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AutoCAD 2009 & 2010 users – out of memory errors?

10 March 2010 at 1:06 pm » Comments (11)

Some of the users I support have repeated out-of-memory errors while editing fairly simple drawings. I have some 2010 users who suffer from this problem while others using the same ...more »

These messages are brought to you by AutoCAD

31 August 2009 at 11:39 am » Comments (7)

Over the past few releases, and particularly in AutoCAD 2009 and 2010, I have noticed an increase in the number of information notices (bubbles, warnings, task dialogs, Communication Center notices, ...more »

AutoCAD 2009 Update 3

14 May 2009 at 1:46 pm » Comments (6)

Update (nee Service Pack) 3 for AutoCAD 2009 is now available. See Between the Lines for full details. As always, read the readme first. Here are the links: Readme AutoCAD 2009 AutoCAD LT ...more »

AutoCAD’s magic vanishing attachments

30 April 2009 at 10:36 pm » Comments (1)

There are now quite a few file types that you can attach to an AutoCAD drawing as a reference, in the same way that you can attach other drawings as ...more »

AutoCAD 2010 – Will you miss the Menu Browser?

20 February 2009 at 2:48 pm » Comments (4)

I've closed the poll that asked AutoCAD 2009 users about their MENUBAR setting. It's very clear that pull-down menus are still very much in use in the Ribboned world of ...more »

AutoCAD 2009 – Do you use the menu bar?

3 December 2008 at 10:30 am » Comments (17)

You may have noticed that I've added a poll to find out if the AutoCAD 2009 users among you are using the menu bar (i.e. MENUBAR = 1). I'm also interested ...more »

AutoCAD 2009 Subscription Pack 2 – PDF Enhancements

14 November 2008 at 10:01 am » Comments (0)

Subscription customers of plain AutoCAD 2009 can log on to the Subscription Center and download Subscription Pack 2. This pack improves PDF output (long overdue and very welcome) and adds ...more »

AutoCAD 2009 – An outsider’s look at the Ribbon

30 October 2008 at 2:41 pm » Comments (0)

Kirill Grouchnikov is a developer who has a blog called Pushing Pixels. This wouldn't normally be of particular interest to AutoCAD users, but he recently wrote a piece describing the ...more »

AutoCAD 2009 Update 2

26 September 2008 at 4:14 pm » Comments (2)

Update 2, the latest of Autodesk's rapid-fire Updates (formerly Service Packs) for AutoCAD 2009 is now out for AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT and the AutoCAD that comes with the Revit Suites ...more »

Ease of use and the Ribbon

12 September 2008 at 10:34 am » Comments (5)

I have Office 2007 on my newest computer at home, which I bought primarily to familiarise myself with the Ribbon interface and allow me to discuss it from a position ...more »

Matt Stein’s Blog and Microsoft’s Mojave Marketing

1 September 2008 at 3:34 pm » Comments (1)

Thanks to Shaan Hurley for revealing to the wider world the existence of Ribbon Man Matt Stein's blog. I'm not sure it's appropriate for a blogging n00b like myself to ...more »

Has AutoCAD 2009 eaten your registry lately?

1 September 2008 at 11:54 am » Comments (0)

I've had a one-off report from a user of AutoCAD 2009 (actually, it was MDT as part of the Inventor suite pretending to be AutoCAD 2009, which isn't exactly the ...more »

Look out for Update 1 for AutoCAD 2009-based verticals

13 August 2008 at 1:38 pm » Comments (4)

If you have Communications Center disabled (this is quite common, it seems) or you're not currently using your 2009-based vertical product, you may be unaware that Autodesk has released versions ...more »

What you like best about AutoCAD 2009

25 July 2008 at 1:48 pm » Comments (0)

I've closed the poll asking you to choose the top three things you like about AutoCAD 2009. For some reason it wasn't getting many votes. Only 37 people participated, rather ...more »

When is a Service Pack not a Service Pack?

21 July 2008 at 4:40 pm » Comments (0)

When it's an Update. This year, Service Packs are called Updates, and the first one for AutoCAD is out now. The 32-bit version is here and the 64-bit version is ...more »

You don’t think much of AutoCAD 2009’s buttons

11 July 2008 at 3:10 pm » Comments (0)

I've closed the poll about the button images. It's a general thumbs-down from you on that particular change, albeit not a spectacularly vehement one. I agree with most of you. The ...more »

AutoCAD 2009 – What’s good about it?

11 July 2008 at 2:53 pm » Comments (0)

I've added a poll that asks you to choose the best things about AutoCAD 2009. I've come up with a list of 25 features that are new, improved or otherwise ...more »

What’s the best thing about AutoCAD 2009?

9 July 2008 at 1:52 pm » Comments (10)

It's starting to look a bit negative around here, and it is only going to get more negative when I start describing the details of my still-unresolved Autodesk customer service ...more »

AutoCAD 2009 – Top reasons to be Ribbonless

1 July 2008 at 12:54 pm » Comments (6)

I've closed the poll for those of you who are using 2009 with the Ribbon turned off to show us the reasons why. The top 10 choices were: Tab concept means ...more »

AutoCAD 2009 – How many people really are using the Ribbon?

25 June 2008 at 8:45 pm » Comments (5)

I was interested to see Shaan Hurley reporting the Ribbon usage figures from the Customer Involvement Program (CIP). Shaan's figures show Ribbon non-users at 46%, my poll results show it ...more »
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