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Drawing Scales, Part 2: Scaling the Tallest Drawing
- applying annotation scaling in AutoCAD 2008 drawing, Bill Fane, Cadalyst, Mar
1, 2008
Drawing Scales, Part 1: Practicing Our Scales
- using annotative objects in AutoCAD 2008, Bill Fane, Cadalyst, Feb 1, 2008
For AutoCAD Geeks - Command and System Variables Map and Trivia
- AutoCAD 2008 has 876 documented commands and 767 system variables, Shaan
Hurley, Between the Lines, Jan 29, 2008
Multileaders in AutoCAD 2008 - using MLEADERSTYLES command to create new
Multileader styles, Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, Jan 28, 2008
AutoCAD 2008 Tip: Adjust the Dimension Spacing - using DIMSPACE
command, Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, Jan 16, 2008
Unraveling AutoCAD's CUI, Part 1
- customizing workspaces in AutoCAD, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, Jan 1, 2008
AutoCAD
2008: CommandComplete - searching more than 1,400 commands and system
variables using CommandComplete tool, Sunith Babu, AUGI, Jan 2008 (may require
free registration)
Recover All
- AutoCAD 2008 utility can recover drawing and all of it's Xrefs, Todd
Shackelford, CAD Shack, Jan 10, 2008
How to
Batch-Remove Excessive Annotation Scale Lists in DWGs - using DBXremSL
utility in AutoCAD 2008, CAD Forum, Jan 2008
Quantity With AutoCAD 2008 : _EATTEXT Command - using DATAEXTRACTION or
EATTEXT command to extract block attributes of AutoCAD drawing, Erhan Toker,
Daily AutoCAD, Jan 9, 2008
Bloated Scale List
- cleaning AutoCAD 2008 drawings using ._SCALELISTEDIT command, RK
McSwain, CAD Panacea, Dec 12, 2007
Layer Properties Per Viewport - changing layer properties on
viewport-by-viewport basis in AutoCAD 2008, Donnie Gladfelter, The CAD Geek
Blog, Jan 3, 2008
AutoCAD 2008
- comparing AutoCAD 2008 with AutoCAD 2007 depending on criteria of performance,
installation, cost, and more, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Jan 2, 2008
Sit Back in Your Easy Chair
- anchoring palette, moving Layout tabs to Status bar, customizing Layer dialog
box in AutoCAD 2008, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, Dec 1, 2007
TIPniques:
Dimension Enhancements in AutoCAD - exploring functions of dimension
commands on dimension toolbar, Kenneth Leary, AUGI, Dec 2007 (may require free
registration)
AutoCAD 2008 Render: Photometric Lights 2 - using pre-defined photometric
lights, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Dec 13, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Render: Photometric Lights 1 - adding photometric lights
manually, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Dec 12, 2007
More on Layer Evaluation/Notification
- running code on AutoCAD drawings tactfully, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, Dec
10, 2007
Automatically Disabling Layer Evaluation - adding LISP code to acaddoc.lsp
file to set LAYEREVAL variable to 0 in AutoCAD 2008, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD
Insider, Dec 4, 2007
Prompting to Save New Drawings - AutoCAD automatically runs acaddoc.lsp
file, hence requiring to save changes, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, Dec 7,
2007
Automatically Disabling Layer Notification - by setting LAYERNOTIFY
variable to 0 in AutoCAD 2008, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, Dec 6, 2007
Pack & Send Your Projects: e-Transmit - using ETRANSMIT command in AutoCAD
2008 to customize transmittal settings, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Dec 5, 2007
Dimensioning: _DIMJOGLINE - cutting dimension lines crosswise in AutoCAD
2008, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Nov 22, 2007
GROUP Therapy - defining and editing group using GROUP command in AutoCAD 2008, Donnie
Gladfelter, The CAD Geek Blog, Oct 24, 2007
Using LMAN to Manage Layout Layers as an Unintentional By-product
- restoring layer states restore in model space and paper space in AutoCAD 2008,
Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, Oct 23, 2007
Make an Entire DWG Annotative - by setting ANNOTATIVEDWG variable to 1 in
AutoCAD 2008, Donnie Gladfelter, The CAD Geek Blog, Oct 15, 2007
An
AutoCAD Hip Tip on Lining Up Balloons - using MLEADERCOLLECT command
in AutoCAD 2008, Lynn Allen's Blog, Oct 15, 2007
Follow the Leader - accessing new Multileader command, creating multileader,
using Mleaderalign command in AutoCAD 2008, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, Oct 1, 2007
Sun Properties - setting LIGHTINGUNITS
variable to 0 to disable photometric lighting and edit Sun properties color in
AutoCAD 2008, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, Oct 8, 2007
Better Than AUDIT, Better Than RECOVER, the New RECOVERALL - RECOVERALL
