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The Best of AutoCAD 2010 eLearning, Sometimes the Best Things are Free, Learning Courses Available on AutoCAD Exchange

The AutoCAD Exchange  is a community of AutoCAD and AutoCAD based product users. I have had the privilege of filling in for Gabrielle and running the site while she is off and hopefully enjoying her sabbatical.

We have been adding many new features and content to the AutoCAD Exchange. Some of the new content includes new funny Roger Penwill Misunderstood CAD Manager cartoons, Lynn Allen’s hilarious Top Ten Reasons to attend AU videos, AutoCAD Help online, AU courses, weekly Ask the Expert to ask questions to. Donnie Gladfelter is this weeks resident AutoCAD Expert.

Now we just published free AutoCAD 2010  “The Best of AutoCAD 2010” learning content.

http://autocad.autodesk.com/?nd=m_acad_elearning

Membership is free, so join the community of AutoCAD based product users including AutoCAD LT, AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD Architecture,and AutoCAD Plant 3D.

Cheers,
Shaan

AutoCAD User Groups Needing a Group Forum

We have a pilot project coming up on the AutoCAD Exchange that will allow local user groups to setup their own groups to communicate with group members. This functionality will be similar to the GroupShare feature on the Autodesk University Online website allowing members to create groups in which they can post news, host discussions, post files & pictures, and set up and maintain pages.

If you would be interested in your user group participating in this pilot, please send me an email at shaan@autodesk.com and use the email subject line of “User Group Pilot”.

Best Regards,
Shaan

AU 2009 Bloggers Social Invitations Going Out This Week

I am planning on sending out invitations to the Autodesk University 2009 Bloggers Social this week. Make sure to sign up for consideration to the 2nd annual special event held at Autodesk University. The Blogger Social will be held on Monday November 30th, 2009 from 6:30PM to 8PM.

Autodesk University 2009 Blogger Social Signup Form

Spread the word to fellow Autodesk related bloggers!

Cheers 
Shaan

Autodesk Announces Support for Windows 7

The official supported products for the new Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System announced today. I have been running most Autodesk products without a problem for many months now. There was also a new Project Cooper released.

Autodesk Announces Support for Windows 7

Industry-Leading Design, Engineering and Entertainment Software to Be Compatible with Latest Windows Operating System

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), a leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, has announced support for Windows 7. Effective today, Autodesk will support customers using nine products including AutoCAD 2010, AutoCAD LT 2010 and the Autodesk Inventor 2010 family of software, on Windows 7.

"Windows 7 was designed with the customer in mind," said Mark Relph, senior director for Windows Product Management at Microsoft Corp. "We are pleased to have the support of Autodesk to offer our mutual customers an easy way to do the things they want on a PC."

For the 2010 product line, Autodesk will support nine products on Windows 7. These products are Autodesk Inventor 2010, Autodesk Inventor LT 2010, AutoCAD 2010, AutoCAD LT 2010, AutoCAD Architecture 2010, AutoCAD Electrical 2010, AutoCAD Mechanical 2010, AutoCAD MEP 2010 and Autodesk Algor Simulation 2010 software. Autodesk will support Windows 7 for most of its other products as updated versions are released.

"Autodesk is committed to delivering software that meets and exceeds our customers' functionality requirements, while providing them the broadest possible choice of operating systems," said Chris Bradshaw, Autodesk chief marketing officer. "Autodesk and Microsoft share a goal of making the tasks our customers perform every day easier and faster. We look forward to extending support for Windows 7 across our portfolio so all our customers can benefit from the improvements in this robust new operating system."

Windows 7 offers many powerful new features and functionality that will benefit Autodesk customers, including full support for 64-bit computing, Windows search and improved performance. Multi-touch support has also become a core capability of Windows 7, and Autodesk is developing new software to take advantage of this technology. At the Windows 7 media launch event, Autodesk will demonstrate Project Cooper, a preview of new technology for simple drawing and drafting that has been engineered to take advantage of the multi-touch capabilities of Windows 7. The Autodesk Project Cooper Technology Preview is now available for free download at http://www.autodesk.com/projectcooper. “

Autodesk University 2009 Bloggers Social

We have settled on a date and time for the second annual Autodesk University Bloggers Social. We are holding it once again after a fun and successful event last year.  The Blogger Social will be held on Monday November 30th, 2009 from 6:30PM to 8PM.  Monday conflicts with fewer classes, events, and activities plus it provides an opportunity for meeting people before the action packed AU gets into full swing.

