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Sheet Setup Made Easy with AutoCAD 2018.1 Views and Viewports

January 2, 2018August 2, 2017 by Donnie Gladfelter

It’s only been about four months since Autodesk released AutoCAD 2018, but that hasn’t slowed the development team. Just last week the team introduced AutoCAD 2018.1, a mid-release update that brings with it numerous incremental updates to AutoCAD 2018. The update is free to anyone with an active subscription or maintenance agreement to AutoCAD, AutoCAD-based verticals, Design Suites, and Industry Collections. You can read about all …

Disable the Glowing Line Highlighting Effect inside AutoCAD 2018

January 2, 2018June 5, 2017 by Donnie Gladfelter

By default, when you select objects in AutoCAD, a blue glowing effect displays to indicate the selected state of an object. The glowing visual effect has been the default for many years now, but some AutoCAD veterans might recall the former dashed effect used to indicate when objects are selected. Although many have come to appreciate, or at least accept the glowing effect, others still …

Autodesk University Call for Proposals Now Open

January 2, 2018April 21, 2017 by Donnie Gladfelter

Autodesk University 2017 isn’t until late November, but that doesn’t mean it’s too early to begin thinking about this year’s conference. Autodesk University is known for the hundreds of incredibly awesome classes about every conceivable (and sometimes inconceivable) design technology topic you can imagine. The basic way those many classes come together is you, and now is your time to make your contributions known. Call for proposals are …

Design Review 2018 Released – Not an April Fools Joke

March 9, 2018April 5, 2017 by Donnie Gladfelter

We’ve come to expect new versions of our favorite Autodesk design tools in the spring of the year. The release of AutoCAD 2018 a couple of weeks ago kicked off that cycle for this year. Although we’ve come to expect new versions of tools like AutoCAD during that process, one tool I did not expect to see a new version of was Design Review. Perhaps …

Touring the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco

August 9, 2017April 4, 2017 by Donnie Gladfelter

If you ever find yourself in San Francisco, do yourself a favor and visit the Autodesk Gallery. Over the years, I have had a chance to visit the Autodesk Gallery several times, and from interviewing a robot to seeing how Autodesk helped capture the hallowed grounds of the USS Arizona, the sights inside are nothing short of exceptional. Not only does Autodesk offer tours for free, but the exhibits will also open your eyes to the world around …

A CAD Geek’s First Impression of AutoCAD 2018

August 8, 2017March 21, 2017 by Donnie Gladfelter

Spring is in the air, and a new version of AutoCAD is now on the street. Today Autodesk announced the release of AutoCAD 2018, and it is one worth celebrating. Not only does it introduce some impressive new features, but it also represents the 35th-anniversary of AutoCAD. To put that milestone in perspective, MS-DOS 1.0, an operating system long succeeded by Microsoft Windows (not to …

Autodesk AEC Answer Day – March 8, 2017

January 2, 2018March 7, 2017 by Donnie Gladfelter

From the increasing use of reality capture technologies, to virtual reality and even everyday design documentation, it’s an exciting time to be an AEC professional. Over the last year, Autodesk’s portfolio of Architecture, Engineering, and Construction technology has grown rather noticeably. From the introduction to Revit Live, tools like BIM 360 Docs and Collaboration for Revit, to the many new features of InfraWorks – there’s …

Enforcing CAD Standards Without Authority

August 10, 2017March 3, 2017 by Donnie Gladfelter

There’s a myth among CAD and BIM managers that authority is the secret to success. A common belief is unless you are given the authority to enforce what you create, the odds of being successful are stacked against you. Struggling to get my firm to adopt the standards I had developed for it, there was a time where I too subscribed to this belief. I thought …