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AUGI Customization Corner - June 2004

Great article on Tool Palettes Lee Ambrosius of HyperPics.com. "With AutoCAD 2005, Autodesk incorporated the Tool Palette Extension for those that were not on subscription and added support for Tables, along with additional improvements like Auxiliary Scale. I will talk about each of these individual tools in this and subsequent articles. " Read the article Read more →

Autodesk Inventor Professional eBeta Opportunity

See the "In the Machine" Autodesk Inventor blog or the Autodesk Beta Programs website for more details. In the Machine Autodesk Inventor Professional 9 Beta Announcement Autodesk Beta Programs Read more →

AUGI HotNews - June 2004

Welcome, Revit Users What happens when two dynamic user groups meet? Power and productivity. AUGI welcomes members of the Revit User Group International (RUGI) and participants in the Revit Forums at ZoogDesign.com to its first product community. Autodesk Map 3D, a Q&A with David Salzberg David Salzberg, Customer Solution Manager, Communications & Utilities for Autodesk's Infrastructure Solutions Division answers questions about trends in the GIS/Mapping industry. The NEW AUGI Forums Are Open New and enhanced features await AUGI members at... Read more →

More DWF vs. PDF

An inaccurate discussion group response of a competitor in response to their customers requesting DWF needs some perspective and correction. The person claimed that because AutoCAD cannot publish native PDF, that the DWF vs. PDF comparisons are not correct. Well, you can publish native PDF and in fact Adobe Acrobat Pro provides a native AutoCAD ARX for AutoCAD 2002 and AutoCAD 2004. This is just as native as the competitors PDF offering. In the case of producing a sample PDF... Read more →

Marin AutoCAD User Group Meeting Last Night

I attended the Marin AutoCAD Users Group "MAUG" last night. I did not take count but there were over a dozen in attendance. Elise Moss showed some Autodesk Inventor 8 Pro features and there were also some good discussions. There were also some great raffle prizes won and I donated a Autodesk DWF Composer for their next meeting. I posted a photo in my Daily Grind gallery I love attending user group meetings. Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

The AutoCAD 2005 Easter Egg

The excellent Autodesk product and resource for tips and tricks website CAD Forum has divulged details on the AutoCAD 2005 Easter Egg. Easter eggs are the practice and long-standing tradition of software developers to add a little something special in the program such as listing team members for the project. Just like the Easter tradition of locating a surprise or a hidden egg also known as the Easter egg hunt. The Easter eggs are hidden and take some work to... Read more →

I am back in California

Did you miss me? Well I will be posting more info again as I am once again back in the saddle with a broadband connection. Florida was a great 2 week trip. Some highlights (in no particular order): Orlando and the Disney resorts and theme parks Tampa Bay and St. Pete Beach on the Gulf of Mexico with 88F water Dinner with David Harrington at the same place a presidential candidate decided to eat at that night. A speeding ticket... Read more →