To be considered for an invite, please complete the form linked below. We will review your information, blog, and plan to send out invitations in October.

There will be a flock of bloggers and Autodesk employees attending as well as some speakers in a casual social networking environment to place names to faces. We did take into consideration the feedback from last year and will provide name badges showing blog names.

Spread the word to fellow Autodesk product and industry related bloggers who may be attending Autodesk University 2009.

 Autodesk University 2009 Blogger Social Signup Form

We love bloggers! This is just a small way to show our appreciation for all of your hard work.

Cheers,
Shaan

Autodesk University 2009 Tweetup

I am in the process of organizing a Tweetup (gathering) for users of Twitter who will be attending Autodesk University 2009. The event is tentatively planned to be held during the AUGI Beer Bust on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009.

Would be fun to do a Flash mob gathering at AU or just people making random bird noises at a specific time in a day to see how many are nearby on Twitter. It would really show the power of Twitter and perhaps invent a new "TweetOut" or "TweetShout" term.

Sign Up to be notified of the Tweetup plans. Tweetup Signup Form

Cheers,
Shaan @mrcadman

AutoCAD 2010 on Microsoft Windows 7

With the impending public release and launch of Microsoft’s latest Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 I have been receiving many emails about it and AutoCAD 2010 support. The Windows 7 Release To Manufacturing “RTM” build was made available  for download to Microsoft partners and MSDN members, but the official public date for launch is October 22, 2009. We have been testing AutoCAD 2010 on Windows 7 and will release an official product support statement after the official public launch and testing has been completed.

I have been testing AutoCAD on Windows 7 since the early betas of Windows 7 without any major issues other than faster performance and increased stability.

Things are looking good so far, what is your experience?
Any AutoCAD 2010 issues specific to Windows 7?

-Shaan

Project Twitch – Run Many Autodesk Software Applications Over the Web!

A cool “cloud” project is available for testing from the fine folks in the Autodesk Labs. If you located within 1000 miles of San Francisco and have a high speed connection you can now trial Autodesk products such as:

AutoCAD 2010

Autodesk Inventor 2010

Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010

Maya coming soon.

The reason for the proximity to San Francisco and high speed Internet is to make sure you get the best possible experience and performance as we are testing this technology..

Link to Project Twitch

• Test drive without installing or downloading Autodesk applications
• Scott Sheppard’s Blog Post on It’s Alive in the Lab Try AutoCAD, Inventor, and Revit without installing them

“Project Twitch!
This project is testing remote delivery of our applications over the Internet. The goal of project Twitch is to enable you to test and try the latest versions of AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor, and Maya without having to install or download the applications. These applications run remotely on our servers and are delivered to you over the Internet. You will use them in the same way that you would if they were on installed on your system.”

Check out the System Requirements before trying Twitch

System Requirements

Internet Connectivity

• Within 1,000 miles of the data center located in San Francisco California USA
• 5Mbps or greater bandwidth

Supported Operating Systems

• Windows XP (32-bit)
• Windows Vista (32-bit)

Supported Browsers

• Firefox 3.x
• Internet Explorer 7 or higher

Hardware (for data compression/decompression)

• 1.6 GHz or higher dual-core CPU
• 1 GByte RAM
• Display resolution of 1280x1024 or higher
• DirectX 9c capable video card

Are you twitching to try it?

Cheers,
Shaan

Autodesk SketchBook Mobile for the iPhone and iPod touch

This is so very cool for users of the Apple iPhone and Apple iPod touch and only $2.99 which has to be a record low price for an Autodesk application excluding free products.  I am a longtime Crackberry users and never really been tempted to jump to the iPhone because I would spend my time playing with all the cool things instead of working. This single application makes me really consider getting an iPhone, or at least an iPod touch. This is not the first time Autodesk has been on a handheld device as we had a viewer and other applications in the past but this is the first I know of on the iPhone.

John Schmier pointed out that Autodesk has released a prior iPhone application. Autodesk Fluid to demonstrate fluid dynamics on the iPhone.  Thanks John!

   The SketchBook Mobile application using the pressure and touch sensitive screen provides professional sketching tools for designers, artists, and doodlers. It also allows the capture of a picture from your iPhone camera so you can then use that in your sketch although I might have fun editing peoples faces with horns and moustaches when in meetings.

Congratulations to the Autodesk SketchBook Pro Team now they are on the Mac, Windows, and the iPhone. Check this out even if you don't have an iPhone as the technology and design tools you can put in your hand are amazing.

