I will be participating in a special General Design Industry Session at 3:30PM to 5PM titled "General Design Industry Session: Inside the Sausage Factory". If you really want to see what goes on behind the scenes and some glimpses of... Read more →

Monday was primarily for ADN members and ATC so it was not the official first customer AU day. Today will be the first of many big days, and if the registration is any indicator it will be huge. I am... Read more →

I arrived in Las Vegas yesterday and met a bunch of AU attendees. The weather is really cold here right now in the 40s and with a heavy wind. With 4200+ attendees this will be a great event. I was... Read more →

The Autodesk discussion groups are getting a great boost with a promotion on the main page of http://www.autodesk.com. If you have questions on Autodesk products, give the Autodesk discussion groups a try as there are some of the most knowledgable... Read more →

Make sure if you use a public wireless connection at AU this year to make sure you have updated antivirus enabled. Using any public WiFi connection can be risky and can easily allow infection of your machine if not protected.... Read more →

We moved the Autodesk Inventor blog to a new URL and then launched the new Lynn Allen blog. It is truly exciting to see a pet project grow and grow and also the amount of people reading the blogs and... Read more →

I gave Robin a tour of the San Rafael Civic Center offices and had a good visit with him. I then ran him to the ferry terminal to catch a ferry ride to San Francisco. What was funny is that... Read more →

Lee Ambrosius has posted links on his blog to the mini AutoCAD VBA training he wrote. Beyond the UI blog posting Mini Guide for Intro to VBA for AutoCAD "A new version has been created that is a total of... Read more →

Come test drive the next version of AutoCAD and you may win a Canon Powershot SD10 4 megapixel digital camera! It's easy... Just drop into Room 104 (Lab) on Monday between 7:00-9:00PM or Wednesday between 7:00-9:00PM and try out some... Read more →

One of my favorite New Zealanders is in the Bay Area and headed for Autodesk University. I believe he even plans on stopping by my office. Hopefully he calls or visits tomorrow as I will be out of the office... Read more →

For those attending Autodesk University, there will be a rendering contest sponsored by Avatech Solutions. Link to Article on VizDepot.com Read more →

After January 15, 2005, Autodesk will no longer sell upgrades or cross grades from any AutoCAD 2000i-based products or Autodesk Inventor Series 6. Additionally, Autodesk will no longer provide technical support, apart from existing maintenance patches that are downloadable from... Read more →

New Online System Variable Reference post Beyond the UI blog "Just like the previous online resource that I just mentioned, the System Variable resource has been around for many years in the form of a PDF file only. This format... Read more →

Lee Ambrosius has now launched his web based Command Map for AutoCAD commands from release 12 to release 2005. Now you can view the command list history online as well as download a PDF of the command list. New Online... Read more →

In one week from today, I will be in Las Vegas attending the number one CAD event Autodesk University (http://www.autodesk.com/au). I will be posting pictures from AU again this year and I hope to see you there. Look me up... Read more →

Lee has updated his great repository of AutoCAD tips and tricks. There is a ton of great tips and tricks that can help any AutoCAD user. He even has some Quick Guide documentation on commands and system variables available there... Read more →

Another CAD blog is born. I recently visited with Beth while in Jacksonville Florida at the AUGI CADcamp. "Beth Powell's Blog for Autodesk products used in the architectural realm - AutoCAD, Architectural Desktop, Building Systems, Revit, Viz. Also anything of... Read more →

Autodesk University is the premier and most widely attended, highest rated, and successful CAD event in the world. After this years AU 2004 in Las Vegas in just about 2 weeks, the next location AU will be held will not... Read more →

The below request is from a coworker who is working on his MBA. This is not a request for Autodesk research, but for his thesis. If you are interested, send Partha an email or call him direct. Cheers, -Shaan My... Read more →

Look inside the crystal ball and glimpse the future of AutoCAD at Autodesk University 2004! Now's your chance to join Eric Stover, the Product Manager for AutoCAD 2002/2004/2005 and hear about our future directions. We'll demonstrate new technology and discuss... Read more →

There was a press release today "Autodesk's Flagship Product AutoCAD Receives Accolades From Around the World". This press release mentions the worldwide acceptance of AutoCAD 2005. "CADalyst magazine featured AutoCAD 2005 among its "2004 All-Stars" (http://www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=101698). The publication's editor highlighted... Read more →

Every year at AU (http://www.autodesk.com/au) there are many opportunities to be heard by the product teams. Here is an opportunity to schedule these events in advance so you will be sure not to miss out on them at AU. If... Read more →

A coworker of mine emailed me a link from BlackBerryForums.com. At first I was skeptical, as so many said the BlackBerry does not support and could not be configured as a laptop modem. Thanks to the detailed research and documentation... Read more →

Welcome to the blogging world Jimmy. JTB World Software engineering/architecture/development, CAD, AutoCAD, ADT, VB.NET, VBA, AutoLISP, Access, SQL Server and more http://jtbworld.blogspot.com/ Jimmy is a power AutoCAD user that appears to never sleep. His new blog will no doubt become... Read more →

I had a great day at CADcamp except for not having a Internet connection. There were over 250 in attendance and I heard numbers beyond 300 as well. The classes were great and full. I attended the classes taught by... Read more →