• Does 64-bit Computing Matter for CAD Users?

    Updated: 2011-06-30 22:04:50

  • Solid Edge vacancy

    Updated: 2011-06-30 14:48:55
    We have a new vacancy for an experienced Solid Edge design engineer, to carry out reverse engineering on castings. The candidate will be based in Bangor, North Wales.

  • Autodesk Showcase 2012 Service Pack 1

    Updated: 2011-06-30 12:09:46
    Autodesk Showcase 2012 Service Pack 1 is now available for download. It addresses stability issues and includes fixes across several functional areas including better memory management when raytracing, fixes to Ambient Shadows, Autodesk Material properties and X-Rite materials. Click here to download it.

  • The Autodesk 2012 Launch Aquatic with Salesoft CAD Solutions

    Updated: 2011-06-28 12:42:00
    It takes something special to lure you into an underground bunker filled with sharks. After a photo at the door (easier to ID the remains?) it was quite a trek, stopping to observe the Penguin Colony, to the Antarctic Hut...

  • Australian & New Zealand Revit Standards

    Updated: 2011-06-28 12:18:21
    I’m a bit slow posting this but the Australian & New Zealand Revit Standards have been published. Details & download at: Australian & New Zealand Revit Standards | www.anzrs.org Well, it’s been a long time in coming, but ANZRS is...

  • AutoCAD 2012 Block Editor Save Corruption Hot Fix

    Updated: 2011-06-28 12:01:48
    If you are running AutoCAD 2012 based apps check out this hotfix. I haven’t seen it happen yet but the potential problem it fixes is rather alarming! Description of Problem: When a drawing is saved from within the Block Editor,...

  • AutoCAD 2012 drawing mangler hotfix

    Updated: 2011-06-27 04:28:31
    In AutoCAD 2012 and products based on it, saving the drawing while in the block editor can result in your whole drawing being replaced by the block you’re editing. As this can be somewhat inconvenient, it’s probably a good idea to download and install Autodesk’s hotfix for this problem. As always, read the readme [...]

  • Autodesk Inventor 2012 Books

    Updated: 2011-06-25 02:56:30
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  • Unigraphics design engineer required

    Updated: 2011-06-24 14:59:04
    We have a new vacancy for a Unigraphics design engineer with tooling design experience. To be based in Staffordshire for around 4 months.

  • SolidWorks design engineer

    Updated: 2011-06-24 14:09:42
    We have a new position for an experienced SolidWorks design engineer with general tooling, workholding and Body In White design experience. The candidate will be based in Tamworth, Staffordshire.

  • Free AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit, and other titles still available.

    Updated: 2011-06-23 18:41:15
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  • One “CAD Boss” – Principles of CAD Management

    Updated: 2011-06-22 20:24:03
    How many bosses do you have?  Please leave a comment and let us know. Fayol postulated that everyone should have one boss.  He reflected that employees need to know that they have one person that will give them directions.  He believed that every employee should have only one superior. That the chain of command was [...]

  • Problem Copying Objects

    Updated: 2011-06-21 20:40:30
    I am trying to copy a piping layout, along with structural, in same the drawing outside the drawing space, or anywhere. Only the structural part copied.

  • Auto CAD Books

    Updated: 2011-06-21 20:30:20
    A selection of Auto CAD books for novice to experienced auto cad users. Some books contain Auto CAD tutorials to help you learn in a step-by-step way.

  • Pressure vessel design engineer required

    Updated: 2011-06-21 15:43:50
    We have another new vacancy for an AutoCAD user with experience of design and draughting of pressure vessels. This vacancy is also based in Aldridge, West Midlands.

  • New AutoCAD vacancy

    Updated: 2011-06-21 15:20:48
    We have a new vacancy for an experienced AutoCAD design engineer with a structural background, to carry out general CAD draughting work on pipe supports etc. The candidate will be based in Aldridge, near Walsall in the West Midlands. Visit our CAD Vacancies page to apply.

  • Have a Cadalyst Twitter CAD chat with Lynn Allen & Josh Mings

    Updated: 2011-06-21 12:47:44
    If you are on Twitter & want to chat CAD check out the Cadalyst Twitter Chats. The series kicks off with Autodesk Evangelist Lynn Allen followed by Solidworks blogger Josh “SolidSmack” Mings. The Cadalyst page has details on how to...

  • Free AutoCAD Tutorials

    Updated: 2011-06-21 06:50:22
    Check out these free AutoCAD tutorials to help further your CAD knowledge.

