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You will receive a card in the box which will let you obtain a hard copy free of charge. I understand this will be for customers of AutoCAD 2007 worldwide. The AutoCAD User Guide is now over 1200 pages, the AutoCAD Command Reference that explains the commands is 1701 pages, and the AutoCAD Customization Guide is 296 pages. The card in your product box for AutoCAD 2007 will direct you to www.autodeskbookrequest.com to place your order. Last year the free... Read more →
A Canadian. The customer is located in Ontario Canada and was the first customer to be shipped AutoCAD 2007. Below is a link to a video showing the first AutoCAD 2007 and the assembly and the shipping of many more from Northern California. AutoCAD 2007 Shipping - Behind the Scenes Video (56Mb) This .wmv file requires the free Windows Media Player 9 or 10 . Some skeptics last year thought that the video from AutoCAD LT 2006 was some sort... Read more →
Roger Penwill created a cartoon characture of me for me. Roger is the famous and super funny CAD cartoonist seen in Cadalyst Magazine as well as other places. This image definitly captures the no sleep geek environment I live in and can you tell I like fishing? Roger's Website www.penwill.com Read more →
I wish there was a PURGE command like there is in AutoCAD but for my brain. I have so many twisted, warped, and weird images stuck in the brain that I need to get rid of. ;-) Read more →
I am in the final planning states of this 23,100 mile expedition. I will start a survey next week to keep track of who I can visit and chat with while down there on vacation. I feel it is only fair since many of my Kiwi and Aussie friends have come to the US to attend Autodesk University and some of them did it on their own dime. Some of my top beta customer beta sites come from NZ and... Read more →
AutoCAD Knowledge Base article TS1056027 Note: AutoCAD 2007 has the current Architectural Desktop 2007 object enablers built into the product. By opening a file in the 2007 product the objects are upgraded to the latest version of AEC objects and your older version products Will need the new enablers. For example you are using AutoCAD 2006 which has the ADT 2006 enablers and you send your drawing to Joe which is using a 2007 product and saves the file back... Read more →
The hardware requirements for AutoCAD 2007 are listed as 2D users and recommended hardware for 3D. 2D customers can use the same hardware they are using for their current version of AutoCAD. For customers that want to start using the new 3D design tools, we are providing a second level of system recommendations. As many may know, AutoCAD has had the ability to use OpenGL based graphics hardware since AutoCAD 2000. With AutoCAD 2004 we added the ability to display... Read more →
Just wanted to share this nice example of a beta customer’s comment and use of the new Visual Styles in the upcoming AutoCAD 2007. Ged Trias posted this to the AutoCAD 2007 "Postrio" private beta image gallery and I asked to share this on the blog. “Visual styles saves the day. It took less time to produce than a regular rendering. It gave me more depth & character than a standard wireframe or shaded view.” – Ged Trias Here is... Read more →
Just another post that a few in the online CAD press will ignore while mentioning others
Mark's blog post: AutoCAD 2007 New Features Workshop Thank you for the heads up Mark and thank you for your great blog http://caddmanager.com/blog/ And the New Features Workshop is on Autodesk.com at http://www.autodesk.com/us/interactiveoverviews/demo/autocad2007_nfw/index.html Read more →
Lee Ambrosius has updated his AutoCAD commands page to show AutoCAD 2007 commands as well as commands back to R12. This is an excellent resource or even AutoCAD command trivia resource. I remember creating the first command map from R12 to AutoCAD 2000 and it took a few months of research but has been well worth it in popularity and assistance to AutoCAD users. For the past few years Lee has now became the proud owner of the command map... Read more →
My coworker and fellow blogger Heidi Hewett has posted some AutoCAD 2007 videos in honor of AutoCAD 2007 shipping today. These videos are great to get some ideos on how to use the new features or just see some of the new features demonstrated. Check out the blog post with video links: http://heidihewett.blogs.com/my_weblog/2006/03/autocad_2007_ha.html Read more →
