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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.
During my Autodesk University class this past week, there was a question regarding connecting to ESRI ArcSDE using AutoCAD Map 3D FDO. Specifically, someone asked about connecting…
December 7, 2013 · 3 min read
When using AutoCAD, a popular setup is to have one hand on the keyboard and one hand on the mouse. This means that your keyboard hand dances around like you are playing Beethoven…
November 6, 2013 · 1 min read
Selectio n Manager is a free and easy to use AutoCAD add-in application by CAD Masters that allows you to quickly create, save, and restore selection sets in a drawing. Selection…
July 18, 2013 · 1 min read
Here is a list of some of the top AutoCAD 2014 new features in no particular order. Autodesk ReCap (Reality Capture) Autodesk ReCap comes with AutoCAD and is used to process point…
March 28, 2013 · 2 min read
I'd like to share with you information I’ve found while researching MAP-21, the new legislation that affects federally funded transportation projects. On October 1, 2012, the…
January 21, 2013 · 2 min read
As one of the instructors here at CAD Masters, I’d have to say one of my favorite topics to teach is creating custom AutoCAD linetypes. While not too difficult, it tends to be a…
January 10, 2013 · 3 min read
Microsoft’s RDP 8.0 protocol for Remote Desktop was first released with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Fortunately, it can also be installed on Windows 7 SP1 workstations…
January 3, 2013 · 4 min read
AutoCAD Map 2013 Service Pack 1 was recently released. It’s not available through the support.autodesk.com website yet, but is available through the Communication Center in…
September 26, 2012 · 1 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
Previously, we compared some of the differences between Dropbox and Autodesk 360, see the original post here . Since posting, we have found that Desktop Integration is available…
April 12, 2012 · 1 min read
If you’ve been paying attention to the Autodesk 2013 launch webcasts, then you’ve probably been hearing that Autodesk’s cloud service Autodesk Cloud Document has been renamed to…
March 29, 2012 · 2 min read
It's not too late to register for the Autodesk 2013 Virtual Event here . The general session presentation starts at 9AM PDT. There's also a group of breakout sessions to choose…
March 29, 2012 · 1 min read
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