command in AutoCAD 2008 can scan multiple drawings at a time, Donnie Gladfelter,
The CAD Geek Blog, Oct 4, 2007
Creating
and Using Annotative Blocks - creating block object and setting
annotative property of block in AutoCAD 2008, Jim Rogers, Hagerman & Company,
Inc., Sep 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Material Definition Toolpalette 7 - understanding advanced
lighting override options, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Sep 28, 2007
Perpetual Annotation Scale List - using -SCALELISTEDIT command to fix
AutoCAD 2008 drawings messed up with _XREF annotation scales, Donnie Gladfelter,
The CAD Geek Blog, Sep 26, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Material Definition Toolpalette 6 - using texture templates,
Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Sep 27, 2007
AutoCAD
2008 - LAYLOCKFADECTL - controlling fade percentage while locking
layer, Mark W Kiker, CADD Manager.com Blog, Sep 25, 2007
AutoCAD
2008 Material Definition Toolpalette 4 - controlling material
texture: diffuse map, opacity texture and bump map, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD,
Sep 25, 2007
AutoCAD
2008 Material Definition Toolpalette 5 - understanding 'scaling &
tiling' and 'offset & preview' options during material texture process, Erhan
Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Sep 26, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Material Definition Toolpalette 3 - features of material
editor, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Sep 24, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 - Copy to Layer - using CopytoLayer command to copy layer on
target layer, Mark W. Kiker, CADD Manager.com Blog, Sep 11, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 - Layer Walk - using Layer Walk command to highlight contents
of selected layer, Mark W. Kiker, CADD Manager.com Blog, Sep 12, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 - Layer Walk - Part 2 - purging layers, Mark W Kiker, CADD
Manager.com Blog, Sep 14, 2007
Multiple
Leaders - exploring multileader toolbar and workarounds for multileader
problems in AutoCAD 2008, Kenneth Leary, AUGI, Sep 2007 (may require free
registration)
AutoCAD
Suddenly Publishes Multiple Drawings to a Single PLT File - depends on
setting of PUBLISHCOLLATE variable in AutoCAD 2008, CAD Forum, Sep 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Material Definition Toolpalette 2 - exploring available
materials in drawing, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Sep 18, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Material Definition Toolbar 1 - using MATERIAL command to
explore material definition user interface, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Sep 17,
2007
AutoCAD 2008 - LAYISO and LAYUNISO - using LAYISO and LAYUNISO commands to
isolate and unisolate objects on one layer, Mark W. Kiker, CADD Manager.com
Blog, Sep 9, 2007
Learning Curves
- applying material image to 3D object, copying object with basepoint in AutoCAD
2008, more, Michael Beall, Michael's corner, Sep 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Slow Startup Fix - editing registry key to disable AutoCAD
InfoCenter, Owen Wengerd, Outside The Box, Sep 6, 2007
Annotation Scaling and Annotation Scale List in AutoCAD 2008 - adding and
deleting scales, JTB World, Sep 5, 2007
What Needs to be Fixed in AutoCAD - linetypes and multilines
continue to frustrate, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, Sep 3, 2007
Extract That Data
- using Dataextraction command in AutoCAD 2008, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, Sep 1,
2007
AutoCAD 2008 - Layer Current - changing entities to current active layer,
Mark W. Kiker, CADD Manager.com Blog, Aug 30, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Layer II Toolbar - layer express tools are located on layer II
toolbar, Mark W. Kiker, CADD Manager.com Blog, Aug 27, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 - Layer Match - using layer match express tool, Mark W. Kiker,
CADD Manager.com Blog, Aug 28, 2007
TIPniques:
There's a Lot to Like About Layer Tools - exploring layer properties
manager and reconciling layers in AutoCAD 2008, Kenneth Leary, AUGI, Aug 2007
(may require free registration)
Quickly Link Excel Tables to AutoCAD - modifying Excel table, Donnie
Gladfelter, The CAD Geek Blog, Aug 15, 2007
Glove Compartment for AutoCAD: DASHBOARD 2 - creating a new control panel,
Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Aug 15, 2007
Annotation &
Customization - tips on using columns in Mtext editor, hatching an area with
solid hatch, using block attribute manager in AutoCAD 2008, more, Michael Beall,
