Category AutoCAD

Categories AutoCAD

AutoCAD 2016 Helps Design Every Detail With Rich Visual Accuracy

  • By Shaan
  • March 23, 2015

AutoCAD 2016 Official Press Announcement was just published and the website, marketing materials, and full trial downloads are being made available.  http://news.autodesk.com/press-release/corporate-sustainability/autocad-2016-helps-design-every-detail-rich-visual-accuracy SAN RAFAEL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) today announced the availability of AutoCAD 2016, the latest release of one of the world’s leading computer-aided design (CAD) applications.…

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Categories AutoCAD

AutoCAD 2016 System Requirements

  • By Shaan
  • March 23, 2015

System requirements for AutoCAD 2016 Operating System Microsoft® Windows® 8/8.1 Enterprise Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 Pro Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium CPU Type Minimum Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 64 processor Memory For…

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AutoCAD 2016 Videos

  • By Shaan
  • March 20, 2015

A series of 11 videos in a showing the new features in the just released AutoCAD 2016 are now posted to YouTube as a playlist. If you are an Autodesk subscription customer you can download your AutoCAD 2016 today and kick the tires. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXEyem_18syOyJAMqxwetICD6xJALuHpW

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Categories Announcements

AutoCAD 2016 Products

  • By Shaan
  • March 19, 2015

Tomorrow is the official First Customer Ship (FCS) of the new AutoCAD 2016 (codename Maestro) and based products from Autodesk (AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD MEP, AutoCAD Electrical, and AutoCAD Mechanical.) We have released the thousands of awesome beta testers this morning to discuss the new release of AutoCAD. Please…

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Engineers Guide to Drinks 3D Version Progress

  • By Shaan
  • February 23, 2015

The Engineers Guide to Drinks drawing was really just a test plot drawing was originally created by someone to test pen plotters back in 1972. This drawing has gone crazy viral ending up in online magazine, named a top infographic of 2014, and even as a physical print…

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Throwback Thursday AutoCAD 2.18 Commands

  • By Shaan
  • February 12, 2015

It's Thursday (Throwback Thursday), the day after hump day when you show photos or info from history and the wayback machine. Today I proudly present you a screen capture I took from AutoCAD 2.18 circa 1985 showing all commands it supported. Now contrast that with the hundreds of…

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Helpful AutoCAD Tips and Solutions

  • By Shaan
  • February 11, 2015

Here is a great list of recently published AutoCAD solutions by some AutoCAD Team Members: Date Article Author 10/8/2014 HP printers do not work with AutoCAD 2015 on Windows 8 Daniel Kuhmann 10/23/2014 Cannot import SketchUp files Karen Mason 10/23/2014 How to open AutoCAD without displaying a startup…

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AutoCAD Classic Workspace with AutoCAD 2015

  • By Shaan
  • February 2, 2015

Recently I republished a popular post about setting up your AutoCAD with the classic workspace (How Can I Restore the "Classic" AutoCAD Interface with Menus and Toolbars?) but the steps changed with AutoCAD 2015. Autodesk’s Dieter Schlaepfer recently published an AutoCAD Knowledgebase Article with the solution.   AutoCAD…

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