Between the Lines

Salmon FILLET or FILET?

I wanted to just have some fun on wordplay and cover a staple of AutoCAD use which is the FILLET command. I also wanted an excuse to draw a salmon in AutoCAD. Read more →

Autodesk Week Off & ARES-1 Rocket Engine Test Here in Utah

Autodesk will be closed for a quarterly week of rest. While on my week of vacation I hope to see the NASA / ATK (Alliant Techsystems) next generation ARES-1 5 stage solid fuel space rocket motor test Tuesday here in Northern Utah. Read more →

Utah Autodesk User Meetup Sept 2009

I recently mentioned that I was looking into hosting a local Autodesk product user meetup in Calt Lake City and have now selected a date. Read more →

AutoCAD 2010 Install with Updates Option

I just wanted to mention if you have an Internet connection while installing your AutoCAD 2010, you will be alerted that there is an Update 1 available and can install it during the initial AutoCAD 2010. Read more →

The Autodesk University 2009 YouTube Contest

The Autodesk University 2009 YouTube Contest is your chance to win one of (3) Three AU 2009 Las Vegas 3-Day, All-Inclusive Passes Read more →

New Online Career Center by AUGI

AUGI announces new Career Center Read more →

You Had me at Camtasia for the Mac, now Snagit for the Mac

Talk about a sweet loaded one, two punch! Read more →

AU Shutterbug Tour 2009 Update and Signup Form

This fun event will be held again this year. I have setup up a form to gather interested people. Read more →

New Autodesk Content Search Beta

Looking for a solution to a problem or information concerning an Autodesk product?Autodesk is testing a new search engine which aggregates from several sources such as support documents, forum posting as well as Autodesk blogs and YouTube. Read more →

Six Years of the Between the Lines Blog

It was six years ago today I started this Between the Lines Blog back in the days when most had no idea what a blog was. Read more →

AutoCAD Mechanical Highlight – 2D Finite Element Analysis

For those that use AutoCAD Mechanical which is the mechanical design specific flavor of AutoCAD are you aware there is Finite Element Analysis FEA? Read more →

AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010 Update 1 (SP1) Available for Download

The first Update (aka Service Pack) to AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010 are now available for download. This update addresses over 160defects and issues reported by customers, product support, and Customer Error Reporting “CER” data, One of the highlight fixes is the fixing of attaching multiple Xrefs at one time. Read more →

Autodesk University 2009 Events Update (Blogger Social, Shutterbugs, and Tweetup)

I have received several emails asking what I am planning for this years Autodesk University 2009 “AU 2009” . So I wanted to give a heads up of what I know today, and I am trying to nail down times, dates, logistics and locations. Read more →

Connection Extension Released for 3ds Max Design 2010

Autodesk has released for download by 3ds Max subscription customers a new Connection Extension for Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010. Import SKP files into 3ds Max. Read more →

Utah Autodesk User Group Idea

I am kicking around the idea of a monthly user group meet up in downtown Salt Lake City at my office. Read more →

AutoCAD Malicious Code / Virus Alert “acad.vlx” and Solution

There is a virus being reported by a couple AutoCAD based product customers and now there is a posted solution. Read more →

Awesome Video - Autodesk 2009 Siggraph Show Reel

It never ceases to amaze me what Autodesk customers create using our products. Read more →

More Productive World During Twitter Outage? No Tweeting?

Currently social networking/social media heavyweight Twitter has been hit by a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) by hackers. There are reports that Facebook has also been impacted. Read more →

Yoshi Honda the AutoCAD Expert of the Week on the Autodesk Exchange

This week August 01, 2009 until August 07, 2009 the AutoCAD Expert taking questions on the AutoCAD Exchange is none other than the former AUGI president and Hawaiian AutoCAD master Yoshi Honda. Read more →

Coworking Now at the BetaLoft

I have worked for Autodesk a little over 11 years now and 4 years of that as a remote employee from Utah before that I was located in the Autodesk San Rafael California office. Read more →