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AutoCAD 2009 & 2010 users – out of memory errors?

10 March 2010 at 1:06 pm » Comments (8)

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 2010 Update 1

21 August 2009 at 11:38 am » Comments (0)

Update 1, the first of Autodesk's Updates (formerly Service Packs) for AutoCAD 2010 is now out for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. Equivalent updates for various verticals will follow soon. The ...more »

Hotfix available for Raster Design licensing issue

23 June 2009 at 12:09 pm » Comments (0)

Thanks to Brian and Rick for pointing out the availability of a hotfix for Raster Design 2010's standalone/network license incompatibility. As a bonus, it also fixes some Raster Design / ...more »

AutoCAD 2010 – Putting things back to “normal”

16 June 2009 at 12:44 pm » Comments (38)

Easily the most popular post on this blog, in terms of both hits and comments, is AutoCAD 2009 - Putting things back to "normal". Lots of people seemed to find ...more »

Network/standalone clash is confined to Raster Design

1 May 2009 at 9:09 am » Comments (4)

Autodesk has been in touch to confirm that the failure to allow a mixed network/standalone environment is confined to Raster Design. I haven't yet tested this myself, but I've been ...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 »

Autodesk plans to fix Raster Design licensing SNAFU

27 April 2009 at 12:00 am » Comments (3)

I have been in touch with various people at Autodesk about Raster Design 2010's failure to work in a mixed standalone/network environment. These people have all been suitably apologetic, they ...more »

Autodesk messes up Raster Design 2010 licensing

20 April 2009 at 4:40 pm » Comments (10)

I was horrified to learn (in this Autodesk Discussion Group thread) that Autodesk has changed the rules as far as the way Raster Design licenses are handled. It's quite possible ...more »

Guillermo Melantoni’s 3D blog

16 April 2009 at 12:51 pm » Comments (0)

What a Mesh is another new Autodesk blog, this time from Autodesk 3D guru Guillermo Melantoni. You may remember Guillermo mentioning his forthcoming blog in my A gaggle of geeks ...more »

AutoCAD 2010 – Turning off InfoCenter

3 April 2009 at 3:13 pm » Comments (3)

I generally avoid the still-awful Autodesk discussion groups these days, but I do hop in from time to time in the vain hope of seeing some improvement. In doing so, ...more »

Some thoughts on AutoCAD Exchange

25 March 2009 at 8:20 pm » Comments (1)

I've added a link to Autodesk's new AutoCAD community site, AutoCAD Exchange. As with most things Autodesk, there are pros and cons. Here are my first impressions. I think it looks ...more »

A gaggle of geeks

27 February 2009 at 12:38 pm » Comments (6)

Time to lighten things up a bit, I think. While attending the AutoCAD 2010 product launch in San Francisco on 5 February 2009, I conducted a series of micro-interviews with ...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 2010 release date

13 February 2009 at 2:45 pm » Comments (3)

After my recent attendance at the AutoCAD 2010 launch, I have a few dozen subjects I'd like to blog about, lots of video editing to do, and not enough free ...more »

Autodesk not listening? The response, part 2

8 February 2009 at 7:06 pm » Comments (6)

In this second part of the interview, the Autodesk trio continues to respond to the question about listening to customers. YouTube link. more »

Autodesk not listening? The response, part 1.

6 February 2009 at 7:04 pm » Comments (5)

While attending the AutoCAD 2010 launch today, I took the opportunity to interview three Autodesk people: Eric Stover, Jon Page and Shaan Hurley. I raised the issue of Autodesk being ...more »

Look out for AutoCAD 2010 news

6 February 2009 at 6:27 am » Comments (0)

You can expect a lot of AutoCAD 2010 news to start appearing in this and other blogs today and over the next few days. I'm just about to start interviewing ...more »

I haven’t seen AutoCAD 2010…

19 November 2008 at 9:08 pm » Comments (10)

...yet. That means I'm free to speculate about it in public. There have already been a few hints dropped here and there. Stronger 3D, parametric 3D? Does that just mean adding ...more »