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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 to the start-up company founders. I told someone not too long ago when discussing the 25 year milestone that if I ever get to our Switzerland office, I was going to look up John. Hopefully he could take a minute... Read more →
This new pre-release alpha tool provides the capability to take a snap shot of a... Read more →
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, and Robert Green. I will be mingling and chatting after my presentation and taking photos as usual so chase me down while there. EVENT INFORMATION Salt Palace Convention Center 100 S West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Thursday April... Read more →
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 your AutoCAD vertical product is experiencing are due to your system's video card or the drivers associated with it. Configuration Troubleshooting Guide This guide offers troubleshooting advice for a successful configuration of Autodesk products. On an unrelated matter: I am... 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 2008: Essentials AutoCAD® 2008: Creating and Presenting 3D Models Autodesk® Inventor™ 2008: Essentials These are the same training materials used by most Autodesk Authorized Training Centers (ATC) and Resellers, and they work quite well for self-paced, standalone learning. Most titles... 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 leader and balloon far too literal. And here is an oldie but a goodie to remind you to think about your slopes and angles. Enjoy, Shaan Technocrat tags: Revision Clouds, Funny Picture 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 topics like "Persistent Inter-Object Reference Handles", "Arbitrary Axis Algorithm" and the ever popular "Group Codes". I hear some saying "but DXF files are larger and slower than the DWG", this is true of most any ASCII based file format compared... 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 development work for UNICODE, the fact that 3ds Max can read DWG, etc. This command allowed allow you to export 3D geometry in an AutoCAD 2007 or later DWG file to a 3D Studio 3DS file which is an ASCII... 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 know what the best practices are for a successful Network Deployment. Best practices for stand-alone installation You experienced issues with your stand-alone installation, and you want to know what the best practices are in order to ensure a successful installation.... 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, and that coupled with it also affecting engineering students makes the connection even more sad for me. I realize this is a large tragedy and will take a long time to heal, if ever but send my sincere condolences to... 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 Connecticut, Highrollers from Cimarron Memorial High School in Las Vegas Nevada, and the HERD from Massachusetts Academy in Worcester Massachusetts. Congratulations to everyone who participated and the sponsors of this great event to promote science, technology and engineering. Watching the... 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 conversation medium it is. An OPML file allows you to import a XML list of RSS feeds all at once instead of entering them one by one into you RSS feed reading software. http://myfeedback.autodesk.com/files/ADSKBlogs-4-13-07.opml Cheers, Shaan del.icio.us tags: Autodesk, Blogs... 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, Autodesk Revit Structure, Autodesk, BIM, Design, Structural del.icio.us tags: Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Revit Structure, Autodesk, BIM, Design, Structural 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. The Autodesk Labs is near and dear to my heart as I remember when it was Eric Stover and myself and creating the pages together and going live off of our own server. Now Autodesk Labs is a grown up... 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 the text from the ”General Notes.doc” file to the MTEXT object. Locate the Columns button in the Text Formatting toolbar (In-Place Editor) and select Dynamic Columns mode>manual height. Click OK on the Mtext toolbar. Change the text into two columns... 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 an XREF Submitted By: Jim Anderson 3. Convert a spline to a pline The ability to convert a spline to a pline Submitted By: renee flink 4. Trim and Extend 3D solids The ability to trim and extend 3D solids;... 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 save batch printing configuration for later use with the Batch Print plug-in. Utilize HP Instant Printing to speed output to an HP® Designjet® printer without needing to select print settings or scaling. Automate batch printing with custom scripts, and save... 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 include AutoCAD® Utility Design, Autodesk MapGuide® Enterprise, and Autodesk Streamline® software, which will not support Vista. We expect to provide Windows Vista support for the Autodesk® Inventor™ 2008 software family in a future service pack release. The 2008 version of... 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." Nonetheless, Autodesk always seems to come up with something. AutoCAD 2008 definitely continues that trend. Highly Recommended." The Autodesk recipe for compelling releases is quite simple and that is to continue to listen to what the customers need to make... 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 (7MB WMV) Technorati tags: AutoCAD 2008, Video, Autodesk del.icio.us tags: AutoCAD 2008, Video, Autodesk 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 file for compatibility with AutoCAD Release 14 through AutoCAD 2008 in addition to viewing all DWG files from AutoCAD version 2 and up. DWG TrueView is essentially an AutoCAD 2008 with some of the editing functionality removed. Download Page DWG... 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 help them align their careers and their organizations for success in today's fast-changing industries. Autodesk University 2007 will return to the remarkable Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 27–30. If you’ve ever attended AU, you know that this annual... Read more →
