A few years ago, I had the privilege of touring the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC. For this architecture lover, it was a dream come true. I remember dragging my three kids along the tour (they were “bored”…whatever.), but trying…
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So you found some autolisp code online that you want to try out. what do you do with it? How do you get it into AutoCAD and make it do what it says it will do? Let’s use this sample…
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If you are like a lot of CAD users out there, you have probably downloaded lisp code from an Internet site. Many times you are downloading a file, but in some cases you have to copy and paste the code…
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Over eight years ago, we published a table of tools that could be used to convert a PDF file to a DWG file. At the time, this list was composed of programs that you installed locally. Today, we want to…
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I’ve been around the industry a long time. I remember the days of pen and Mylar, and often think back to the hours spent hovering over a drafting board putting details onto drawing sheets and hoping that I wouldn’t spill…
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Longitude Media, the publishers of Cadalyst Magazine have announced some major content changes starting in January of 2016. Publication of the printed Cadalyst magazine, as well as much of the online content, comes to an end. This includes product reviews,…
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Autodesk recently announced that they have reached a settlement with the various entities identified as ZWSoft, makers of ZWCAD+. Autodesk was accusing ZWSoft of improperly using intellectual property belonging to Autodesk in their ZWCAD+ product. ZWSoft conducted an internal investigation…
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Problem: You have a Civil 3D surface, and you want to extract a particular contour line from this surface. Follow the procedure here. It works for any elevation. Starting with this surface shown here, whose elevation range is from 94′…
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Now that I have had a week to decompress from Autodesk University (and readjust to the time zone difference), it’s time for proposals for the Revit Technology Conference to be held in Scottsdale, AZ in July. (Let’s go to the…
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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016 Service Pack 2 is now available and you can find it on the Autodesk Knowledge Network or via the Application Manager. Remember to read the readme file for a list of what’s been fixed and any important…
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