Michael's corner, Aug 2007
Glove Compartment for AutoCAD: DASHBOARD 1 - exploring DASHBOARD in AutoCAD
2008, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Aug 13, 2007
Upgrading to AutoCAD 2008 - tips when upgrading to AutoCAD 2008, Donnie
Gladfelter, The CAD Geek Blog, Aug 9, 2007
Terrific Text Tips - enhancements made to Mtext, spell checker, and
multiline attributes in AutoCAD 2008 have fulfilled the wishes of users,
Cadalyst, August 1, 2007
Mtext Numbered/Bulleted lists
- exploring the list formatting option in AutoCAD 2008, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD
Insider, August 6, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 MULTILEADER Command III - using MLEADERALIGN command to edit
the description bubbles, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, August 6, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 MULTILEADER Command II - create a description bubble in
AutoCAD, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, August 3, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 MULTILEADER Command 1 - Erhan Toker,
Daily AutoCAD, July 30, 2007
AutoCAD 2008
Odds & Ends - PUBLISHCOLLATE system variable for publishing PDFs, changing
overridden properties to ByLayer, creating tool palette group, Melanie Perry,
AUGI, July 2007 (requires free registration)
Adding Layouts to a Sheet Set in AutoCAD 2008
- importing layout as sheet, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, July 23, 2007
More AutoCAD 2008
Insights - specifying viewport-specific color overrides, key features of
layer properties manager and dashboard, layer isolate settings, more, Michael
Beall, Michael's corner, July 2007
Custom Multileader Style - creating a custom multileader in AutoCAD 2008,
LuAnn Sims, CommTech CAD Cafe, July 17, 2007
Uninstall AutoCAD 2008 Silently - registry setting for uninstalling AutoCAD
2008, AutoCAD Architecture 2008, Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional, Acrobat Reader 8,
JTB World, July 13, 2007
Multileaders - Part 2 -
creating and editing multileaders, grouping multiple multileaders, aligning them in AutoCAD
2008, Donnie Gladfelter, The CAD Geek Blog, July 11, 2007
Layout Enhancements in AutoCAD 2008
- tips on renaming, reordering, selecting a layout, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD
Insider, July 6, 2007
Annotation Scaling in AutoCAD 2008 - scale annotations in AutoCAD 2008,
exploring annotation scaling tools, visual fidelity, more, Autodesk, July 2007,
pdf
Link It!
- exporting Excel spreadsheet into AutoCAD 2008 as an AutoCAD table, Lynn Allen,
Cadalyst, July 1, 2007
Saving Back with Annotative Styles - saving annotative objects in AutoCAD
versions older than 2008, LuAnn Sims, CommTech CAD Cafe, July 2, 2007
Multileaders - Part 1 - exploring the multileader interface, drawing a
multileader, configuring a multileader style, more, Donnie Gladfelter, The CAD
Geek Blog, July 1, 2007
AutoCAD 2008: Dimension Break - using DIMBREAK command in a drawing, Sunith
Babu L, Sunith AutoCAD's Blog, July 2, 2007
Extract Data From Objects in 2008 - using data extraction wizard to extract
AutoCAD data, Ellen Finkelstein.com, June 27, 2007
AutoCAD CLEANSCREEN Tip From Neuchatel Switzerland - using CTRL+0 to toggle
between CLEANSCREENON and CLEANSCREENOFF commands, Shaan Hurley, Between the
Lines, June 27, 2007
Getting Annotative Objects Right! - adding annotative objects from model
space using ANNOAUTOSCALE system variable in AutoCAD 2008, LuAnn Sims, CommTech
CAD Cafe, June 25, 2007
AutoCAD Tip: "Free" Lights - FreeSpot
lights feature in AutoCAD 2008 doesn't need target location to be specified,
Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, June 25, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Drawing Recovery Command - DRAWINGRECOVERY command displays and
opens backup files after system failure, Sunith Babu, Sunith AutoCAD's Blog,
June 20, 2007
Managing Layout Tabs in AutoCAD 2008 - double-clicking to rename tab,
reordering layout tabs, selecting multiple layouts at once, more, Donnie
Gladfelter, The CAD Geek Blog, June 21, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Productivity Study - using AutoCAD 2008 increases productivity
by 26% than using AutoCAD 2005 for a design task, Charles Clarke & Mike Evans,
Cambashi, June 2007, pdf
Using Referenced Files
- using DWF/DGN as a reference, inverted XClip on an external reference in
AutoCAD 2008, Melanie Perry, AUGI,
June 2007 (requires free registration)
AutoCAD 2008 InfoCenter - InfoCenter tool can provide information from
multiple sources, Mark W. Kiker, CADD Manager.com Blog, June 13, 2007
But Wait, There's
More at NeoCon 2007 - setting existing text in model space to be
