• 4 Videos for What's New in CAMWorks 2009

    Updated: 2011-10-31 16:14:18
    CAMWorks 2009 has over 100 user driven features and enhancements to enable users to program parts faster and more easily than ever before. In addition, a significant number of new machining options increase CAMWorks already strong manufacturing capabilities.

  • Cloud concerns – tie-in

    Updated: 2011-10-31 04:44:18
    One of the major attractions of the Cloud for vendors is that it ties in customers, providing a reasonably consistent revenue stream. It is an effective anti-competitive strategy. There are various technical and other methods that can be used to ensure that it’s difficult or even impossible for customers to jump ship. While that’s all [...]

  • Inventor Gary Smith uses Autodesk Inventor

    Updated: 2011-10-31 02:03:43
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  • Increase Memory Capacity in Autodesk Inventor 2012

    Updated: 2011-10-29 17:11:43
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  • Vacancy – Inventor Design Engineer (2011/4957)

    Updated: 2011-10-28 15:15:51
    We require an experienced Inventor Design Engineer, to be based in Swindon for 6 months plus. The candidate will be working in the water treatment industry and must have process plant and pipework design experience. To view a full job description, please visit the CAD Vacancies section of our website.

  • Vacancy – SolidWorks Design Draughtsperson (2011/4958)

    Updated: 2011-10-27 15:20:23
    New vacancy for a SolidWorks Design Draughtsperson with a general mechanical background, and experience of pipework and steel. The candidate will be based in Oldbury for 1 month, but this is likely to extend.

  • (so (long (and (thanks (for (all (the (parentheses))))))))

    Updated: 2011-10-27 02:37:35
    A few days ago, John McCarthy died at the age of 84. He didn’t make a fortune selling gadgets, he just profoundly affected the world of computing. He will be remembered mainly as the father of LISP, without which it is quite possible that AutoCAD and Autodesk would not have survived beyond the 80s. [...]

  • Cloud benefits – collaboration, with Autodesk’s Tal Weiss

    Updated: 2011-10-27 01:47:34
    In May 2010 I took part in a phone conference with several Autodesk people about the Cloud. Part of that discussion was in the form of an interview, which I will publish in later posts. Another part was in the form of a verbal presentation from Autodesk’s Tal Weiss, concentrating on what was then [...]

  • Vacancy – AutoCAD Operator (2011/4954)

    Updated: 2011-10-26 15:33:18
    We have a vacancy for an experienced AutoCAD Operator. The position is based in London and the candidate will be required to produce architectural drawings and electronic system block drawings. The candidate must be able to produce schematic, electrical and facilities drawings to the highest standard.

  • “The Cloud is Dead” is not what I said

    Updated: 2011-10-26 06:57:54
    I guess most of this blog’s readers also read WorldCAD Access and upFront.eZine, so it probably hasn’t escaped your notice that in the latest upFront.eZine, Ralph had procalimed “The Cloud is Dead” and referred to some of my recent posts here as supporting evidence. I’d just like to point out that it’s Ralph announcing [...]

  • Cloud concerns – security

    Updated: 2011-10-26 01:51:44
    OK, this one’s a biggie. For many, security is the biggest Cloud turn-off. Drawings are valuable property, and the thought of putting them up on the Internet is enough to give some people nervous twitches. I see two major worries: Is my property safe from destruction? Is it safe from unauthorised access (copying, modification, [...]

  • Autodesk University 2011

    Updated: 2011-10-26 01:20:28
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  • How to lock AutoCAD’s user interface

    Updated: 2011-10-25 17:51:40
    This is a guest blog post from Paul Munford. It’s happened to all of us. A car outside backfires, a door slams or a cheeky college sneaks up behind you and gives you a tickle; before you know it your AutoCAD user interface is a mess! If you’ve invested a lot of time setting up AutoCAD’s UI [...]

  • Service Pack 1 for Factory Design Suite 2012

    Updated: 2011-10-25 16:01:57
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  • AutoCAD 2012 Installation Error 1603

    Updated: 2011-10-25 15:34:59
    Judging by various discussion boards, we have noticed several people are getting ‘Error 1603′ when attempting to install AutoCAD 2012. The error states that the user must ‘install DirectX’ before the installation can commence. To solve this, you need to install DirectX End-User Runtimes (March 2009) from the Microsoft website, and then run the installation [...]

  • Is a CAD in the Cloud takeover inevitable?

    Updated: 2011-10-22 04:35:28
    One argument that CAD in the Cloud supporters sometimes make is that the Cloud is taking over regardless of what anybody thinks, so we might as well just embrace it and reap the benefits. Nice try, Nostradamus, but I’ve been around computers long enough to see many Next Big Things come to nothing and [...]

  • Cloud benefits – processing power

    Updated: 2011-10-21 11:24:58
    A frequently stated advantage of CAD on the Cloud is the access to large amounts of processing power. Instead of relying on your lowly local processor to perform complex tasks, you can instead zap the job up to the Cloud where vast numbers of processors churn away in massively parallel fashion and then zap the [...]

  • Vacancy – CATIA Design Engineer

    Updated: 2011-10-20 16:24:12
    We have a new vacancy for an experienced CATIA V5 Design Engineer. The candidate will ideally have an automotive design engineering degree or equivalent, and have experience of vehicle body mechanisms. The role is based in Rugeley, Staffordshire.

  • Vacancy – AutoCAD Design Draughtsperson (2011/4948)

    Updated: 2011-10-20 15:46:46
    New vacancy for an experienced AutoCAD Design Draughtsperson to draw up P & IDs for vessel systems. The candidate will be based in Manchester for 3 months plus.

