I got a question while speaking with customers at their offices in Kuwait last week about adding the ability similar to 3ds max where you can draw on any face without all the pain of setting your UCS to each face manually. This Dynamic UCS feature has been in AutoCAD since AutoCAD 2007. Read more →

Josh Jones has a blog that I read in my RSS feeds named Lazy Drafter “AutoCAD tips for the lazy drafter.”. He writes often about how to make things easier with Autodesk products like AutoCAD. He is not really lazy, just really smart. Read more →

Are you certifiable? This year at AU 2008 the Autodesk Product Certification exams are FREE. Just pick up one or more vouchers at the Autodesk Education & Learning booth in the AU 2008 Exhibit Hall. Read more →

There is a new AU 2008 Buddy Pass: “Economic Stimulus” for New Registrants where you can bring a buddy for discounted price. The first 100 on November 5th get their buddy into AU 2008 for four days free the rest get a discounted rate. Read more →

In AutoCAD 2009 you can dynamically modify your clipped Xref with XCLIP as well as invert the XCLIP. Read more →

Have you seen the AutoCAD Drawing Cleanup Tool from Autodesk Labs? Read more →

I presented yesterday in Kuwait to about 450+ people mostly CAD Managers, Architects and Engineering team leads and members of the FOCUS Kuwait users group. Read more →

Today I meet with multiple Autodesk customers in Kuwait. To say it should be a very interesting and educational day might be an understatement. Tomorrow I am presenting much of the day to many Autodesk and AutoCAD users that are... Read more →

I had an unbelievable weekend with new Turkish friends here in Turkey hiking in the Cappadocia region of Southeastern Turkey and catching a bit of sunburn. Read more →

I spent the day hiking and shooting over 1000 photos in the Southern Turkey region of Cappadocia. I would venture to guess the day was over 3000 vertical feet if totaled. It was amazing I found I am hooked on a natural snack named dut which is a flower of a tree, and I can’t get enough now. I even stopped at a local nut and fruit roaster and got some as well as some roasted apricot pits which taste like almonds. Read more →

I had a look around and visit to the underground cisterns and then inside a mosque. Even saw things from 532BC. Oh and I even got my fortune told by a chicken although i could have chose the rabbit to tell my fortune. Read more →

I was greeted at the airport after 16 hours of travel by Erhan, Orhan, and John of the Daily AutoCAD blog, we went to a traditional Turkish restaurant then I went to my hotel. My hotel is located in old... Read more →

I begin my latest overseas travel to Istanbul Turkey today with a layover stop in Paris before arriving in the beautiful and historic city of Istanbul. I get to finally meet bloggers Erhan and Orhan Toker who write the "Daily AutoCAD" blog www.dailyautocad.com. Read more →

Kean Walmsley on his blog Through the Interface blog has posted about a free webcast for those LISP programmers customizing AutoCAD to learn .NET. Read more →

No politics, mudslinging, hot air, hanging chads, or cheesy rhetoric involved in this voting. The AUGI Wish List for Autodesk's products AutoCAD, Revit and Inventor are now open for voting after a month of AUGI members. This voting follows a period of AUGI members submitting their nominations for wish list items for consideration to be added to products. Read more →

OK the main point is not really winning at the card game Blackjack, but the table in this AutoCAD Tables in AutoCAD example does show the best moves when playing at the Blackjack card table. Read more →

A great answer on this was posted on CADTutor.net at the link below. I would also encourage you to read Michael’s Corner by Michael Beall and get his monthly newsletter. How do I re-assign the F1 key to the CANCEL... Read more →

If you are attending Autodesk University in Las Vegas Nevada December 2 - 5, 2008 and love to take photos then this might be for you. Read more →

I will be presenting in Istanbul Turkey, Kuwait, and Dubai in the next two weeks and wanted to invite you to the events or arrange a private meeting at your office to discuss the future of AutoCAD. Read more →

We are now over 7000 registrations for attendees to Autodesk University 2008 in Las Vegas Nevada. The Early Bird registration discount ends October 10th. Read more →

When the economy gets tough, you need to get tough as well. This means usually working more, optimizing things you already do to be more efficient, controlling costs, make sure you are more attentive and close to your own customers,... Read more →

Go view and vote for the new AUGI TOP DAUG tee shirt design. Read more →

David Cohn published a new AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009 article “Much More to AutoCAD 2009 Than Meets the Eye” in Desktop Engineering. It is a good and very well balanced article which points out there is more than the initial impression of the interface changes to AutoCAD 2009. Read more →

On October 6, 2008, Autodesk Subscription members, as part of their benefits, can download the following new feature releases including the new 64-bit versions of Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Inventor 2009 Subscription Bonus Pack, training as well as local language training content, and the 64-bit DWG Reader for Autodesk NavisWorks 2009. Read more →

I will be in Turkey, Kuwait, and Dubai in just about two weeks for user group presentations and customer discussions. Read more →