annotative text in AutoCAD 2008, more, Michael Beall, Michael's corner, June
2007
Awesome Annotation Scaling - controlling text height, adding additional
scale factors, scale viewports, more in AutoCAD 2008, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, June
1, 2007
If You Don't Like QUICKCUI in AutoCAD 2008 - modify acaddoc.lsp file to
undefine the QUICKCUI command, JTB World, June 8, 2007
Annotative Dimensions - creating an annotative dimension style from an
existing style in AutoCAD 2008, LuAnn Sims, CommTech CAD Cafe, June 6, 2007
Match Property Settings - modifying property settings of MATCHPROP
command to limit the painted properties in AutoCAD 2008, Ward Romberger,
CAD-e-Corner, June 5, 2007
Do You Want to Have Fidelity with Annotative Objects? - setting SAVEFIDELITY
variable to 1 to maintain visual fidelity in AutoCAD 2008, Beth Powell, Beth's
CAD Blog, June 4, 2007
Close Cooperation Between Google Earth and AutoCAD 2008 - IMPORTGEMESH
command can import a 3D model from Google Earth to AutoCAD, AutoCADer, May 31,
2007
New
Annotative Scaling - using new annotative feature in AutoCAD 2008, LuAnn
Sims, CommTech CAD Cafe, May 25, 2007
Publish to Google Earth for AutoCAD 2008
- installing the add-on and defining important commands, Shaan Hurley, Between
the Lines, May 24, 2007
AutoCAD Tool Palette Rollup and Rollout Speed
- modifying the fixed profile XML file to change the speed of the tool palette
rollout and rollup in AutoCAD, Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, May 22, 2007
Tool Palettes Rock!
- set the object default properties using the AutoCAD tool palettes, Shaan
Hurley, Between the Lines, May 22, 2007
Specify Current Tool Palette or Group - New in AutoCAD 2008 TPNAVIGATE
- changing the current tool palette, Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, May 22,
2007
TIPniques:
Dashboard Customization - customizing cleanup tools in AutoCAD 2008,
Melanie Perry, AUGI, May 2007 (requires free registration)
AutoCAD 2008 and Annotation Scale Template - edit the acaddoc.lsp file to
add annotation scale template to a drawing, JTB World, May 16, 2007
Play Nicely with Others
- importing and exporting MicroStation files in AutoCAD 2008, Lynn Allen,
Cadalyst, May 1, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Easter Egg Steps
- name of AutoCAD 2008 development team in Easter Egg, Shaan Hurley, Between the
Lines, May 14, 2007
Annotation Scaling 106
- setting annotation scale in AutoCAD 2008, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, May
9, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Bits &
More Palette Pieces - creating a multileader style, adding an automated
Mtext button to the palette, organizing layout tabs, more, Michael Beall,
Michael's corner, May 2007
AutoCAD 2008 and Older Version Files - issues with AutoCAD 2007 and ADT 2007
version drawing files, Mark W. Kiker, CADD Manager.com Blog, May 8, 2007
Lynn Allen's Tips and Tricks For Using AutoCAD 2008 Software - tips on using
2D workspace, annotation scaling feature, MLEADER command, more, Autodesk, May
2007, 32 page pdf
Annotation Objects in AutoCAD 2008 - 3 - making a block annotative, Erhan
Toker, Daily AutoCAD, May 2, 2007
Annotation Objects in AutoCAD 2008 - 2 - setting the annotative scale for
line styles and texts, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, May 1, 2007
Making Blocks Annotative - defining and creating an annotative block in
AutoCAD 2008, Donnie Gladfelter, The CAD Geek Blog, May 1, 2007
Annotation Objects in AutoCAD 2008 --1 - set the working scale for hatches
and defining new system variables: ANNOALLVISIBLE, MSLTSCALE, and
SELECTIONANNODISPLAY, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, April 30, 2007
Use CopyMode to Change How the COPY Command Works in AutoCAD 2008 -
modifying the registry settings, JTB World, April 30, 2007
Making AutoCAD Objects Annotative Using .NET - Kean Walmsley,
Through the Interface, April 27, 2007
Annotation Scaling 105
- creating scale representations for an annotative object in AutoCAD 2008, Heidi
Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, April 25, 2007
Adding a New Annotation Scale in AutoCAD Using .NET
- Kean Walmsley, Through the Interface, April 25, 2007
An AutoCAD Hip Tip to Create Multiple Page PDF Files Directly From AutoCAD -
setting the new PUBLISHCOLLATE system variable to 1 in AutoCAD 2008 for multiple
sheet PDF, Lynn Allen's Blog, April 23, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 -- First Look at Multileaders - configuring a standard
multileader style, Donnie Gladfelter, The CAD Geek Blog, April 22, 2007
More AutoCAD Troubleshooting Guides for Download
- Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, April 20, 2007
