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Here’s a tip I just rediscovered while cleaning out my old emails. It applies to all recent AutoCAD releases. Let’s say you have a drawing that you think has been used as an xref by at least one other drawing, and maybe more. How can you find out which drawings use it as an [...]  15 March 2010, 10:42 pm |  5 comments | Tags: AutoCAD, Cadalyst, DesignCenter, Ellen Finklestein, Reference Manager, Tip, Xref | Category: AutoCAD, Cadalyst, Other Blogs, Tip In a recent blog post, Deelip Menezes appears to be shocked by the very idea that a particular CAD company (no, not Autodesk) would ship software that contains known bugs. I thought he was joking, because he’s surely aware that practically all software companies with highly complex products release software with known bugs. As [...] 15 June 2009, 1:49 pm | 9 comments | Tags: 12-Month Release Cycle, AutoCAD, Autodesk, Bug, Deelip Menezes, Feedback, Listening, Other Blogs, Polls | Category: AutoCAD, Autodesk, Bug, Cadalyst, Other Blogs, Polls, Rant, Thoughts A comment from Kal on Between the Lines mentions an AutoCAD Release 10.5 for Mac. My memory of ancient and useless AutoCAD trivia is usually pretty good, but this time things are a bit foggy and I need some help. I definitely remember there being some kind of half-release of AutoCAD for Mac*, but [...] 3 June 2009, 1:00 pm | 3 comments | Tags: AutoCAD, AutoCAD for Mac, CAD History, Cadalyst | Category: Apple, AutoCAD, Cadalyst, Nostalgia I was happy to receive an email from Nancy Johnson this morning informing me that Cadalyst is going to continue. From March onward it will be published by Longitude Media, led by Seth Nichols, former VP of digital media at Questex. Nancy will continue to hold the editorial reins. Questex still owns Cadalyst, but [...] 26 February 2009, 9:14 am |  Leave a comment | Tags: Cadalyst | Category: Cadalyst, Navel Gazing, Other Sites, Writing As many of you may know, I’ve been writing for Cadalyst since 1995. Yesterday, I read in David Cohn’s summary of the history of Cadalyst that in 1991, Lionel Johnston sold CADalyst to Aster Publishing for $2.2 million. How times have changed! Today, current owner Questex doesn’t think it’s worth keeping alive. I’ve been [...] 17 February 2009, 9:30 am | 6 comments | Tags: Cadalyst, Navel Gazing | Category: Cadalyst, Navel Gazing, Other Sites, Thoughts, Writing |
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Censorship on the Autodesk discussion groups
The Autodesk discussion groups have quite a few problems at the moment, which I will discuss at length in future. One unnecessary problem that has been added to the mix is censorship. Having praised Autodesk in the past for allowing discussion to go unhindered, it’s only fair to slam heavy-handed moderation when I see [...]