The Options of AutoCAD 2010 – The Files Tab – Part 3

Continuing the march through the Options Dialog box…

Help and Miscellaneous File Names

Help File
Specifies the location of the Help file. – don’t change this

Default Internet Location
Specifies the default Internet location used by both the BROWSER command and the Browse the Web button on the Web toolbar.

Type in Browser and hit enter to get a quick access dialog.

I changed mine to http://www.augi.com so I could get the AUGI quick

Note:  INETLOCATION – Stores the Internet location used by the BROWSER command and the Browse the Web dialog  box.

Configuration File
Specifies the location of the configuration file used to store hardware device driver information. This value is read-only and can be changed only by using the /c command line switch.   Don’t change it.

I asked what was on your list of focuses in 2010, then I compared the results to the 2009 survey on the same topic.   Here is what I found…

The concept was to allow only two choices from the list as the ones that they would focus on in 2010.

The top issue remains CAD Standards and it has actually gathered more focus that last year. 55% saying it was a top focus in 2010 compared to 47% in 2009.

Software rollout swapped places with User training in 2010.  Training is needed in the minds of CAD Managers a little more than rolling out new software.

Job stability as a main focus moved down on the list of  concerns in 2010.  This is good news as this area was the second highest concern in 2009.  It dropped from 46% of those who took the survey in 2009 saying it was on their list down to 26% in 2010.  That means that almost 75% did not consider the need to focus on keeping their job as a priority, compared to almost half in 2009.

Here are the results from 2010.

And from 2009

Here is the AutoCAD LT 2010 Release Comparison Matrix  from the Autodesk website – what features were added into what release.

You can get the list here

Here is a list of the commands that are in AutoCAD 2007 thru 2010 and when they were introduced.

You can see the list here

Here is the 2010 Comparison Matrix between AutoCAD and LT that I found on the Autodesk website

You can see the list here

Double click on a PDF Underlay and you get the Ribbon to display the PDF Underlay functions.

You can set Contrast and Fade with slider.

Choose to set display to monochrome.

Create and remove clipping boundaries.

Show or not show the Underlay with a toggle

Enable Snapping

Adjust XREF info

and Edit the Layer displayed.

Note:  If you turn off the display of an Underlay you need to zoom all the way out and select the Underlay Frame and then turn the display back on.

FRAME
Turns the display of frames on and off for all external references, images, and DWF, DWFx, PDF, and DGN underlays.

PDFFRAME
Determines whether the PDF underlay frame is visible.

You can adjust properties of a PDF Underlay after it has been attached.

1. Left click on the PDF graphic anywhere and you will see the dialog box below.  Is shows you that you have selected the PDF Underlay and allows you to change a few properties.

2. You can change the dialog box options by clicking onthe icon in the upper right corner

3.  You will get another dialog box that allows you to select what is displayed in the fist dialog.  Add some – like I do here for Underlay Adjust.

4. Once you save the options they will show up the next time.

Layers in Underlay Files

If the underlay file contains layers, you can control how the layers display after attaching the file. If the file does not contain layer information, the Underlay Layers dialog box does not display any layer information.  Access this by right clicking after you have selected the Underlay.

Once you have selected the PDF Layers command you will get another dialog box allowing you to set layer visability

On February 2, 2010 my blog passed the 1,000,000 hits threshold.

I am always impressed that people read my blog.  I have posted over 700 times (this is #706) and there are a lot more to come.

Here are some stats at the time of this posting.

Total Hits -  1,002,647

Average monthly hits – 16,172

First post – Dec. 14, 2004

Passed 600,000 hits – May 26th, 2008

Highest Pageview day – 4836 visitors on April 29, 2008 – a post of mine was included in the Bentley Newsletter – How to keep your job

Most hits on a single blog post – AutoCAD Keyboard Shortcuts – 20,864 hits

Highest referring site – caddigest.com

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