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At the CAD Midwest Technology Expo in Kansas City Tomorrow Sept. 30 2008

Tomorrow September 30th I will be presenting about AutoCAD, Autodesk Impression, Autodesk MyFeedback, and to the Kansas City AutoCAD Users Group KCAUG on the future of AutoCAD. Read more →

Attention AutoCAD Users Shape the Future of AutoCAD Now

We have a simple and easy online survey for AutoCAD users to provide their feedback and opinion for future AutoCAD development. Please take a moment and complete this as it helps shape the future of AutoCAD and we want your participation and feedback. This survey will also appear in your AutoCAD Communication Center but don't wait, provide your feedback now. AutoCAD Future Survey Happy Friday, Shaan Read more →

Interview with Autodesk Founder John Walker - Part 3

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AutoCAD Plant 3D ~ Groovy Piping?

OK so it is not shipping just yet but if you are the bleeding edge piping designer then this is for you. Read more →

Autodesk Gallery at One Market Opens in San Francisco

I was at the One Market office and now including a new Autodesk Gallery located along the Embarcadero looking directly at the historic landmark San Francisco Ferry Terminal with a 2nd floor view. We have many of our offices and teams located in the same One Market building. I was there for a customer design validation event looking at the future of AutoCAD and getting their feedback with the AutoCAD Product Design Team that was held in the new Autodesk Gallery in the most high tech training room I have ever seen. We had high tech walls and even 4 high definition projectors. The view looking out the front windows is priceless and beautiful. You can see down the waterfront, the Ferry Terminal, and the Bay Bridge all from the location of the Design Gallery. Read more →

AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009 Update 2

In an effort to continuously improve Autodesk products AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009, we have are now releasing the AutoCAD 2009 Update 2 after customer beta testing at Autodesk MyFeedback (http:\\myfeedback.autodesk.com). Read more →

Autodesk Research on Command Usage from CIP Data

The Autodesk Research group has been slicing and dicing data to better understand the top commands and then the top 3 following commands after that command and even links to the predicted next command based on the data. Read more →

Autodesk Subscription Website has a Brand New Look

Subscription customer should immediately notice the new look and feel of the Autodesk Subscription Website. http://subscription.autodesk.com/ Read more →

Autodesk Tangible ViewCube

I was walking through the Autodesk San Rafael offices last week and passed Brian Pene’s office. What caught my attention was he was playing with something wireless and his screen with a 3D building model was updating. Read more →

And One Hairy Legged Ugly Guy in the Back of the Aircraft and AutoCAD Tip

This is really what I heard over the planes audio when a Southwest airlines flight from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas was preparing for takeoff. Indeed there was a guy in the back wearing shorts with hairy legs and waving who said “I am here to make the rest of the crew look good”. Read more →

Cirque du Soleil and their Innovative Designs and Shows

Cirque du Soleil of Montreal and Las Vegas has been using AutoCAD as their primary CAD software for years in the design of the worldwide shows. Read more →

Part Two Deux of John Walker Interview by Kean

Kean Through the Interface posted part 2 of his 4 part series of an interview of Autodesk founder John Walker hits on the AutoCAD software architecture, APIs, UNIX, LISP, and more. Read more →

Autodesk University 2008 Blogger Social

AU 2008 Blogger Social is becoming reality! Spread the word to fellow CAD, Design, and Autodesk related bloggers who may be attending Autodesk University 2008. Read more →

AUGIWorld Magazine September October 2008 Edition FREE and Available Now

The AUGIWorld magazine is just like AUGI membership, free and full of great benefits. The new issue is out and packed with wholesome goodness to assist you in your job using Autodesk products, Read more →

Another 2 Autodesk Blogs Are Born

Thanks to BLAUGI I noticed more Autodesk blogs apparently went live bringing the count to 43 Autodesk blogs. Read more →

Meet Autodesk University 2008 General Design Keynote Eddie Paul Hollywood’s Best Kept Secret

AU Beat: Meet "Hollywood's Best Kept Secret" The AU Beat is a collection of podcasts “audio” files you can listen to regarding Autodesk University 2008 and what will be occurring by some of those participating. Also check out the BLAUG which is the blog of AU by Joseph Wurcher aka “Mr. AU”. Two weeks ago I got the opportunity to once again visit Eddie Paul in his shop in El Segundo California. Why not just fire up the recorder and... Read more →

35,000 Miles Planned Next 3 Months

Not by bicycle or hiking, but by plane basically around the world. I have quite a lineup this fall for trips to customer events like 3 Autodesk Universities (Shanghai, Tokyo, Las Vegas), A trip to Istanbul, Kuwait, and Dubai and a trip to Kansas City. Of course I cannot fly non-stop to most locations and go through cities in transit like Seoul Korea, Paris, and Bahrain. Read more →

Un-Post of the AU Un-Conference

After a success last year we are doing it again in addition to the hundreds of top notch structured classes and labs the un-conference will be happening. Read more →

This Years Autodesk University AutoCAD PowerTrack Podcast featuring J.C. Malitzke and dave espinosa-aguilar

Two of the highest rated and well respected AutoCAD related presenters at Autodesk University speak in a podcast about this year’s Autodesk University 2008 and the AutoCAD PowerTrack. Read more →

Between the Lines Blog Foreign Language RSS Feeds

I found a service http://mloovi.com/ that provides RSS Feeds in multiple foreign languages.Below are feeds for multiple languages for the RSS feed of this blog Between the Lines. I don’t expect the translations by machine to be perfect but perhaps they will be close enough to understand. Read more →

Some Between the Lines Blog Stats After 5 years of Blogging

I recently celebrated the 5 year birthday of this blog. I mentioned I would provide some stats for the 5 years. Read more →

An interview with John Walker Kudos to Kean!

My coworker a top notch developer, and also a fellow blogger (Through the Interface) Kean Walmsley just figured out that the founder of Autodesk lives not too far from the Autodesk office in Switzerland. Kean lives in Switzerland. So he had a visit and interview with John Walker, which for anyone is a treat and experience of a lifetime. Read more →

Autodesk University 2008 times 3 - USA, Japan 日本国 and China 中国

That's right in addition to Autodesk University in Las Vegas Nevada USA, and the recently announced Autodesk University Japan now there is a planned Autodesk University 2008 China! Read more →

Please Welcome Two More Autodesk Blogs – Mod the Machine and The Building Coder

Please join me in welcoming two more blogs to the Autodesk CAD Blogging world. Both of these blogs deal with development on the Autodesk products Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk Revit API’s (Application Programming Interface). Read more →

Explanations of Technology in Plain English

The folks over at CommonCraft create creative videos to explain current technology in plain terms and concepts.So if you do not understand RSS, Blogs, Twitter, Podcasting, Zombies, Social Media, US Elections, check out their vides. Read more →