Between the Lines

Over 8 Million!

Autodesk Surpasses Eight Million Licensed Users Eight million is a big number and more than the number of people that live in London, Moscow, Bangkok, or Chicago! Technorati tags: Autodesk del.icio.us tags: Autodesk Read more →

autodesk.com and MURLs

I have received a few emails about the Autodesk website update that occurred last week. Much of the feedback was good and then some had to do with broken bookmarked URLs. It is with a sincere thank you and hats... Read more →

Show Autodesk Your AutoCAD Screen!

The AutoCAD Product Design Team is gathering a collection of screenshots to broaden our view of our customers work environment. We are looking for a screenshot that best captures your normal toolbar arrangement, palette setup, dashboard position, etc. We will... Read more →

AutoCAD 2008 Preview Guide & More

Fellow team member Heidi Hewett has posted on her AutoCAD Insider Blog the AutoCAD 2008 Preview Guide as well as a bunch of other informative posts about AutoCAD 2008. AutoCAD 2008 Preview Guide Viewing 3D Block Definitions in AutoCAD 2008... Read more →

AutoCAD 2008: New Invert Xclip Command Option

The AutoCAD Product Feedback Contact Us web form received a submission the other day. The actual product team members monitor this email alias and reply. "I would like you to improve the XCLIP command so that you have an option... Read more →

AutoCAD 2008 New Features Workshop Online

Check out the interactive Flash based tutorials for some new AutoCAD 2008 features which comes with AutoCAD 2008 but also now available online. Link Technorati tags: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2008, Autodesk del.icio.us tags: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2008, Autodesk Read more →

AutoCAD 2008 Easter Egg Hint

As I reported previously there is a virtual Easter Egg in AutoCAD 2008. Now here is a hint to finding it. The Easter Egg is located in the new Visualization enhancements in AutoCAD 2008. Remember that AutoCAD 2008 just began... Read more →

AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT 2008 and Other Autodesk Products Shipping

Boxes started shipping to customers on March 23rd, 2007. I hope to get a video and images of the first boxes going out the door soon and will post them. I do know that the first Autodesk Impression went to... Read more →

Autodesk University 2006 Video

During Autodesk University in Las Vegas last year Helge Brettschneider and myself shot photos and video during the event to create a video showing the power of AU. This is our third year doing this fun and unofficial media project... Read more →

Very Nice Autodesk Story Video "Experience it Before it is Real"

The video shows the impact of experiencing your designs before they are built and showcases many Autodesk customers designs. The video is pretty cool graphics and sound mixing so turn up your speakers. Experience it Before it is Real Video... Read more →

New AutoCAD Graphics Card List & XML Database Update

New look and new data for AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD 2008. Cheers, Shaan The Graphics Hardware List provides you with the status of certified, supported and non-supported graphics hardware for the new 3D display features in AutoCAD® 2007 and AutoCAD... Read more →

AutoCAD 2008 Tables Tutorial Available

Free AutoCAD tutorials will start to be posted regularly to the Autodesk website. There is a new one that was just posted on working with AutoCAD 2008 Tables and includes sample files. If you do not yet have AutoCAD 2008... Read more →

Download AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT 2008

That's right, the full download for 30 day trials is now live. You can download and run a fully functional version for 30 days. You will need a broadband connection in order to download. Run the latest products through their... Read more →

Autodesk.com Gets a New Look

Just a few minutes ago the switch was flipped and http://www.autodesk.com got a new look and lots of new information. You’ll notice that Autodesk.com has a new look and feel. Have a look around. We’ve reorganized key content on our... Read more →

AutoCAD 2008 Easter Egg Hunt

Chris Dodge found the AutoCAD 2008 easter egg. Easter eggs are done as free time permits and there is no impact on main development. It is a software industry tradition from people proud to show their names and thank beta... Read more →

Roopinder Gets Solid

Roopinder Tara, the man behind the CAD and design news site www.tenlinks.com and his CAD Insider blog has now started a new service of creating solid models and part catalogs at www.innovate3D.com. They can create 3D Inventor models for you.... Read more →

AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD LT 2007 Service Pack 2 Beta

The AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD LT 2007 Service Pack 2 betas are now available to members of the AutoCAD Futures in the MyFeedback zone for testing and feedback. This Service Pack 2 provides Microsoft Windows Vista support as well as... Read more →

AutoCAD 2008 Trick: Plotting/Publish One or To Many Trick

The following system variable will allow you to create a single file or multiple for example Publish multiple sheets to a single PDF or individual by sheet. There is a system variable: PUBLISHCOLLATE When set to 1 it sends 1... Read more →

Run AutoCAD 2007 or AutoCAD 2008 on an Intel Based Mac

We have completed some internal testing for running AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD 2008 on Apple Boot Camp running Microsoft Windows XP on an Intel based iMac and MacPro machine and found no problems. Essentially you boot to Microsoft Windows XP... Read more →

AutoCAD 2008: MATTs (Multiline Attributes)

No longer are you limited to a single line text attributes, you can now create and use multiline attributes "MATTs". The MATTs also get a very nice set of special formatting options in a MText like editor. To create a... Read more →

AutoCAD 2008: DGN Underlay Video

Perhaps you work in a multi CAD platform office or work with contractors or suppliers that use another CAD system like MicroStation V8. AutoCAD 2008 adds the ability to import, export, and even reference as an underlay the V8 format... Read more →

DWG File Loads Slower in New Version

I have received a few emails from people saying their new version of AutoCAD was slower at loading files and found a common situation. Opening older format DWG files can take more time but there could be a good explanation... Read more →

Autodesk MyFeedback Web Portal Re-Design Project

The Autodesk MyFeedback portal is used to manage all Autodesk beta and feedback projects for Autodesk products. We are starting the re-design project based on past feedback and are now speaking with possible design and development companies. We will also... Read more →

New Autodesk Public Discussion Groups for 2008 Products

With some of the 2008 products preparing to start shipping, a few of the new product discussion forums are now being added. AutoCAD 2008 public discussion forum Web: http://discussion.autodesk.com/forum.jspa?forumID=247 NNTP: news://discussion.autodesk.com/autodesk.autocad.2008 AutoCAD Architecture 2008 public discussion forum Web: http://discussion.autodesk.com/forum.jspa?forumID=248 NNTP:... Read more →

AUGI Connection Newsletter Article March 2007 on the new AutoCAD Customer Involvement Program "CIP".

My fellow team member Brian Souder a longtime veteran here at Autodesk along with AUGI wrote an article on the new Customer Involvement Program "CIP" in AutoCAD 2008. The new CIP feature in AutoCAD 2008 provides the option to send... Read more →