If you are an AutoCAD subscription customer you may be noticing the alert in the Autodesk Desktop App that there is an feature enhancement update for AutoCAD 2017 and AutoCAD LT 2017. There are some good updates requested by customers in this first subscription update: 4K display support…
Read MoreSurvey Says, Be at Autodesk University for: DING! Great classes, networking, seeing what the future holds, and fun! Please join Heidi Hewett, Lynn Allen and me at the AutoCAD Family Feud Tuesday 1:00pm at Autodesk University. We need your responses for the Feud at this survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q25PT65. It…
Read MoreAutoCAD 2017 has added the ability to import a PDF as vector objects and not just as a raster PDF underlay added back in AutoCAD 2007. Customers have been asking for a longtime for this feature but there has been concerns since published data can have inherent inaccurate…
Read MoreBack in AutoCAD R12, R13, and R14 there was a bug that was not bad, a bug with benefits. The bug allowed you to speed up the plot regen by over 200 percent faster making the plot preview and plotting much faster. All you had to do what…
Read MoreThe Service Pack Update for AutoCAD 2017 and AutoCAD 2017 based products and a hotfix for an Exchange App autoloader issue are available. You can choose to install using the Autodesk Desktop App or from the Autodesk Knowledge Network link below. Download AutoCAD 2017 Service Pack 1 Updated…
Read MoreWith the recent Windows 10 Anniversary Update the F keys used for many important keyboard functions have been broken. Our teams have logged the issue with Microsoft for a resolution. Product Support will advise once the solution is provided. A possible workaround: Set the system variable TEMPOVERRIDES to…
Read MoreWe are re-organizing our Autodesk Lake Oswego Oregon office to accommodate more employees. In the process people are cleaning out their office spaces to down size by shedding electronics, piñatas (not kidding I was given a Darth Vader piñata by a colleague), and lots and lots of books.…
Read MoreIn 1997 I was an Autodesk customer working at Oregon Iron Works here in the Portland Oregon area. I gave an interview as an AutoCAD R14 early pre-release alpha tester on how much better AutoCAD R14 was than the previous AutoCAD R13 release. Rohit Arora found the AutoCAD…
Read MoreAwhile back I asked people to help re-create the 1970’s era drawing file Engineers Guide to Drinks in 3D. I first found this fun drawing years ago when it was a test DWG file for a plotter company. A couple years back Florian Römhild of http://engineers-drinks.blogspot.de/ re-drew the…
Read MoreSo the new AutoCAD 2017 version has been released this week and you want to know if your current computer is up to the task? The published system requirements will help you determine this. One thing to be aware of is something’s like the Operating System are set…
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