Category Archives: AutoCAD Related

Posts containing content about the AutoCAD industry.

Top CAD Blogs of 2016

Hey, happy soon to be 2017! I know it’s cliche, because everyone says it, but I can’t believe 2016 is almost completed. It’s crazy. Time flies. The end of 2016 brings me to my customary year end Top CAD Blogs … Continue reading

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Top CAD Blogs of 2015

Welcome, and wazzup! As has been my custom for the past 4 years, on basically the last day of the year I post the Top CAD Blogs of the year. Once again, I’m at it. Let’s see who ranked where.

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Top CAD Blogs of 2014

Welcome to my fourth annual “Top CAD Blogs” post! Just like last year

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Top CAD Blogs of 2013

This is my third annual “Top CAD Blogs” post! Just like last year

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Rent AutoCAD or Revit

Yes, you can now rent AutoCAD LT!! Okay, it’s only the LT version, but that should be good enough for many people’s needs. Here’s how you can rent it.

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Why AutoCAD is still Relevant

AutoCAD is the most popular drafting software in the world – and has been since

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Top CAD Blogs of 2012

This is my second annual “Top CAD Blogs” post. I changed things up a bit this year, in hopes that it’d make this post more straight forward. In last year’s

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AutoCAD Cheat Sheet

The mouse is death!! This is a phrase I’ve heard, in reference to one working efficiently on his computer. What it means is, given the choice between using your mouse to execute commands vs. using keyboard shortcuts to execute commands, … Continue reading

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An Introduction to Point Cloud Data

These days, within the AEC industry, and within many other industries too, cloud is a buzzword that I hear fairly often. In my circles the word most often refers to computing or storing data in a cloud. The cloud is … Continue reading

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How to Run AutoCAD 2007 in Windows 7

It was in July of 2010 that I switched from Windows XP to Windows 7.

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AutoCAD Hexadecimal Color Equivalents

I built my website using HTML and CSS.

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The #CAD Twitter Hashtag

I just realized that we in the CAD community may be able to answer each other’s questions by using the #CAD Twitter hashtag

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Riding Out An Earthquake Here In Queens, NY

The life of a CAD Drafter can be more perilous than one might think. It can include riding out an EARTHQUAKE at 1:52 pm in the afternoon!!

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Free Autodesk Architecture & Building Solutions Webinar 9-13-11

Yesterday I received an email invite from Autodesk to

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Free AutoCAD Tutorials

I’ve been contacted a few times by AutoCAD beginners

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Project Photofly v2 Resources

Creating 2D as-built building elevation drawings in AutoCAD format is one of the services that I provide as a CAD consultant. Typically such drawings are required by my AEC industry clients for

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Top Ten CAD Blogs As Of May 2011

This weekend is Memorial Day weekend, and here in New York City it’s a point in the year that always seems to me to be a time of transition. I think I get this impression because, quite amazingly, this weekend … Continue reading

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