Spell Checking Tip for Large Drawings in AutoCAD 2008 - turn off REGENAUTO
for not regenerating the drawing, JTB World, April 19, 2007
Determine Programmatically if AutoCAD 2008 is 32-bit or 64-bit - system
variable PLATFORM tells the platform in use, JTB World, April 19, 2007
Autodesk 3DSOUT Command
- exporting 3D geometry to a 3D Studio file using 3DSOUT command, Autodesk,
April 16, 2007
Annotation Scaling 104
- new annotative controls to create scale representations in AutoCAD 2008, Heidi
Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, April 18, 2007
New AutoCAD Knowledge Base Documents Posted
- links to articles about installation and deployment of AutoCAD, Shaan Hurley,
Between the Lines, April 17, 2007
Workspaces in AutoCAD 2008
- creating and customizing a new workspace, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, April
17, 2007
Layers Loom Large
- customizing layer columns, controlling the visibility and order of the
columns, creating a new layer, more, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, April 10, 2007
New Functionality of the Layer Isolate (LAYISO) Command - LAYISO command
in AutoCAD 2008 can fade the locked layers instead of turning off
non-selected objects, Donnie Gladfelter, The CAD Geek Blog, April 17, 2007
Linking Excel and AutoCAD with Data Links - setting up bidirectional data
links between Excel and AutoCAD 2008, Donnie Gladfelter, The CAD Geek Blog,
April 13, 2007
A Dashboard That Might Get Used in 2008
- customizable dashboard with several control panels, more, Mike Massey, Knowing
What You Don't Know About CAD, April 13, 2007
Everything I Know About AutoCAD 2008... - make auto-columns when inserting
long word documents into MTEXT, Dana Breig Probert, Civil 3d.com, April 12, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Tables - Dynamic with Excel - pasting Excel sheet in AutoCAD
DWG file, Dana Breig Probert, Civil 3d.com, April 13, 2007
Some Render Samples Prepared with AutoCAD 2008 - Orhan Toker,
Daily AutoCAD, April 12, 2007
AutoCAD 2008: Multiple Column Mtext Exercise
- creating multiple text columns in AutoCAD, Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines,
April 11, 2007
Annotation Scaling 103 - using ANNOUPDATE
command to update objects while changing annotative option for style in AutoCAD
2008, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, April 11, 2007
Tip -
Impression Toolbar in AutoCAD 2008 - AutoCAD can show current view
rendered in Impression, Lisa Crounse, Inside Hues, April 10, 2007
Purge
Reconciled Layer Information in AutoCAD 2008 - AutoLISP utility to
purge and reduce the size of reconciled layers, JTB World, April 9, 2007
Automate Annotation in AutoCAD 2008 - dimensioning the AutoCAD drawing using
annotation feature, Ellen Finkelstein.com, April 7, 2007
Multiline Attributes - AutoCAD 2008 multiline
attributes are automatically converted to traditional attributes when opened in
earlier AutoCAD releases, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, April 5, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Customer Involvement Program
- the argument for customers providing feedback for improving the software
design, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, April 6, 2007
Layer Notification in AutoCAD 2008 - pros and cons of layer notification
feature, JTB World, April 5, 2007
Annotation Scaling 102
- enabling annotative property in AutoCAD 2008, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider,
April 4, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Spell Check
- dimensions and leader MTEXT are included in spell check, CAD Panacea, April 4,
2007
AutoCAD 2008 Xclip
- exploring the "Invert clip" option, CAD Panacea, April 3, 2007
AutoCAD 2008: Multiple Column Mtext
- Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, April 2, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Does Not Suck
- even in its prerelease state, AutoCAD 2008 manages to be very reliable --
unlike many other CAD applications, Roopinder Tara, CAD Insider, April 2, 2007
Multiline Attributes in AutoCAD 2008...Yeah! - Multiline
Attribute editor for editing and enhancing the text, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD
Insider, March 30, 2007
Spell Checking in AutoCAD 2008
- new drop-down list option to choose where to check plus controlled spell
checker behavior, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, March 29, 2007
AutoCAD
2008 - Linescale Sorted? - new MSLTSCALE variable for correct scaling in
differently scaled layout viewports and modelspace, RobiNZ CAD Blog, March 30,
2007
AutoCAD 2008 Network Deployment
- no deployment wizard to build the deployment, CAD Panacea, March
29, 2007
FMD Space Tip No.2 - It Works with AutoCAD 2008!
