20+ Years of Design, Technology & More
20+ Years of Design, Technology & More
The following system variable will allow you to create a single file or multiple for example Publish multiple sheets to a single PDF or individual by sheet. There is a system variable: PUBLISHCOLLATEWhen set to 1 it sends 1 single…
We have completed some internal testing for running AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD 2008 on Apple Boot Camp running Microsoft Windows XP on an Intel based iMac and MacPro machine and found no problems. Essentially you boot to Microsoft Windows XP…
No longer are you limited to a single line text attributes, you can now create and use multiline attributes "MATTs". The MATTs also get a very nice set of special formatting options in a MText like editor. To create a…
Perhaps you work in a multi CAD platform office or work with contractors or suppliers that use another CAD system like MicroStation V8. AutoCAD 2008 adds the ability to import, export, and even reference as an underlay the V8 format…
I have received a few emails from people saying their new version of AutoCAD was slower at loading files and found a common situation. Opening older format DWG files can take more time but there could be a good explanation…
With some of the 2008 products preparing to start shipping, a few of the new product discussion forums are now being added. AutoCAD 2008 public discussion forum Web: AutoCAD Architecture 2008 public discussion forum Web: Technorati tags: AutoCAD, AutoCAD…
My fellow team member Brian Souder a longtime veteran here at Autodesk along with AUGI wrote an article on the new Customer Involvement Program “CIP” in AutoCAD 2008. The new CIP feature in AutoCAD 2008 provides the option to send…
Heidi Hewett has posted some great AutoCAD 2008 videos. Get a look at some of the new features right before the boxes start shipping. Link to Videos Video topics DWF Underlays Xref Clipping DGN Support Layer Properties Set Object Properties…
The AutoCAD User Guide located in the online Help and also in print has continually improved release after release. I ran through some of the content the other day to polish up before presentations I have scheduled. I was very impressed at…
Did you know you can change the order the tiles render in AutoCAD 2008? Of course on a single processor this is not really all that fun, but on a multi-core machine it can be cool and mesmerizing. I have…