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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.
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
Custom programming for AutoCAD ranges from a simple command in the CUI editor to fully independent complimentary programs. However, the sweet spot seems to lie somewhere in the…
June 19, 2012 · 1 min read
I actually wrote this post a few weeks ago, but decided not to post it for some reason. Today I learned from Without a Net that the creator of the LISP language, John McCarthy…
October 26, 2011 · 1 min read
Autodesk rolled out their Exchange Apps recently. If you're using a 2012 product you may have already noticed the new tab in your Exchange window. Exchange Apps is a place for…
June 23, 2011 · 1 min read
It's time to take a step back from all the Autodesk 2012 releases and look back into the past a little. The AutoCAD Customize User Interface (CUI) was a new feature of AutoCAD…
March 31, 2011 · 2 min read
Recently I started working on Map Books for one of our customers. That's really just code for a big sheet set where each sheet displays a different area of a map. So, I started…
March 11, 2011 · 1 min read
Everyone in AutoCAD drafts at a different speed. When you're watching someone use AutoCAD, especially if you are unfamiliar with the software, you might find yourself amazed at how…
February 3, 2011 · 2 min read
In part 1 of this series, we discussed how to customize AutoCAD using an ACAD.LSP file. We started with a simple example where we used an ACAD.LSP file to set an AutoCAD variable –…
November 22, 2010 · 2 min read
It is important to have some IT knowledge to truly understand AutoCAD. AutoCAD uses a massive amount of files that directly impact its performance and efficiency. There are .cuix…
September 30, 2010 · 1 min read
Today’s Blog post will address a feature of AutoCAD that has been around for a long time, Tool Palettes. I’ve received many questions about setup, protection, and sharing them with…
September 28, 2010 · 1 min read
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