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Gas Prices in the Bay Area are Soaring...

The photo was taken while I was filling up in Marin County near Novato. $2.32 Regular Unleaded $2.43 Regular Plus Unleaded $2.53 Premium Unleaded -Shaan Read more →

Enthusiasts call Web feed "RSS" next big thing

Read the Article. This blog also has a RSS feed you can use your RSS feed aggregator to read. Find out more about my RSS feed and how to use it Here. Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

What's up with blogging, and why should you care?

What's up with blogging, and why should you care? By Dan Farber of ZDNet This is a pretty interesting take on blogging and its future. Quotes: "Are blog tools and the art of blogging revolutionary? No, but they are clearly superior to antecedent tools for online expression. " "In the "classic" sense, however, blogging is more personality than application driven. Outing cites personality as the most important attribute of a blogs, followed by insight, humor, serendipity, a narrow focus and... Read more →

AutoCAD 2005 Tip: Ignoring Hatch objects with running Object snaps from Lee of Hyperics.com

Ignoring Hatch objects when using running Object snaps http://www.hyperpics.com/tipsandtricks/cad/osnaphatch.htm Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

Any Los Angeles AutoCAD 2002 Users want to Participate in Productivity Studies?

Dates: March 15th-19th Length: Mon-Wed 9:00-4:30, Lunch 1:00-2:30 or Wed-Fri 9:00-4:30, Lunch 1:00-2:30 Location: El Segundo, CA Info: Autodesk is looking for a group of experienced AutoCAD 2002 users to participate in a productivity study that will focus on moving from your current software to a new version of AutoCAD. The study is being funded by Autodesk but will be performed by a team from the UC Berkeley School of Architecture. The location of the study will be determined by... Read more →

My New HP Tablet PC TC1100 & AutoCAD 2005

I now have a new Tablet PC the HP Compaq Tablet PC TC1100 . This is a real nice unit. I took it home last night and had to beg to get it back from my 2 year old daughter. I am using AutoCAD 2005 on this unit and intend to use this as my primary road machine when out of the office for customer visits and presentations. I am even taking it deep into the Amazon with a special... Read more →

AutoCAD 2005 Article: Collaboration's New Age

Collaboration's New Age By Peter Coffee "Instead of marking up a drawing and sending it to someone else as either a paper document or a flat image file, an AutoCAD 2005 user will be able to annotate the drawing electronically and transmit those annotations to whoever needs to act on them. The person receiving that input will be able to call up the original drawing, see how those comments relate to it and check to see if they're still relevant... Read more →

AutoCAD 2005 Article: "Improved workflow for drafting, design pros"

"Improved workflow for drafting, design pros BY P. ANGELINA AUTODESK Inc has unveiled the latest version of its AutoCAD software for 2D drafting and design, and basic 3D visualisation. AutoCAD 2005 has been enhanced to allow customers to better manage and publish sheet sets (drawings), and communicate project information for mark-up and review, said Autodesk design solutions division product management manager Shawn Gilmour. " cont... Read the full online article: Click Here Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

828 Tips and Tricks Currently from cadforum.cz

This is an awesome resource to bookmark for Tips and Tricks for all Autodesk Products especially AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor. They are also very knowledgable and helpful people located in the Czech Republic. The Link from CAD Studio's CadForum.cz: http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/default.asp?tab=2 Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

AutoCAD 2004 Tip from Lee of Hyperpics.com

Saving AutoCAD 2004 drawings back down to R14 format http://www.hyperpics.com/tipsandtricks/cad/dwgconvertor.htm Customizing the Status Bar at the Bottom of AutoCAD 2004 & uphttp://www.hyperpics.com/tipsandtricks/cad/customize_statusbar.htm Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

See Shaan Eaten by Piranhas in the Amazon Jungle Live on this Blog Next Month!

