I figured on this last day of the year 2008 what better way to look forward than to ask readers what they wanted in the future AutoCAD. Read more →

Autodesk Seek is a web service that is growing and aggregating content in many 2D and 3D formats such as PDF, DWF, to DGN, SKP, RVT, RFA, and of course DWG. Read more →

I am in my final week of holiday vacation (all of Autodesk is) as well as the last Monday of the year 2008. What better time to reflect on the year. There were many highs and lows for 2008 in my life I thought I would mention a few. Read more →

Recently at Autodesk University 2008 the candidates for the new AUGI Board of Directors were introduced and members of AUGI encouraged to participate in the election to get new members of the board. There were some excited candidates willing to... Read more →

In the Flickr AU 2008 photo pool there are now 383 photos. It could grow even more as people add their photos from AU to the pool. Flickr is free unless you want the Pro membership. So share your AU... Read more →

Most of the company will be spending time home with their friends, families, dogs, cats, fish, parakeets etc. starting next week December 22nd 2008 to around the 5th of January 2009. Read more →

The AutoCAD Team is looking for AutoCAD customer feedback on a possible new software delivery strategy. Read more →

On December 19th 2008, Autodesk Subscription members, as part of their benefits can download the following new feature releases: Read more →

Being from a mechanical background before coming to Autodesk and having been an Autodesk Inventor user since before release 1, this was one of the coolest technologies I saw at Autodesk University 2008. It was the Inventor Fusion technology from our Manufacturing division at Autodesk. Read more →

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Recently I offered to assist people looking for jobs by posting their details to this blog to assist in finding something. I know of two top notch people with a wide variety of skills looking for work. One is located in Washington State the other in Southern Florida. Both are recognized for their design, management, and training skills. Read more →

Are you certifiable? Helge Brettschneider of http://mcdcad.eu/ is giving away 6 Autodesk Product Certification vouchers from Autodesk Certification so that winners can take the certification test just as AU attendees did. Read more →

It’s official, with the latest Mac laptops I have caught the Mac hardware envy bug... One common question on this blog, emails and in person is “Will AutoCAD run on a Mac. The short answer is Yes. Read more →

The second Service Pack for Microsoft Windows Vista has been in the works and is now entering preview and expected to be released in the first half of 2009. Read more →

I met a very nice person last week at Autodesk University who is an international award winning architectural designer with over 20 years experience and also having extensive experience teaching at a University level on Architectural Design. He is located in the greater Washington DC area and looking for a position. Read more →

I just noticed the new and updated AU Online is now live and appears to have the Autodesk University 2008 content including the recordings of the keynotes and some classes. Read more →

In addition to the ability to now use a PDF underlay in AutoCAD 2009 so that you can reference and snap to vector geometry there were other PDF enhancements. One of the big enhancements was quality and file size reductions. Read more →

Now with Autodesk University 2008 (AU2008) behind us and many of us now back home or back at work, I thought I would link to some of the blog posts, photos, and videos from attendees. I still am going through... Read more →

Autodesk University 2008 is now completed as a mass exodus to the airport begins for the thousands of tired attendees, and a few stick around for the weekend. Read more →

The following official AutoCAD Wish List was presented onstage by AUGI President Mark Kiker to Autodesk Vice President of the PSEB Platform Products Guri Stark at the AUGI Annual Meeting held at Autodesk University 2008. Read more →

Tuesday at AU2008 finished perfectly for me, with cookies and ice cold milk. Read more →

Today is barely half over and it has already been action packed. Read more →

Today was the first day of Autodesk University 2008. Read more →