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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 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 As you may be aware, I’m a Contributing Editor (i.e. writer) for Cadalyst magazine and have been writing the Bug Watch column since 1995. Back when Cadalyst was thicker, Bug Watch appeared in the printed magazine every month, but it has been exclusively on-line for a few years now. Cadalyst’s owner, Questex, recently announced [...] 14 December 2008, 11:31 am | One comment | Tags: Bug Watch, Cadalyst | Category: Announcement, Other Sites, Thoughts, Writing As I’m typing this, the Autodesk discussion groups are down for maintenance again. Let’s hope that when they come back up, some of the problems are fixed. In the meantime, if you’re an AutoCAD user and have something to ask or say, where can you go? Here are a few suggestions. I like the [...] 25 September 2008, 10:28 am | 3 comments | Tags: AUGI Forums, Autodesk, Cadalyst, Customer Service, Dear Autodesk, Newsgroups, Take 5, The Swamp, User Reaction, Web Stuff | Category: Autodesk, Bug, Customer Service, Development, LISP, Tip, Web Stuff The second and final part of my interview of Matt Stein has now been published on the Cadalyst site. There were some other questions I would have liked Matt to answer, but some unfortunate logistical problems prevented that from happening. Never mind, I guess it ended up plenty long enough anyway! 11 June 2008, 9:25 pm | 3 comments | Tags: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2009, Cadalyst, Interview, Matt Stein, User Interface | Category: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2009, Interview Over on the Cadalyst site you will find the first part of a two-part interview I did with Autodesk’s Matt Stein, the man responsible for making the Ribbon interface work in AutoCAD 2009. I hope you find it interesting. 5 June 2008, 9:23 pm | One comment | Tags: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2009, Cadalyst, Interview, Matt Stein, User Interface | Category: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2009, Interview |
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The Ribbon Man interview – fluff?
Looking at the comments, it seems not everyone is happy with the Matt Stein interview. If so, I’m sorry you feel that way about the piece. In my own defence, I would point out the following:
I like to think my work at Cadalyst represents a balanced viewpoint. I pride myself on being fair. [...]