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Comment on Ribbon acceptance in AutoCAD and Revit by Wm.J.Townsend

Wm.J.Townsend — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:36:03 +0000

Not veterans, but well known thieves. I thought the last indictments put them out of business forever. Run away as fast as you can. Never let them see your checks or credit cards. They’ll rob you blind. Run.

Comment on Any Bricscad users out there? by Peter Heel

Peter Heel — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:49:57 +0000

Hi Guys, an old(er) Englishman (sole trader) who has, up until now, stuck with Acad R14 because I only do simple stuff, control panel circuit diagrams, lines and circles, (no 3D) and to upgrade to Autocad 2013 is far too expensive an option for me. The stuff I do uses Autolisp a lot for auto numbering of cables and cable terminals etc. My clients are always asking if there’s a low cost Autocad alternative that will run my automation, so I tried Bricscad out of curiosity more than anything. There’s been a very small learning curve for me regarding MNU files to CUI files, and Bricscad doesn’t have the screen menu down the right hand side which I still use (in theory neither does Acad), but EVERYTHING WORKS !! All my lisp files and DCL files worked seamlessly. The one small thing I couldn’t figure out was sorted by the team at Bricsys really quickly. I reckon anyone going from Autocad 2012 or 2013 to Bricscad will find the transition effortless. One of my clients has Acad 2012, and Bricscad loads in a fraction of the time.

Comment on AutoCAD 2009 – Why do you hate the Ribbon? by Chris H

Chris H — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:54:49 +0000

I echo all the comments from other Acad jockies in this forum. I, too use my own defined quick keys, aka, customized pgp file commands. I also use several customized toolbar button commands that I’ve collected over the years.
So basically, every time I have to install the latest Acad version, I just migrate my old settings and I never have to look at the evil ribbon. I go back to my own customized menu that has the toolbars I use and nothing more. The ribbon may as well not even exist in my world. At least Autodesk has allowed the option to customize and shut off the ribbon. But MS has not done that and I get really irritated when I have to use Word or Xcel. There seems to be nothing democratic about MS and Autodesk when it comes to developing software based on the people’s needs. I guess this is what our world is coming to.

Comment on AutoCAD 2013 – Download the trial without Akamai by Bob Tongue

Bob Tongue — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:24:00 +0000

I just used your link for the 32 bit version, and it worked fine

Comment on AutoCAD 2013 – An Autodesk Help writer responds by Wm.J.Townsend

Wm.J.Townsend — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:53:16 +0000

The only good thing I’ve heard is that BestBuy is right across the street so that you can get a replacement after your Mac is destroyed. Can I be of any more help?

Comment on AutoCAD 2009 – Tooltips are bad for my sanity by RGD

RGD — Sat, 04 May 2013 02:21:19 +0000

Awsome! tool tips suck!

Comment on Let’s have your AutoCAD WS 1.6 reviews by Raja

Raja — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 07:10:49 +0000

sir,
i am using samsung galaxy grand i have downloaded autocad ws application from android,but icannot view the full screen only half screen is visable kindly give a reply regarding problem.

Raja Kumar

Comment on Restoring Hatch double-click in AutoCAD 2011 by rohan

rohan — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:35:24 +0000

thanks
it was very much useful, pickfirst was not working

Comment on Restoring Hatch double-click in AutoCAD 2011 by mark

mark — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:04:46 +0000

Thank you!

Comment on Who is telling the truth in Autodesk’s Cloud PR trainwreck? by Heimfroygen

Heimfroygen — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:46:08 +0000

Opeth quote? awesome! Now, lets hear some Amon Amarth!

They’re feeding you lies
With calculating smiles

Amon Amarth – Slaves of Fear

Comment on How is your AutoCAD 2011 hatching? by Filip

Filip — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:55:23 +0000

When I try to hatch an area in my drawing, the quick preview is fine but actual hatch is not!
I know that the boundary is not very tidy – there are some gaps and overlappings in polylines and lines that surround the area I want to hatch – but what annoys me is that quick preview IS like I want it to be and the hatch itself is not.

