To find the version of a .DWG file, open the file in Notepad or some other ASCII or HEX editor and read the first six bytes, then reference the info below: AC1032 = AutoCAD 2018 AC1027 = AutoCAD 2013 AC1024…
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The BILT NA (formerly RTC) conference is being held August 3rd-5th at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto. CAD Panacea author Kimberly Fuhrman will be co-presenting a session on FormIt with Autodesk’s Tobias Hathorn. The class session is entitled “More…
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Generally speaking, when you copy (or cut) objects in Windows applications, to paste into the same or different application, Windows stores the data in a defined format and holds on to it until you replace it with a new cut/copy…
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If you use the Geolocation features in AutoCAD 2015-2018, then you need to download and install this hotfix in order to continue to use this service after June 30, 2017. Microsoft is changing the format of their API from Bing…
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The Autodesk Board of Directors has appointed Andrew Anagnost to be the President and CEO, effective immediately. The press release can be found here. It is worth noting that “Autodesk also announced that Amar Hanspal, senior vice president, chief product officer and…
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In Civil 3D, there is a command that allows you to create COGO points on alignment geometry points, such as PC, PT, and Radius points. One of the options when creating new COGO points is an automatic description, in this…
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As announced on the official AutoCAD blog, Autodesk introduced a problem with the 2018.0.1 Update, and then resolved the issue by releasing the AutoCAD 2018.0.2/AutoCAD LT 2018.0.2 Update. As this update fixes a defect that would cause the product to…
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Some say it can’t be done. Revit is too hefty of a modeling program for conceptual design. Some even say designers don’t need to learn Revit because they have other design tools. But, Revit can be a fantastic design tool,…
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During the week of April 24th, CAD Panacea author R.K. McSwain was one of a select group invited to the headquarters of Bricsys in Ghent, Belgium for Bricsys Insights – for an inside look at Bricsys and what they are…
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A recent blog post over at RobiNZ CAD Blog about a recent anniversary of It’s Alive in the Lab, reminded us that we overlooked a milestone here at CAD Panacea. March 28, 2017 marks 12 years since our first ever post here….
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