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Can you work without a command line?

26 February 2010 at 5:34 pm » Comments (13)

On the Project Butterfly blog, a recent poll gave these choices: I can’t work without the command line I think it’s time for a new way to draw without the command line In ...more »

Ribbon acceptance in AutoCAD and Revit

9 September 2009 at 4:14 pm » Comments (19)

AutoCAD Ribbon use (and non-use) may have been the hottest topic on this blog to date, but it's a storm in a teacup compared with what has been going on ...more »

These messages are brought to you by AutoCAD

31 August 2009 at 11:39 am » Comments (7)

Over the past few releases, and particularly in AutoCAD 2009 and 2010, I have noticed an increase in the number of information notices (bubbles, warnings, task dialogs, Communication Center notices, ...more »

The 12-month cycle and shipping software with known bugs

15 June 2009 at 1:49 pm » Comments (9)

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. ...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 2010 – Will you miss the Menu Browser?

20 February 2009 at 2:48 pm » Comments (4)

I've closed the poll that asked AutoCAD 2009 users about their MENUBAR setting. It's very clear that pull-down menus are still very much in use in the Ribboned world of ...more »

AutoCAD 2009 – Do you use the menu bar?

3 December 2008 at 10:30 am » Comments (17)

You may have noticed that I've added a poll to find out if the AutoCAD 2009 users among you are using the menu bar (i.e. MENUBAR = 1). I'm also interested ...more »

How well cooked is the average major new AutoCAD feature these days?

28 November 2008 at 12:10 pm » Comments (3)

I've now closed the poll that asks this question, and the results show a typical bell-curve shape with the peak clearly on "Half-baked". There is a slight bias to the ...more »

Autodesk discussion groups – signs of life?

30 October 2008 at 10:58 am » Comments (0)

After an extraordinarily long period of total silence about the dreadful state of the appallingly-updated Autodesk discussion groups, it seems that the sleeping monster has raised an eyelid. Although it ...more »

Rate Autodesk, vote once

27 October 2008 at 10:43 am » Comments (2)

I've added some new polls that ask you to rate Autodesk in five specific areas. I've seen some criticism of Autodesk in these and other areas, but that doesn't mean ...more »

The Autodesk discussion groups are awful

21 October 2008 at 2:38 pm » Comments (3)

Yes, the Autodesk discussion groups are still awful. In other breaking news, the Pacific Ocean continues to be wet. I seldom visit them any more, but I just hopped on to ...more »

What is a reasonable amount of time to wait for license codes?

17 October 2008 at 1:23 pm » Comments (2)

Software companies use a variety of differerent methods in their attempts to prevent piracy and restrict use of their software to legitimate paying customers. Yes, these attempts are generally futile. ...more »

My autodesk.com site survey experience

13 October 2008 at 10:12 pm » Comments (3)

I just tried out the new discussion groups to see if anything has been fixed. After entering my password (yet again), instead of placing me back in the discussion groups ...more »

How complete are most new AutoCAD features?

13 October 2008 at 11:05 am » Comments (0)

You may have noticed the poll on the right asking "How well cooked is the average major new AutoCAD feature these days?" Despite the rather frivolous nature of the question ...more »

Slight improvement in discussion group search

8 October 2008 at 5:55 pm » Comments (2)

While almost all of the problems with the Autodesk discussion groups remain, there are some signs of movement in one area at least. The search facility, which until recently refused ...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 »

Here’s a couple I didn’t mention earlier

3 October 2008 at 4:15 pm » Comments (0)

The Autodesk discussion group editor inserts spaces into URLs longer than a certain size (about 70 characters, it seems). It will insert spaces in one place for the URL that ...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 »

How long should the AutoCAD release cycle be?

30 July 2008 at 11:43 am » Comments (1)

I've just added a poll asking this question. Actually, the poll question is rather longer than that, because I want to make it as unambiguous as possible. Other polls I've ...more »
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