Comment on Don’t be a technology lemming by James Maeding

James Maeding — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:06:02 +0000

Steve, Autodesk pulled another classic move, automatically upgrading Civil 3D 2014′s to the suite product for everyone. they then allow an “opt-out” at a later time.
Here is the lingo in the email:

Dear Autodesk Subscription Customer,
As a follow-up to the previous email you received regarding the upcoming AutoCAD® Civil 3D upgrade offer to Autodesk® Infrastructure Design Suite Premium we wanted to make you aware that AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014 has been released. Under our current upgrade offer, you will not receive AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014 but will receive Infrastructure Design Suite 2014 Premium once available. At that time, you will be able to opt-out, if you choose.

Lst time I checked an offer had nothing to do with a decision. THe offer is from them, decision from me. They own both now though it seems.
Oh well, guess I will just do whatever Autodesk tells me to from now on…

Comment on AutoCAD 2013 – An Autodesk Help writer responds by Wm.J.Townsend

Wm.J.Townsend — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:27:23 +0000

Yeah. I’m getting on in years and I can find plenty of productive places to waste time rather than another pointless year-long attempt at trying to get what the customers deserve and paid for.

Maybe AutoCAD will be usable again with the 2015 release. Maybe I’ll start a vegetable garden. Or breed homing hummingbirds. Or learn to weave custom hats. Maybe it’s time to open that hand-made bikini and dancewear shop. Maybe it’s just time for a nap… -Bill

Comment on AutoCAD 2013 – An Autodesk Help writer responds by Steve Johnson

Steve Johnson — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:28:52 +0000

Bill, I fear you are being too kind.

Comment on AutoCAD 2013 – An Autodesk Help writer responds by Wm.J.Townsend

Wm.J.Townsend — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:24:56 +0000

2014 offline help is here. 2014 offline help is crap. Again. It has command and variable references, but both are online only. Type in ‘options’ (to see if the idiot FUI is fixed) and it pops up about twenty slots down the first page of twenty-four. For a laugh I typed in ‘what’s new’ to search… Worthless, useless, embarrassing. Again. Looks like another release to skip.

I figured out the new and shiny Autodesk symbol. It isn’t an origami ‘A’, it’s Autodesk’s re-imagining of a mobius strip. Unfinished – as usual.

Comment on Don’t be a technology lemming by James Maeding

James Maeding — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:13:56 +0000

Steve, no new posts in a while.
I keep checking though

Comment on Is AutoCAD stability getting better or worse? by ACADUser

ACADUser — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 14:20:29 +0000

Hah! Mac version is a joke. Most unstable to date.

Comment on Is AutoCAD stability getting better or worse? by ACADUser

ACADUser — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 14:17:51 +0000

By far, the most stable version of Autocad was R14. It’s been a steady march towards greater and greater instability since then. I’m a the point where I dread opening 2013. I manually save frequently because even autosave can trigger crashes. I’m using a fully updated version on an Autodesk certified Dell Precision T7500 with a Xeon processor, 16GB of RAM, and an nVidia Quadro 4000. Maya can handle tens of thousands of particles – but Autocad still freaks out with a moderate sized bhatch.

Comment on Let’s have your AutoCAD WS 1.6 reviews by MistressOfTheDorkness

MistressOfTheDorkness — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:13:47 +0000

I am in one of those phases at the office that doesn’t have me getting out on too many site visits, so I haven’t used it for any real markups yet.

We are about to move our offices, so I have used WS (on iphone and ipad) to view the plan of our new space.

We’ve used it on 2d and 3d plans of the space and the navigation was intuitive enough that our admin staff could navigate their way around just fine.

My my frequent tasks deal with lisp routines and drawing cleanup on a large scale, so, I haven’t found a reason to try to work WS into my everyday tasks.

We’ll have some bigger projects coming up soon with a lot of site visits in my future, I will be trotting it out again for that and see what uses I can come up with.

Comment on AutoCAD 2012 – How’s the Help now? by Ursula Petersen

Ursula Petersen — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:10:00 +0000

Dear Mr Yagya Abrahams
I need you urgently with respect to a reference letter for my son, Clement Petersen.
Could you be so kind as to let me have your Email address?
With thanks
Ursula