May 2010

The CAD Geek is Seeking Employment (One Year Later)

by Donnie Gladfelter on May 26, 2010

Rather than my typical post latent with tips, tricks, and other technical insights, I thought I’d revisit a post that marked the start of a new chapter in my professional career. Tomorrow marks one year since I, like many others before and after me, was laid off from the firm I was with for nearly [...]

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Save $480 on AutoCAD LT 2011 until July 16, 2010

by Donnie Gladfelter on May 21, 2010

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Catching up on some unread blog posts in Google Reader this morning, I came across a post R.K. McSwain made on his CAD Panacea blog (a personal favorite) earlier this week titled AutoCAD LT rebate. AutoCAD LT 2011 retails for $1,200, but Autodesk is running a promotion on their own site until July 18, and [...]

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Shapes for Linetypes the Super Simple Way

May 20, 2010

Last week I started a discussion about creating Custom Linetypes the Super Simple Way. Today I’m going to continue that discussion by talking about yet another component to creating custom linetypes – shapes. As this post will outline, linetypes cannot contain Blocks, but may contain a lesser known object known as Shapes. AutoCAD Shapes are [...]

AutoCAD 2011 No Experience Required named as an Autodesk Official Training Guide

May 13, 2010

The announcement came late last week, but just in case you missed it Wiley publishing will provide Autodesk Official Training Guides for Autodesk’s 2011 products. Ten titles from Sybex, an Imprint of Wiley, will be exclusively designated as “Autodesk Official Training Guides”. I’m excited to announce my upcoming book AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: [...]

Custom Linetypes the Super Simple Way

May 12, 2010

Linetypes play an integral role in visually separating certain elements of our designs. Most of the time one of the 40+ linetypes that come with AutoCAD will suffice, but there’s always that perpetual need for one more linetype. While its true linetypes must be developed, the good news is that it’s not as difficult as [...]