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…

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!

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…

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 »

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.

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 »