Recommended System Requirements Intel® Pentium® III processor or later, 800 MHz Microsoft® Windows® XP (Professional, Home Edition, or Tablet PC Edition, including Service Pack 1 and 2) or Windows 2000 Professional 256 MB RAM 300 MB free disk space for... Read more →
Check out Chris Yanchar's blog post on the new Beta for 3D DWF from ADT & ABS. Autodesk Architectural Desktop and Autodesk Building Systems subscription customers are invited to download a beta version of the the 3D DWF Publishing feature.... Read more →
CADTutor - Michael's Corner - August 2004 UCS: Not Just for 3D Drawings"In an effort to dispel the overriding myth that the UCS deserves to be turned Off unless you’re working in 3D, I’d like to show you a very... Read more →
It will be available by the AutoCAD Communication Center notification for live updates and also on: AutoCAD 2005 Support Downloads http://www.autodesk.com/autocad-updates AutoCAD LT 2005 Support Downloads http://www.autodesk.com/autocadlt-updates The AutoCAD 2005 Service Pack 1 ReadMe link Click Here The AutoCAD 2005... Read more →
Patrick Emin of the French CAD web site www.cadxp.com sent me a really cool looking 3D DWF file. The DWF file was only 26Kb in size. Download the DWF file or the DWG file. View the DWF if you installed... Read more →
Location of papers posted and maintained by Tim Rowley: Click Here Some Example Subjects: Making Papercraft Toys From Meshes Using Strip-Based Approximate Unfolding Curves & Surfaces Interacting With Images Interactive Digital Photomontage Identifying & Sketching the Future VisualIDs: Automatic Distinctive... Read more →
I received the below PowerPoint slide show from a customer in Naples Florida. He was one of the lucky who had his home and family spared. From Lucio Da Silva: "Isto é para nos lembrar o quanto somos pequenos perante... Read more →
Knowledge Base Article: Published date: 2004-07-15 ID: TS85426 Applies only to: AutoCAD® Electrical 2005 AutoCAD® Mechanical 2005 Autodesk® Mechanical Desktop® 2005 Issue A problem has been identified when attempting to install an AutoCAD® 2005 based product on a system running... Read more →
This subject comes up from time to time so I thought I would just add my two cents worth and save hopefully some from the pain. When selecting a new computer to use for CAD, Video, or Graphics editing use,... Read more →
I had a very busy week last week starting on Thursday with SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles, Salt Lake City Utah on Friday, Idaho Falls, Idaho on Saturday, and then Sunday driving all the way from Idaho Falls, Idaho to my... Read more →
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This Autodesk White Paper answers the burning question "Why should I move from AutoCAD LT to AutoCAD 2005?" The paper examines six key areas where AutoCAD® 2005 software can help improve the design process. Productivity Features 3D design capabilities Presentation... Read more →
The new and extensive Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 will be live on Windows Update and Automatic Updates on August 25th. We have tested AutoCAD 2005 with Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, and found no issues but I... Read more →
From the latest Microsoft Research news. This is actually pretty neat and it will be interesting to see if and when it develops into a real application. Turn video into a cartoon-like video. -Shaan Read more →
I am attending the SIGGRAPH event in Los Angeles today Thursday August 12th, 2004. This is a huge show in the graphics industry. All sorts of cool things are shown down here as well as weird things. If you are... Read more →
Learn New Features Fast Learn about the new features in Autodesk® VIZ in the interactive New Features Workshop. Feature demonstrations, tutorials, and overviews get you up and running fast. You can also access the New Features Workshop from the software’s... Read more →
Autodesk Reseller IMAGINiT Technologies Canada has prepared a couple of very helpful white papers on AutoCAD 2005. AutoCAD 2005 - New Features White Paper AutoCAD 2005 - Sheet Sets "Most users agree the single most improved item in AutoCAD 2005... Read more →
Have you ever wanted to read about a system variables current settings without going to the online Help or how to save and restore system variables on your or another machine? In this quick article I will explain the Express... Read more →
This is a little belated, but two weeks ago this blog surpassed 100,000 visitors. This is a good amount of traffic for a blog that is not even a year old and does not even account for those reading the... Read more →
Mark Russinovich of sysinternals.com gave a presentation at Microsoft TechED in Europe recently on troubleshooting Boot and other issues on Microsoft Windows NT4, 2000, XP and 2003 server. Topics Covered: Crashes and hangs during boot Error messages during boot Errors... Read more →
We are providing a sneak peak of three white papers on AutoCAD 2005. The following white papers for AutoCAD 2005 are draft versions with the final versions and more to be announced very soon. Select and Download the draft White... Read more →
The AutoCAD Product Design & Usability team would like to invite you to join us for a design briefing of the future version of AutoCAD. We want to share with you our designs-in-progress and ask for your input as we... Read more →
Gil Hoellerich has created a topical index for AutoCAD system variables. This is really helpful for undestanding which system variables apply to the task or AutoCAD feature you are using. The list is in HTML format with hyperlinks for navigation.... Read more →
Each month will bring a set of tips, resources, and tutorials valuable to all AutoCAD users. To sign up, go to http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/AutoCAD_tips.html. Ellen's best-selling book, AutoCAD 2005 and AutoCAD LT 2005 Bible, has just been published. For the first time,... Read more →