35 Years of Autodesk and AutoCAD Memories
In response to my post about AutoCAD turning 35, my email inbox and twitter feed is full and I am so grateful for the response. It is so amazing to read about when you started using AutoCAD and the stories…
Between the Lines Blog
20+ Years of Design, Technology & More
Between the Lines Blog
20+ Years of Design, Technology & More
Category Autodesk History
Amazing 35 Years of AutoCAD
In response to my post about AutoCAD turning 35, my email inbox and twitter feed is full and I am so grateful for the response. It is so amazing to hear the memories of so many including some that have…
35 Years of AutoCAD
Next month AutoCAD will celebrate it’s 35th birthday. Just think about it, AutoCAD is hitting middle age. It is a pretty amazing milestone not only as a software product that has been used by millions of people around the world,…
Throwback Thursday – AutoCAD 86
I received another great addition to my collection of old AutoCAD releases, a AutoCAD 86 version 1.40 manual circa February 1984 from Mike Boldrick. This was one of the first available releases of AutoCAD ever shipped to customers. I will…
AutoCAD Family Feud Survey
Survey Says, Be at Autodesk University for: DING! Great classes, networking, seeing what the future holds, and fun! Please join Heidi Hewett, Lynn Allen and me at the AutoCAD Family Feud Tuesday 1:00pm at Autodesk University. We need your responses…
Throwback Thursday – Not all Bugs are Bad
Back in AutoCAD R12, R13, and R14 there was a bug that was not bad, a bug with benefits. The bug allowed you to speed up the plot regen by over 200 percent faster making the plot preview and plotting…
Throwback Thursday – When Was that AutoCAD Feature Added
When was 3D or Dimensioning added to AutoCAD? A great list from Autodesk founder John Walker of major features in AutoCAD and when they were added to AutoCAD up to 1992. AutoCAD Major Feature Release History
Throwback Thursday – Me in 1997
In 1997 I was an Autodesk customer working at Oregon Iron Works here in the Portland Oregon area. I gave an interview as an AutoCAD R14 early pre-release alpha tester on how much better AutoCAD R14 was than the previous…
Throwback Thursday – AutoCAD Simulator
Back in the day of AutoCAD Release 12 there was an actual product simulator available as a tutorial training product.
AutoCAD 2017 is Release 32 or 31
I am in the process of updating my AutoCAD History page after we just released the new AutoCAD 2017 Monday March 21, 2016. AutoCAD 2017 was codenamed Nautilus in alpha and beta testing prior to being officially released publicly. Update:…