  • AutoCAD/Inventor design engineers required

    Updated: 2011-06-20 10:53:12
    We have new vacancies for experienced AutoCAD and/or Inventor users. Ideally the candidates will have a good general mechanical knowledge and a furnace background, with design experience of pipework, ductwork, staircases etc. To be based in the West Midlands.

  • AutoCAD Article List

    Updated: 2011-06-16 05:12:32
    Find an AutoCAD article that interests you here.

  • Relayering AutoCAD Drawings

    Updated: 2011-06-16 05:09:18
    Relayering AutoCAD drawings is the best way to save a lot of time redrawing a CAD file from scratch, and in a fraction of the time.

  • Discipline – Principles of CAD Management

    Updated: 2011-06-16 01:35:53
    Rules Do you like them or dislike them?  Maybe it has to do with who made them.  If you made them, then you will like them.  If others make them then you may not.  No one dislikes a rule that they created.  Unless of course it is a rule of discipline that will make gains [...]

  • Authority – Principles of CAD Management

    Updated: 2011-06-15 01:04:30
    Authority, according to Fayol, is the principle that managers have the right to give orders with the expectation of obedience. Authority is something that is granted to people.  I believe that all authority is good is granted.  Authority can be demanded, taken or usurped, but in order for it to really work for the betterment,it [...]

  • Erase Single Macro

    Updated: 2011-06-14 18:40:17
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  • Division of Work – Principles of CAD Management

    Updated: 2011-06-14 01:28:34
    Henri Fayol’s first principle is division of work.  Today some call this division of labor. This consists of dividing the work up to make things more efficient.  Everyone would agree that this helps.  Many hands make the job lighter.  Fayol was not talking about just throwing more people at a problem.  The principle is that [...]

  • Principles of CAD Management

    Updated: 2011-06-13 01:04:47
    Henri Fayol (1841-1925) was a French mining engineer who went on to become Director of Mines with over 1000 employees.  His company flourished and was the largest producer of steel and iron in France during his days.  In 1916 he published his perspectives in the book “Administration Industrielle et Générale”.  Included in his book are [...]

  • AEC Systems Auckland Technology Solutions Day

    Updated: 2011-06-12 11:49:00
    Recently I spent a day at SkyCity Convention Centre with a bunch of other CAD/BIM users for the AEC Systems NZ Technology Solutions Day. I couldn’t see everything as after a few shared sessions the day split into tracks covering...

  • AutoCAD Architecture & MEP 2011 Update 2

    Updated: 2011-06-11 11:14:00
    I thought I’d get to 2012 before installing these but found they fixed two problems I have noticed: Sometimes editing sheet properties in a project would cause a crash to desktop. Our MEP user found Export to AutoCAD could result...

  • CAD Manager as Motivator

    Updated: 2011-06-09 01:44:53
    “Let’s get this done” – “We can do this” – “It is not as bad as it appears” – “We need to kick it into high gear” These are just some of the motivating statements that might be used in your daily interactions with your team and others.  The CAD Manager has to motivate people [...]

  • Inventor/SolidWorks design engineer required

    Updated: 2011-06-08 12:13:53
    We have a new vacancy in Tamworth for an experienced Inventor or SolidWorks design engineer. General tooling and workholding experience is required.

  • Why you might want PICKADD set to 0

    Updated: 2011-06-07 18:38:06
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  • CAD Manager and Staff

    Updated: 2011-06-07 14:57:56
    CAD Managers have to work with and through others to get things done.  They have to work with people that they hire,but mostly they work with people they do not hire.  Others hire them.  They report to other managers. They are promoted by others and they are fired by others.  Some CAD Managers wish that [...]

  • Autodesk Inventor 2012 Tutorials Download

    Updated: 2011-06-06 03:38:30
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  • Mastering Autodesk Inventor 2011 Work files

    Updated: 2011-06-05 12:04:55
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  • How to trim objects quickly

    Updated: 2011-06-05 03:32:16
    When you trim objects, the first prompt asks you for a cutting edge. Gerardo Martinez e-mailed me a reminder that you can press Enter (or right-click, depending on your right-click settings) to specify all objects as potential cutting edges. Then you just select the part of the object that you want to trim and AutoCAD automatically [...]

  • 10 Reasons to Buy Autodesk Product Design Suite

    Updated: 2011-06-04 03:45:50
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  • New SolidWorks vacancy

    Updated: 2011-06-03 14:34:17
    A new short term vacancy has opened up for an experienced SolidWorks design engineer with a good general mechanical background. The candidate will be based in Nottingham.

  • Autodesk Inventor 2012 Command Reference : Video Series

    Updated: 2011-06-03 03:20:14
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