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.
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
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
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
This year’s Autodesk 2013 product launch is significantly different than previous years. We’re seeing almost all of the products being released on the same day. Typically, AutoCAD…
March 27, 2012 · 1 min read
This strange command was introduced in AutoCAD 2011. Speaking with co-workers here, it’s mainly a source of frustration as users try to Zoom Extents and instead get the ZEBRA…
March 21, 2012 · 1 min read
Survey figures by default do not show linetype generation in Civil 3D. This means if you have a survey figure with many closely spaced vertices, you will not be able to see the…
March 2, 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
California is one of the few states that does not require professional development hours (PDH) for licensed professional engineers. I've often wondered about this and why this is…
February 1, 2012 · 2 min read
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