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AutoCAD 2011 Update 1.1

8 September 2010 at 12:49 pm » Comments (0)

As I described earlier, Autodesk recalled AutoCAD 2011 Update 1 because it killed AutoCAD under certain circumstances (e.g. plotting with the layer palette open). Now there's a fixed version available for ...more »

AutoCAD for Mac – what’s missing?

1 September 2010 at 6:06 pm » Comments (6)

According to Autodesk, the forthcoming OS X version of AutoCAD has "many of the powerful AutoCAD features and functionality." So what doesn't it have? What are the holes? Autodesk hasn't ...more »

AutoCAD 2011 for Mac announced

31 August 2010 at 11:07 am » Comments (2)

According to Macworld, Autodesk has now made its worst-kept secret, AutoCAD for Mac OS X, official. There are also goodies for those with cute little rectangles: Autodesk also announced that the ...more »

AutoCAD 2011 Update 1 recalled

28 August 2010 at 9:17 pm » Comments (0)

If you click on the link I posted about earlier, you will get this: On August 23, 2010, Autodesk released Update 1 for AutoCAD 2011. Unfortunately, Update 1 introduced an issue ...more »

AutoCAD 2011 Update 1

25 August 2010 at 10:09 am » Comments (0)

The first update for AutoCAD 2011 is now available on the Autodesk site. As usual, read the readme first. Make sure you install the right version (32 or 64 bit). ...more »

Studying Autodesk’s productivity study

4 August 2010 at 4:04 pm » Comments (8)

Heidi Hewett just reported the following on her blog, about a productivity study: According to a recent independent study, AutoCAD® 2011 can help you work up to 44% faster with the ...more »

Another language pack cleanup solution

22 July 2010 at 1:43 pm » Comments (0)

My CADLock, Inc. colleague, Owen Wengerd has posted about a fix utility he has written to help clean up drawings infested with the language pack problem discussed here. I have ...more »

Raster Design 2011 due out on 20 July?

28 June 2010 at 6:34 pm » Comments (0)

After an interminable delay and a complete absence of information from Autodesk (no, "contact your reseller" doesn't count, especially when they don't know anything either), it seems Raster Design 2011 ...more »

Ribbon poll roundup

17 May 2010 at 1:36 pm » Comments (0)

Further to my last post, Here is a brief summary of this blog's various poll results that relate in some way to Ribbon and CIP use. The most recent polls ...more »

AutoCAD 2011 online Help changes – a curate’s egg

12 May 2010 at 1:29 pm » Comments (12)

As announced by Shaan Hurley, Autodesk has made some changes to the AutoCAD 2011 online Help system. Please check it out and see what you think. After a short time ...more »

Restoring Hatch double-click in AutoCAD 2011

10 May 2010 at 12:39 pm » Comments (6)

In AutoCAD 2011, the default action when double-clicking on a hatch object is to invoke the Properties palette for that object. In previous releases, it would invoke the Hatch Edit ...more »

Filling the holes in Autodesk’s CHM Help stopgap

7 May 2010 at 1:18 pm » Comments (3)

It was good to see Autodesk react to criticism of AutoCAD 2011's browser-based Help with an acknowledgement of the problems and an attempt to provide a workaround by making a ...more »

How is your AutoCAD 2011 hatching?

5 May 2010 at 1:11 pm » Comments (5)

Hatching is the poster child for AutoCAD 2011's 2D drafting feature changes (although there are several other significant ones), and also for demonstrating the advantages of providing a contextual interface ...more »

Autodesk provides CHM-based Help for AutoCAD 2011

28 April 2010 at 2:27 pm » Comments (7)

In a comment in response to my AutoCAD 2011 Help system is not popular post, Autodesk's Diane Serda acknowledged the problems, offered apologies and posted a link to a CHM ...more »

AutoCAD 2011 Help system is not popular

23 April 2010 at 3:48 pm » Comments (9)

My poll on this subject is still running (see right), but so far about 2/3 of respondents rate AutoCAD 2011's new browser-based Help system as 0, 1 or 2 stars ...more »

Autodesk Knowledge Base – rapid response converts fail to win

16 April 2010 at 1:46 pm » Comments (1)

Credit where credit is due. Following my rant about the uselessness of using a 16-minute YouTube video as the AutoCAD 2011 system requirements resource, the relevant people at Autodesk quickly ...more »

Autodesk Knowledge Base – who thought this was a good idea?

14 April 2010 at 10:35 pm » Comments (7)

This evening, I needed to know exactly which operating systems were supported by all AutoCAD releases from 2004 to 2011 inclusive. I have a pretty good idea, but I needed ...more »

AutoCAD for Mac under construction

13 April 2010 at 2:55 pm » Comments (5)

Despite it being A Bad Idea, it look like Autodesk is going ahead with making some kind of OS X variant of AutoCAD, as has been hinted at for a ...more »

Competition poll now open

29 March 2010 at 9:07 pm » Comments (0)

In a shock move, Autodesk's general design product for this year was named AutoCAD 2011. I thought AutoCAD Banana or Generic CADD 7 stood a chance, but it was ...more »

AutoCAD 2011′s new Help system – what do you think?

28 March 2010 at 9:20 am » Comments (12)

With all this talk of clouds in the air, it is interesting to note that Autodesk has moved AutoCAD's Help system to a browser-based format, with online access as the ...more »