I had a great time in San Antonio last night speaking with about 70 people at the San Antonio AutoCAD Users Group. Many familiar faces were present and afterwards I went to dinner at the Alamo restaurant with a few... Read more →

I arrived a little tired, hungry, and thirsty but have a presentation in about 2 hours here to the local Autodesk users group and then in Austin tomorrow hosted by DCCADD. June 25th San Antonio Texas AutoCAD Users Group www.saaug.org... Read more →

Our team relies on customers enabling the CIP data being sent in (anonymously) but provides us with data showing hardware, command usage, and feature usage. The current report somewhat surprised me but Ribbon users outweigh the non Ribbon users at... Read more →

I will be speaking at the Austin and San Antonio Autodesk users groups next week. While there I would also like to visit with some AutoCAD customers in the area. If you are an AutoCAD user and interested in a... Read more →

My new coworker Kate Morrical the Technical Marketing Mgr. for AutoCAD LT at Autodesk has a new blog. LT Unlimited http://ltunlimited.typepad.com/ Subscribe Read more →

The day is half complete and I am currently sitting in the back of Matt Murphy’s AutoCAD 2009 class next to AutoCAD master Dan Abbott. I spoke during lunch as the entertainment as well as an example of why you... Read more →

Just saw Donnie’s post on this and remember James wedding mentioning it in IM. Engineered Efficiency offers Unlimited Live Training Read more →

I arrived in Detroit last evening safe and sound along with the Matt Murphy Clay Head Sculpture.I am staying out by the Autodesk office in Novi and will be headed for the AUGI CAD Camp Detroit in about an hour.... Read more →

I have mentioned this previously but want to remind people that you can get your comments to the Autodesk product teams directly using a web page. The product teams try to respond the the feedback. Let them know the good... Read more →

The AutoCAD User Assistance Team has published a great deal of resources for customers to learn AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009 documentation, features and techniques for all to benefit from. AutoCAD 2009 Tutorials AutoCAD 2009 Learning Resource Page AutoCAD... Read more →

I will be speaking at the Detroit CAD Camp and want to make my offer of breakfast, lunch or a visit at your office with your team. It will definitely be much cooler in temperature than the 108 degrees of... Read more →

After a great CAD Camp yesterday in Phoenix sponsored by AUGI and CADsoft, I am am making Autodesk customer visits today. I will be near Tuscon and Tempe and flying out tonight. If you are an AutoCAD customer in the... Read more →

Almost 200 people in attendance at the start. it should be an educational day of classes. I have spotted Autodesk Labs man Scott Sheppard, AUGI Superman Matt Murphy, and poor David Cohn who just bought the old version of the... Read more →

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/WaterOnMars2_gcc.jpg ;-) Read more →

Included with Auto CAD 2009 are a series of cue cards to learn new product features. These can also work great for a lunch and learn session in an office to help others on your team learn new features and... Read more →

I will be speaking at next weeks June 10th, 2008 AUGI CAD Camp in nice and warm Phoenix Arizona fresh off of my 6 week sabbatical. I will arrive Monday June 9th and depart Wednesday the 11th so that I... Read more →

Yes, we are giving away free video cameras. The only catch is you need to email a request outlining what you would create a video of and be a user of AutoCAD. The AutoCAD team wants to see and hear... Read more →

Matt Stein is a senior product designer for the AutoCAD Team and was the key member of the AutoCAD 2009 User Interface “UI” redesign. Steve Johnson of Cadalyst Magazine (happy 25th anniversary by the way) is posting a two part... Read more →

This cool new free tool allows you to edit metadata on your photos as well as add your GPS location (latitude and longitude) to the photos to track them. This is the new version or replacement for the old Microsoft... Read more →

Starting today Autodesk Subscription members as part of their benefits, can download the below list of items. You can download these releases via the Subscription Center or via the Communication Center within the product. There is quite a good selection... Read more →

New content, tips and tricks, gallery, products, and Cliff’s Video Tips for the best format for your design data DWF. Check out DWFCommunity Technorati Tags: DWF,Autodesk,Design Web Format,DWFCommunity Read more →

It’s birthday is this week if I am correct on my dates. You can search and view DWF files on the web all without installing a single application. 2D or 3D does not matter as CADoogle uses Autodesk Freewheel to... Read more →

A photo is great when it conveys emotions, incites a reaction, conveys an idea, changes focus, creates a new perspective, or simply tells a story. Example Quilombo transport photo by Sean Hawkey Cheers, Shaan Read more →