- Facility Link works with the new 2D draft and annotation dashboard in AutoCAD,
Shaun Bryant, FM Desktop and Beyond, March 29, 2007
The
Lowdown on New Autodesk Software - AutoCAD 2008 has interface
modifications, layer reconciliation feature, annotation scaling feature set,
more, Robert Green, Cadalyst, March 28, 2007
Annotation
Scaling 101
- overview of annotation scaling feature in AutoCAD 2008, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD
Insider, March 28, 2007
An
AutoCAD 2008 Hip Tip on Reversing Clipping! - new Invert Clip option
removes data from the inside of the boundary, Lynn Allen's Blog, March 28, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Layers Per Viewport
- layers' behavior can be predicted depending on colors assigned to them, Beth
Powell, Beth's CAD Blog, March 21, 2007
AutoCAD 2008: New Invert Xclip Command Option
- Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, March 26, 2007)
AutoCAD 2008 Easter Egg Hint
- updated materials palette, realistic renderings, new RENDER command, more,
Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, March 26, 2007
QuickCUI Introduced in AutoCAD 2008 - exploring CUI dialog box, JTB
World, March 26, 2007
Viewing 3D Block Definitions in AutoCAD 2008
- 3D Orbit tool for viewing 3D blocks is now accessible in block editor in
AutoCAD 2008, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, March 23, 2007
No Impression in AutoCAD 2008 - Autodesk Impression is not available for
AutoCAD 2008 everywhere in the world, JTB World, March 23, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Graphics Hardware
- AutoCAD 2008 supports Microsoft Direct3D hardware acceleration, Heidi Hewett,
AutoCAD Insider, March 22, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Tables Tutorial Available
- Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, March 20, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 - Will My Programs Work?
- upgrading to 64-bit AutoCAD 2008 may require some changes, CAD Panacea, March
21, 2007
Good Question: AutoCAD 2008 System Requirements
- Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, March 21, 2007
Working with Tables in AutoCAD 2008
- creating a cost estimate table, Autodesk, March 2008
Brought to You by... AutoCAD 2008 - also available in Civil 3D 2008:
annotation scaling, layer properties per viewport, enhanced tables, more,
Angel's Civil 3D Thoughts, March 19, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Trick: Plotting/Publish One or To Many Trick - using system
variable PUBLISHCOLLATE to create a single or multiple files, Shaan Hurley,
Between the Lines, March 14, 2007
Multiline Attributes in AutoCAD 2008 - exploring multiline attribute
options, JTB World, March 14, 2007
AutoCAD 2008: MATTs (Multiline Attributes) - creating a multiline
attribute definition, Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, March 13, 2007
IME and AutoCAD 2008 - Input Method Editor (IME ) allows users to add non
English characters and complex symbols, JTB World, March 12, 2007
AutoCAD 2008: New Direct, Interactive Moving
- dragging the object with left mouse button can let the object move to a new
location, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, March 12, 2007
More AutoCAD 2008 Info - Annotative Scaling! - controlling annotation scale
using ANNOUPDATE and OBJECTSCALE commands, Lynn Allen's Blog, March 12, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 - Customizing a Dashboard Panel
- customizing cleanup tools, Melanie (Stone) Perry, Mistress of the Dorkness,
March 10, 2007
AutoCAD 2008: DGN Underlay Video
- Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, March 9, 2007
DWG File Loads Slower in New Version
- save DWG files in the current AutoCAD released format, Shaan Hurley, Between
the Lines, March 8, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Preview Guide - information about installation, CUI, drawing
management, annotation, visualization, more, Autodesk, March 2007
pdf
Viva Las Vegas and more of AutoCAD 2008 - ability to customize the dashboard
and new QUICKCUI command, Lynn Allen's Blog, March 8, 2007
Xref Clipping in AutoCAD 2008 - XCLIP
command can now invert the clipping area also, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider,
March 7, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 - Your New DTP Application - column formatting option in MText
editor is very useful, AutoCADder, March 5, 2007
DWF Underlays in AutoCAD 2008
- ability to control the visibility of the layers within the DWF underlay, Heidi
Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, March 6, 2007
Layer Locking and Fading in AutoCAD 2008
- layer isolate tool provides the option to lock and fade layers, Heidi Hewett,
AutoCAD Insider, March 5, 2007
Preview Images in Vista and AutoCAD 2008 - large preview thumbnail option
for DWG as well as DWF, JTB World, March 5, 2007
Layer Notification in AutoCAD 2008 - new layer tools can detect unreconciled
new layers, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, March 2, 2007
AutoCAD 2008: Users Guide Improves Even More
- improved rendering and annotation help section, provision to send feedback,
Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, March 2, 2007
InfoCenter Search Results in AutoCAD 2008 - InfoCenter gives you option to
search in more locations, JTB World, March 1, 2007
Layouts and Sheets in AutoCAD 2008
- ability to import a layout as a sheet, to publish sheet set in reverse order,
more, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, March 1, 2007
AutoCAD 2008: Windows Vista
- large preview thumbnail option, Vista search support, tool palette
transparency support, more, Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, March 1, 2007
AutoCAD 2008: Cool Rendering Trick
- editing advanced render settings to change the tile order from default to
spiral, Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, February 28, 2007
AutoCAD 2008: What's in It for You?
