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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.
Autodesk University 2011 is less than two weeks away and we're gearing up to make AU 2011 one of the best ever. Autodesk Topobase First up, we are presenting a class on the…
November 16, 2011 · 1 min read
In part 4 , we discussed styles in your Civil 3D template. How do you ensure your styles will be used? Feature Settings are the key to setting default styles and settings. Feature…
June 14, 2011 · 3 min read
Now that we have addressed the 1000-lb gorilla that is CAD Standards , we can finally get started on creating the templates. The very first item you should address are Drawing…
April 20, 2011 · 2 min read
CAD Standards can’t be ignored when building Civil 3D Templates. You still need layers with colors and linetypes. You still need text styles. And you still need to choose between…
March 22, 2011 · 3 min read
Successful Civil 3D implementation requires several steps. We’ve discussed some of these steps at a very high level in Death of the Draftsman and Build on a Strong Foundation …
March 14, 2011 · 3 min read
AutoCAD is flexible. There are few restrictions on the number of entities, layers, or text styles in a drawing. A line can exist at any elevation (z value) with any color and…
February 25, 2011 · 2 min read
Do you find yourself doing some of the same things over and over again in AutoCAD? Things like adding text styles and dimensions styles, or creating the same layer again and again…
January 27, 2011 · 3 min read
Lately I've been working on deployments for one of our larger customers. There are six products, each with 32-bit and 64-bit deployments, as well as CAD Masters' own Standards…
December 6, 2010 · 2 min read
I'm going to expand on what makes Topobase different than a lot of the products in the Autodesk lineup. If you have are completely unfamiliar with Topobase, you might want to read…
November 30, 2010 · 2 min read
As Drew started talking about in his post Death of the Draftsman , with new software implementation, we have to reevaluate the entire way that we think about software. When…
November 4, 2010 · 2 min read
Historically, in older versions of AutoCAD, most CAD Standards would avoid using True Type Fonts(TTF) since they were prone to more issues than the native SHX file fonts. However…
October 25, 2010 · 1 min read
The Autodesk University conference and exhibition brings together Autodesk users, developers, executives, solution providers, and strategic partners from around the world this year…
October 23, 2010 · 1 min read
For our CMI Standards Manager (CSM) customers, I would like to share a product feature we’ve worked on over the years that really makes a difference within a CAD standards…
October 19, 2010 · 3 min read
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