So many people have said I am crazy for wanting to do this trip to the Amazon Jungle, but I laugh as it has always been a dream of mine. Nothing like the humid, hot jungle with a fishing line and of course my new rugged’ized by way of a special case HP Compaq Tablet PC TC1100 with a GSM cell phone connection via a PCMCIA card to live update this blog with photos, sounds and video as well as... Read more →

Autodesk to Acquire MechSoft Technology to Advance its Strategy of Delivering Engineering Capabilities to the Design Department

Wow, Autodesk just announced the purchase of Mechsoft. For those that are not aware, Mechsoft is a pretty comprehensive suite of Mechanical Design tools for AutoCAD based products and Inventor. More than 50 calculators and design wizards (e.g. bolted joint, shaft generation, gear, cam and spring wizards) that provide critical engineering information during the product development process, resulting in huge savings in manual calculations and lookups for each and every component; A drag-and-drop content library consisting of more than 1.5... Read more →

Autodesk is Looking for AutoCAD Tips, Submit Yours

Autodesk is compiling a list of Tips and Tricks for AutoCAD. Submit yours. Any AutoCAD release is appreciated and will be published very soon perhaps in the AutoCAD Communication Center. Link to Online Submission Form Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

New Autodesk Blog! Between the Walls by Chris Yanchar of the ADT Team

Fellow Desker Chris Yanchar of the Architectural Desktop team now has a blog. I forced him into this fun side-work project as I know he is perfect for the task and does not sleep just like me. http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_walls/ Make sure to bookmark his blog. Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

AutoCAD 2005: A First Look by Greg Corke, AEC Magazine

An article by Greg Corke of AEC Magazine was released as a select article on caddigest.com on AutoCAD 2005. From the articles conclusion: "The introduction of Sheet Sets is by far the most important and far reaching of the new features in AutoCAD 2005." "I think the introduction of new Tables functionality speaks for itself. It’s remarkable that there haven’t been tools to deal with this problem before, but from what I’ve seen the addition is sure to please many... Read more →

Steven Papke's Vizdepot.com Posts AutoCAD and ADT 2005 Articles

Check out what Steven likes about the upcoming releases. http://www.vizdepot.com/showarticle.php?s=&threadid=164 Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

Cadalyst Magazine - Autodesk previews Architectural Desktop 2005, Building Services 2005

Cadalyst magazine article on Architectural Desktop 2005 and Building Services 2005 http://www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=86182 Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

AutoCAD 2005 Sheet Set Description and Exercises and Features from Ellen Finkelstein

Ellen Finkelstein has posted a list of AutoCAD 2005 features and more coming soon as well as new books: Click Here She has also posted a Sheet Set Description and Exercises. Of course you must have the AutoCAD 2005 to go through the exercises. Click Here Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

HOT NEWS! AutoCAD 2005 Beta and ADT 2005 Beta Available to all Autodesk Subscription Customers

If you are a current Autodesk subscription customer, you can now get the AutoCAD 2005 and ADT 2005 Beta releases by download. Keep in mind this is not the final released products, but beta releases. Go login to your Autodesk Subscription website to get the details and instructions. Make sure to read the installation instructions and documentation carefully and also have a broadband connection to download. Cheers -Shaan Read more →

Another AutoCAD 2005 Link

http://www.morateknikutveckling.se We have not had any problems at all with the new version, this was the easiest transition so far. And we have been around for more than 20 years... It loads as quick as an old DOS release! Keep up the good work! regards, Ola Wallgren president, Mora Teknikutveckling AB Thank you Ola. -Shaan Read more →

Product Activation Information Site is Now Live

Autodesk has now gone live with a product activation website. http://www.autodesk.com/activation. Some who have heard the announcement that like the customers outside of North America for years that AutoCAD 2005 will include the product activation in North America as well. The activation is not the old Cdilla technology and is very transparent and well received during beta testing and other products. You can also still install per the license agreement at home and work for your standalone installation. Unfortunately, some... Read more →

Autodesk Redraws Drafting Software

Good article on the new release of AutoCAD 2005 and DWF Composer. Autodesk Redraws Drafting Software By David Becker Staff Writer, CNET News.com http://news.com.com/2100-1012-5160338.html Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

AutoCAD 2005 Article from Cadalyst Magazine

Cadalyst magazine wrote brief article on the upcoming AutoCAD 2005. Link Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

February 2004 AUGI HotNews Articles

New AUGI Hotnews Link to New February 2004 Customization Article by Lee Ambrosius of hyperpics.com Covers The following: Blocks and Templates Scripts Aliases Toolbars (Part of Menu file) Pulldowns/Pop Ups (Part of Menu file) Design Center Tool Palettes More on Object Selection by Chris Lindner Link Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

Cadalyst Article - Autodesk DWF Composer aims at Acrobat

Cadalyst Magazine posted a short article on the upcoming Autodesk product DWF Composer. Link I would not actually call title it aiming at Acrobat, but rather using a more appropriate format for CAD design drawings. DWF it of course. Tastes better, less filling . You can also register to be considered as a beta tester for this upcoming product. Link Cheers, -Shaan Read more →