20+ Years of Design, Technology & More
20+ Years of Design, Technology & More
Beau has written a nice simple article on his blog Rndr4Food about updating blocks in AutoCAD. “Do you use acad blocks? Do you use the same blocks in multiple drawings? Ever need to update the blocks? If you answered yes…
TRACE (Toronto Regional AutoCAD Exchange) is a local AutoCAD user group in Toronto Canada. They will be discussing DWF Composer features and compare DWF versus PDF format. They will also have a Q&A session about new features in AutoCAD 2005.…
If you want to provide your feedback on products direct to the teams responsible for them, there is a direct way via a feedback form. This feedback goes directly to the team members. I can speak for the AutoCAD Team…
Here is a helpful link to a PCWorld artcile on making sure your system is in the best shape and performance as well as your data safe and backed up. Click Here Cheers, -Shaan
DWFs Retain Design Information A DWF may appear to be a simple image of the original drawing, but in fact it has retained background information about the drawing, including its point location line thickness snapping scaling measurements fonts hyperlinks layers…
If you purchase the new Autodesk DWF Composer to markup DWF files and more you will also get a DWG file viewer. It is based on AutoCAD. In addition to viewing, you can also Publish files to printers and DWF…
We have released a new Autodesk DWF Viewer 5 specifically for the new 3D DWF format but it also has many updates for regular 2D DWF files especially for raster and text. This version is currently under a limited beta…
Cadalyst – Group Therapy Create groups in AutoCAD so you can work with multiple objects as a single unit within your drawings. July 15, 2004 By: Bill Fane Cadalyst Magazine What can I say, I really enjoy reading Bill Fane’s…
There is an interesting tutorial on how to create sculptured log walls in Autodesk Revit on Revitcity.com. Also while at Revitcity, have a look at the gallery of what Revit users have created using Revit as some are quite impressive.…
Bentley Systems, a leader in 2D drafting and design, acknowledges competitors like Autodesk while emphasizing its continuous advancement. CTO Keith Bentley praised Autodesk's AutoCAD 2005 features at a conference, while Greg Bentley humorously speculated on Autodesk's CEO's software usage. Ray Bentley stressed the need for improvements in their upcoming V9 version.
Michael Beall published his July 2004 AutoCAD Tips and Tricks which are always a great resource to pickup a few good productivity enhancing tips. Michael also has a great publication that is another great resource named the AutoCAD Toolbelt in…
Below are some links to information about the upcoming Windows XP Service Pack 2 which is expected in August. I have been running the Windows XP Service Pack 2 Release Candidate 2 on my machine and really like it. We…