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Does your AutoCAD get its wrods worng?

2 October 2009 at 11:06 am » Comments (5)

A problem I've seen affecting keyboard users (particularly fast ones) in recent AutoCADs (since 2006) is that the characters entered into the command line are not always the ones you ...more »

Autodesk answers – 4 of 4

26 February 2009 at 7:51 am » Comments (8)

The final question is from metis: Q: why is program size increasing and performance dramatically decreasing as hardware specs dramatically increase? as features “improve” and are added functionality should not be ...more »

AutoCAD performance and productivity

6 October 2008 at 3:37 pm » Comments (8)

I have closed the performance and productivity polls as described in my posts here and here, and the results can be seen in the Polls Archive. As with most of the ...more »

Is AutoCAD becoming more or less productive?

17 September 2008 at 12:16 pm » Comments (0)

It seems that most of you are convinced that AutoCAD is getting slower, but I'll leave the poll going for a while longer. But even if AutoCAD is getting slower, ...more »

In which direction is AutoCAD’s performance going?

14 September 2008 at 9:40 am » Comments (6)

I see quite a few comments in various places that say that AutoCAD's performance has been getting progressively worse by the year. Is this what most people think, or just ...more »

AutoCAD 2009 – Layer Palette and performance

10 April 2008 at 9:29 pm » Comments (5)

If you've noticed some normal drafting operations are much slower in AutoCAD 2009 than in earlier releases, try turning off the new Layer Palette and see if the problem goes ...more »

AutoCAD 2009 – The Prequel Part 19 – Menu Browser

18 March 2008 at 3:00 pm » Comments (7)

You have undoubtedly noticed the large red A in the top right corner of the AutoCAD window. Personally, I don't like the look of it. The concept is rather Fisher-Price ...more »

AutoCAD 2009 – The Prequel Part 17 – Ribbon Performance 2

15 March 2008 at 10:32 pm » Comments (0)

Testing performance under Vista can be an interesting experience. The trouble is, Vista tries to improve its performance by observing what you do and caching it for later use in ...more »

AutoCAD 2009 – The Prequel Part 16 – Ribbon Performance 1

15 March 2008 at 2:30 pm » Comments (0)

One of the things I like least about AutoCAD 2009 (at least in Release Candidate form) is that I find it very "sticky". That is, I find myself having to ...more »

AutoCAD 2009 – The Prequel Part 13 – ViewCube

10 March 2008 at 9:53 pm » Comments (1)

For many 3D users of AutoCAD, the ViewCube is likely to be the most useful new thing in AutoCAD 2009. There are a couple of problems with it, at least ...more »

AutoCAD 2009 – The Prequel Part 10 – Dude, where’s my Dashboard?

6 March 2008 at 1:42 pm » Comments (2)

Dude, Dashboard's dead. Defunct. Done. AutoCAD 2009 replaced the Dashboard with the Ribbon. If you type in the DASHBOARD or DASHBOARDCLOSE commands, they are just converted to the RIBBON and ...more »

AutoCAD 2009 – The Prequel Part 8 – Vista Startup Times

4 March 2008 at 9:27 pm » Comments (7)

I've now tested startup times of various AutoCAD releases under Vista. Here are the results, alongside the XP results for ease of comparison: Release First Startup Subsequent Startup XP Vista XP Vista 12 8.6 - 8.2 - 13 2.6 1.8 1.3 0.8 14 2.1 - 0.5 - 2002 3.2 2.1 0.6 1.1 2004 - 4.3 - 1.7 2005 - 7.9 - 4.5 2006 14.9 8.7 2.6 4.4 2007 13.8 11.9 3.5 6.6 2008 14.6 10.5 3.6 6.0 2009 28.9 17.3 7.2 13.3 Same caveats as before, plus the following: Some AutoCAD ...more »

AutoCAD 2009 – The Prequel Part 7 – Subsequent Startup Time

4 March 2008 at 11:05 am » Comments (1)

This table shows both the initial and subsequent startup times for various releases. Most of the qualifications and caveats from my AutoCAD 2009 - The Prequel Part 6 - Initial ...more »

AutoCAD 2009 – The Prequel Part 6 – First Startup Time

3 March 2008 at 10:25 pm » Comments (3)

One thing you'll notice (and dislike) right away with AutoCAD 2009 is that it takes a lot longer to get started. How much longer? About twice as long as recent ...more »