- improved installation tools and Vista compatibility, layer reconciliation
feature, annotation scaling, more, Robert Green, Cadalyst, February 28, 2007
Set All Object Properties to BYLAYER in AutoCAD 2008 - new SETBYLAYER
command to apply the BYLAYER property to multiple objects, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD
Insider, February 28, 2007
Police Your Layers in AutoCAD 2008 - ability to reconcile the layers to
avoid unwanted layer additions, AutoCADder, February 19, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Compatibility - 32-bit AutoCAD 2008 is binary compatible with
AutoCAD 2007, AutoCADder, February 25, 2007
Dimension Enhancements in AutoCAD 2008
- new Dimension Break, Inspection Dimension, Dimension Jog, Dimension Space
tools, angular dimensions option, more, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, February
27, 2007
Automatic DWF Publish in AutoCAD 2008 - automatic DWF publish option
publishes a .dwf file whenever you save your drawing, Beth Powell, Beth's CAD
Blog, February 27, 2007
Migrate Custom Settings in AutoCAD 2008 - export custom settings as a
migration package and then import back after new AutoCAD version is installed,
JTB World, February 27, 2007
Visualization in AutoCAD 2008
- updated Materials palette, improved photometric lighting effects, new Sun and
Sky background option, more, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, February 26, 2007
And the AutoCAD 2008 Show Continues! - Excel file as an AutoCAD table
entity, DGN files in AutoCAD 2008, new XCLIP command option, more, Lynn Allen's
Blog, February 26, 2007
DGN Support in AutoCAD 2008 - AutoCAD drawing can be attached as a DGN
underlay in AutoCAD 2008, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, February 23, 2007
Autodesk's 2008 Line of Software Release Schedule
- Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, February 23, 2007
More AutoCAD 2008 Goodies
- layout tab improvements and bi-directional Excel tables, Lynn Allen's Blog,
February 22, 2007
Tables from Datalinking and Data Extraction in AutoCAD 2008
- extracting information from block attributes of a drawing and linking it to
external file data, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, February 22, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Among Applications with a Windows Vista Logo - other
applications like SolidWorks 2007, MicroStation V8 XM, AutoCAD LT 2008 are also
supported on Windows Vista, JTB World, February 22, 2007
Snipping Tool the Vista Killer Application or is it AutoCAD 2008? - using
Snipping Tool to capture a screen shot, JTB World, February 22, 2007
Tables from Object Data in AutoCAD 2008
- using Data Extraction Wizard to calculate total length of the pipe, Heidi
Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, February 21, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 UI Changes
- new 2D workspace, 2D dashboard control panels, tool palettes, Lynn Allen's
Blog, February 21, 2007
CAD Manager Control Utility for AutoCAD 2008 - CAD manager can control the
display of the channels in InfoCenter, Customer Involvement Program introduced,
more, JTB World, February 21, 2007
System Requirements for AutoCAD 2008
- Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, February 20, 2007
AutoCAD 2008: Let There be Lights, and Materials Improvements!
- photometric lights, luminaries, new Sun and Sky background, advanced lighting
override, more, Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, February 20, 2007
Table Datalinking in AutoCAD 2008
- creating/editing a data link between the drawing and the Excel spreadsheet,
Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, February 20, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 - Layers on the Dashboard - work with locked layers as a
background easily with new "Locked Layer Fade" feature, RobiNZ CAD
Blog, February 17, 2007
Mtext in AutoCAD 2008
- create/copy text, apply column settings, more, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider,
February 16, 2007
Windows Vista Support for AutoCAD - AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT 2008 are
compatible with 32-and 64-bit Windows Vista,Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider,
February 18, 2007
Tables in AutoCAD 2008
- use existing table for a new table style, easy addition of contents to table
cells, new table breaking functionality, more, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider,
February 19, 2007
More AutoCAD 2008 Info for YOU!