• YouTube Video SketchBook Mobile iPhone App from Autodesk
• Press Release Autodesk Releases SketchBook Mobile on the App Store
• Product details SketchBook Mobile Now Available for the iPhone and iPod touch
• Guillermo’s post and experiment with SketchBook Mobile Autodesk SketchBook Mobile for the iPhone and iPod touch

“Digitally capture your ideas as napkin sketches or produce artwork on-the-go. Created for artists, designers, and anyone who creates artwork for fun or work.”

"Key features in the SketchBook Mobile App include:

• Layers - Drawings can contain up to six layers.
• Brushes - The software comes with 25 preset brushes and completely customizable brush settings.
• Color selection - Customizable color swatches and a color wheel with RGB sliders provide a virtually unlimited palette.”

Autodesk Sketchbook Mobile painting and drawing software is available on the iTunes App Store.

Cheers,
Shaan

What a Day, 3.6 Million Pounds of Thrust Was a Blast

I just returned from the worlds largest solid fuel rocket motor test about an hour drive North of me in Utah. The rocket motor was the NASA ARES-1 DM-1 built and tested by ATK Space Systems. ATK Press Release

This is why science and engineering are cool and young people should be considering a future in science and engineering fields!  We need another manned lunar mission. Support NASA, the ARES project, and future space exploration!

A few quick bits and pieces beyond the rocket test’s sheer power and performance while burning over a million pounds of solid rocket fuel in two minutes.

How did they keep the rocket horizontal for this static test? ATK  had placed nearly a football field of concrete that the rocket motor assembly was mounted to. ATK and NASA had 650 sensors for monitoring and recording acoustical, pressure, and strain measurements. The initial results were successful and the data will be analyzed over the coming weeks to get detailed data to use in future motor design modifications and refinements.

There was a rattlesnake that survived being directly behind the motor test. The snake was located underneath some sand. The snake was not injured in any way despite the fact that some of the sand in the area turned to glass with exposure to the high temperatures generated by the rocket motor test. The ATK personnel certainly were surprised to find this lively little snake as they were moving sand after the test.  I took a photo of the engineers looking at the snake, but due to the snake blending in with camouflage markings you can see the lucky little reptile.

NASA located a special video camera with a mirror setup behind the rocket motor, the camera survived only a few seconds after the motor ignition. The camera was on a small car sized concrete footing, and it is believed to be spotted half way up the mountain behind the test.

During the test I spotted a commercial passenger plane passing over the several thousand foot tall plume of smoke. I can only guess what the passengers were thinking as they passed over.

I did ask a purely fun question while speaking with one ATK employee. With such a powerful rocket motor fixed to the Earth, I inquired whether they had considered the rockets force to alter the Earths rotational speed and possibly altering time. ;-)

NASA TV video of the rocket motor test:
NASA and ATK Successfully Test Ares First Stage Motor

Local television station Fox 13 video coverage of the test:
Rocket Test Successful in N. Utah

Local television station KSL:
ATK awaits Fla. test launch after successful test fire of Ares rocket

I was tweeting on Twitter live @mrcadman during  the day when I could get a phone connection.

This was an absolutely amazing experience, one that I will never forget. I met with many people today including real rocket scientists and Space Shuttle astronauts. I have many more photos to post to my Flickrstream as well as future blog posts. The ATK and NASA employees were awesome and I cannot begin to thank them enough for allowing me the opportunity to attend this historical engineering event. 

What an experience!

Cheers,
Shaan

T-18 Hours Until ARES 1 DM-1 Rocket Motor Test

I will be attending the large solid fuel rocket test tomorrow here in Northern Utah with ATK & NASA.  This is the ultimate engineering geek experience. This first stage rocket engine will be a vital component of the next generation manned space flight vehicle Orion Crew Vehicle.  If all goes well with my cell connection I will be blogging live before during and after the test as well as later be posting high resolution photos to my Flickrstream. The test will also be shown live on the NASA TV streaming over the web.

• 3.6 million pounds of thrust fixed in the horizontal position
• 2 minute burn
• 2/3 the temperature of the sun turning sand into glass

This is just the perfect type of event to get young people interested in science, space, and engineering.

“To Infinity and Beyond!” – Buzz Lightyear

Cheers,
Shaan

You Had me at Camtasia for the Mac, now Snagit for the Mac

Talk about a sweet loaded one, two punch!

