March 2008

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Customizing the AutoCAD 2009 Ribbon

By Donnie Gladfelter on March 26, 2008

Autodesk began shipping many of their 2009 products starting Monday. Among those released is their flagship product, AutoCAD 2009. If you just can’t wait until your subscription shipment makes its way to your doorstep, a fully-functioning 30 day trial can be downloaded from the Autodesk website. As I have said in some previous posts, the [...]

Posted in AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2009, Videos | Tagged AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD Tips & Tricks, Ribbon, Video | 11 Responses

Happy Pi Day

By Donnie Gladfelter on March 14, 2008

Rounded Pi is roughly equal to 3.14, and consequently March 14 (3-14) is known by many as Pi Day. Pi is one of the most important mathematical constants, approximately equal to 3.14159. The definition of Pi can be stated as the ratio of any circle’s circumference to its diameter. This is the same as the [...]

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Update Block Attributes Using Excel

By Donnie Gladfelter on March 12, 2008

My post titled “Quickly Link Excel Tables to AutoCAD” from last August continues to be one of my most popular posts to date. As a result I have received a number of e-mails from readers such as you asking about other ways to link Excel data with AutoCAD data. A popular variation has been asking [...]

Posted in AutoCAD | Tagged AutoCAD 2006, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2008, AutoCAD 2009, Blocks, Excel, features, Tips & Tricks | 44 Responses

Google Calendar Sync & Sites

By Donnie Gladfelter on March 7, 2008

If you have stayed current on your Tech News, you have undoubtedly heard about Google Sites. For those unfamiliar with the Google Site’s service, I’ll provide the Cliff Notes version. Launched February 27, 2008, Google Sites is a wiki platform targeted towards small and medium sized businesses. The service has been made a part of [...]

Posted in Other Software | Tagged Google, Other Software, Wiki | 3 Responses

Updating an Attribute Text Style

By Donnie Gladfelter on March 6, 2008

Attributed blocks can be incredibly powerful, but they do sometimes have their issues. Among those is one I personally came across here recently as I was working to update the text style of an attribute definition. Quite simply, the attribute text was defined correctly in the AutoCAD Block Editor (BEDIT command), but displayed the incorrect [...]

Posted in AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2006, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2008, AutoCAD 2009 | 6 Responses