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AutoCAD Tip – Dynamic UCS DUCS

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 →

Lazy Drafter – Is not Really Lazy

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 Attending AU 2008, Get Certified on Autodesk Products Free

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 →

Have a Buddy, Bring Them to Autodesk University 2008

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 →

AutoCAD Tip XCLIPFRAME

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

AutoCAD Drawing Cleanup Tool from Autodesk Labs

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

Amazing event by FOCUS Kuwait Users Group Meeting

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 →

Now in Kuwait for Meetings and Presentations

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 members of the FOCUS Kuwait users group. I am still amazed at how long the user group members waited for me to clear customs in the Kuwait airport, over 2 hours and they were still smiling when I emerged. Kuwait... Read more →

Back In Istanbul Preparing for Kuwait

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 →

What a day in Southern Turkey with Friends

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 →

Another Great Day in Istanbul

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 →

In Istanbul Turkey

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 town Istanbul and is a small but local Turkish hotel with style but not a big price tag. My room must have about 200 lamps hanging on the ceiling. I walked around the old town and visited the Blue Mosque... Read more →

Traveling to Istanbul Turkey Today

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 →

AutoCAD .NET for LISP Programmers

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 →

Get Out and Vote on Your AutoCAD, Revit , and Inventor Wish List Items October 2008

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 →

Link Excel and AutoCAD Without OLE and Win at the Blackjack Tables

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 →

Change the AutoCAD F1 key from Help to the CANCEL Command

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 command The short version of the solution is to use the AutoCAD CUI to edit the keyboard shortcuts. Edit the information for the F1 key to description “CANCEL” and macro ^C. Cheers, Shaan Read more →

Autodesk University Shutterbug Tour 2008

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 →

AutoCAD Users Turkey, Kuwait, and Dubai

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 →

AU 2008 Now at 7001 Registrations – Early Bird Discount Ends Oct 10

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 →

Current Times Require Extra Efforts

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, and being better than your competition. The Story of the Lion and the Gazelle Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a... Read more →

AUGI Top DAUG 2008 T-Shirt

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

AutoCAD 2009 Article - Much More to AutoCAD 2009 Than Meets the Eye

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 →

6 October 2008 New Feature Releases for Autodesk Subscription Customers

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 →

Planned Presentation Visits to Turkey, Kuwait and Dubai

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