The new rollover tooltips in AutoCAD 2009 gives you the ability to see common object properties as you rollover an object on screen. You can also disable them if you don't want them but give them a chance, AutoCAD system... Read more →

Contributed by AutoCAD Team member Randall Young Creating user tags can make finding commands easier in the menu browser. By default no tags are assigned to commands, but when they are they will also be displayed in tooltips. Figure 1... Read more →

The DWFx format has been added to AutoCAD 2009. DWFx is based on the XML Paper Specification (XPS) format from Microsoft. You can view and print DWFx files using Internet Explorer 7 on Windows Vista and Windows XP (with latest... Read more →

For those with inquiring minds here are the hardware and software requirements for AutoCAD 2009. Read more →

A handy new navigation feature in the soon to be shipping AutoCAD 2009 is the ability to visually see the preview of Layouts and open drawings in your session. These two features can be accessed from the icons in the... Read more →

Today and tomorrow I was supposed to be in Seattle but a family emergency needed my attention and I had to cancel the travel. Luckily for the PSAUG meeting tonight Alex Lepeska will be able to stand in and I... Read more →

Erhan Toker posted an 18 page detailed AutoCAD Rendering e-Book “Creating Render Materials in AutoCAD" from A to Z, for free on his Daily AutoCAD Blog. e-Book: Creating render materials in AutoCAD Kudos and many thanks to both Erhan and... Read more →

Get your wishes granted without requiring a magical lamp. Instead of just waiting to see something magically appear in an Autodesk product, get involved and vote for this cycles AUGI member submitted wish list items. Read more →

I made it back from San Francisco for the Autodesk World Press Days but took 4 hours longer due to an engine not starting on the plane (commercial airline), then after an hour and a half of them working on... Read more →

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I am in San Francisco attending the Autodesk World Press Days and posted some photos from yesterday. The lighting was dim during the presentations and I did not want to be popping flashes in the presenters eyes, so I just... Read more →

Today the announcement of the next release of AutoCAD 2009 code named "Raptor" (like a hawk) as well as many other products have been announced from Autodesk World Press Day. The products will start shipping later but are not currently. I will begin to post on the features in more depth as well as link to those doing the same as there is a huge CAD blogging community now. Read more →

I am staying on Nob Hill. I feel a wee bit out of place as the hotels up here are top notch class. The only complaint is my room is next to the convergence of several cable car lines so... Read more →

I have a super busy day today culminating with a flight to San Francisco for an event tomorrow. I spent yesterday hiking in the local canyons and seen moose, deer, elk, and rocky mountain sheep. I spent an hour watching... Read more →

For all those involved in piping here is a fun specification to add to your drawing to see if the shop foreman is really reading your notes. I don't remember the origin of this creative piping humor but I used... Read more →

When chasing/researching a problem with AutoCAD, you want to rule everything else out to make sure it is AutoCAD especially with all the customization methods and file types that can cloud the real source of the issue. You accomplish this... Read more →

AutoCAD Trivia : In my recent posting For AutoCAD Geeks - Command and System Variables Map and Trivia I mentioned AutoCAD R14.01 was code named Pinetop, and asked what was this reference to, and why? Read more →

Have you ever wanted to read about a system variables current settings without going to the online Help or how to save and restore system variables on your or another machine? In this quick article I will explain the Express... Read more →