  • Any AutoCAD WS users out there?

    Updated: 2011-10-20 04:06:07
    In the post Cloud benefits – collaboration, I asked for people’s real-life experiences using, or attempting to use AutoCAD WS. In particular, I’d like to hear about you using its features to collaborate with others, which is a major selling point of the Cloud. As the other post hasn’t seen any replies yet, I’ve [...]

  • Cloud concerns – downtime

    Updated: 2011-10-19 07:22:31
    One concern with any SaaS (Software as a Service) product is the potential for downtime. Is this really an issue? After all, big Cloud vendors have multiple server farms as part of their huge infrastructure investment. This provides redundancy to keep things going even in the event of a major local disaster or two. [...]

  • Cloud benefits – collaboration

    Updated: 2011-10-18 02:51:25
    The “other” C word – collaboration – was super-trendy in a mildly amusing way a couple of years ago, so I hesitate to use it here. But it seems to me that it represents a real potential benefit of CAD on the Cloud. Not just potential, because it’s already here, free for anyone, thanks [...]

  • Samsung Galaxy SII with Apple iPhone 4S

    Updated: 2011-10-18 02:36:53
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  • Vacancy – Unigraphics Design Engineer (2011/4936)

    Updated: 2011-10-17 15:31:07
    We have a new vacancy for an experienced Unigraphics (ideally NX 7.5) Design Engineer. The candidate should have experience of the automotive industry and of 3D solid modelling. The role can be based either in the West Midlands or in Lancashire.

  • Vacancy – Inventor Design Draughtsperson (2011/4934)

    Updated: 2011-10-17 15:00:14
    We have a position available for an experienced Autodesk Inventor design draughtsperson. Experience of pipework is essential and any experience of steelwork will be ideal.  The position is for a company in the furnace industry and the candidate will be based in Wombourne for 6 months plus. To apply, please visit the CAD Vacancies section [...]

  • Autodesk University – Facebook Contest

    Updated: 2011-10-15 02:52:26
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  • Thanks for reading!

    Updated: 2011-10-15 01:25:59
    I’ve been running this blog since 2007, and it’s been quite enjoyable. I’ve never been dedicated to providing continuous updates, but I have enjoyed dishing out an occasional post with some useful AutoCAD tips. I’m now in the process of making a career transition, so I don’t expect I’ll be making any more updates to [...]

  • Inventor Publisher adds social publishing

    Updated: 2011-10-14 03:06:51
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  • Vacancy – AutoCAD Design Draughtsperson (2011/4916)

    Updated: 2011-10-13 15:20:54
    We have a vacancy for an experienced AutoCAD design draughtsperson with a general mechanical background. Experience of conveyor design will be ideal for this position, which is based in Worcester for 3 months plus.

  • Importing pc3 plot styles created in 2008 into 2012.

    Updated: 2011-10-13 10:54:08
    I have upgraded to Auto Cad 2012 from 2008 and the plot styles that were working in 2008 are listed as missing in 2012. How do I import pc3 files?

  • Unit related

    Updated: 2011-10-13 10:53:10
    I want to type 0.75 for an offset and have it measure on my screen as 19.05mm(because 0.75inches = 19.05mm) can this be done? please hel

  • Really nasty and destructive AutoCAD 2012 for Mac bug

    Updated: 2011-10-13 08:05:05
    Using AutoCAD 2012 for Mac? Don’t use special characters such as # in your folder names, because AutoCAD will, under certain circumstances, delete whole folders worth of files when you open a drawing. See here and here for more detailed information.

  • Vacancy – SolidWorks Design Engineer (2011/INT009)

    Updated: 2011-10-12 10:38:23
    We have a permanent position available in our offices for a SolidWorks design engineer. The candidate will have a general mechanical background and any experience of the nuclear industry will be ideal but is not essential. To apply, please visit the CAD Vacancies section of our website.

  • Switching among open AutoCAD drawings

    Updated: 2011-10-10 17:25:11
    You may have several drawings open at one time and want to switch between/among them. AutoCAD gives you several methods to do so. I can think of four. Use the Windows taskbar The Windows taskbar can show a separate button for each drawing. The system variable for this is, appropriately enough, TASKBAR. When set to 1, you’ll [...]

  • How do you feel about CAD in the Cloud?

    Updated: 2011-10-10 06:33:57
    Early last year, I ran a poll to gauge your feelings about CAD in the Cloud. Here are the results of that poll: As you can see, the poll response bell curve was clearly biased toward the frightened end of the spectrum, and there was little in the way of excitement at the [...]

  • The Ferrari Pinin & me

    Updated: 2011-10-09 10:28:09
    I debated posting this on the CAD blog but it is a bit off topic. If you’d like to see how a 1980 Pininfarina Ferrari Concept car (now up for sale) led to a school tech drawing project which played...

  • Five Reasons Why You May Receive a Serial Number Error During Activation

    Updated: 2011-10-08 12:23:36
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  • Trouble installing Snagit outputs/accessories? Fixed

    Updated: 2011-10-07 09:39:49
    Snagit accessories are a great productivity booster. Take a screenshot and push it to applications (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MindManager), Web services (like Flickr) or Blog platforms in a click. However I hit a snag while setting up a new...

  • AutoCAD LT 2012 lowest price grab the offer

    Updated: 2011-10-07 03:34:55
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  • AutoCAD BLEND Command

    Updated: 2011-10-06 01:55:27
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  • Moldflow Simulation Software in the Cloud

    Updated: 2011-10-05 05:28:21
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  • AutoCAD Linetypes - Part 2

    Updated: 2011-10-04 03:58:40
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