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.
Spring time has come again, which means a new release of Autodesk AutoCAD! Many improvements have been made for AutoCAD 2016, including a few from Autodesk's top requested features…
May 22, 2015 · 3 min read
After January 31, 2016, new perpetual licenses of most individual Autodesk software will no longer be available for purchase. Follow the link to view a webinar with CAD Masters…
May 20, 2015 · 2 min read
Civil 3D introduced pressure pipes a few years ago, but you largely have to create your own content libraries. The how-to of that content creation is pretty accessible across the…
February 6, 2015 · 1 min read
This post will describe how to preform a database downgrade on a Civil 3D 2015 survey database down to a Civil 3D 2014 survey database. Civil 3D 2015 uses a SQL Server Compact 4.0…
June 19, 2014 · 2 min read
When using pipe rules, if the rules adjust the slope, Civil 3D increasingly iterates the slope at 1% until it finds a set of values that match the rules. This was mentioned by…
May 7, 2014 · 2 min read
AutoCAD 2015 is off to a strong start and many of our clients are already implementing a variety of AutoCAD 2015 applications such as AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015. If you are in the…
April 30, 2014 · 1 min read
Here is a list of CAD Masters’ top AutoCAD Map 3D 2015 new features, in no particular order. Installs on top of other AutoCAD installations If multiple versions of AutoCAD 2015 are…
March 28, 2014 · 1 min read
AutoCAD 2015 has a lot of exciting new features for the core AutoCAD product. Here is a list of CAD Masters’ top new features, in no particular order, that can be of great use for…
March 28, 2014 · 2 min read
Installation disks are starting to be considered obsolete, and a digital download is becoming the default distribution method. We’re all familiar with how long downloading software…
March 21, 2014 · 4 min read
If you are in the engineering or GIS business, you have probably needed to translate data from one format or database to another, such as from ESRI® ArcSDE® to AutoCAD® DWG. For…
March 13, 2014 · 1 min read
Revit Quick Select, a part of CMI Tools for Revit , is now available for free on the Autodesk Exchange App Store. You can download the app from the Autodesk Exchange App Store here…
January 8, 2014 · 1 min read
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
CAD Masters’ first foray into the Civil 3D Autodesk Exchange Apps has resulted in an application named Style Component Find and Replace . Style Component Find and Replace is an…
November 28, 2013 · 1 min read
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