Community
Through the Interface
More fun with QR Codes: encoding different types of data inside AutoCAD
After a break of a week, I thought it was time to take the QR Code application a little further, after our previous versions creating basic QR codes at a fixed location, using user-specified corners and using a jig. The......
Cracking the Vault
Vault 2011 Update 2 is now available
Autodesk have now made publicly available Vault 2011 Update 2. http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=15670259&linkID=9261341...
Under the Hood
Transmittal Reports Advanced Configuration
New to Vault Workgroup, Collaboration, and Professional 2011 is the option to send a Transmittal Report with a ‘Pack and Go’ or using the ‘Send File’ feature. This is a PDF that describes the contents of the data they are sending and provide your organization with a record of what......
It is Alive in the Lab
Updated 3D Annotation for Inventor Now Available Worldwide
The 3D Annotation for Inventor technology preview allows you to apply 3D Annotations: dimensions, geometric tolerances, surface finish symbols, datum symbols, and notes to your part model, which are then displayed in the graphics view. free download of 3D Annotation......
Between the Lines
AutoCAD for Mac Tweetup and Meetup - September 14th & 15th in London - RSVP Now
I will be in London next week for some business events and meetings. To make more use of my time and energy while in London, and to keep me out of trouble we thought it would be ideal to hold two relaxed social media events. A Tweetup for Twitter users and a blogger meetup where you can see the upcoming AutoCAD for Mac and AutoCAD WS as well as meet new people, and have some fun....
Without A Net
Update to Autodesk Graphics Hardware List (18.1.0.6)
The Autodesk video card certification database has recently been updated. The current version is now 18.1.0.6. To see the current supported cards check out the Graphics Hardware List. To update to the latest certified hardware database, follow the instructions at......
LT Unlimited
The ability to set the properties of a new hatch to match those of an existing one has been around for a long time. Before 2011, this tool was called “inherit properties” and it was limited to hatch-specific properties like......
It's All Just Ones and Zeros
This is the first sample on my blog which is not written by me. Jim McMullen put this one together based on some customer requests. The Parts List Tab is a file tab that will show any associated Item BOM data. The idea is to make navigation easier because you are not constantly switching back and forth between File and Item views. (click image for full view) Requirements: Vault Workgroup/Collaboration/Professional 2011 Click here to download the application Click here to download the source code...
Between the Poles
FOSS4G Frank Warmerdam on Vertical Datums
There is a lot more interest in three dimensional surfaces these days and this is also reflected in the open source geospatial world. This afternoon at FOSS4G in Barcelona, Frank Warmerdam gave a talk on the subject of Vertical Datums:......
Autodesk University
Getting to Your Schedule After You Register for AU 2010
This year we changed the way you access your class schedule and hotel information. After you register, log in to your AU account and go any AU 2010 conference page. In the left navigation area, after the navigation links (see......
BLAUGI
AUGI Announces President Elect for 2011
The Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) Board of Directors has formally elected David Harrington as President for 2011. Historically the President has been chosen and elected at the transition from one Board to the next, after annual elections and installation......
AutoCAD Insider
This morning Autodesk announced the return of AutoCAD software to the Mac platform. It takes full advantage of the Mac OS X platform, with an intuitive, graphical user interface that makes it easy to bring your ideas to life. And......
CADDHELP
Revit Technology Conference 2011
The dates and locations of the 2011 conferences have just been announced!Revit Technology Conference, Australia: 26-28 May, Jupiter's Gold Coast, QueenslandRevit Technology Conference, USA: 23-25 June, Hyatt Huntingdon Beach, Orange County, CaliforniaRead all about it, with the complete wrap of the 2010 conference in the just released Newsletter #7 August 2010....
Lynn Allen's Blog
Project Photofly is Alive in the Autodesk Lab!
So do you regularly check out the Autodesk Labs for great free software? Here you'll find all types of great programs to help make your design life easier (or at least more fun!). Just recently the Autodesk Lab posted Project......
Beyond the Paper
What's New with APIs in Autodesk Design Review 2011?
Design Review Software Engineer, Herbert He, mentions a few noteworthy changes to the 2011 Design Review APIs that aren't included in the current API documentation. • New Animation Detection API • New Lighting and Field of View Commands • Moved......
Engineering Education for Mechanically Inclined
Calling all cars! and bikes, and canoes, and bridges
OK. They* tell me I’m supposed to behave myself on this blog thing but enough is enough. If you’re a member of a student team and you’re not using Inventor; you’re working too hard. Seriously. I know that in most......
CADCAM Blog
Alibre Design 2011 - New Features
Alibre Design is one of Australia's most affordable mid-range 3d mechanical CAD solutions. Within the next several weeks Alibre 2011 is expected for release. This major release both adds new features as well as improving many existing ones. A crucial focus for Alibre Design 2011 has been improvement in efficiency and ease of use, including fully customizable keymaps and in-place editing. Developers may also be interested to know that much of Alibre is now written in the Microsoft C# programming language,...
Voice of Community
AA and Community: What can we learn?
You might be asking yourselves, what on earth does Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), have to do with community. What does it have to do with Autodesk user groups and user communities? And I might have had the same opinion but on a plane a few weeks ago, I was reading an article in Wired Magazine about the history of AA (The Secret of AA, Brendan I. Koerner. Wired Magazine, July 2010) which made me think again. One of the main themes of the article is that although AA and many of the 12-step programs have...
CAD Application Development
Revit API 2011: Revit AddIn Manager – Almost Edit & Continue
(part of our ongoing series) If you’ve been developing for Revit for a while – you groaned significantly when, in Revit 2010, changes were made to Revit that disabled the “Edit-and-Continue” capability within a Revit add-in. That is to say – if you wanted to make a minor code change while Revit was debugging – you had to close Revit (wait for Revit to be totally closed), perform the change, then restart Revit, re-load your model, and then try to get back to the same location. Argh...
What A Mesh
Hi, if you happen to be at AIA in Miami, and want to see cool modeling in AutoCAD and its potential for interoperability with Revit, please pass by Autodesk's booth, and I'll be glad to show you some amazing stuff.......
Easter Island Prokect Diary
Nobody knows who carved the huge stone figures, or why. There are 1000 of them, ranging from 6 feet to more than 30 feet in height. The biggest weighs about 270 tons. All have the same appearance: a long shaped......
Classroom Connection
Animation Academy - Providing Another Pathway...
If you haven’t read it – you better. By "it" I’m referring to the draft report on Multiple Pathways developed by WestEd. created in response to CA Assembly Bill 2648 (Bass) that “ requires the State Superintendent of Public Instruction......
Between the Walls
AutoCAD Architecture 2010 and AutoCAD MEP 2010 Update 2 Released
Autodesk has released Update 2 for AutoCAD Architecture 2010 and AutoCAD MEP 2010. http://bit.ly/d3HfrA & http://bit.ly/9ApjyI...
