Categories AutoCAD

AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Hangout on Blocks

Do you want to learn more on creating, editing, and using blocks in AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT? This Thursday, August 7, 2014 at 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM PDT there will be a free live Hangout with question and answers following with Autodesk‘s own Shawn Niles and Volker…

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Categories Maker

Week 5 DIY Music with Autodesk & MAKE Summer Camp

Camp was never this cool! You also avoid the mosquito bites and sunburns and learn some great things. Join Autodesk in a week of fun & games at MAKE Summer Camp. Cool projects for all your youngest makers. Music, tesla coils and fashion collide with Arc Attack and…

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Categories AutoCAD

Your Favorite AutoCAD Tips Tricks and Pranks

Perhaps your favorite trick most AutoCAD users are not aware of is how easy it is to locate the middle of a rectangle or a location fast and accurately by using temporary tracking points and Object Snap Tracking (Otrack F11) and Object Snaps (OSNAPS F3.) Share Your Tips…

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Categories Misc.

They Grow Up So Very Fast – Happy Birthday Katie

My daughter Katelyn "Katie" turns 13 years old, and becomes an official teenager tomorrow which is technically now in Australia which is now 12:00AM August 1st, 2014 in Perth. She has always been my princess and it is both an honor and pleasure to watch her grow from…

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Categories Misc.

Please Vote to Support Virunga’s Impact Challenge

My good friend and respected paleontologist Dr. Louise Leakey tells me we are in the final hours to vote to support ‪‎Virunga‬'s Google Impact Challenge‬! Help Virunga Foundation win £500,000 and Google's support to protect wildlife and communities. It only takes a couple seconds to vote, and you…

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Categories AutoCAD

Autodesk AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Webinar July 31 2014

OSNAP! You’re invited! Please join us for the Autodesk AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Webinar: ‘Precision Drafting: Object Snaps and Object Tracking’ Autodesk AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT users are gathering for a series of Hangouts designed to introduce you to the powerful features available in AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. We’ll…

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Categories AutoCAD

Change AutoCAD Layout Background Color to Black

So you want you AutoCAD Layout to be black just like you model space background for whatever reason or preference you have? Simple to do and here is how to do it. I this video Autodesk Screencast  you can see the command steps I use in real-time and…

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Categories 3D Printing

3D Prints with a Powerful Purpose

With all of the hype surrounding 3D printing it is sometimes difficult to hear about the true promise of 3D printing like artificial limbs and many more life changing examples in addition to the powerful transformational changes it will do for manufacturing. Here is one example of a…

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Categories Misc.

My Weekend

Be active, healthy, and happy. Cecret Lake in Little Cottonwood Canyon (40°34′12″N 111°37′19″W / 40.570°N 111.622°W) is located about 20 minutes from where I live, and is a great place to hike and chill before starting another busy work week. The amazing wildflowers are just now starting to…

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