Recently a survey went out through the AutoCAD Communication Center (US only). All participants who chose to be part of the Product Improvement Team were entered in a drawing for a Dell Precision Workstation. The winner has been selected and... Read more →

We held a fun Dynamic Blocks contest with prizes during the AutoCAD 2006 (codename AutoCAD Rio) beta program. The contest name was "Beta Blocker". We received some really cool and interesting submitted blocks during the beta. We have now announced... Read more →

Autodesk has created some unsupported free utilities that have been on the Autodesk support web pages for AutoCAD 2004. I have included below the updated AutoCAD 2006 versions of the tools. CTB and STB Printing "TablePrint" (AutoCAD 2006 version) This... Read more →

We are collecting the names of people in the UK, Benelux and Nordic countries who use either AutoCAD 2002 or AutoCAD 2006 and would like to participate in a productivity study. If you are interested please complete the form below.... Read more →

The free Autodesk DWF Viewer 6 was released last week to the web. It includes many performance improvements as well as some new features such as: * New support for 2D and 3D DWF files published out of next generation... Read more →

In AutoCAD 2006 you can now Offset to a current layer. In the Offset command prompt there is a new option to set the offset to be on the current layer rather than the same layer as the entity being... Read more →

Alexander Bicalho details more of the new Viz 2006 features on his blog "Life of an Origamy". Link Read more →

We are looking for AutoCAD customers to participate in a development/documentation round table. The round table will be focused on the AutoCAD on-line help system and documentation. We’ll present who our organization is, a quick demo of our current on-line... Read more →

Autodesk is now shipping the latest Autodesk Viz 2006. Some of the new features: * Tool Palettes * Improved Interoperability with Autodesk Design Software * Sweep Modifier * Content Browser * Scene State * Layer Manager * Schematic View *... Read more →

Customer Lee Ambrosius was the top AutoCAD 2006 customer beta site and was awarded a top of the line Dell desktop computer system. The award was based on the number of defects, severity of defects, quality of the defects, and... Read more →

Lee Ambrosius has updated the AutoCAD Command and System Variable maps. These maps are great for finding what is new, deleted, or changed since AutoCAD Release 12 to AutoCAD 2006. Command Map AutoCAD R12 to 2006 System Variable Map AutoCAD... Read more →

Autodesk has made great strides over the past few releases in the recovering and auditing of drawing files in AutoCAD, but we are looking for more research test cases. With more non-Autodesk DWG writing applications using reverse engineered libraries to... Read more →

OK, I have been caught all dressed up with a tie and the proof posted. Lynn Allen posted a photo of me dressed up in a tie. She ran into me at a Autodesk training event for Autodesk resellers and... Read more →

Autodesk Subscription customers can sign up for the following AutoCAD 2006 webcasts. These are a great way to learn the new AutoCAD release. Lynn Allen had a very successful webcast on Tuesday April 12th. April 19th 2005- Taking a tour... Read more →

I was traveling all last week in Eastern Canada. When I returned to my office today I found I had a big box of homemade cookies and a new thick AutoCAD 2006 Users Guide. Author Ellen Finkelstien has for the... Read more →

Autodesk is looking for an expert in process plant design to fill the role of software product manager. The product manager will be in charge of the definition and delivery of software solutions to the process plant design market. He... Read more →

I just got a heads up on some new AOTC training content coming out soon including the AutoCAD 2006 content. AOTC is the Autodesk training group that provides training content to trainers and customers. If you have received training from... Read more →

I have been hooked on the http://maps.google.com/ since it was launched a few months ago. Now you even have the option to get satellite images in addition to the very nice maps. Google Map Google Map with satellite image showing... Read more →

Mark Douglas has just started a blog and is an AutoCAD customer. He has some initial posts dealing with examples of how to use the new AutoCAD 2006 Dynamic Blocks. Mark is also a huge DWF fan. http://mdouglas.blogs.com/in_the_dynamic_interface/ Cheers, Shaan Read more →

In addition to the included "AutoCAD 2006 Getting Started Guide" in the AutoCAD 2006 shipping product is a card. The card offers a selection of printed guide books where you can request one free for each license you purchased. The... Read more →