A couple of weeks ago, I posted a poll ‘Should Autodesk Purge AutoCAD Command Line?’. The result is kind of obvious: 90% votes don’t want Autodesk to mess with the command line. 5% want it to be removed completely, and the other 5% want it to be removed, but leave it as an option. Don’t […]
Should Autodesk ‘PURGE’ AutoCAD Command Line?
I personally think command line era is over. It’s not cool anymore to have it. In this post, I would like share my opinion. I also would like to have your opinion: do you think Autodesk should ‘purge’ the command line from AutoCAD? Do you think it is an important productivity tool?
I Love the Ribbon!
Yesterday, I just get my ‘I Love the Ribbon’ T-Shirt from Robin Capper. Robin is one of the famous CAD bloggers (more famous than me, obviously) and post many good information about BIM in his CAD blog. I have posted several times about ribbon interface, mostly for AutoCAD. AutoCAD users maybe the one who suffers […]
Which is Your Favorite AutoCAD Release?
Image source: Shaan Hurley Flickr Album I have been using AutoCAD since R.13. I heard many people don’t like that release, but it looks fine for me :). I use almost every release of AutoCAD since then. Some are not for so long, but at least I get how they look and feel. There are […]
What is Your Favorite AutoCAD/Revit/MicroStation Tip?
This time, I’m asking your help to submit your favorite tips of all time. You can submit tips about AutoCAD, Revit, or MicroStation here. The purpose is to create 3 lists: ‘xx greatest tips’ for those 3 applications. ‘50 AutoCAD Greatest Tips’ sounds great, isn’t it? I believe we will see some great tips […]
AutoCAD Performs Incorrect Calculation
My friend notify me about this bug a couple days ago. He mention that when we use the QUICKCALC (or CAL) command, AutoCAD returns incorrect value. This is a bug. Try to calculate 750-693. You may see it returns incorrect value. I got 56. There are some more incorrect results. Yesterday, VMichl notify me that […]
Autodesk Products Issue when Norton Installed
I found two issues lately. My customer have problem with their AutoCAD 2008 after they install Norton 360. Lucky for him, Symantec provide a hotfix for this issue. Later another customer have problem with their Inventor 2010. It was Norton Internet Security that cause this. This is an old issue, since Inventor 11. But it […]
When It’s Freeze, It’s Not Always AutoCAD Fault!
Last week, I had troubleshoot inquiry from my company customer (I work for an AutoCAD reseller) After he’s doing some system upgrades, then suddenly his AutoCAD always freeze when he tried to create a new file, or using save as command. He use AutoCAD LT 2008. He’s been using it for 2 years without a […]
