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And preferably with a digitizer. Why, well I am planning on setting this up at Autodesk University for people to run early versions of AutoCAD and see what it was like and how far it has came in 25 years. If you have a old 286/386 with DOS and works please contact me to discuss at [email protected]. One of those old 386 laptops would be great as well but it would have to allow a 5 1/2" floppy. :-) Read more →
http://aurigid.seti.org/ The Aurigid shower will last only an hour and a half, with a bright Moon in the sky. It will be brilliant to those located in the Western United States and have some bright shooting starts to see. http://www.space.com/searchforlife/070809_seti_aurigids.html "We predict that the shower will be visible by the naked eye from the western United States, especially in California, Hawaii, Alaska, other western states and from Mexico and the western provinces of Canada. Prime viewing time will be on... Read more →
James Wedding has announced the annual golf event that occurs right before the start of Autodesk University. Read more →
In a continuing effort to improve customer experience and product quality we are working on a Service Pack update for AutoCAD 2008. The live update notifications in the AutoCAD 2008 Communication Center and Product Support product updates downloads should be available in the next few hours. We wish to sincerely thank the many customer beta testers that provided feedback during the 4 beta cycles of this Service Pack. Their feedback and CER reports are critical to shipping the best product... Read more →
Jimmy Bergmark is definitely an AutoCAD Guru. When I first met Jimmy online years ago I often wondered if he slept as I could email him at any time of the day and he would reply in about 30 minutes from Sweden. I envisioned he had some sort of email alarm that would awaken him. I love one his quotes "if AutoCAD hadn’t evolving in this good way I don’t think I still used it as much as I do"... Read more →
Come test drive some new features in AutoCAD and impact future releases on September 5, 2007 in San Rafael, California. The AutoCAD Product Design & Usability team would like to invite you to join us for a sneak peek and test drive of a future version of AutoCAD, focusing on changes to the use interface and productivity enhancements. Members of the AutoCAD team will be there to introduce you to new and enhanced AutoCAD features. In a casual focus group... Read more →
I received an email in response to my blog post about An AutoCAD LT Blog is Born that there are more AutoCAD LT friendly blog sites out there with tips and tricks. Kate's office at Robert Silman Associates a structural Engineering firm in Washington DC are almost entirely made up of AutoCAD LT users. Kate's CAD Tips Thank you Kate and welcome to CADBlogging although it appears you have been doing it for sometime and have quite a few helpful... Read more →
In this year that is the 25th year of AutoCAD and Autodesk, New Zealand based Jon Benstead posted on his http://www.cadit.net blog a about AutoCAD history from a 20+ year AutoCAD veteran/legend/survivor. The story and photos are priceless to those wishing to see and understand the evolution of CAD and AutoCAD. The lettering machine will most likely make many shake with flashbacks or scratch their heads wondering what it is. AutoCAD - In The Beginning... Thank you for sharing John.... Read more →
What is the connection? Well AutoCAD user Ralph Sanchez shared his and a team "Superman's "CRIP"Tonight" made first and last flight of their "GimpMobile" for the Red Bull Flugtag event last Saturday night held in on of my favorite places, Austin Texas. AutoCAD was used early in the conceptual design of this interesting aircraft piloted by Mark Zupan who has a history of flying projectiles for fun. They took 2nd place in the event. For Flugtag trivia fans the Austin... Read more →
I received an email from a person who was upset that each time he pasted his Microsoft Excel spreadsheet into an AutoCAD drawing and after he rotated the drawing and plotted (printed) it out, the spreadsheet in the drawing would plot out upside down. I called the person to get all the details and then provided the solutions to his problems and told him I would post something on the blog. This is just one of the pains of using... Read more →
Ultra-Value Blog by Da Govna Blog Note/Suggestion to Anthony, when an Autodesk employee you are always an Autodesk employee 24/7 even on a separate blog. There is no taking off our hat unfortunately, even when we do this on our own time. Cutting loose with anything we want to post has to be considered although there is no censorship. The having to wear the corporate hat all the time like a tattoo does make you consider what rating the image... Read more →
The AutoCAD 2008 Service Pack 1 has been in beta testing with customers registered in the Autodesk MyFeedback Community http://myfeedback.autodesk.com. Read more →
There will be a cool event to test and provide feedback on possible future AutoCAD features in Denver. Read more →
AutoCAD LT product user Erik Deyo has now started a blog dealing with AutoCAD LT. Welcome to CADBlogging Erik! http://ltsideofthings.blogspot.com/ Read more →
The courseware team is having their annual “Back to School” courseware sale at the Autodesk eStore. (http://www.autodesk.com/estore). The Autodesk eStore is now able to sell and ship worldwide. There’s 15% off on our 2008 titles now through October 15. Here are some example titles for AutoCAD 2008 training: AutoCAD 2008 / AutoCAD LT 2008: Essentials AOTC Course Duration: 3 days Volume 1 - 340 pages; Volume 2 - 250 pages; 8.5 x 11 Includes a 30-day trial CD AutoCAD 2008... Read more →
And to celebrate you will soon start to see activities and celebrations. launching today is a fun site about the Autodesk AutoCAD 25 years with some information like trivia, timeline, and profiles and comments from some longtime Autodesk customers. www.autodesk.com/autocad25 I love the "Legends of AutoCAD" and recognize the names and faces. I swear Rusty Gesner has not aged in the many years I have known him. It is also very nice to see Lucio on the front page. Also... Read more →
Autodesk employees and AUGI members are getting early registration starting today for Autodesk University 2007. AUGI Membership is FREE and you get a $500 discount for Autodesk University as well as Early Registration. Read more →
Ken Pimentel the Autodesk 3ds Max Product Manager posted a nice link to a learning resource for 3ds Max users in his post New Learning Path! on his Maxed Out blog. The Learning path for 3ds Max contains free helpful resources such as Interface Overview, Tutorials, Essential Skills, Commands, Support, and more. There is also a RSS feed to subscribe to that page for updates. Read more →
From a recent real submission to the AutoCAD Product Feedback web form and responded with a solution by Misha of the AutoCAD Team. It is a fairly common problem when a registry cleaning tool goes overboard and removes required data for a program. Problem: "There are not properties listed in my "properties" dialogue box when I click on an item." Solution: Usually this is caused a external application that cleans Windows registry settings and data. To restore AutoCAD behavior you... Read more →
That's right I said "sexy curves" as that is exactly what it can create by allowing designers to design hot looking and innovative products. Read more →
I was hoping to be at SIGGRAPH 2007 in San Diego this week but time was not on my side and I leave for Dallas tomorrow. I spent the weekend in the Moab Utah and San Rafael Swell area and added a few stories to my list including being stuck in sand, seeing a bobcat on a leash, ancient petroglyphs, meeting an excellent canyon climber, and being caught in a flash flood. You can see the images in my Flickr... Read more →
Ursula provides the details on the new release of the AutoCAD P&ID product. Released: AutoCAD P&ID 2008 Product Page: AutoCAD P&ID (http://www.autodesk.com/autocadpid) "Create, modify, and manage piping and instrumentation diagrams" Read more →
BUDWEISER DWG file compatibility benchmark (http://www.xanadu.cz/en/budweiser.asp) Named for the city in Czechoslovakia where the real genuine Budweiser beer known as Budvar was created. This drawing created by Xanadu (former CAD Studio) has been used for years to perform a quick check of DWG file reading software's ability read the entities properly. The latest version has been updated for AutoCAD 2007 DWG file format entities of AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD 2008. The download is titled "BUDWEISER2008.DWG". Read more →