1. As a encore to Techsmith’s hugely successful Windows software Camtasia now as Camtasia for the Mac. I can use Camtasia now on both my Windows PC and Apple MacBook. Today is the Day! Meet Camtasia for Mac!
    
   
2. Techsmith’s Betsy Weber (http://visuallounge.techsmith.com/) mentioned in her latest blog posting You had me at Snagit - Snagit for Mac is Coming! that in addition to Camtasia for the Mac screen recording application for the Mac they are working on a Snagit screen capture utility for the Mac. so i don't have to use the limited and painful Mac finger exercise of Command+shift+4.

I use Camtasia and Snagit on the Windows PC every single day as a picture or video crosses language barriers and is ideal for recording presentations, tutorials, and documenting steps or process.. Now I can use them on my Apple MacBook as well.

• Tutorials: Camtasia For Mac
• Camtasia for Mac Learning Center

Download a fully functional, 30 day copy of Camtasia for Mac here!

You can also use Techsmith’s free Jing for screen captures recordings on both Windows PC and Mac.

After I get Snagit, Camtasia and more Autodesk Mac applications then all I need is Windows Live Writer blog tool as I cannot find anything similar for the Mac. I am now juggling 4 operating systems as there is no one size fits all yet.

Cheers,
Shaan

New Autodesk Content Search Beta

Looking for a solution to a problem or information concerning an Autodesk product?Autodesk is testing a new search engine which aggregates from several sources such as support documents, forum posting as well as Autodesk blogs and YouTube.

The Search Beta provides a number of new abilities over the current Autodesk website content search including:

• Type-ahead
• “Did you mean…”
• Filter by publish date, site source
• Expanded search scope covering discussion forums,  blogs, online product documentation, community sites and the Autodesk channel on YouTube.

http://searchbeta.autodesk.com/

Here is the result I received using the term “Hatch”.

Currently the indexed content is mainly Architecture, Engineering and Construction  “AEC” focused and US English but this will change over time.

Give it a try!

Six Years of the Between the Lines Blog

It was six years ago today I started this Between the Lines Blog back in the days when most had no idea what a blog was.  Most blogs barely make it past 6 posts or 6 months whichever comes first but this blog has been active continuously since August 2003 and  I enjoy it. 

I try to cover all angles of all things Autodesk and Autodesk products from AutoCAD, Autodesk Impression, to 3ds Max as well as outside the envelope topics like photography, travel, and humor.  I try to keep a little variety and fun to keep you coming back and spreading the word to Read Between the Lines.

There has been thousands of posts, hundreds of thousands of unique visitors, and millions of page view. The RSS traffic continues to be the fastest growing segment of content viewers. There are now thousands of great CAD, engineering, and visualization blogs and I appreciate you keeping me in your favorites, the recommendations and mentions, and the nice emails and comments which are the icing on the cake and makes it all worthwhile.

I was the first known CAD blog and first one blogging at Autodesk and at one time was managing by proxy all the first Autodesk blogs as a nighttime hobby and social media experiment outlet instead of getting sleep. I believe it is extremely important for readers to hear from Autodesk employees “deskers” as well as place a human face on a large company like Autodesk. and understand we have come from the same place as many customers and are always trying to do the right thing for both the customer and Autodesk and continually improve and improve based on feedback and experience.  I try to write not as a professional writer or journalist but rather as a person and in a voice that I would normally talk to someone in a conversation in person, not perfectly polished. Blogging should be a two way conversation otherwise it is just a web page being updated in a timeline format from one perspective or voice like a megaphone.  People that know me personally will tell you besides run on sentences, I am a very dedicated and passionate person about what I do and the products I work on. My history is one of a customer using design products like Autodesk products in the trenches for many years and then coming to Autodesk as an employee working with many amazing teams and talented customers.

I want to thank every single person who has come to this blog over the past years, and if you have any suggestions, contributions, complaints, kudos, theories on the universe, photos of bigfoot,  please feel free to Contact Me. I also will accept AutoCAD tips and Tricks for full credit and link to your site.

So is it a “Blog Birthday” or a “Blog Postday” celebration because blogs can be born with a post?

So many things have changed while some things remained the same… Yeah I know I contradict myself and have warped logic and warped humor at times but that is all part of the draw, right?

Sincerely,
Shaan Hurley

Awesome Video - Autodesk 2009 Siggraph Show Reel

It never ceases to amaze me what Autodesk customers create using our products.

More Productive World During Twitter Outage? No Tweeting?

