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Got a question about AutoCAD? Ask Autodesk Answer Day!

If you have an AutoCAD question check out the upcoming answer day (May 7th US Pacific). Post your question and get an answer direct from AutoCAD Platform team members. Their post below has all the details: From http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-answer-day/ We’ll be kicking off the Autodesk Answer Days series with the one and only AutoCAD®! Join us at our first AutoCAD Answer Day online event on Thursday, May 7th from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM Pacific Time. Have AutoCAD® or AutoCAD LT® questions that you’ve always wanted to ask? Come spend a minute, an hour, or the whole day in the Autodesk... Read more →

Free Autodesk Software for ALL Schools, Teachers, and Students Worldwide!

I arrived back from Tibet to find some very welcome news from Shaan Hurley. Autodesk now provides students, teachers and schools WORLDWIDE with free* access to Autodesk software: 3-year licenses of 80 titles of the exact same software that our commercial customers use. Free Software for ALL Schools, Teachers, and Students Worldwide! - No Catch or Fine Print! – Between The Lines Blog Hooray! I have been anxiously awaiting this for years. Effective today, Autodesk provides FREE access to our software to students, teachers and schools around the world. If you are an engineering school or teach CAD drafting or... Read more →

Autodesk Suite Advantage Virtual Event

Autodesk are hosting an on-line session featuring Design Suite Application portfolio. If you want to learn more about applications you use, show the boss something new or just figure out what some of those new tools in the Design Suites do check it out! There is a mix of live and on demand events covering a wide variety of General Design and AEC/Plant & Process Industry applications. Autodesk See the Suite Advantage Virtual Event. Be among the first to See the Suite Advantage of the latest Autodesk® solutions, including our comprehensive new design suites, and how they can help you... Read more →

AutoCAD for Mac, in New Zealand & Australia

Found a surprise in my Inbox tonight. It’s not new, was announced in the US in September 2010, but AutoCAD for Mac has arrived in New Zealand and the West Island! Get more info, or grab a 30 Day trial, at: http://south-apac.autodesk.com/autocadformac Read more →

AutoCAD for Mac and AutoCAD WS for iOS Devices Announced

Shaan has the details, Apple Mac + AutoCAD without the need for virtual machines and a hosted solution for the iOS hardware! AutoCAD for Mac and AutoCAD WS for iOS Devices Announced by Autodesk - Between the Lines “AutoCAD natively on the Mac is no longer a myth or urban legend like bigfoot, UFOs, and unicorns” “AutoCAD WS extends AutoCAD DWG to Apple iOS based devices like the iPhone, iPod Touch, and of course the iPad” Read more →