January 2010

Creating Zoom Macros with the Action Recorder

by Donnie Gladfelter on January 12, 2010

in AutoCAD,AutoCAD 2009,AutoCAD 2010

I can’t speak for the other vertical products out there, but both Land Desktop and Civil 3D have a handy assortment of Zoom Macros. These Zoom macros include things like ZE for Zoom Extents, ZP for Zoom Previous, and so on. Although both LDT and Civil 3D are built atop the beloved AutoCAD platform, these [...]

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Autodesk Acquires Dynamite VSP and Dynamite SIM

by Donnie Gladfelter on January 5, 2010

in Civil 3D

Over the last several years we’ve seen Autodesk feature renderings created using Autodesk 3D Studio Max Design and a third-party product from 3AM Solutions named Dynamite VSP. For the uninitiated, Dynamite VSP is a product designed specifically for the civil engineering industry. No pun intended, but it helps bridge the gap between AutoCAD Civil 3D [...]

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Happy New Year from The CAD Geek

January 1, 2010

To say 2009 was quite a year would be a profound understatement. Many of you, myself included, endured layoffs, reduced salaries, and all sorts of undesirable things. I’m optimistic this year will be much more prosperous than last year. Even if 2009 wasn’t the best of years, looking back at the last decade is rather [...]

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