Tips & Tools Weekly (Vol. 14, No. 1)

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AutoCAD Xclip xrefs in 3D tips and tricks

Xref clipping has been around since AutoCAD R14 and is really useful. It has been improved upon last time in AutoCAD 2009 with ability to more easily edit the boundary as seen in this previous post that also shows the invert x-clip boundary that was introduced in AutoCAD 2008. JTB World’s XClipClean can help with the work to clean up the blocks... [Read more]

VersaCAD Video: Quickest layout of a small floor plan. Or, arranging furniture and fixtures in a store or office

VersaCAD Video: Quickest layout of a small floor plan. Or, arranging furniture and fixtures in a store or office Go to Source SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "VersaCAD Video: Quickest layout of a small floor plan. Or, arranging furniture and fixtures in a store or office", url: "http://www.3dcadtips.com/2009/01/versacad-video-quickest-layout-of-a-small-floor-plan-or-arranging-furniture-and-fixtures-in-a-store-or-office/"... [Read more]

Video: VersaCAD Explorer- The easiest way to manage drawings and libraries

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I have deleted a tag from my drawing. How can I get it back?

The easiest way is to hit Undo (Ctrl+Z) but we suspect you’re asking because you have tried that! (Ctrl+Z only works in the same session. If you have closed the file you will not be able to undo past that point.) Here’s the scenario: you have tagged cell. The cell contains any number of tags. If you edit the tags, you’l… Go to Source SHARETHIS.addEntry({... [Read more]

Snagging Smart Phones

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Dominic Gallello Leaves Graphisoft

Nemetschek-owned Graphisoft replaces Dominic Gallello with Viktor Varkonyi as its new CEO. Graphisoft founder Gabor Bojar thanked Mr Gallello for his five years at the Hungarian CAD company. Mr Varkonyi was promoted from within Graphisoft's Product Group, and has been with the architectural CAD software company for 16 years. Tenlinks.com Go to... [Read more]

Designers: The Stars of a New Movie

Dan Frommer writes about a new movie that stars industrial designers: Objectified. His blog entry includes the movie's trailer. We see CAD being used, prototypes being STL'ed, and products being stamped in factories, but initial designs are done with pencils. Source. Go to Source SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Designers: The Stars of a New... [Read more]

IntelliCAD Intrigue

One IntelliCAD developer writes buggy code, and then charges its American distributor for the problems. Here is most of the press release posted by iCADsales.com today: We had been in negotiation with the manufacturer regarding quality control problems associated with the product. During the past several months many problems appeared in the product... [Read more]

SYCODE Breaks Record

Deelip Menezes sweats blood releasing 32 products on one day, all them translators for SketchUp. His plug-ins translate 3D files between SketchUp and and numerous other graphics programs, such as AutoCAD and Acrobat, Inventor and IronCAD, SolidWorks and Solid Edge. Other plugins also handle neutral file formats, such as STEP and IGES.  He figures,... [Read more]

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