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CADgneto is a new blog for Autodesk mechanical products, with an emphasis on AutoCAD Electrical.
CADgneto is maintained by Steve McCarthy, an Applicaitons Specialist (and coworker) with SolidCAD.
Steve brings a wealth of experience with AutoCAD Electrical to SolidCAD customers and is using his blog to share that information with you.
Autodesk DWG TrueView is a free viewer for AutoCAD DWG/DXF files. Since Autodesk developed the DWG file format, using DWG TrueView to view and print AutoCAD files ensures that the integrity of the file is maintained.
Autodesk DWG TrueView can be downloaded here.
In addition to TrueView, a DWG Converter for converting DWG files between different versions of AutoCAD will be available in November. Check http://www.autodesk.com/dwgtrueconvert for more information about this product as it becomes available.
Autodesk has made available a trial version of AutoCAD which can be downloaded and used for 30 days:
"AutoCAD® 2006 30-day trial software is now available in a downloadable format at www.autodesk.com/autocad-trial. Customers can download this fully enabled trial version and immediately start to experience exactly how AutoCAD 2006 software operates in their work environment."
"Area31" offers "Custom programming, design ideas and other interesting oddities for CAD programmers"
"The Mad Cadder" offers "News and links on Autodesk Products such as AutoCAD, Architectural Desktop, Building Systems and Revit"
These are both excellent resources of information and offer clear, concise articles.
Both sites have been added to my "CAD LINKS" section.
Even though this site is devoted to Autodesk products, I wanted to mention a really handy tip when working with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc.) to control the display. I'm justifying this non-Autodesk tip since most engineers rely on these programs daily :)
To zoom in/out within a Microsoft Office file, hold down the CTRL key and roll the middle wheel on the mouse. This allows you to quickly control the view.
The Autodesk Informer blog was launched in September 2004 and as of today (January 6, 2005) has had 25,000 visitors.
In 2005, The Autodesk Informer will continue to be a source of product and industry news as well as provide a collection of useful tips and tricks.
For a laugh, check this out - evidence on the existence of Santa Claus for the scientifically-minded: http://www.physlink.com/Fun/IsThereSanta.cfm
The following products will allow you to create PDF files for free:
All the products listed rely on Ghostscript to produce PDF files, its just that some of them already have Ghostscript built-in to the installer.
Although it is not necessary to know what Ghostscript is, more information about it can be found in the Ghostscript FAQ available here.
Once you have installed one of these programs, it creates a new windows printer for PDF creation. So from within your document, simply choose this PDF printer and it will prompt for the filename and VOILA!
Of course, be sure to checkout DWF files if your considering plotted drawings.
Autodesk added a very nifty (yet undocumented) system variable in AutoCAD 2005: "OSNAPHATCH"
This system variable controls whether AutoCAD has the ability to snap to hatch patterns.
To change the setting of this system variable type "OSNAPHATCH" at the command line. There are 2 available settings:
"0" - Ignore hatches when snapping
"1" - Hatch patterns can be snapped to
Thanks to Michael Rotolo for submitting this very useful tip.
In AutoCAD 2005 type “XREFTYPE”. This system variable controls the choice of either Attachment or Overlay in the Xref Manager when attaching a drawing. By default, XREFTYPE is set to 0 (Attachment), set the variable to 1 (Overlay) and when the user goes to attach the Xref, OVERLAY is the default choice in the dialog box instead of attachment.
Thanks to Michael Rotolo for submitting this tip.
