Link to results of some testing for the formats with AutoCAD design data.Click Here Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

There is a very interesting article and many more on the web in the last few days solidifying many of the things I have been hearing recently. The AMD 64-bit architecture with a 64-bit chip supporting native 32-bit applications seems... Read more →

There is a good review of the newly released Autodesk Revit 6. In the article there is a big project screen shot image of a project in Australia in AECbytes. http://www.aecbytes.com/review/Revit_6.htm Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

Corrupted drawings unfortunately occur for a wide variety of reasons such as a bad network or hardware, operating system issues, media degradation like files on old disks, unexpected data or defect, a 3rd party application, or a non Autodesk product... Read more →

For those that want the printed user guides, you can now purchase all of your printed user guide product manuals at the Autodesk eStore. I agree that sometimes I need a paper-based manual but do use the online Help the... Read more →

I have decided after my planned business trip to São Paulo Brazil at the beginning of March that I will be taking a week off and going up the Amazon starting at Manaus Brazil. Some people think I am nuts... Read more →

Yes, the second largest city in the world celebrates it's 450th birthday. Speaking of São Paulo Brazil, any of my blog visitors from there? I will be there in about a month (March 2004) for business. While there, I hopefully... Read more →

Professionals and students submitted their designs for the Autodesk Design Awards in the Fall of 2003. Winners were announced in December at Autodesk University in Las Vegas, Nevada. Have a look at the winners as there are some really impressive... Read more →

I just read the January 2004 Cadalyst magazine and spotted an article error or confusion point. The error or confusion is an easy one to fall into in fact I too was thinking the same misconception awhile back until I... Read more →

Autodeskers Chris Yanchar and Julian Gonzalez of the Autodesk Architectural Desktop "ADT" team showed me some really nice examples of the power of their product. Of course I have to mention ADT is built on AutoCAD as a platform for... Read more →

Print contents of STB or CTB file Click Here This tool provides a way to export a CTB or STB plot style tables to a comma-delimited text file. You can then import the comma-delimited text file into a spreadsheet program... Read more →

Are you aware there is a free download of Migration related utilities for AutoCAD 2004? Link: http://www.autodesk.com/migrationtools The list of Migration Tools and descriptions: Autodesk Batch Drawing Converter 2004 Autodesk® Batch Drawing Converter 2004 converts any AutoCAD or AutoCAD-based drawing... Read more →

Saving Real Estate with Auto-hide feature for Palettes - Part 1 http://www.hyperpics.com/tipsandtricks/cad/autohide_palettes.htm Saving Real Estate with Clean Screen - Part 2 http://www.hyperpics.com/tipsandtricks/cad/cleanscreen.htm PEDITACCEPT and how it affects the PEDIT command http://www.hyperpics.com/tipsandtricks/cad/peditaccept.htm Cycling through the Layout Tabs in the drawing http://www.hyperpics.com/tipsandtricks/cad/cycle_through_tabs.htm... Read more →

I get this question at least a dozen times a year. The question is if you can have two linetypes or colors for a dimension. The most common reason is the person wants a solid baseline and a dashed or... Read more →

The Free DWF Writer 2 which I mentioned the beta awhile back will be on the Autodesk web site very soon. When it is available I will post in here. It is a really nice Windows System printer driver to... Read more →

I was reading Robert Scoble's (of Microsoft) Scobleizer Weblog and was blown away by the free travelogue-authoring tool tool developed by Microsoft Research. The tool World-Wide Media eXchange "WWMX" allows you to geographically stamp your photos allowing for a map... Read more →

We really need some more of the really motivated and feedback driven beta sites. I am always looking for AutoCAD beta sites that are willing to be very active and provide constructive feedback on ideas and features. We have thousands... Read more →

In addition to the AutoCAD Wish List on AUGI.com I added my 'Between The Lines AutoCAD Wish List' & $100 Feature Survey. I will be reviewing these and also discussing the suggestions directly with the design and development groups periodically.... Read more →

CAD-1.com has posted an online streaming video tutorial on the Autodesk® DWF™ Writer (http://www.autodesk.com/dwfwriter). They show how to use it and discuss uses for it to print from any windows application to the DWF format. http://www.cad-1.com/tips&tricks_janfebvid-04.htm Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

Prior to AutoCAD 2004, if you pasted a block or inserted into a drawing the layer filters from the block would also come along. In some cases the drawings would get quite a few layer filters. Customers pointed out this... Read more →

Looks like Shawn Caldwell had a blast attending Autodesk University this year. See his online photos. Click Here Shaan's AU 2003 Photo Gallery Click Here Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

I actually just for fun created a high DPI multiple page DWF of the Solar System on a 10,000 inch by 10,000 in page size. It was only 34KB in size. I set the plot style to make all lines with 0.0" lineweight for more crisp Read more →

Did you know... If you create a text file named acad.rx in your Autocad directory, you can list your ARX files in this file and then when AutoCAD loads it will automatically load the listed ARX files? Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

DWF precision One of the advantages (to some customers at least, maybe not you) is the security offered by DWF because it has the same restrictions as physical paper. Many users don't want people stealing their model data. Let me... Read more →

AutoCAD's 64-bit precision has been discussed and documented for years and hailed as the most technically precise system for many years since the eighties. This was long before people realized that some would actually need even more precision in the... Read more →