CAD Bloggers! It is very important to make sure to keep Wednesday night Tuesday, December 2, 4-5:30PM free and open as we are planning something. Make sure when signing up for Autodesk University to mention and list your blog. We... Read more →

AutoCAD Product Designer Matt Stein has posted about the AutoCAD 2009 Cue Cards on his blog which are a helpful bunch of tutorials or summaries of new features that can be used as Lunch and Learn sessions for your fellow... Read more →

This is an excellent guide/article by a great website and you should bookmark TweakGuides.com. The multiple page guide/article details issues and tweaks to get the most of Vista as well as counter much of the rumor and anti-Microsoft crowd. TweakGuides.com... Read more →

John McCain will announce Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate but if you are looking for 1 or 2 excellent Autodesk product skilled people, that both have been publicly recognized by AUGI, as writers knowing their stuff, in addition to very nice and modest people, then I have two candidates that are in my top ten of Autodesk product users that are now available. Read more →

On August 22nd 2008, Autodesk Subscription members, as part of their benefits, can download the following new feature releases: Read more →

It is that time of year for students to head back to the classroom and dorms. I just wanted to mention you can get many Autodesk design applications for free as a student from http://students.autodesk.com. From Autodesk Impression, 3D Viz,... Read more →

For the third year now you can sign up for free webcasts from top notch Autodesk DevTech Engineers. API training schedule website The webcasts vary in subject from overviews on the APIs available for Autodesk products, such as AutoCAD, AutoCAD... Read more →

If you are located in the San Francisco Bay Area or the Boston Area, you have a rare opportunity to test drive some new features in AutoCAD and contribute your feedback to future releases. Read more →

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/beta/default.aspx Faster, More features, More secure, More standards compliant, and still free. More Links: Internet Explorer Team Blog Internet Explorer site Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Release Notes Fast and many more features. Update 8-28-08: I love the stability, speed,... Read more →

If you were hoping to stay at the Venetian Hotel for Autodesk University 2008 your time is growing short and enrollment for the event that is expecting a bit above 10,000 attendees is already half full. This also means classes and labs are filling up. Read more →

For the past couple days I have been in Atlanta attending IWF 08 and presenting a compressed session on AutoCAD 2009 in the Microvellum booth. Microvellum is a Autodesk ISV reseller as well as AutoCAD OEM developer which develops top... Read more →

In my presentations this week here in Atlanta at IWF 08, I mentioned I would re-post a partial list of AutoCAD 2009 customer requested features we refer to as AutoCAD Fit and Finish or F3 and are not normally in... Read more →

On this day in 2003, this blog was born. Read more →

I will provide more details and confirmations as my travel and events are formally booked but so far here is my map. Looks to be another busy year in airports and plane seats and two Autodesk University events on in... Read more →

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In case you have not seen the note in Communication Center, there is a new update for the Certified Hardware XML Database Update. This contains best product settings and tunings for certified hardware aka graphics cards. Read more →

I just read a pretty interesting press announcement for Autodesk users. You can purchase the Geospatial data from NAVTEQ for use in Autodesk products. NAVTEQ is very accurate and used in many of the auto and mobile GPS navigation solutions... Read more →

Richard Binning posted about one way to keep up to date on what is occurring at AU this year by following a Twitter feed AUGIatAU. What are you doing? Follow AUGI at AU using Twitter I am on Twitter as... Read more →

On the 21st of August 2008 this blog will turn 5 years old which in dog years is 35 years old or in the context of an average blog life is an eternity. Read more →

It must be an Olympics theme week for me. I am heading during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing which I have been watching intently from one Olympic town Salt Lake City (Winter Olympics 2002) to another Atlanta Georgia (Summer... Read more →

AU 2008 December 2 - 5, 2008. The Venetian Resort Hotel, Las Vegas, USA Better hurry as there is just over 10,000 attendees planned for this year and if you are one of the last you have a slimmer selection... Read more →

This painless survey is very helpful for all in CAD Management to understand where they fit among fellow peers in benefits as well as identified frustrations, CAD Standards issues, and changes in the CAD Management. You could even use the survey results when released by Robert to discuss with your management team to better your position or help them understand CAD Management challenges as a whole and how to improve. Read more →

How many times when you make a mistake have you heard people say “I would have done it the other way”. But when you do something right, how many admit and say “they would have done it the other way…”... Read more →

やっと使える AutoCAD大事典 (Navigate AutoCAD) ”Au... Read more →

A recent question came into the Autodesk Product Feedback web form received from a Dallas based AutoCAD 2009 customer asking how they could get their traditional/classic menus in AutoCAD 2009 to look like a previous release. It was a simple... Read more →