Archive for the 'AutoCAD Resources' Category

Create and Manage a Sheet Set

Sheet Set Manager (SSM) is one of my favorite tools in AutoCAD. It saves time creating plan sets, cross-referencing callouts, plotting selected sheets, and publishing entire plan sets. I recommend taking the time to setup SSM. It’s worth the money. Read more »

Autodesk University 2008 Blogger Social

I signed up for the first ever Autodesk University Blogger Social…

I plan on blogging about my experience at AU. I’m sure I’ll learn some neat tricks to share with all of you. My focus will be mostly Civil 3D, and Map 3D but I will be taking one or two generic AutoCAD classes as well.

Are you attending AU this year? If so, and you blog about Autodesk products, sign up for the blogger social…

CAD Standards Automation Webcast

I plan on attending this webcast tomorrow at 11:00 am PST. If you wanna join, register here:

cadmasters.com

Cadalyst CAD Tips

I received an email from Cadalyst today telling about their new CAD Tips library – formerly called “Get the Code”. If you’ve ever used Get the Code before, you know how difficult it was to find what you were looking for. With their new CAD Tips, it is much easier to browse AutoLISP and VBA by category and you can still search by keyword. Check it out…

The Lazy Drafter vs. Lazy Drafter

Ok, I just found this today: The Lazy Drafter vs. Lazy Drafter

The Lazy Drafter is a blog by Todd Shackelford who came up with the idea of “lazy drafter” before I did. Honestly I was really lazy and didn’t search for the term “lazy drafter” before I registered the domain name. But I must give credit where credit is due.

Read his blog. Todd is a funny guy who has really great tips and ideas for using AutoCAD. Be sure to read his Top 5 Rules for Engineers Dealing with Drafters. Funny stuff!

AutoCAD 2008 Command Reference

The AutoCAD 2008 Command Reference brought to you by kxcad looks similar to the AutoCAD help file. I found it useful because it’s searchable using Google. For example…

Create a Custom Toolbar in AutoCAD

Did you know you can create your own toolbars with buttons that can run your own AutoCAD commands? You can, and it’s not very hard. Read more »

AutoCAD 2008 Videos

I came across some AutoCAD 2008 Videos posted by Heidi Hewett. They are very helpful, especially with understanding some of the new features in AutoCAD 2008.

Free AutoLISP on the Web

I like to find AutoLISP that someone else has written and modify it for my needs. There are a lot of sources of AutoLISP code on the Internet. Read more »

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