Autodesk’s AutoCAD 2009 based service packs, the “big” between release bug fixes, are out. This time they have been re-branded from Service Packs to Product Updates . What’s in a name, apart from c...
The Green Building Studio announcement was expected but I was surprised to see* news of the Ecotect acquisition . Apart from a couple of sessions at AU2007 I haven’t seen much of Ecotect. I haven’t us...
Ever had AutoCAD Architecture/MEP just "disappear" when opening project? It’s not a fatal error, not a crash, but the main window and task bar button is gone. Floating toolbars, Palettes and other UI...
AutoCAD 2004 introduced colour books for managing custom colours. Since then , Resene Paints (New Zealand) have created AutoCAD Colour books for their entire paint range. There are now over three thou...
Thanks to Miles’ HOK Green BIM Blog I found an AutoCAD MEP blog that wasn’t in my feedlist . Subscribed! AutoCAD MEP - autocadmep.blogspot.com
Catching up, post AU, and I’ve found a few new blogs to follow: David Harrington’s ( CADDHELP – http://caddhelp.blogspot.com/ Dwayne Ellis’ A 3D Life – http://a3dlife.blogspot.com/ Trisha...
I got an email from a reader with the question; “Do you know if there is a way to wrap text around a curve in AutoCad MEP?” I haven’t looked at how you’d achieve it in a AutoCAD MEP label but...
While creating an AutoCAD Architecture Schedule I added a Quantity Column (1). As intended it combines like items to show a total number rather than each item but the result was too w i d e at the def...
If you’ve installed AutoCAD 2008 Sp1 (or any vertical based on it) there are a couple of hotfixes you should investigate: Hotfix - Linetype display – This hotfix repairs a problem in which linet...
Microsoft have their “ Patch Tuesday ” but this Wednesday seems it was Autodesk’s turn. Guess who was about to build a new master CAD deployment but got distracted and ran out of time. Then he arri...
AutoCAD Architecture
HOK have a couple of new(ish) blogs looking at buildingSMART (Building Information Model) and Green design. It’s great to see companies sharing their experience knowledge! HOK CAD Solutions - We...
AutoCAD MEP
As it’s an evolution from “the drawing board” combining CAD/BIM software and Tablet PC seems natural. I wonder why it hasn’t been done by the major market players? In the early days hardware was a rea...
