I will be attending tomorrows Realize Your Ideas Tour in San Francisco California. This is a free event for customers. The customer feedback from the tour so far has been great. There is a blog and podcasts covering the tour... Read more →
I thought it might be a nice idea to start announcing when new language or localized versions of AutoCAD are released and shipping. Many are already shipping to customers: * Spanish * French * Italian * German * Japanese *... Read more →
Peter Quinn comes to Autodesk and the Platform Technologies Group with a strong Process and Power background. Peter was a recent product manager for Bentley Systems. Having Peter come on deck shows evidence that Autodesk is getting more serious about... Read more →
I was searching for a nice printed archive of this blog and found one source www.blogbinders.com. It was really quite easy. The service downloaded all of the posts for a given time period minus the images. I am sure the... Read more →
Fellow CADBlogger and ObjectARX guru Fernando Malard of Brazil has started a competition with prizes for those that write the most innovative ObjectARX application for AutoCAD using AutoCAD 2006 features. I have donated 2 full AutoCAD 2006 (not for resale)... Read more →
I have received a few emails on how to find the downloads for the AutoCAD Service Packs. The AutoCAD Service Packs going back to AutoCAD Release 12 are located on the Autodesk website. You can get to the AutoCAD or... Read more →
Back on January 1st 2005 "New Years Day", fellow CADBlogger Robin Capper alerted me to the Dilbert's Ultimate House "DUH" project. Dilbert is the comic strip geek legend of mythical head proportions by Scott Adams. http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/house_news.html Robin suspected that Autodesk... Read more →
I found this interesting. Now in addition to my weather and traffic forecast I can check the realtime earthquake forecast for the day. http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/step/ Read more →
On Saturday, May 14, 2005 a new Autodesk Buzzsaw client software was made available to customers. New Features and Benefits of Autodesk Buzzsaw 6.2 New Buzzsaw Viewing Components The new Buzzsaw Viewing Components represent the latest technology to view, print,... Read more →
I will be working around the house most of this week trying to take a week off. I have to take the time off as I have reached the maximum vacation day accrual so I am actually losing vacation time... Read more →
The New Features Workshop shows tutorials and informational overviews on the new features of AutoCAD 2006. You can specify what release you are coming from to tailor the new feature overviews and tutorials. Here is the link to get the... Read more →
AutoCAD 2006 has a new feature named AutoComplete. You can begin typing at the AutoCAD command line a few letters of a command, system variable, or command aliases and then hit the TAB key to cycle through the returned results. Read more →
Kudos to Robin Capper for writing a detailed blog post instructing people on how to use the RSS feeds for the public Autodesk discussion groups. Now you don't need to read the discussion groups with an HTML browser or NNTP... Read more →
Shawn Gilmour of Autodesk recorded a few quick AutoCAD 2006 video tutorials with audio. These videos were recorded in the Microsoft wmv format and can be played in the Windows Media Player. Introduction to the AutoCAD 2006 CUI Editor Link... Read more →
The System Variable Editor is a tool included in the AutoCAD Express Tools which are an option when Installing AutoCAD 2006. Lee Ambrosius has graciously updated the data file for the AutoCAD 2006 system variables because we had for some... Read more →
While Autodesk design applications (AutoCAD, Inventor, etc.) support the creation of 2D and 3D DWF files, how do you capture data from non-Autodesk applications? For 2D there has always been the free Autodesk DWF Writer (www.autodesk.com/dwfwriter) which enables users to... Read more →
Autodesk Product Manager Doug Look works with customers who use DWF Composer for digital measurement. Many of these customers asked how to determine the appropriate DPI to get appropriate levels of precision in their DWF files. They wanted to ensure... Read more →
This is one of the nicest high resolution images I have ever seen of the Earth. It was released yesterday by the European Space Agency. It took 1561 orbits of the Envisat satellite over the course of many months in... Read more →
XREF Notifications streamlined No need to open XREF Manager to reload XREFS Link shows Xref name Login of user who made change Hostname of machine where changed Click on link in Bubble Reloads XREF Right click on Status Bar icon... Read more →
Some of the enhancements: * You can now add Formulas Sum/Average/Count/Cell as well as combinations. * Will roundtrip if not edited in previous release * Cells will work similar to Excel. You could have a column for cost and one... Read more →
A brief example on how to attach a AutoCAD 2006 Field to a Hatch object. This will result in a Field that will update when the Hatch boundary is modified. It is a perfect way to keep track of areas... Read more →
I am going with the AutoCAD Team today to an Oakland A's baseball game. The problem is that it is raining pretty hard here currently. Hopefully the area where we are going to be seated is covered and has plenty... Read more →
Just a quick example of the new ability to specify the Hatch origin in AutoCAD 2006. Lets say you have a brick Hatch pattern. You want to have the brick Hatch to be centered or start at a certain point... Read more →
This new 7.5 release is for current 3ds Max subscription customers. http://www.autodesk.com/3dsmax From the announcement: Release 7.5 provides new and enhanced functionality in three key areas: * Autodesk VIZ - With the very latest technologies from Autodesk VIZ 2006, product... Read more →
* Specify Hatch Origin * Hatch Boundaries enhanced * Create Separate hatch objects * Hatch Areas * Streamlined Hatch and Gradient dialog * Renamed it from Boundary Hatch and Fill * Expandable to reveal more options Read more →