You can download the new version of DWG TrueConvert™ and DWG TrueView™ will be available within a few days. DWG TrueConvert™ - Translate any AutoCAD or AutoCAD-based drawing file for compatibility with AutoCAD Release 14, AutoCAD 2000, 2000i, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 versions. The DWG TrueConvert software allows conversion of pen widths to lineweights and the addition of page setups. http://www.autodesk.com/dwgtrueconvert DWG TrueView™ - View, plot, print, and publish with software. http://www.autodesk.com/dwgtrueview Other free Migration Tools can be... Read more →
What: You can now download a free 30 day AutoCAD 2007 trial version from the web. Where: http://www.autodesk.com/autocad and select the link on the right side of the page. Why: Test drive and evaluate the new release AutoCAD 2007 for yourself. Read more →
As of today March 23rd, 2006 AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD LT 2007 will be shipping in English, German and Japanese on March 23, 2006. Additional languages are planned to be released in the future. Press Releases: * Autodesk Launches the Latest Release of Industry-Leading Software, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD LT 2007 * Autodesk Delivers Comprehensive Product Portfolio Spanning Multiple Industries The AutoCAD web site was updated with AutoCAD 2007 information this morning at http://www.autodesk.com/autocad Read more →
PAUG Brings You AutoCAD 2007 Presented by Heidi Hewett, Autodesk Technical Marketing Manager & Nate Bartley, Autodesk Beta Coordinator Mark your calendars! Denver's Local User Group, PAUG, is proud to present Heidi Hewett, Autodesk Technical Marketing Manager and Nate Bartley, Autodesk Beta Coordinator. You are invited to see a FREE presentation AutoCAD 2007. Don't miss this great opportunity to see the features of AutoCAD 2007. This event will give you the heads up you need and allow you to network... Read more →
The discussion group for AutoCAD 2007 is live in both a NNTP news reader discussion group and HTTP web browser version view. Web Browser Version http://discussion.autodesk.com/forum.jspa?forumID=186 News Reader Version news://discussion.autodesk.com/autodesk.autocad.2007 Thanks to Bill for reminding me in the comments about the RSS feed of the AutoCAD 2007 discussion forum. http://discussion.autodesk.com/rss/rssmessages.jspa?forumID=186 Cheers, Shaan Read more →
Why Not: Because they were not intended for customer use and were developed for in house testing of AutoCAD. In some cases they are nice to know for a customer but they were not tested or designed for use outside or even supported so we leave them undocumented. Since these limited number of undocumented system variables of system variables were not designed for customer usage or tested and can be removed in a future release or API change it would... Read more →
How many can you get right out of 10? http://www.autodesk.com/eng/etc/fakeorfoto/ One of my tips when rendering is to build in some visual flaws errors or imperfections in a rendering to fool the eye. Far too often people render a perfect scene which is a big clue it is computer generated "CG". Read more →
Just a few of the features of the upcoming AutoCAD LT 2007: Layer related Express Tools included Block Editor and Dynamic Blocks authoring Tool Palettes Plot to PDF or DWF Reference Palette DWF Attach DWF Underlay OTRACK / AutoTrack Reads DWG files from AutoCAD 2.x to 2007 Some AutoCAD 2006 features and more Read more →
I was in the Southern California Orange County “OC” area this weekend. I picked a bad weekend to go down there. As I have warned previously do not take the same flights as me as something is bound to occur and this time it was canceled flights coming and going so another boring 12 hours removed from my life. I went to Orange County to see a quarter horse race in honor of my late grandfather Ivan Ashment who was... Read more →
New Commands Command Description 3DALIGN Aligns objects with other objects in 2D and 3D. -3DCONFIG Provides a command line interface to the 3D graphics system's configuration settings. 3DDWF Displays the Export 3D DWF dialog box. 3DFLY Activates fly-through mode and enables you to navigate in any direction, including off the XY plane. 3DFORBIT Controls the interactive viewing of objects in 3D, using an unconstrained orbit. 3DMOVE Displays the move grip tool in a 3D view and moves objects a specified... Read more →
I had some personal plans in Orange County California this weekend but they got cancelled at the very last minute. So instead of being penalized for cancelling all my reservations I will still be traveling down there. As a bonus I get to escape the 5” of snow that fell at my home here in the Rockies. So how about it? Any user group meetings this weekend? Anyone want to just drive around, chat, see cool places, and have fun?... Read more →
Please find the Preview Guide for the upcoming release of AutoCAD 2007 below. Download autocad_2007_preview_guide_btl.pdf Please do not direct link to this file. Read more →