CADDManager on April 3rd, 2005

The gap is widening between LT and full AutoCAD. LT may still fill a niche in your software tool belt, but it is getting harder to lock a person into the limitations of LT. Many casual users might benefit from the easy access to DWG files that LT provides, but those who need to create […]

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CADDManager on March 29th, 2005

Not new but very useful… The Product Manager searches a network and reports information about each Autodesk product installed, including programs, service packs, extensions, and object enablers. You can save the results of the search in a file for use in a spreadsheet or database application. To install the utility, double-click setup.exe on the product […]

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CADDManager on March 28th, 2005

The Subscription Center provides Autodesk subscription members (who pay the fees for subscription) access to resources such as e-Learning (self-paced, interactive lessons) and web support (where you can submit technical questions online to Autodesk support staff). You can determine whether users who are entitled to subscription resources can access them by using Help and clicking […]

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CADDManager on March 18th, 2005

AutoCAD 2006 has a few little enhancements that may help the icon challenged among us. Like remembering which icon does what. They have added the icons for OSNAPs to the Shift+Right Click function. Hold down the Shift Key and Right Click and you will see the icons next to the options.

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CADDManager on March 11th, 2005

Here is a preview of what the box might look like when it starts shipping. Little things like this always catch my eye. I understand that it is what is inside the box that counts, but let’s not forget that a nice looking box is worth something.  :>)

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CADDManager on March 8th, 2005

The new Drawing Recovery Manager enables you to retrieve backup files (BAK) or even your automatically saved versions of your DWG files without having to manually search through folders and rename file extensions. This has been one of the toughest things I have had to show people in previous versions. Finding the AutoSaved files from […]

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