CADDManager on September 22nd, 2009

Here is a quick explanation (from Autodesk help files) for the new location of dimension commands in the Ribbon.

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CADDManager on August 19th, 2009

I have Office 2007 and the ribbon is part of life for me.  One thing that I think should be added is the little hidden toggle that is in AutoCAD 2010.  These screen shots are from ACA 2010, but it works in ACAD also. Right up there on the toolbar is a little down arrow […]

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CADDManager on September 15th, 2008

I have been waiting for this a long time… From the Autodesk site Upcoming Release of AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite to Include AutoCAD Architecture The latest release of AutoCAD® Revit® Architecture Suite software is scheduled for shipping on September 15. This release expands the software applications that comprise the suite to include AutoCAD® 2009, AutoCAD® […]

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CADDManager on April 7th, 2008

32-bit AutoCAD 2009 Running under Windows XP: Microsoft Windows XP SP2 operating system Intel® Pentium® 4.3 processor or AMD Athlon®, 3.0 GHz or greater – Dual core supported 2 GB RAM – 3GB Recommended 2.5 GB free hard disk space for installation 1024×768 VGA with true color Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP1 or higher) DVD […]

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CADDManager on April 2nd, 2008

I just received AutoCAD Architecture 2009.  I would be excited by this, but we just completed a roll out of 2008.  I will be loading it to see what is in there, but not using it in production yet.  I will post on the nice things that I might find.

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CADDManager on April 2nd, 2008

We are having some issues with ACA 2008. It appears that when we create categories in Project Navigator, they do not appear to others until they browse out and back in to the project.I could only find the following thread on AUGI that may give some clue to the fix… Character limit in PN I […]

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CADDManager on March 13th, 2008

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. Here […]

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CADDManager on July 10th, 2007

A local reseller in my area has broken down a comparison of some typical tasks in an easy to read chart… Take a look

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CADDManager on May 9th, 2007

From the Readme… Opening an old file in ACA 2008 can appear to hang up your system. When previous version drawings are opened, a dialog is displayed with a warning that saving this drawing will upgrade AEC objects to 2007 format. If a previous version drawing is opened by double-clicking the file in Windows Explorer, […]

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