CAD Masters Blog & Resources
Practical guides, cheat sheets, and release news for AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Revit, and the wider Autodesk ecosystem — written by the CAD Masters team.
Fall is upon us and for those in the CAD world that means Autodesk University is approaching. AU is by far the biggest and most popular even that Autodesk has to offer. It brings…
September 12, 2012 · 2 min read
In AutoCAD Utility Design 2013, you can use AutoCAD custom drawing properties to store information about the project that you are working on. These properties may include the…
August 28, 2012 · 1 min read
Of all the new features added to AutoCAD in the last few release cycles, one of the most underused has been Parametric Constraints. What is a parametric constraint? It’s a…
July 6, 2012 · 2 min read
Custom programming for AutoCAD ranges from a simple command in the CUI editor to fully independent complimentary programs. However, the sweet spot seems to lie somewhere in the…
June 19, 2012 · 1 min read
Data Links are a great way to link tables in AutoCAD with Excel spreadsheets. If you update the Excel file you'll most likely get a warning in AutoCAD that the file has been…
February 15, 2012 · 1 min read
I actually wrote this post a few weeks ago, but decided not to post it for some reason. Today I learned from Without a Net that the creator of the LISP language, John McCarthy…
October 26, 2011 · 1 min read
If you are going to Autodesk University , and are a geospatial, utilities, or telecommunications professional, I encourage you to enroll in our class . We are very excited about…
September 26, 2011 · 1 min read
Service Pack 1 (SP1, Update 1) has been released for the Windows versions of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT . No news yet on the Mac update, but given that it was just released on August…
September 6, 2011 · 1 min read
Autodesk rolled out their Exchange Apps recently. If you're using a 2012 product you may have already noticed the new tab in your Exchange window. Exchange Apps is a place for…
June 23, 2011 · 1 min read
There are around 6.92 billion people in the world. A number that is nearly impossible to fathom. All these people, all over the world need infrastructure. Furthermore, they need…
June 16, 2011 · 1 min read
One of the biggest areas that Inventor Fusion seems to be hurting in is the lack of options and settings. It's easy to complain about most Autodesk software having too many…
May 6, 2011 · 1 min read
The post, Inventor Fusion Vs. Inventor touched on the broad overall picture of differences between the two packages and focused on the fact that Inventor is designed as a tool to…
April 28, 2011 · 3 min read
Revit 2012 is now officially available. You can download it from the Subscription Center, if you have not already. However, maybe you have not even purchased Revit yet and are…
April 11, 2011 · 2 min read
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