AutoCAD
Resene Paints NZ Ltd have Colour Books for Autodesk AutoCAD and AutoCAD based products like Architectural Desktop. These are compatible with AutoCAD 2004, 2005 and the latest AutoCAD 2006. They allow you to specify Resene colours anywhere AutoCAD allows colour selection (Layers, Objects, Hatches etc) without having to enter RGB
AutoCAD
As a part of a update last month the Autodesk Discussion (news)Groups now have RSS feeds. I’ve been using them for a while to monitor a few key groups which I used to visit in Outlook Express. I use RSS Bandit as my feed reader so what follows
AutoCAD
I just got home from the Autodesk 2006 Launch & Design Master Quiz. This was the official launch for all the “2006 Release Autodesk Products”. On arrival you could join informal industry focused demonstrations from the Industry Solution Dealers. These were held in separate rooms but were open so you
AutoCAD
A new version of the free Autodesk DWF Viewer is available. The main enhancements in Autodesk DWF Viewer 6.0 are Print Preview, revised Navigator palettes, menus, and tool-bars and an option to hide/show Composer Mark-up status colour coding. I like the new “always available” layer palette for layer
AutoCAD
The registration page for the Autodesk New Zealand Design Masters Quiz came online while I was away. Register now, if you haven’t already, as its essential if you want to attend! Autodesk New Zealand Design Masters Quiz Registration Learn how to design what you want, the way you want
AutoCAD
Link to: DWF Frequently Asked Questions Scott Sheppard - Autodesk This paper addresses several frequently asked questions concerning Autodesk’s Design Web Format. It was compiled from various sources including internal Autodesk servers, emails, and previously published content. Autodesk discussion group participants will recognise most of the questions as well
AutoCAD
Today I got preliminary details of the New Zealand Autodesk “2006” product release in May. The Auckland event will be a “quiz format” similar to last years with a few changes reflecting suggestions received. A couple of years ago Autodesk changed the format of their release event to a “game-show
AutoCAD
These new “2006 newsgroups have appeared today: * Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2006 (Web Browser) * Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2006 (News Reader) * AutoCAD 2006 (Web Browser) * AutoCAD 2006 (News Reader) * AutoCAD LT 2006 (Web Browser) * AutoCAD LT 2006 (News Reader) ABS 2006 stuff is appearing in * Autodesk Building Systems (Web Browser) * Autodesk Building
AutoCAD Architecture
This long awaited feature allows you to set up a new Project by “cloning” an existing Project. The entire project structure and content is copied complete with the Apj file, all folders, constructs, elements, views, sheets and sheet-set file. The new project details are also applied where required. This will
AutoCAD Architecture
Space measurement was one of the prime reasons we migrated to ADT from AutoCAD as soon as ADT R2 was released in NZ. That was a long time ago but since we established a large amount of data using AEC Space objects we never bothered changing to the AEC Area
AutoCAD Architecture
There are some new AEC tools. As we are dealing with fitting layouts my favourites are: * Array * Reposition From * Space Evenly * Centre. The video shows these in action better than words can! Download/View ADT 2006 AEC Tools.wmv (703.5K)
AutoCAD Architecture
Display Themes: Allow the display of any AEC Object in a Viewport to be controlled by specific object/property data based on a specified theme. A simple example would be space shaded on the basis of its area but you could choose any other object property or property set data
