The task of configuring a license server can be a daunting task. Just the name itself implies cancel all of my afternoon meetings, get me some coffee, I’m going to be here a while. Thankfully that’s just the stigma surrounding the configuration of license files. Knowing that some of the other documentation out there can [...]
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I just got word on Friday that General Registration for Autodesk University 2008 is now open! From the sounds of things pre-registration was incredibly successful. Already more than 3,700 people have registered for AU 2008. I know it’s the same story each and every year, but this year is once again looking [...]
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I was just looking back upon some of the topics I have covered in my 100+ posts here at The CAD Geek. Naturally I have covered a lot of topics, but one topic I was embarrassed to see virtually unexplored here was Dynamic Blocks. Over the last several years I must say I have become [...]
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My post titled “Quickly Link Excel Tables to AutoCAD” from last August continues to be one of my most popular posts to date. As a result I have received a number of e-mails from readers such as you asking about other ways to link Excel data with AutoCAD data. A popular variation has been asking [...]
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Although each release of AutoCAD translates to bigger and arguably better features one thing has never changed; its malleability. In fact some would argue the malleability of the software as being its best feature. Be it the CUI command, LISP routines, or even VBA and .NET applications. Each of these features is included in the [...]
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The task of configuring a license server can be a daunting task. Just the name itself implies cancel all of my afternoon meetings, get me some coffee, I’m going to be here a while. Thankfully that’s just the stigma surrounding the configuration of license files. Knowing that some of the other documentation out there can [...]
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Object Snaps (OSNAP) are among the most fundamental AutoCAD topics I know. Without them, drawing two intersecting lines can be described as arbitrary at best. A lesser known OSNAP function is this thing called Object Snap Tracking. Simply put, Object Snap Tracking can reduce if not eliminate the number of construction lines you draw, just [...]
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One of my users called me the other day asking if there was any way to convert our DTM surface into a DEM surface, as a client had called them asking if it was possible. The short answer to the question was yes, but let me review the fundamental differences in these formats before getting [...]
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Among the new features in Civil 3D 2009 is the ability to target Feature Lines. For those who may still be transitioning from Land Desktop, a Feature Line is in essence a 3D Polyline on steroids. Since Feature Lines are a topic of their own, I will not digress any further than to say this [...]
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For one reason or another drawings sometimes need to be moved from one coordinate system (datum) to another. A classic example may be moving from a NAD 27 datum to a NAD 83. Whatever the case may be, how might one perform this translation as accurately as possible?
To answer that I turn to good old [...]
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The September / October issue of AUGIWorld is now available for download. The cover story for this issue is “A First Good Impression”. Impression is a brand new program that Autodesk released this year which allows you to give your CAD drawings a hand sketched look. Anyone faced with creating such exhibits and illustrations [...]
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As many of you may already know I am proud to say that I am both an Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor Member in the Order of the Arrow (Scoutings National Honor Society). Most recently, my local council (Heart of Virginia Council) has been leading an initiative to form a local Eagle Scout Alumni [...]
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Brian Benton of CAD-a-Blog recently commented on my last post Engineered Efficiency offers Unlimited Live Training, telling a story I hear all too often. Let me summarize; in short his firm upgraded to Civil 3D 2007 a couple years ago, but aren’t using Civil 3D – instead they’re running “Civil 3D as AutoCAD”. Doing that [...]
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I just got word on Friday that General Registration for Autodesk University 2008 is now open! From the sounds of things pre-registration was incredibly successful. Already more than 3,700 people have registered for AU 2008. I know it’s the same story each and every year, but this year is once again looking [...]
Popularity: 6% [?]
It’s official – registration for AU 2008 is open.In the words of Autodesk, the site is “Sputtering along”, but open nonetheless. While this is certainly inconvenient, it is a promising sign that AU will be bigger than ever (despite the current state of the economy).
AU 2007 was my first AU, and it really is [...]
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The task of configuring a license server can be a daunting task. Just the name itself implies cancel all of my afternoon meetings, get me some coffee, I’m going to be here a while. Thankfully that’s just the stigma surrounding the configuration of license files. Knowing that some of the other documentation out there can [...]
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First let me start by offering my congratulatory birthday wishes to the “Between The Lines” blog by Shaan Hurley. Seeing that most blogs die within a matter of months, reaching the 5-year mark is a monumental achievement.
Now back to our regularly scheduled program. Since switching to Windows Vista in January of this year, I really [...]
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I just got word on Friday that General Registration for Autodesk University 2008 is now open! From the sounds of things pre-registration was incredibly successful. Already more than 3,700 people have registered for AU 2008. I know it’s the same story each and every year, but this year is once again looking [...]
Popularity: 6% [?]
Object Snaps (OSNAP) are among the most fundamental AutoCAD topics I know. Without them, drawing two intersecting lines can be described as arbitrary at best. A lesser known OSNAP function is this thing called Object Snap Tracking. Simply put, Object Snap Tracking can reduce if not eliminate the number of construction lines you draw, just [...]
Popularity: 12% [?]
It’s official – registration for AU 2008 is open.In the words of Autodesk, the site is “Sputtering along”, but open nonetheless. While this is certainly inconvenient, it is a promising sign that AU will be bigger than ever (despite the current state of the economy).
AU 2007 was my first AU, and it really is [...]
Popularity: 12% [?]
