I hope to meet many of you this year at events and to kick off the AUGI season for me are 3 locations. Fellow Autodesk team members of mine will be doing some of the other locations like CAD Camp... Read more →

I saw that Lisa and others on the Autodesk Impression Team team had their photos taken and made into Autodesk Impression blocks ala entourage. I am envious, I guess that makes me either lazy or a geek, ok maybe both.... Read more →

Mark's CADDManager.com blog turned 300,000 views old yesterday and over 29,000 visitors. Congratulations Mark, who said CAD Managers can be celebrated from time to time instead of despised for enforcing standards. :-) Link del.icio.us tags: CAD Management, Blog Technorati tags:... Read more →

I have worked with the Autodesk Impression team since the beginning of their project, but something tells me they might have been testing far too much when looking at inked renderings using markers. Actually it is a tongue in cheek... Read more →

On this day 25 years ago on January 30th, 1982 a small group of people held an initial meeting to organize what became Autodesk. A sincere thank you John Walker for all that he and Autodesk has done for computing... Read more →

There is a new tool posted on Autodesk Labs for Autodesk Inventor 11. It will allow you to open an existing 2D views and generate a 3D model. The 2D geometry can be a 2D sketch in Inventor or from... Read more →

Shaun Bryant from the UK announced he and CADFMconsultants have launched two new blogs including the unofficial Autodesk FMDesktop blog. Congratulations! Not Just CAD - http://cadfmconsult.blogspot.com - A blog about CAD in general, sometimes not even CAD! FMDesktop & Beyond!... Read more →

Connected - a blog about design and building project collaboration A warm digital welcome to Mike Gemmell, Jason Pratt, and Alex Willingham to the blogosphere. I believe I have only met Jason out of these bloggers in person and I... Read more →

Autodesk Labs http://labs.autodesk.com/ http://labs.autodesk.com/Impressionlanding.html There is a new version of Autodesk Impression now available for download today January 17th, 2007. There have been many updates based on feedback received from previous Technical preview users and current beta customers enrolled in... Read more →

My year and a half old 95 pound purebred yellow Labrador named Wyatt. He started having problems with his hips a few weeks ago then this weekend his spine compacted due to some possible hereditary problem we were unaware of.... Read more →

Lynn (Colts fan) Allen has published a free 30 minute webcast covering the differences between AutoCAD LT and full AutoCAD. She also mentions the nice savings for those that want to crossgrade from older versions of AutoCAD LT to AutoCAD... Read more →

Do you perform training in a classroom environment or a group for AutoCAD 2007? The AOTC produces student and instructor training content all packaged and ready to go for a low price. The content is written by AutoCAD professional instructors... Read more →

and I have been learning Autodesk Maya after being an Autodesk 3DStudio /3ds Max user since the DOS days. Both applications have a distinct niche of output, use and purpose but they are both way cool. I noticed an article... Read more →

A new product was released yesterday for something I used to do before I came to Autodesk and that is P&ID drawings. Expect more information very soon as it begins to make its way out the Autodesk doors after customer... Read more →

Product Manager Michael Perani provides an overview of the new Autodesk Impression product in this video from the Autodesk Impression Technology Preview on Autodesk Labs. The Technology Preview 2 version is available on Autodesk Labs http://labs.autodesk.com but there is a... Read more →

In AutoCAD when working in 3D you can check if there is an interference areas where 3D solids intersect, overlap, or occupy the same space or volume. Read more →

Link to BLAUGI: AUGI HotNews - January 2007 edition hits the stands... Read more →

Interesting post on CAD blogging: http://blog.novedge.com/2007/01/dont_quit_your_.html I have always blogged for fun and spread information in a more efficient method than answering the same question over and over in a discussion groups. I dont think anyone in CAD blogging is... Read more →

I had seen this tagging going on for sometime and thought perhaps I might remain safe and untagged but Robin Capper from New Zealand tagged me today with the 5 [CAD] Things You Didn't Know About Me I still run... Read more →

In about a week it will be my ninth year anniversary working at Autodesk. Since Autodesk is one of the rare companies and famous for allowing dogs at work, 9 years equals 63 dog years. Of course I was working... Read more →

Creating a New Layout Command Line: Layout > New Menu: Insert > Layout > New Layout 1. Right-click the Model tab or any layout tab. 2. Click New Layout. 3. Click the layout tab for the newly created layout. Creating... Read more →

Daryl Gregoire has been busy and is providing a wealth of training for free as well as some premium training including for other products besides AutoCAD such as ADT and Revit. www.CADclips.com have 12 brand new AutoCAD 2007 3D CADclips... Read more →

Joseph Wurcher has announced on the Autodesk University Blog that the materials are ready for download on AU Online for AU 2006 attendees and some content for those that register. Autodesk Subscription customers should have access in about 2 weeks.... Read more →

http://www.cadcamp.com/ = After running into many AUGI members, AUGI Board members, CAD Camp staff at Autodesk University 2006 and also being asked by members of the Puget Sound Autodesk Users Group to come back again, and I will. I will... Read more →

http://www.dailyautocad.com/ How long can my new Turkish CAD blogging friends Murat, Erhan, Orhan and other team members keep this fast article pace up? I hope for a very long time as I enjoy them and read them each day in... Read more →