Thanks to the RSS feed of a blog post of Autodesk founder John Walker's blog "Fourmilog: None Dare Call It Reason", April 26th is the anniversary when Autodesk began its first day as a real certified corporation by issuing stock... Read more →

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With this technology preview, you can streamline projects that require opening files from vendors or customers in native formats. You can easily exchange data between Autodesk Inventor and UGS by importing and exporting Parasolids parts and assemblies, and importing UG-NXTM parts and assemblies directly with Inventor. Read more →

Join me and some of the top in the industry at AUGI CAD Camp at Salt Lake City Utah. I will be hosting a Lunch and Learn. At the event will be experts like Matt "wicked cool" Murphy, David Cohn,... Read more →

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Printing and Plotting Troubleshooting Guide This guide provides a collection of solutions that are useful for troubleshooting common printing and plotting issues that occur with Autodesk products. Video Card Configuration Troubleshooting Guide You want to determine whether the stability issues... Read more →

The first Autodesk Official Training Courseware (AOTC) titles are now available on the Autodesk eStore. AutoCAD® 2008: Transitioning from AutoCAD 2007 AutoCAD® Architecture 2008: AutoCAD for Architects The following titles will be available next week: AutoCAD® 2008 / AutoCAD® LT... Read more →

Sometimes contractors will do exactly what is on the drawing, even cut a revision cloud. I received this from a good friend and spit coffee on my LCD. Update: Here is another picture I received showing someone took the callout... Read more →

A whopping 287 pages full of DXF Geek filled fun on the Autodesk DXF (Drawing eXchange Format) structure to allow the exchange of AutoCAD data with other products. I can almost hear the DXF geeks squealing outloud at the fun... Read more →

The AutoCAD command 3DSOUT was used to export a 3DS file and was removed from AutoCAD 2007. This was due to a number of factors including it no longer being officially supported (FBX is better), the old code and new... Read more →

Quite a few helpful AutoCAD Install and Deployment related Knowledge Base articles were just published. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed for Knowledge Base articles at: What's RSS? Best practices for network deployment creation You would like to... Read more →

It is with deep sadness and shock that I am posting this. Today was a sad day for many due to the tragic event at Virginia Tech. I actually lived almost a year in Blacksburg Virginia, was born in Virginia,... Read more →

For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) www.usfirst.org The finals were held last week with 10,000 students from 23 countries and the winner was a trio comprised of the teams of Bobcat Robotics from South Windsor High School... Read more →

Like Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream with its 31 flavors Autodesk now has 31 tasty blogs covering many Autodesk teams and products. The number is increasing all the time as more teams catch the blog bug and realize what a great electronic... Read more →

A new Autodesk Revit Structure blog has been launched by Wai Chu the Revit Structure Product Manager and Nicolas Mangon the Structural Product Line Manager. For those not aware BIM standards for Building Information Modeling. http://bimandbeam.typepad.com/bim_beam/ Technorati tags: Autodesk Revit,... Read more →

Scott Sheppard - the original author of the DWF blog, Beyond the Paper has launched a new Autodesk blog talking about Autodesk Labs named "It's Alive in the Lab". Volker Joseph has taken the reins of Beyond the Paper blog.... Read more →

AutoCAD 2008 has a new Mtext feature to allow the creation and editing of multiple Mtext columns. Files required for this exercise: Floor_Plan.dwg General Notes.doc Create an MTEXT object in the lower right box of the drawing. Copy and paste... Read more →

Results Here Here are the top 10. Note #6 and #10 was addressed in AutoCAD 2008 1. Extend a HATCH The ability to extend a hatch. Submitted By: Roger McKee 2. PDF Overlay Ability to attach a PDF file as... Read more →

Autodesk Design Review Autodesk® Design Review software is a powerful tool for viewing, measuring, and marking up 2D and 3D designs. Plug-ins and Other Downloads Batch Print Plug-in with HP Instant Printing Print multiple DWF files, customize print settings, and... Read more →

Updated: For the latest information on Windows Vista Support please refer to http://suppport.autodesk.com Questions & Answers About Vista Products http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=9444806 1. Which Autodesk products will support Vista? Almost all of Autodesk’s 2008 applications will support Vista. Exceptions to 2008 compatibility... Read more →

We got an "A" and "Highly Recommended" from Cadalyst Labs and Bill Fane. "The perennial question from about 10 years back is "What can Autodesk possibly add to AutoCAD? It does pretty much everything a 2D-drafting package needs to do."... Read more →

Thanks to Tom Banks of Autodesk for providing me the quick video of the first AutoCAD 2008 boxes rolling off the assembly line in Fremont California. The first box went to Sanborn New York in March 2007. Download the Video... Read more →

100% Authentic Autodesk DWG Use the DWG TrueView to accurately view, plot, and publish authentic DWG and DWF files. And now, DWG TrueView incorporates all the functionality of DWG TrueConvert. This means you can translate any AutoCAD or AutoCAD-based drawing... Read more →

The Autodesk University User Conference and Exhibition (AU) is Autodesk's premier annual event. AU is all about empowering professionals with training, resources, and contacts to help them realize their best ideas. Attendees are seeking Autodesk and partner solutions that will... Read more →