I'm just saying…the obvious. Currently social networking/social media heavyweight Twitter has been hit by a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) by hackers. Maybe we could just call them the anti-social hackers <g>.

Twitter hit by denial of service attack

There are reports that Facebook has also been impacted.

 

Update:

Twitter, Facebook woes blamed on attack on blogger

Cheers,
@mrcadman

AutoCAD Adware Details

Tom Stoeckel of Autodesk Product Support has detailed on the Without a Net blog a bogus AutoCAD ObjectARX application causing some problems for a few Chinese AutoCAD users. Malicious code writers are nothing new but just be cautious about the ObjectARX applications you download or use as well as most anything you download or install on your computers.

AutoCAD Adware Trojan

Autodesk Dragonfly Exports to AutoCAD 2D & 3D .DWG as well as Revit .RVT

The new Autodesk Labs project named Autodesk Project Dragonfly has been gaining a great deal of chatter in the social networks as well as the web and traditional press. It is a really cool free web based application allowing almost anyone to design their house, space or just reorganize a space. It is as simple as drag and drop. You can assign dimensions and when completed share with others on the site or export to a JPEG, 2D or 3D .DWG file or a Revit .RVT file.

You first sign up for free at http://dragonfly.autodesk.com

I could have started using an existing design shared on the site or from scratch as I ended up choosing.

I started by simply dragging in some floors and then shape and get them to the right dimensions. Selecting the wall allows me to see the dimensions and change them.

Once you get the rooms all set you can then go crazy dragging in content from plants, flooring and rugs, doors and windows,  to furniture, to cabinets and more off the palettes.

Here is my 5 minute creation. Note I am not a interior designer or architect. :-) You can select the View in 3D option and even work in the 3D view mode.

 

I grabbed one of the more complete designs from the public gallery to show what exporting to DWG results in.

 

 

You can also export to a JPEG raster image of a Autodesk Revit .RVT file.

Give Autodesk Project Dragonfly a try to re-organize your ofice, your house, or even a future dream office. Nothing to install, free, and downright fun. To use a line from an GEICO insurance companies popular television ads “So easy, a caveman could do it”.

Cheers,
Shaan

Free Autodesk Imagine Virtual Event Today

Tuesday May 19, 2009
10:00 AM. – 5:00 PM. EDT (7:00 AM – 2:00 PM. PDT)

There will be many presentations as well as Autodesk employees posted in the virtual booths to take your questions on the many new products.

I hope to “virtually” see you there as I will be participating in the chat sessions such as “Straight Talk about AutoCAD 2010 Benefits“.

Sign Up Now

Cheers,
Shaan

PS: Only 196 days until Autodesk University 2009!

Autodesk Imagine Virtual Event May 19th, 2009

Find out how to turn "What if" into reality & Why Design Matters

The Autodesk Imagine Virtual Event is an online live event with interactive chat sessions included.

Tuesday May 19, 2009
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EDT
7:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. PDT

Sign Up Now

Agenda

The Autodesk Imagine Virtual Event Agenda May 19, 2009

10:00am–5:00pm EDT / 7:00am–2:00pm PDT

• Exhibit Hall Open

11:30–12:00pm EDT / 8:30–9:00am PDT

• What's New in Autodesk Manufacturing Solutions for Mechanical & Electrical Engineers
• What's New in Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010
• What's New in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010
• What's New in Autodesk Revit MEP 2010
• Infrastructure Modeling / Mapping and GIS
• Autodesk Solutions for Entertainment: What's New in Maya 2009

12:00–12:30pm EDT / 9:00–9:30am PDT

• Take Design Further: Lynn Allen's AutoCAD 2010 Tips & Techniques

12:30–1:00pm EDT / 9:30–10:00am PDT

• Autodesk Solutions for the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act

1:00–1:30pm EDT / 10:00–10:30am PDT

Scheduled Chat Sessions:

• AutoCAD LT 2010: PDF output and underlays
• What is Digital Prototyping and What's in it For Me?
• The Latest and Greatest in Autodesk Revit
• Infrastructure Modeling / Mapping and GIS
• Best Practices: Autodesk Solutions for Entertainment
• Autodesk Solutions for the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act

1:30–2:00pm EDT / 10:30–11:00am PDT

• 3D Conceptual Design inside AutoCAD 2010

2:30–3:00pm EDT / 11:30–12:00pm PDT

• What's New in the Autodesk Vault Product Line for Data Management
• What's New in Autodesk Solutions for Industrial Design & Visualization
• What's New in Autodesk Revit Structure 2010
• What's New in Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010
• What's New in Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2010
• Join the Conversation: Design Matters – when managing utility networks
• Autodesk Solutions for Entertainment: What's New In 3ds Max 2010

