By Donnie Gladfelter on January 12, 2010
I can’t speak for the other vertical products out there, but both Land Desktop and Civil 3D have a handy assortment of Zoom Macros. These Zoom macros include things like ZE for Zoom Extents, ZP for Zoom Previous, and so on. Although both LDT and Civil 3D are built atop the beloved AutoCAD platform, these [...]
Posted in AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2010 | Tagged Action Macros, Action Recorder, AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2010, ZOOM
By Donnie Gladfelter on December 29, 2009
I certainly hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, and got to spend some quality time with your family. Thanks to a rather historical snow the Saturday before Christmas, here in Richmond, VA we did still have snow on the ground for Christmas. Aside from the big piles of snow found in nearly every parking lot [...]
Posted in AutoCAD 2010, AutoCAD 2010, Videos | Tagged AutoCAD 2010, Ribbon, Video
By Donnie Gladfelter on December 17, 2009
During my time at Autodesk University 2009 this year, I had the chance to sit down with Heidi Hewett and record some videos for the AutoCAD Exchange. Among the topics we discussed were Named Page Setups inside AutoCAD. Despite their time-saving potential, Named Page Setups seem to be one of those features that’s been [...]
Posted in AutoCAD 2010, AutoCAD 2010 | Tagged AU, AU 2009, AutoCAD 2006, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2008, AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2010, AutoCAD Exchange, Page Setup
By Donnie Gladfelter on December 10, 2009
Despite my best efforts I never had the chance to blog nearly as much as I wanted from Autodesk University 2009. Suffice to say, with 4 on-camera interviews, 3 classes to present, 1 lab to assist, and a partridge in a pear tree, it was a busy week. Ok, so maybe I made up the [...]
Posted in AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2010 | Tagged Customization, Drawing Modes, No Experience Required, Status Bar
By Donnie Gladfelter on September 30, 2009
Recently I’ve had a few people ask me about modifying the display names of ribbon tools inside AutoCAD 2010. More specifically; how to make AutoCAD show the display name for a tool on two lines (not just one). With the question growing in popularity, I figured it was time to make a quick post [...]
Posted in AutoCAD 2010 | Tagged AutoCAD 2010, CUI, Ribbon