Thanks to my Swedish CAD friend and blogger Jimmy Bergmark for reminding me via his blogs RSS feed about the AU 2005 registrations starting this Monday. I had the date but forgot to announce them here. I have been looking... Read more →

I wanted to highlight the latest AUGIWorld Magazine that I just read and wanted to pass on the recommendation for others. It is free after a free registration and full of great information. The current Issue is the July/August 2005... Read more →

You can now Offset to a current layer. In the OFFSET command prompt there is a nrew option to set the offset to be on the current layer rather than the same layer as the entity being offset. An example... Read more →

ACADINFO is a command utility for gathering information about your AutoCAD installation and current settings. You can find this utility in you AutoCAD 2006 Support directory. To run the utility in AutoCAD 2006 just use the ACADINFO command. The routine... Read more →

It seems like only yesterday (June 2005) that we reached 7 Million downloads of the Autodesk DWF viewer. Now here it isn’t even August yet, and we have reached 8 million. The number of people downloading the free Autodesk DWF... Read more →

I mentioned the recent Google Earth which is very cool and free. Now there is another mapping tool this time from Microsoft named Virtual Earth. The Virtual Earth is still in beta and not all features are available. It is... Read more →

The DWF 7.0 Toolkit allows a 3rd party developer to develop applications that read or write multi-sheet drawings in DWF (Design Web Format) format. The toolkit contains a C++ library that aids in the generation, reading, and parsing of DWF... Read more →

The DXF file (drawing interchange file) format is documented by Autodesk so that other applications can read and write files to and from AutoCAD. You can download and review the AutoCAD 2006 DXF format or other prior versions from the... Read more →

Google has launched another online free map resource but this time not for Earth http://earth.google.com but instead the moon. The new site is http://moon.google.com/. What is funny is that I noticed if you zoom in really close to the lunar... Read more →

I created a image of an AutoCAD major release timeline showing the past 20 releases of AutoCAD since 1982. More at my unofficial AutoCAD history site. Link Cheers, Shaan Read more →

You can find the gallery from the button on the http://www.cadalyst.com homepage, or through the link: http://www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/static/staticHtml.jsp?id=155048 Submit some DWF files and you get the chance to win some cool flash drives. You can also take the time to check... Read more →

There are 8 new AutoCAD 2006 courses posted to the Subscription Center. 1. Creating Custom Tool Palettes 2. Managing and Sharing Tool Palettes 3. Creating Sheet Sets 4. Working with Sheet Sets 5. Setting Sheet Set Properties 6. Using Fields... Read more →

So you have some comments or a problem with a specific topic in the online AutoCAD Help, where do you send the comments? A perfect way to get these logged into the system is to select the "comments" link at... Read more →

I thought I would quickly publish a little known trick. Since AutoCAD 2004 was released there is no longer the need to install a custom object enabler. Architectural Desktop objects will now display in AutoCAD. However, if your requirements are... Read more →

There are now 2 white papers published on the new AutoCAD 2006 feature Dynamic Blocks. These documents explain the feature, best practices, and tips and tricks to help get you started in using the powerful new feature. The information is... Read more →

A quick list of events: Depart San Francisco at 10:45AM for Chicago Depart Chicago for Amsterdam Netherlands Almost 3 hours into the 7 hour flight we are diverted for a problem to New York City JFK airport. Sit on the... Read more →

I am headed to the Netherlands today. After arriving in Amsterdam I will then be driving to a city on the German border named Enschede. Stay off the roads Sunday in the Netherlands as I will be tired from the... Read more →

There is now a pre-release beta for a new Autodesk Batch Drawing Converter. The only difference from the existing Batch DWG Converter at http://www.autodesk.com/migrationtools is this version does not require any AutoCAD to be on the machine it is installed... Read more →

In June 2005 we reached 7+ Million downloads of the DWF viewer. The monthly download rates are increasing. The number of people downloading the free Autodesk DWF Viewer continues to grow due to the popularity and benefits of the DWF... Read more →

My sincere sympathy goes out to all those affected by the heinous acts in London today. Shaan Read more →

Fellow Autodesk'er Lynn Allen has posted her very popular AutoCAD 2006 Tips and Tricks Booklet on her blog. This booklet was in so much demand during the recent Realize Your Ideas tour that I could not even get a printed... Read more →

For those located in the United States and Canada, you can now download the AutoCAD 2006 trial product. AutoCAD 2006 trial is a full version but is time limited to 30 days. This gives you plenty of time to test... Read more →

AUGI is putting on more CAD Camp events in 2005. www.cadcamp.com Orange County, CA USA August 16th Salt Lake City, UT USA August 23rd Columbus, OH USA August 25th Toronto, ON Canada August 30th Paramus, NJ USA September 13th Cleveland,... Read more →

I may be slow in posts this week...Yesterday was the US holiday the Fourth of July. On the Fourth of July there are lots of fireworks watched and also many light their own fireworks to celebrate the holiday. I had... Read more →

My employer Autodesk is generous in providing employees the time to wind down and regenerate the creative energy. Every 4 years Autodesk employees earn a six week sabbatical (time off). I have had one sabbatical while at Autodesk and did... Read more →