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CAD International interview on drcauto and other subjects

1 February 2010 at 11:33 pm » Comments (1)

This morning I spoke with CAD International's Nigel Varley. Here is a paraphrased summary of the interview. SJ: When did CAD International buy the drcauto intellectual property rights? NV: About two weeks ...more »

Trusting Autodesk? Contemplating a new product

30 September 2009 at 3:36 pm » Comments (5)

Last week, in my capacity as a de facto CAD manager for a large public utility company, I was having a chat with an Autodesk Australia person (he's a nice ...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 »

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 »

More on ODA, Autodesk and click-through agreements

16 April 2009 at 11:48 am » Comments (0)

Evan Yares has provided more information on the incident I mentioned in my last post. Here it is: It was years ago. My guess was that the person who did ...more »

Evan Yares, ODA, Autodesk and click-through agreements

15 April 2009 at 4:44 pm » Comments (0)

I've always found it entertaining when the lawyers of CAD companies do their best to make their clients look like total jerks. The opening shots as presented by Evan Yares ...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 »

How much do you exchange data with non-Windows users?

24 July 2008 at 8:59 pm » Comments (1)

A discussion I've been having elsewhere has prompted me to add two new polls (see right). I know that most of you, being AutoCAD users, are also Windows users. I'm ...more »

Autodesk and Bentley – kiss, kiss!

11 July 2008 at 9:29 pm » Comments (1)

OK, so I'm a long way from being the first to comment on this, but maybe I'll be the last? Don't count on it. In the unlikely event that this ...more »