Novedge Pulse™ of Kate Morrical

I'm still on vacation, but if you're reading this you're probably not. (Sorry -- I hope you get some time off soon too.) Maybe learning something new about the Sheet Set Manager will cheer you up? :-) Use a Sheet [more...]

Ever been a little hasty with the Delete key in AutoCAD LT? Sure you have. (We all have.) Normally a quick Ctrl+Z or the OOPS command will take care of you, but what if you've accidentally deleted something from the [more...]

Today I've got a link for you to another blog post, but I initially saw it come through on Twitter, so that counts, right? Josh Jones, a.k.a. @lazydrafter, wrote up a tip for connecting two circles with a line tangent [more...]

This post it for all of you out there (however many of you there may be) who are still running Autodesk products on Windows Vista. As of January 1, 2012, Autodesk will no longer support Windows Vista for new or [more...]

Do you work for a small business (300 people or fewer) in the US or Canada? Is your firm running outdated Autodesk software on old hardware? Would you like to change that?? (The old software/hardware part, not the small business [more...]

I've got a quasi-guest post for you today, courtesy of Paul Munford of The CAD Setter Out. ("Quasi" because I'm going to give you a link, not quote the whole thing.) Last week, after I mentioned using the Properties palette [more...]

After last week’s post on background masks for dimension objects, I poked around through my archives and realized I’ve never posted on regular text masks. I know I put it in a demo video, but I guess it never got [more...]

Ever have a dimension that’s blocking something in your drawing? It’s probably not something important, or you’d move the dimension, but what if you’re putting a dimension on an image, or over some contour lines where it’s hard to read? [more...]

It’s that time of year again, when well-meaning people make resolutions for the new year…and break them before Groundhog Day. I don’t make many resolutions myself anymore, but this week on the AutoCAD Facebook page I’m putting up a few [more...]

Welcome to 2012, everybody! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday break, or at least two good long weekends. It seems as though some of you were working, though, because AutoCAD WS announced a major milestone last week: 4,000,000 [more...]

I'm on vacation next week (and hoping many of you are too), so I thought I'd leave you with a few fun Google searches to keep you entertained while I'm gone. (And yes, they're all safe for work, in case [more...]

Looking for some time-saving shortcuts for your everyday work? CAD Notes has a post today from Paul Munford of the CAD Setter Out with 11 macros for working with viewports. Read the article Paul suggests putting the macros on a [more...]

If you saw Lynn Allen’s Facecast on the AutoCAD Facebook page Wednesday, then you’ll know where I got this tip. I’ve posted before about the ribbon cycle button, which lets you control how much space the ribbon takes up at [more...]

Did you notice that it's AutoCAD LT week on the AutoCAD Facebook page? Tips & tricks specifically for AutoCAD LT users are headed your way all week. Become a fan and stay up to date with all the latest news [more...]

This is it, the very last video in the AutoCAD LT Sheet Set Manager video series. This one might represent the biggest change in workflow for you, since it shows how you can go from a two-part title block (xref [more...]

Here it is, the penultimate video in my Sheet Set Manager series. (I love that word. I mean, I could say "next to last", but where's the fun in that?) At any rate, until now we've been working with the [more...]

When we last left off with the Sheet Set Manager series, we were just getting into the cool automation tools available in this feature. Today's video keeps going with that, showing you how to link views with the labels that [more...]

Everybody loves a makeover show, right? Of course! So we decided we had to get in on the act, and the result is airing this week, one episode per day, on Facebook. Here’s the blurb: Architectural Design Firm Receives Surprise [more...]

I’m home from AU again, and mostly recovered from my jet lag. (Traveling east is so much harder than going west!) You’ve already seen most of the pictures I took (really should have taken more), but I have one last [more...]

I am homeward bound today, after a wonderfully successful AU 2011. It seems that just about everything went right this year, from well-attended Innovation Forums to less-crowded escalators--and especially AU Virtual, which was streamlined to provide a better experience  [more...]

So this mobile posting thing seemed to work out all right yesterday. (Although that post looks a lot longer on my phone!) Let's see...what happened yesterday? It's getting hard to keep my days straight... :-) I spent a lot of [more...]

I'm testing Typepad's iPhone app today for two reasons. 1. I don't feel like paying for internet access in my hotel room. 2. I don't feel like hauling the laptop down to the free WiFi at the conference. So we're [more...]

Here it is, your last Sheet Set Manager video before the Thanksgiving break. This one starts to get into the really good stuff: automation. Automate View Label Data I'm wrapping up the last few videos today, but I won't be [more...]

Next up in the Sheet Set Manager series: labeling the views you add to layouts. Place View Labels

We have less than two short weeks left until Autodesk University in Las Vegas! (My reaction to that is equal parts “hooray!” and “yikes!”) I’d love to see you there, but if you can’t make it to the desert, that’s [more...]

I know it's been a while since my last contribution to this series, but the wait is over! Stay tuned for more coming soon too... Add Content to Sheets

I have to confess that I’ve been running a little low on blog-post material lately. It won’t be a problem for too much longer, ‘cause I’ve got a few more Sheet Set videos nearly finished, and in just two short [more...]

Did you know you can turn an AutoCAD LT table into a CSV file with just a few clicks? This is another one of those “when in doubt, right-click” commands, since the shortcut menu is the only place you’ll find [more...]

When you’re working with a team on a project using xrefs, it can be really handy to know when somebody makes a change to a file that your current drawing references. Fortunately, a relatively new feature in AutoCAD LT makes [more...]

I’ve posted about PICKFIRST before, but it’s one of those annoying variables that’s hard to find if you don’t know what you’re looking for. So I’m putting this up in the hope of providing some SEO-friendly keywords (that’s “search engine [more...]

Today’s tip comes to you courtesy of Cadalyst Magazine’s “Tips & Tools Weekly” newsletter. Sign up for your own copy or browse the archives here. Admittedly a lot of the tips are LISP-based, but there are plenty that aren’t, or [more...]

I'm on vacation this week, but I didn't want you to feel deprived in my absence, so here's the next Sheet Set Manager video. :-) Add Layouts to an Existing Sheet Set

Normally, I'm a strong advocate for always drawing objects at full size (1:1) and for never overriding the default dimension text. However, there may be times when one or both of those objectives aren't feasible. Or you just may have [more...]

Still trying to convince the boss to spring for AU2011? Better get a move on -- the price goes up $500 on Wednesday. Need help? We've provided a "Convince Your Manager" toolkit in case you need some backup. Las Vegas [more...]