3:00–3:30pm EDT / 12:00–12:30pm PDT

Scheduled Chat Sessions:

• Autodesk Manufacturing Software Solutions – Indentifying the Right Products for You
• Rock & Road: Dig into AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010
• Design Matters: When Managing Utility Networks
• Autodesk Solutions for Entertainment: Production Workflows

4:00–4:30pm EDT / 1:00–1:30pm PDT

Scheduled Chat Session:

• Straight Talk about AutoCAD 2010 Benefits

I hope to see you there as I will be participating in the chat sessions such as “Straight Talk about AutoCAD 2010 Benefits“.

Cheers,
Shaan

TeknoChronicles of Z Episode 3 "Supply Chained"

A new episode of the TeknoChronicles of Z has been posted on the AutoCAD Exchange as well as YouTube. This is the third episode and titled “Supply Chained”. Take a break and watch this video to get a mid-week laugh.

TeknoChronicles of Z Episode 3 – Supply Chained

If you have not been following the funny series The TeknoChronicles of Z it might help to catch up on these short fun videos from Autodesk. Don't forget to enter the General ShadowFinger’s Benign Design contest in 3D for some great prizes but valid for US contestants most likely due to some evil TeknoLawyer.

You can follow The TeknoChronicles of Z at the AutoCAD Exchange Community (http://autocad.autodesk.com), http://www.teknochroniclesofz.com/, or even on YouTube.

Chronological list of webispodes of TeknoChronicles of Z:

• TeknoChronicles of Z Trailer
• The TeknoChronicles of Z - Episode 1: Z No Evil
• TeknoChronicles of Z Episode 2 - General Malaise
• TeknoChronicles of Z General ShadowFinger’s Benign Design in 3D Contest
• TeknoChronicles of Z Episode 3 – Supply Chained

Cheers,
Shaan

Do You Tweet on Twitter?

I have found a great deal of people on Twitter discussing “tweeting” Autodesk products as well as sharing fun ideas and commentary on their daily life. If you are on Twitter and want to follow me I am @mrcadman http://twitter.com/mrcadman.

If you don't know what Twitter is…Common Craft has a great video explanation http://www.commoncraft.com/twitter.

They also have other videos for other technologies explained in easy terms and concepts.

Cheers,
Shaan

AutoCAD 2010 Help Documentation and Resources now available online

AutoCAD 2010 Help is now available in HTML online as well as many other AutoCAD 2010 learning and training resources free. I believe this is just one step towards something even more exciting in the future for documentation, but more on that if and when it materializes.
http://www.autodesk.com/autocad-help

 

AutoCAD Help

User's Guide

Command Reference

Customization Guide

Driver and Peripherals Guide

Glossary

 

 

More resources

Web-based Training and Help for AutoCAD 2010 can be accessed from the following resources  
Learning Path.

New Features Workshop

Tutorials

Cue Cards .

Learning Resources

 

Cheers,
Shaan

New Episode of TeknoChronicles of Z

The new Episode 1 of TeknoChronicles of Z - “Z No Evil” is very funny.
“vrooom vrooom vrooom”

Be sure to pay attention to all the subtle humor like the scrolling text in the TeknoMap or the clouds in reverse direction in the TeknoJustice’s flying vehicle.

You can follow the TeknoChronicles of Z at http://AUTOCAD.AUTODESK.COM, http://www.teknochroniclesofz.com/, or even on YouTube.

Cheers,
Shaan

AutoCAD Exchange Community Launched

There is a new free online community for AutoCAD users named AutoCAD Exchange http://autocad.autodesk.com

This new site by Autodesk will feature many videos, Ask the Expert sessions, featured customers like Hollywood's Eddie Paul. There will also be some fun content like The TeknoChronicles of Z series, and even Roger Penwill CAD related cartoons. There is also the ability for members to share content and AutoCAD tips.

It should be another great resource for all AutoCAD users to bookmark and join.

There is also a CAD Management series I filmed in February with CAD Management guru Robert Green. It is amazing how they say the camera adds ten pounds to you, but I see it can also make me look hair challenged especially when appearing with Robert Green's healthy full head of hair. ;-)

Quite a bit in the AutoCAD Exchange community, and more as it begins to grow.

Cheers,
Shaan