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Practical guides, cheat sheets, and release news for AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Revit, and the wider Autodesk ecosystem — written by the CAD Masters team.
Welcome home to everyone that went to AU. From what I hear, it was a great conference, though your legs might be tired from all the walking. Brian was telling me about one of the…
December 3, 2010 · 1 min read
At Autodesk University 2010, I was happy to have met many users throughout the exhibit. To get a better understanding of where everyone was coming from, I asked users what CAD…
December 2, 2010 · 1 min read
So you need to generate an Excel spreadsheet or text file of your existing ground surface profile using Civil 3D. Maybe you're looking to do some in-depth analysis in Excel, or…
December 1, 2010 · 1 min read
I'm going to expand on what makes Topobase different than a lot of the products in the Autodesk lineup. If you have are completely unfamiliar with Topobase, you might want to read…
November 30, 2010 · 2 min read
AU starts tomorrow! It's hard to believe that AU is already here. I am not going to be able to make it to AU this year. I was supposed to go, however will not be attending because…
November 30, 2010 · 1 min read
Most AutoCAD users are familiar with Express Tools, and one of the most frequently asked questions we get is where are my Express Tools? If you do not have them showing, the first…
November 24, 2010 · 2 min read
Process Explorer is an amazing tool from Microsoft with a new version just released last week. I found it purely by accident while trying to track down some dll dependencies. The…
November 23, 2010 · 1 min read
In part 1 of this series, we discussed how to customize AutoCAD using an ACAD.LSP file. We started with a simple example where we used an ACAD.LSP file to set an AutoCAD variable –…
November 22, 2010 · 2 min read
The XCLIP and WIPEOUT commands are used to quickly hide specific areas in your drawing. First of all, an XCLIP takes an externally referenced drawing and hides certain areas using…
November 19, 2010 · 2 min read
No, I’m not talking about the 1950s fad that got us to shake our bootys, but the little known benefit that Autodesk offers with their Subscription program. HULA, or Home Use…
November 18, 2010 · 2 min read
Since Civil 3D was first introduced, grading, in my opinion, has been the least reliable part of the program. Due to the incessant crashing, it always left a bad taste in my mouth…
November 17, 2010 · 2 min read
If you’ve read my previous posts on AutoCAD for Mac and WS , you’ll know that Autodesk is trying to stay with the times. Macs and mobile devices are hip and Autodesk is on the…
November 16, 2010 · 1 min read
Jargon is funny, it can obfuscate conversations but also make them clearer for some. Sometimes jargon is overused in such a way as to judge or separate outsiders that might be very…
November 15, 2010 · 2 min read
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