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Beta of Google Earth Extension Now Available

The Google Earth™ Extension for AutoCAD 2007, Architectural Desktop 2007, and Autodesk Map 3D 2007 is now available for beta testing on the Autodesk Labs website (http://labs.autodesk.com). Read more →

Autodesk Labs!

Autodesk Labs is our home for new technologies, developer prototypes, and even new products which are currently being beta tested at our company. Take a look around, test drive these applications and send our developers feedback to make them even better! These are public beta (no non-disclosure is required) and we would appreciate your valuable feedback while you explore. Read more →

A Preview Beta of the Autodesk® DGN V8 Translator will be available for download beginning June 19, 2006.

A Preview Beta of the Autodesk® DGN V8 Translator will be available for download beginning June 19, 2006 This Beta product is used to import and export MicroStation® DGN V8 files to and from AutoCAD® 2007 software-based applications. (The Autodesk® Civil 3D®, Autodesk® Land Desktop, and Autodesk Map® 3D products already contain this feature.) Read more →

Autodesk DWF Viewer 7 Available

Build Version: 7,0,0,928 Platform: Windows 2000/XP Home/XP Pro Browser: Internet Explorer 6.0 File size: 15.1 MB http://www.autodesk.com/dwf Read more →

Attention AutoCAD Users in Singapore, Japan, Korea and Hong Kong

I will be in Asia the first couple weeks in July with some fellow Autodesk employees and my boss. We are looking to meet with customers who would be interested in participating in AutoCAD pre-release... Read more →

Some new hotfixes have been released for AutoCAD 2007

Hotfix - Fatal Error During Save http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=DL7450147 Hotfix - Cut and Paste http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=DL7450124 Certified Hardware XML Database Update http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=DL7440746 Read more →

AutoCAD 2007 Graphics Hardware List Update

The AutoCAD 2007 tested card list has now been updated today to version: 1.1.1.3 . http://www.autodesk.com/autocad-graphicscard Read more →

Autodesk Design Review 2007 Releases Today

Great Things Come in Small Packages Autodesk Design Review Read more →

The AUGI Wish List Polls Are Open, see the list here

The AUGI wish list ballots are open for both the AutoCAD and the Inventor wish lists. The links to the wish lists ballot pages are AutoCAD www.augi.com/autocad/ballot.asp and for Autodesk Inventor www.augi.com/inventor/ballot.asp. Get in there and vote for your favorite submitted wish list enhancement. Read the nominations... Read more →

Latest edition of AUGIWorld - May/Jun 2006 out now...

Check this out: The latest issue of AUGIWorld ( Mar/Apr 2006 edition ) has just hit the shelves. This edition contains its regular number of high quality articles covering a multitude of CAD related topics. * The Cad Manager -... Read more →

Autodesk Looking for High Standards Candidates

High CAD Standards as well as overall high standards of course. The AutoCAD team is looking to hire (on an hourly contractual basis) folks that are familiar with CAD Standards (ANSI, National CAD Standards etc.) and have preferably authored a... Read more →

AutoCAD - Customer Error Reporting (CER)

Autodesk software products are known for their high quality. But even the best software contains software defects that may occasionally cause your system to close unexpectedly. When a software error... Read more →

Microsoft Windows Vista Beta Available

Microsoft has made publicly available a beta pre-release its next operating system Windows Vista which was formerly known as Longhorn. It as been in development for quite sometime and still is a ways from the final release. I like the... Read more →

World of DWF - Gallery

Check out the customer submitted DWF examples in the World of DWF Gallery. There are some pretty cool examples. Read more →

Breaking News: Barbie Missing

…Just outside my home office door… I witnessed my 90 pound Labrador Retriever Wyatt running at full speed with a Barbie doll in his mouth. My daughter chasing after him yelling and closing in on him in the rescue attempt.... Read more →

AutoCAD Tip: How to list all drawings that contain a specific Xref

This creative tip was from Mike Hacker of London England. This is from the private Autodesk MyFeedback discussion forums. One AutoCAD MyFeedback member asked for a way to be able to find all drawings that contained a specific Xref... Read more →

AutoCAD 2007 - Sharing visual styles

Check this out: ID: TS1056445 You would like to know how to export visual styles to other machines. Solution To share visual styles between machines, you should add them to a Tool Palette, and then export the Palette as an... Read more →