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How to create AutoCAD Hatches that use curved shapes.

Do you need to create hatched areas in AutoCAD using Circles, Arcs or Splines? Find out how with this quick tip. OK, my title is a bit cheeky. Of course, you can’t create AutoCAD hatches with Circles, Arcs and Splines. But I can show you another technique that you could use to get a great result. Did you know that AutoCAD’s ‘CLIP’ command can be used to clip Blocks? We can use this feature of AutoCAD to create a re-usable pattern that will act in place of a Hatch. Read more →

29 Years of Autodesk - April 26th, 1982

April 26th is the anniversary of when Autodesk began its first day as a real certified corporation by issuing stock to the start-up company founders. Twenty nine years ago today, a small group of entrepreneurs/programmers put it all on the line and officially formed Autodesk. Read more →

AutoCAD for Mac Facecast

Do you have comments, questions, or feedback for AutoCAD for Mac Team? Join the team on Facebook for a live Facecast. Read more →

AutoCAD Drawing Comparison

The AutoCAD research team has posted a short survey about your AutoCAD drawing comparison needs. Read more →

AutoCAD WS mobile for Android is Available

The new version of AutoCAD WS mobile for the Google Android platform devices such as the Android phones and Tablets is now available free in the Google App Marketplace. There are some Android unique features in this version such as voice recognition where users can insert comments and text notations in the drawing by speech rather than typing. Read more →

AutoCAD WS mobile for Android

In honor of 4:20:2011 the much anticipated day Autodesk releases the AutoCAD WS mobile free for Google Android devices, I am posting my Andy the Android DWG file. You know Andy right, the cute little little Green (ACI Color 70 or RGB 127,255,0) guy. Read more →

Great Design Can Inspire

Get your FREE copy of the Autodesk book Imagine Design Create with select Autodesk products. Link for more Info “Imagine Design Create, the new book edited by Autodesk's own Tom Wujec, explains how the synthesis of design and technology is vital to the future of business. This limited-edition, visually rich publication was created specifically for design professionals, engineers, digital artists, and anyone else whose business relies on great design for success.\ Read more →

Find Out More about Autodesk 2012 Products at Events

There are two great events in the next week where you can see presenters showing the new releases of several Autodesk 2012 products. Hurry and register for an event. Read more →

AutoCAD WS Coming to Android

It never fails, I am out of communications reach in the middle of the mountains or desert hiking and an announcement goes out. Autodesk Brings AutoCAD WS Mobile App to Android Read more →

To Capture Delicate Arch in 3D

This week I am capturing several objects in 3D including the world famous Delicate Arch located in Arches National Park in SE Utah. Tomorrow two FARO employees and myself will be hiking up to the Delicate Arch with a 3D laser scanner to capture the Delicate Arch in a 3D point cloud. Read more →

Use Point Cloud Data? The AutoCAD Team is looking for your feedback!

The AutoCAD User Experience & Product Design Team would like your feedback on the use of Point Cloud files (from various 3D laser scanners) in your projects. Read more →

Autodesk Announces Nine Citrix-Ready Applications

Perhaps you have employees and projects that change frequently, but you want to provide the applications to them without having to manage individual desktop installations on their hardware. I have heard this request often, especially from the larger organizations that have multiple locations and many users. Read more →

April Fools 2011

At Autodesk we had fun with several April Fools day pranks on Friday April 1st also known as April Fools Day, but one seems to continue to be fooling people. The Project ZP on Labs. It was a great prank but is not real. In fact some internal Autodesk employees were excited by the amazing compression algorithms. Read more →

Project ZP Technology Preview Now Available

Autodesk Labs releases Project ZP web-based compression and uncompression. Our thinking was simple: Can we make data smaller by adding compute cycles to the compression process? We could, but if we did this on a typical laptop, it would take forever. So why not turn to the cloud? We had our Project Twitch servers already in place, so why not use them as a massive compression/uncompression farm? Read more →

New AutoCAD WS Features

Due to Popular Demand, AutoCAD WS Soon to Support Feature for Coffee Stains, Smudges, and Smells According to a recent AutoCAD WS user poll, approximately 5% of users wish to remain in a paper-based workflow. This research, commissioned by the... Read more →