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.
AutoCAD Command Shortcuts, or command aliases are the foundation of efficient AutoCAD workflows, serving as essential keyboard shortcuts that streamline your drafting process…
January 17, 2025 · 14 min read
Part 3: June 2015 Updates Autodesk has just (June 2015) released the first release and second update for InfraWorks 360 2016; the updates refer to the title suffix R1 or 2016.2…
June 26, 2015 · 2 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
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
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
We get a lot of calls from people that have seen a command once, but forgot what the command was. Sometimes, we know these off the top of our head, other times they take a bit of…
December 16, 2011 · 1 min read
This is a strange problem that has been haunting my workstation for a while. Whenever I was using Civil 3D 2010 on my workstation I would have COM errors and AutoCAD would run very…
August 2, 2011 · 1 min read
The Civil 3D 2012 Subassembly Composer was officially released today and has been heavily upgraded from its Autodesk Labs form. For Civil 3D users, this add-on has been generating…
July 7, 2011 · 1 min read
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
With Revit, you’ll sometimes be dealing with large file sizes over the wide area network (WAN), typically occurring when using a VPN. This is not much of an issue when you’re in a…
February 1, 2011 · 3 min read
In Part 1 , I shared my initial thoughts on the Subassembly Composer. I've had more time to look at the subassembly composer and have documented some questions, answers, and notes…
January 19, 2011 · 3 min read
Autodesk Labs has released another handy tool for Civil 3D, the new Subassembly Composer. It's basically a tool that automates the programming of custom subassemblies. You can…
January 13, 2011 · 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
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