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Civil 3D

AutoCAD 2012 Slowdown

We've been having a couple of calls recently about drawing slowness in the 2012 products. Just in case you are experiencing this, Autodesk released a hotfix that seems to solve the…

July 7, 2011 · 1 min read

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Civil 3D

Arrays as Linetypes

With the advent of the associative arrays in AutoCAD 2012 products, we’ve got a great new tool with some interesting possibilities. Recently, I wrote about using Civil 3D…

April 7, 2011 · 2 min read

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Civil 3D

AutoCAD 2012 - Edit the UCS Graphically

The UCS is a challenging aspect of AutoCAD, despite how innocent it seems. We often recommend that people never change the UCS. Here are a couple of reasons that we usually tell…

April 5, 2011 · 3 min read

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AutoCAD

Inventor Vs. Inventor Fusion

Inventor Fusion comes with AutoCAD 2012. We've been very excited about this product ever since seeing it in Autodesk Labs and learning that it was going to be a part of the AutoCAD…

March 24, 2011 · 1 min read

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AutoCAD

AutoCAD 2012 on the Subscription Center

That's right, AutoCAD 2012, AutoCAD Architecture 2012, and AutoCAD MEP 2012 are out and available for download from the Subscription Center . Look for the other vertical products…

March 23, 2011 · 1 min read

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Revit

Revit 2012 - Top 5 New Features

Revit Architecture 2012 Worksharing - Worksharing has greatly improved in Revit 2012. You can now graphically identify many aspects of elements, such as the ownership status…

March 23, 2011 · 2 min read

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Civil 3D

Civil 3D 2012 - Top 5 New Features

The release of Civil 3D 2012 is coming just over the horizon in mid-April, and there are some exciting things to come. This is the Civil 3D update that I've been looking forward to…

March 22, 2011 · 3 min read

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AutoCAD

AutoCAD 2012 is Here!

March Madness, hints of spring in the air, more daylight, baseball season around the corner, and the release of the latest and greatest version of AutoCAD. How can you not love…

March 22, 2011 · 3 min read

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Civil 3D

AutoCAD 2012 - Content Explorer

One of the main new features of AutoCAD 2012 is called the Content Explorer. The Content Explorer essentially conglomerates Design Center and Autodesk Seek, while also adding…

March 22, 2011 · 2 min read