Over the lengthy time I have spent being involved with CAD and now BIM, I have seen a lot of software development that has improved our processes. I have also seen development that did not work so well. Sometimes I ask myself “Who is really responsible for creating these things?” “Who’s idea was that? So […]
There is a pretty exhaustive list of what you need before installing AutoCAD 2009 posted by Shaan Hurley. Here is the crux of it… 32-bit AutoCAD 2009 Running under Windows XP: Microsoft Windows XP SP2 operating system Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or AMD Athlon®, 2.2 GHz or greater or Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, […]
A magnificent combination… Get Free CAD Software (Student editions) – Make great designs – Win Prizes… It’s the Autodesk Student Design Challenge From the site: You are the designers of the future. Go build something. You sketch all over napkins and paper scraps. You think about how you could have designed the latest gadget just […]
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 […]
I am always on the watch for software pirates… shiver me timbers… Here is a short list from Baseline … 12 Companies Caught Stealing Software in 07 The Business Software Alliance is enforcing fines on real companies. Learn who they are and who has been caught.
Autodesk Educational sites have great resources for students and teachers… some are free… Here is some information from the Autodesk site that can get you started – if you are a student or teacher… Higher Education Advance the design education curriculum in your classroom with innovative teaching and learning resources from Autodesk and free* software […]
Have you checked out the SketchUp Tutorial videos on their YouTube Channel? Click here This is a good source for online learning of Google SketchUp, brought to you by the folks who make the software.
On the Layer II Toolbar are some companion icons. LAYISO and LAYUNISO. Selecting LAYISO (the one on the left) will isolate all objects on one layer. After selecting one or more objects, all layers except the layers of the selected objects are either turned off, frozen in the current layout viewport, or locked, depending on […]
“How many times have you gotten a DWG file from some where and needed to view, collaborate, mark up, or print it and didn’t have AutoCAD or a proprietary viewer to use. Well Acrobat 8 Professional and Acrobat 3D version 8 handles that for you by creating a feature rich PDF without having AutoCAD on […]
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