Ideas for AutoCAD – Vote if you care
The AutoCAD Design team is experimenting with new ways to get feedback from our users. Your suggestions help make AutoCAD (Mac & Windows) better, so let us know what would make AutoCAD easier to use, …
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AutoCAD 2012 Hotfix solving Block Editor Save Corruption
link to download “What might happen is that the complete drawing is replaced with the edited block.”viaJTB World Blog: AutoCAD 2012 Hotfix solving Block Editor Save Corruption…
Add non printing layers when exporting from Revit to DWG
You can make certain layers export as non printable layers when exporting from Revit 2012 to AutoCAD DWG or DXF files. First, you need to set the following checkbox in the Modify DWG/DXF Export Setup …
AutoCAD 2012 download
While the 2012 Suites have not yet been released via Subscription, you can still install AutoCAD 2012 by downloading it from the link below. AutoCAD 2012 – Free Trial – Download AutoCAD Trial – Autode…
Installing the Google Earth Extension for AutoCAD-based products – It is Alive in the Lab
Here is a good guide on how to install the Google Earth Extension in AutoCAD. There is a workflow which allows the topography from Google to be placed into Revit. You could try:AutoCAD with Google Ear…
Updating AutoCAD and Revit
Updating AutoCAD and Revit can be difficult for a few reasons. If you are not on subscription, there can be tension between the users and the purchasers of the software – when do we outlay $$$ to do t…
Support for non-Microsoft networks (Autodesk Support)
Issue You want to know if Autodesk products are supported on non-Microsoft networks. Solution Autodesk products are designed to conform to Microsoft Network API standards. All other networks that are …
The Best of AutoCAD 2010: Meshes (AutoCAD Exchange)
Interesting video on AutoCAD Exchange over at this link. The main point of the video is – if you want to work with Solids in AutoCAD effectively, you should correctly set the DELOBJ system variable. W…
Reduce Precision of AutoCAD file for insertion into Revit (too many decimals!)
Let’s say you have AutoCAD file of unknown origin, and it has some wacky or imprecise units (like the distance between two walls is 8250.092234897). What you need to do is reduce the precision, such t…
Autodesk Certification Exam Guides
Some dead links below… here is a current one. You may be interested in becoming either an ‘Autodesk Certified Associate’ or an ‘Autodesk Certified Professional’. If you are interested, check out the R…