A while back Edwin, of CAD Notes blog, contacted me regarding a post he was compiling. He had the ambitious target of gathering 100 AutoCAD tips from his own and other blogs into one reference. If you’ve ever written a “tip post” you’ll have some idea of the
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I thought thecadgeek had turned (90º) green and moved to Wellington but it was just Twitter Avatar confusion with Stuff Tech in New Zealand. Donnie is getting married and launching his first book in the near future. Congratulations and Best Wishes for both momentous events!
Although our store plans use stripped down fitting models (most a few hundred KB) sometimes you need more detail for presentation. Then it’s often faster, easier, to use raw supplier source files (usually supplied as ACIS Solids no matter what they use to make them) and accept the extra
NOTE 2010-10-02: This partial article was lurking unpublished in my drafts folder. I have posted it, backdated to when it was written, for reference now the AutoCAD WS application is live. If nothing else will show how the app & service have evolved Butterfly is a preview of
Ok, Windows I understand… But no Office 13 is just daft. Maybe Autodesk didn’t have much luck with AutoCAD 13 and Corel went from CorelDRAW 12 to X3 but is there really a need to preserve stupid superstition in the logical world of IT? I wonder if there will
If you’ve still* got AutoCAD 2010 or AutoCAD LT 2010 installed Update 2 is available for download. As usual read the Readme and test anything crucial. You’ll find the the details and download links on Shaan’s post: AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010 Update 2 Released for
I’m a bit slow posting this (thus the Easter ref in the linked post) but after seeing the first paragraph (not the extract below) I must!* AutoCAD 2011 - William Le Couteur's AutoCAD Blog I'll just outline my experiences with it and hope that someone gets
I suspect you can guess how I responded… Is there a Use1995UI=0 variable in AutoCAD? By the way, from what I’ve seen Inventor 2011 is still the leading Autodesk design UI LT Unlimited: A few requests for assistance Who Should Participate? Any AutoCAD user How To Participate? Please
Kate has blogged about a new AutoCAD feature that I’ve been waiting to see for years: LT Unlimited: Ignore Missing SHX Files Most of the SHX infected files we have were not created by Autodesk products. Often survey data will have embedded SHX in points or linetypes that are
I guess if it’s on Twitter…! Below is our, rather lovely, view of the Auckland CBD from work. Next week I have the opportunity to go there and hear about the Autodesk 2011 releases. It couldn’t be much closer, for me, but if there isn’t an Autodesk
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It’s the time of year when Autodesk unleash new versions and AutoCAD 2011 is available now. It’s time to start considering the new feature set and decide what you’ll implement, or avoid. It’s about you, not the software? There is little point upgrading, even a single
