AU 2008 - Registration Open - Sign Up for my Class

Autodesk University 2008 registration is now open. If you have ever battened or have ever wanted to attend now is the time to sign up. This will probably be the best AU ever, and not just because I will be leading a class there!

If you want to get an overview of the class I will be leading, Creating a CAD Standards Manual, and are to lazy to read, or too busy, follow this link to an audio overview of my class.

About 1/4 of the AU 2008 classes currently have an audio overview. The powers that be are working on providing more of these sound bites to help users know and understand what each session is about.

There are over 600 session to choose from with nearly a dozen different categories, or tracts to available. I suggest going with one of the tracts to maximize your exposure to your particular field. However, it is very possible to get a little bit of everything too. It's up to you.

AUGI and SolidVapor to Part Ways

WOW!! SolidVapor and AUGI have been working together for some time now. I was suprised to hear (read) the news that the two are splitting. As a writer for AUGI World and AUGI Hotnews, I have had the pleasure of working with some of the folks at SolidVapor. I do not know the details of who broke up with whom or why, but I know SolidVapor will be missed.

AUGI will be able to function just fine without them I am sure and I am told that SolidVapor will not leaving right away. The two entities will be working together to make sure there are no loose ends so that nothing slips through the cracks.

Good luck SolidVapor and good luck AUGI.

Quick Tip - Set Your Limits

Here is another Quick-Tip from CAD-a-Blog on using AutoCAD.

If you work with the GRID on set your limits. This will define the area where your grid will be shown. If you want to work in a small area of a drawing, set your limits there to display your grid. It is a better practice to set the limits to cover your entire drawing area and not a small portion.

Another reason to use limits is to help control the area covered inside your file. If limits are set, and LIMIT CHECKING is turned on, then you will not be allowed to select points outside of the limits area. This will help to prevent accidental insertion to points far away from your desired working area.

Quick tip - Annotated text

Here's a quick tip from CAD-a-Blog using AutoCAD's Annotative Text. If you need to use text in drawings to lable something in multiple drawings use Annotative Text. Just set up a text style that is Annotative and have at. It can be set to show up through an x-ref file ant several different scales eliminating the need for multiple entities of text each having to be updated. And if your views are rotated you can turn on the MATCH TEXT ORIENTATION TO LAYOUT setting. That will automatically rotate your text so you can read it!!

Happy CADDING!

Inventor Plastic Features Technology Preview coming soon

I received a link from Autodesk making an announcement about an announcement. I'm not sure what this is going to be, but if I hear anything I will keep you posted.