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There has been swirl of information recently in the circles I run in about the concern for those of us that use Riverbed devices for WAN acceleration. The firm I am with has heavily invested in Riverbeds. We use them in all of our offices. Many other firms use them [...]

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Having just moved to a AutoCAD Architecture 2008, I have joined the ranks of those who have troubles with the 2007 DWG format.
The first one is that UCSFOLLOW gets reset to “0″ every time we open a DWG file. This apparently has been going on for a while and is still not fixed. [...]

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Maybe you like the NEW look of the xref pallette below…

Or maybe you are more comfortable with the classic look…
You can type in CLASSICXREF for the old Xref Manager

This tip from Cadforum - Tip 5011
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I have had so many users who have had troubles with projects and delivering files because they used Hard Coded Paths (Full Path) for Xrefs.
Full Path stores the location of the file that you have attached starting from the drive letter and moving down the tree to where the file is located.
Example:
C:\Documents and Settings\mkiker\My Documents\Acad2007\XREF\Wall [...]

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2D users may glide right into AutoCAD 2007, but if you are going to be doing 3D in the newest version of AutoCAD, you better beef up your machine…
System requirements for AutoCAD 2007 for users who are focusing on 2D drawing creation are as follows:

Intel® Pentium® IV processor recommended
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home Edition [...]

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From the Autodesk website…
See how the latest release stands up against the older ones.
AutoCAD 2007 Release Comparison Matrix
AutoCAD LT 2007 Release Comparison Matrix
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Take a look at the New Features Workshop for AutoCAD 2007 on the Autodesk web site.
This appears to be the same as the one that is embedded in the software. Get a sneak peek without having to buy and install the software. It contains a series of Demos, Animations, Tutorials and feature lists.
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A great post by Mark Douglas on his blog “In the Dynamic Interface”
He may be the King of DWF!
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There is another good DWF blog posted by Scott Sheppard called “Beyond the Paper”
You should be reading these, if DWF is in your future!
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I think that the most promising development in the 2007 suite of tools from Autodesk may be the DWF “Underlay” which allows you to display a DWF file under your DWG file.
You can adjust the display of the DWF and Clip the display and even snap to the geometry.

They even included it in with the [...]

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