June 2010
Raster Design 2011
Submitted by rkmcswain on Tue, 06/29/2010 - 13:00Steve Johnson over at blog nauseam is reporting that Raster Design 2011 appears to be set to ship on July 20, 2010, some four months after AutoCAD 2011 started shipping. The Raster Design 2011 Object Enabler was released about a month ago.
Click here to view Steve's post for more information, including a link to a PDF with even more data on ARD2011.
Is this affecting you? Have you needed Raster Design and/or the Object Enabler? Has this prevented you from upgrading your AutoCAD, AutoCAD Map, or Civil 3D?
Read more »DWG Trueview and Design Review 2011 direct download
Submitted by rkmcswain on Wed, 06/23/2010 - 13:58
If you want to download the complete package containing DWG Trueview 2011 and Design Review 2011, and you don't want to wade through a dozen or so different web pages, etc., then here is a direct link.How to disable the ViewCube in AutoCAD
Submitted by rkmcswain on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 18:40
If you are working mainly in 2D and the ViewCube is getting in your way, you can turn it off by entering NAVVCUBE at the command line and setting it to OFF. This is a per-viewport, per-drawing setting so if you want to disable this feature for future drawings, be sure to change it in your template drawing(s). Read more »Quick Autodesk news
Submitted by rkmcswain on Mon, 06/14/2010 - 07:30
Autodesk, and specifically Kate Morrical, Technical Marketing Manager AutoCAD LT (above), would like your feedback regarding AutoCAD LT and Object Enablers, by responding to this very short survey.
If you have a success story with AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT, and you would like to share it, click on this link and fill out a short questionnaire.
Autodesk Labs has a new labs project called Krypton. This product integrates with Inventor, Inventor LT, and SolidWorks, providing real-time feedback on the manufacturability, cost efficiency, and the environmental impact of the part being designed. I am not in manufacturing, but from what I have heard and seen of this, it looks pretty slick. There are some videos available at the link above. Read more »
ARES 2D/3D CAD application
Submitted by rkmcswain on Mon, 06/14/2010 - 07:22ARES is new low-cost 2D and 3D CAD application that is DWG compatible. I reviewed ARES Commander Edition for Cadalyst's Spring 2010 edition.
You can learn more about ARES and its maker Graebert at http://www.graebert.com, and view my Cadalyst review here. Versions for Mac OS and Linux are in currently in beta.
Shift key not working? Part 2
Submitted by rkmcswain on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 12:31Almost five years ago, I ran across an issue where the SHIFT key was not working as expected, specifically when trying to "hot grip" multiple grips. At the time, I found that Raster Design had hijacked the shift key to allow for image selection. Read more »
AutoCAD Wish List Voting for May 2010
Submitted by rkmcswain on Wed, 06/02/2010 - 13:00
The May 2010 voting results on the AutoCAD wish list are in. The top 10 are listed at the link above, or click on the image. Numbers 11-75 can be found on the same page by clicking the button at the bottom.
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