I know in light of the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Asia Pacific and the nightclub fire in Argentina it is extremely hard to celebrate anything in the same celebratory mood without a heavy heart. I would like to wish... Read more →

Angel Espinoza sent me an email that he has a blog on Civil 3D. There are a lot of tips and tricks for those using Autodesk Civil 3D. Check it out. http://acecivil3d.blogspot.com/ Read more →

AUGI's Regional Learning and Networking Events "CAD Camp" Houston, Texas USA Feb 8th, 2005 (registration open) Lansing, Michigan USA Feb 10th, 2005 (registration open) Seattle, Washington USA Feb 23rd, 2005 (registration opens 1/12/05) Chicago, Illinois USA Mar 1st, 2005 (registration... Read more →

Cameron Scott of http://www.timberdesign.com mentioned another aid organization located in the UK that can be contributed to. The organization is Shelterbox. Cameron says "Shelterbox is a fantastic initiative based in Cornwall, UK that sends out vital emergency aid to disaster... Read more →

This is my 500th post to this blog. You can use the catagory archives listed on the left side menu or the search option to find some helpful tips, tricks, announcements, and resources. With over 3000 visits a day to... Read more →

My heart absolutely goes out to those in the Asia Pacific region after the large 9.0 earthquake and following tsunami. My deepest sympathies to the victims, families and communities. There have been so many lost of lives and housing. It... Read more →

I received a comment from a AutoCAD user that was using AutoCAD 2005 and wanted to have columns in Mtext. I showed a inventive method to accomplish this and control the columns and easily edit them individually. Simply create a... Read more →

Autodesk is closed from December 24th 2004 until January 3rd 2005. I am now going to try and enjoy a week off but may make a few blog posts as well as play Santa for my children. Have a very... Read more →

AutoCAD® 2005 Streaming online trial or 30-Day Trial CD Here AutoCAD LT 2005 30-Day Trial Here AutoCAD® Revit® Series Here AutoCAD® Electrical 30-Day Trial Here Autodesk Inventor® 9 Test Drive CD Here Autodesk Map® 3D 2005 30-Day Trial Here Autodesk... Read more →

The email to all Autodesk University 2004 attendees has been emailed with the password to the course handout content today. Now hopefully people will stop emailing me for the password. ;-) From the email: "Thank you for attending AU this... Read more →

For the past few years I have raided my office and asked fellow deskers that have ununsed Not for Resale copies of Autodesk products to give away in the holiday spirit. These are products I had left over. This is... Read more →

Mark Kiker has a nice CAD Manager related website http://www.caddmanager.com/ and newsletter. The newsletter contains many tips and tricks for those using AutoCAD. The current newsletter for December 2004 is now available at http://www.caddmanager.com/Newsletter/CADnewsletterV04-12.html. To subscribe, send an e-mail to... Read more →

Jefferey Sanders of http://www.jefferypsanders.com/ has posted a nice LISP loading application for AutoCAD 2000 and up. It is a graphical LISP loading program and for those that do not like to use APPLOAD or other methods of loading LISP but... Read more →

Archidigm has posted an article on AutoCAD 2005 Fields and they had some great feedback on them. I am sure they will be happy to know we are listening to all of the constructive feedback for future development and enhancements.... Read more →

First there was the Google Desktop Search beta. I installed it and then after 2 weeks uninstalled it. Now there is a new one from Microsoft named the MSN Toolbar Suite in beta. I really like the MSN Toolbar Suite... Read more →

I just got the news that MCAD writer Joe Greco has passed away. Joe wrote so many good MCAD reviews and articles. This is a huge loss to the CAD industry and he will be missed. He died of cardiac... Read more →

Check out the latest AUGI Hot News. Free membership is required. Autodesk University, Revisited AU 2004 is just a memory now...but what a memory! AU traditions and new events combined to make this annual learning extravaganza a huge success. Read... Read more →

Lee Ambrosius has made available a free AutoCAD Quick Guide and announced this in a post on his blog Beyond the UI. " Quick Guides are great if you teach AutoCAD classes to new students. One of the Quick Guides... Read more →

You may have heard that Autodesk University 2005 will be held in Orlando Florida next year November 29th through December 2nd 2005 at Disney World. In my opinion this will be the largest and best CAD event ever held at... Read more →

Thanks to customer James Maeding and some developers in the Autodesk Developer Network team, I am posting this tool as a unsupported and open beta. Please review the readme text file. The tool can be used to purge unwanted Layer... Read more →

The rendering results for the challenge held at AU last week have been posted to the Vizdepot. The renderings are outstanding and definitly worth a look. A perfect example is the day one first place winner Ged Trias Check out... Read more →

I imagine the AU news and photos had a lot to do with this, but in the past few days my blog readers went from a few thousand a day to many thousands per day and many emails. I have... Read more →

http://www.cadforum.cz always has some goods tips for Autodesk products. I wanted to point out a new one. CAD Tip # 4155 http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/qaID.asp?tip=4155 "The difference between overlaying and attaching an xref is in cases with multiple levels (nesting) of xrefs (A.dwg... Read more →

The Autodesk Platform Technologies Div. product design and usability teams held some test drive and usability events while at AU 2004. There was a drawing for a brand new Canon digital camera for those that attended these sessions. Prize: Canon... Read more →

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