- MTEXT column wrap, more efficient spell checker, new multiple lines option,
Lynn Allen's Blog, February 16, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 Dimensioning Enhancements
- dimension line offset, dimension breaks, jogged dimensions, inspection
dimensions, more, Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, February 19, 2007
Some of My AutoCAD 2008 Highlights - Windows Vista support, multiple Mtext
columns, viewport layer freeze, more, Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, February
16, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 New Commands
- list of new commands, Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, February 16, 2007
The Biggest (and Most Secret) New Feature in AutoCAD 2008
- lighting for renderings has 6 new commands and 10 new system variables, Ralph
Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, February 16, 2007
Sometimes its the Little Things. AutoCAD 2008
- F3 items include: Layer Lock & layer ISO Fade feature, Sheet Set Manager
enhancements, new layout enhancements, Mark Douglas, In the Dynamic Interface,
February 14, 2007
Installation of AutoCAD 2008 Based Applications - updated Installation
Wizard makes installation very easy, JTB World, February 19, 2007
New Longest Command Name in AutoCAD History! - 'customerinvolvementprogram'
makes the longest command in Autodesk's software history, Ralph Grabowski,
WorldCAD Access, February 19, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 and Layer Reconciler - AutoCAD 2008 take notice whenever a
layer is added to XREFs, Mark W. Kiker, CADD Manager.com Blog, February 18, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 - Custom Dashboards, It's Your Dashboard After All - add tools
to the control panel, RobiNZ CAD Blog, February 20, 2007
The AutoCAD 2008 Madness Continues! - new layer evaluation tool, layer panel
on the dashboard, drawings recovery along with Xrefs, more, Lynn Allen's Blog,
February 15, 2007
Multileaders in AutoCAD 2008 - control the format and display of
Multileaders, align a set of leaders, combine multiple block-type Multileaders,
more, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, February 15, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 - New .NET Samples - CUISamp sample, Surface_Helix sample,
SimpleSquare sample, Kean Walmsley, Through the Interface, February 15, 2007
Layer
Properties in AutoCAD 2008
- new viewport layer properties, viewport overrides, new LAYERSTATE command,
more, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, February 14, 2007
AutoCAD
2008 Preview
- new MLEADER command, MultileaderAlign tool, dimension break command, Lynn
Allen's Blog, February 14, 2007
AutoCAD
2008 - New ObjectARX Samples
- annotation scaling feature, enhanced AcDbTable, section plane feature,
enhanced lighting, more, Kean Walmsley, Through the Interface, February 14, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 is On the Way! - more 2D tools in Dashboard, annotation
objects, layer overrides, multi-leaders, new RECOVERALL command, more, Ellen
Finkelstein.com, February 13, 2007
It's Official - AutoCAD 2008 is Here! - layer properties per viewport,
direct access to the layer states manager, ability to customize the layer
manager, new layer options, Lynn Allen's Blog, February 13, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 - All The Details - new dimensions introduced, more control
over layers, customizable 2D drafting Dashboard, annotation text feature,
MLeader, DGN import/export, more, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, February 13,
2007
News about Autodesk 2008 Products - includes many links to blog
entries about AutoCAD 2008 and other products, Melanie (Stone) Perry, Mistress
of the Dorkness, February 13, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 and the 2008 Line of Products - AutoCAD 2008 has annotative
objects tools, ability to split a long table, customizable dashboard panels,
ability to handle DGN V8 files, more, Melanie (Stone) Perry, Mistress of the
Dorkness, February 13, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 - 64-bit Application Migration - effects of running VBA on
64-bit AutoCAD 2008, Kean Walmsley, Through the Interface, February 13, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 and DGN Files - DGN files can be imported/exported and attached
as an XREF in AutoCAD 2008, Mark W. Kiker, CADD Manager.com Blog, February 12,
2007
Annotation Scaling
- annotation scaling tools in AutoCAD 2008 automates the creation and editing of
annotation objects, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, February 13, 2007
AutoCAD2008 is Just Around the Corner - short videos showing AutoCAD 2008
features like annotation scaling to details, MLeader, and Lock & Fade layers,
BazzaCAD, February 13, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 New Features and More! - completely developed using VS.NET,
AutoCAD 2008 has new 'Annotation Object' feature, dimension 'break' extension
lines at crossings, multi-leader, more, Daryl Gregoire, Learn AutoCAD, February
13, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 - The One You've Been Waiting For! - some of useful tools
include: automated annotation scaling, layer properties per viewport, multiline
leaders, V8 DGN support, more, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, February 12, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 a.k.a. DWF Creator
- AutoCAD 2008 can control layer visibility in DWF, publishes to a multi-sheet
DWF file, and gives a preview of Autodesk Impression software, more, Scott
Sheppard, Beyond the Paper, February 12, 2007
AutoCAD 2008 - Multileaders FINALLY! - long awaited multileaders
will appear in AutoCAD 2008, Beth Powell, Beth's CAD Blog, February 11, 2007 |
