CADDManager from CADDManager.com Blog ReBlogged here on 20 Feb 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Changes - Mudanças AutoCAD 2008
Between the Linesis the blog of Shaan Hurley where you can find information about: AutoCAD 2008 New Commands AutoCAD 2008 Changed Commands AutoCAD 2008Originally posted by João Brogueira from CAD ptbr - Falando sobre CAD, GIS e 3D em Português...por João Brogueira ReBlogged here on 20 Feb 2007
Changer la langue de Revit
Voici la procédure pour changer la langue de votre Revit sans aucune installation supplémentaire.Installer la version anglaise de RevitTéléchargez la langue de votre choixOriginally posted by Daniel Hurtubise from Revit It! ReBlogged here on 20 Feb 2007
Fancy Fonts and Sharing
The company I work for specializes in consulting engineering, which means we work with a large number of architects that all have their ownOriginally posted by Todd from The Lazy Drafter ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
AutoCAD 2008 feeds
Interested in all the buzz about AutoCAD 2008? Here is a feed using Technorati (29 found) tag search where you can find what is said aboutOriginally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
AutoCAD 2008 pipe
Trying the new pipes from Yahoo I aggregated all official Autodesk blogs that are about AutoCAD 2008. Here is the pipe and here isOriginally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
Police your layers in AutoCAD 2008
Originally posted by AutoCADder from AutoCADder ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
Do we need a new computer for AutoCAD 2008?
Originally posted by AutoCADder from AutoCADder ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
Reality Distortion
It the last few months, many of my friends and colleagues have been attending conferences put on by CAD companies. I’ve often attended theseOriginally posted by Evan Yares from The CAD Industry ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
Revit Hardware
This is likely the number one question asked about Revit. 'What's the best hardware configuration? 'As of today it seems that RAM is theOriginally posted by Jay Polding-ORUG Moderator from revit in plain english ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
The Next Revit
Just saw this and thought you might be interested. This blogger is talking about some of the new stuff that is being developed forOriginally posted by Jay Polding-ORUG Moderator from revit in plain english ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Dimensioning Enhancements
Several enhancements to dimensioning include automatic alignment options, dimension breaks, jogged dimensions, text placement, and tolerances. Dimension Line Offset You can adjust the spacingOriginally posted by CADman from Between the Lines ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
AutoCAD 2008 System Variable Changes
New System Variables 3DCONVERSIONMODE Used to convert material and light definitions3DSELECTIONMODE Controls the selection precedence of visually overlapping objects when using 3D visual stylesOriginally posted by CADman from Between the Lines ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Changed Commands
Below is the list of Changed or Removed commands in AutoCAD 2008. 3DCONFIG Added plot emulation and texture compression options -3DCONFIG Added plot emulationOriginally posted by CADman from Between the Lines ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
Autodesk's Customer Involvement Program
I came to know about Autodesk's Customer Involvement Program from Ralph Grabowki's post. A lot is going to be said about this.However, I haveOriginally posted by Deelip Menezes from Deelip Menezes ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
Video: Modeling Corrugated Metal
I'm still trying to catch up on some projects, but had a question came up via e-mail that I thought I would throw outOriginally posted by tbdesign from Ted Boardman's Visualization Blog ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
Tables in AutoCAD 2008
Table functionality has been dramatically enhanced in AutoCAD 2008. The new Tables panel of the dashboard provides easy access to AutoCAD table functionality. YouOriginally posted by hewetth from Heidi Hewett's Blog ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
Version Compare: A simple polyline example
Autodesk Design Review 2008 is scheduled to be released in April. As mentioned in an earlier blog posting, Version Compare of Autodesk Design REviewOriginally posted by ScottBlogs from Beyond the Paper ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
Installation of AutoCAD 2008 based applications
One of the first things to notice is when installing AutoCAD 2008 or for example AutoCAD Architecture 2008 (formerly known as Architectural Desktop orOriginally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
Another user for templates; Default Standards Template
Looking back at my last post; Another use for templates, I realized that some users may not have understood my comment about adding aOriginally from Drawing the Machine ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
Windows Vista Support for AutoCAD
With the recent release of Microsoft Windows Vista, many of you have inquired about our operating system support for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. AutodeskOriginally posted by hewetth from Heidi Hewett's Blog ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
Autodesk Impression Webcasts
Perhaps you have been curious about Autodesk Impression or have not heard of it yet and are one of the people that do notOriginally posted by CADman from Between the Lines ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
Another user for templates; Default Standards Template
Looking back at my last post; Another use for templates, I realized that some users may not have understood my comment about adding aOriginally from Drawing the Machine ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
New Longest Command Name
in AutoCAD History!
If nothing else, you may want to upgrade to AutoCAD 2008 just to be able to type in the longest command name in the
Originally posted by ralph grabowski from WorldCAD Access ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
AutoCAD 2008 and Layer Reconciler
Ever get burned when someone has added a layer on one of your XEFs and did not tell you about it? It shows upOriginally posted by CADDManager from CADDManager.com Blog ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
Getting access to an entity from its handle in AutoCAD .NET
This comment came in overnight from Brian:I was hoping to work out how to get the Entity from the handle and then erase it,Originally posted by Kean Walmsley from Through the Interface ReBlogged here on 19 Feb 2007
Cadalyst Online PlanRoom for trial purposes only
You might have seen the ads about Cadalyst Online PlanRoom. Cadalyst Online PlanRoom is a secure, Web-based project management system, featuring easy-to-use, time-saving toolsOriginally posted by JTB World from JTB World Blog ReBlogged here on 18 Feb 2007
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