Cadalyst - January/February 2009 - (Page 4) What’s New at Cadalyst.com Get this month’s new content at January/February 2009 www.cadalyst.com/currentissue New CAD Software Tutorials www.cadalyst.com/tutorials AutoCAD Tutorials circlesandlines Dimension Tips By Lynn Allen Kenneth Wong on CAD Cadalyst executive editor Kenneth Wong blogs about trends and issues that affect how CAD users live, work, and think. Help him shape Cadalyst content and even become part of the stories! Check out recent posts at www.cadalyst.com/kw. u Moving the Desktop solidthinking What’s New in SolidWorks 2009? By Richard Doyle off Your Desk u Battle over DWG Continues A look at some lesser-known new tools. (Autodesk vs. SolidWorks) u Dispatches from Autodesk Two features found in AutoCAD 2008 can tame your misbehaving dimensions. AEC Tutorials cadclinic:civil3d Point Coordinate Transformations By Phillip Zimmerman University u Outsourcing Gets Personal u Software Resale on eBay learningcurve A Stroll Down the Xref Path By Bill Fane The third and final installment in the saga of the xref. Use Point File Formats in AutoCAD Civil 3D to import and export points to assigned coordinate systems. bugwatch AutoCAD’s Longest-Lived Bug? By Steve Johnson Hot Tip Harry: Live on the Web Hot Tip Harry’s latest AutoCAD customization tips are now posted online at Cadalyst’s CAD Tips site, www.cadalyst.com/cadtips. Harry’s posting tips all the time now, and you can find the latest ones by checking the Recently Posted list. (Bonus: The latest tips from Cadalyst’s Tips & Tools Weekly e-newsletter are posted here too.) To locate specific tips listed here, search by tip keyword or author name. You can also find out about the latest tips from Harry himself by hanging out on Harry’s Tip Jar Discussion Forum at www.cadalyst. com/forums. Look for the posts labeled “Hot Tips!” for regular updates. Harry’s newest tips include the following. (´ denotes a Top Tip winner.) u Cope Overlap Trim for 3D Objects by Mike O’Flaherty u Grab-Bar Detailer by Jay Thomas ´ u Color-Based Layer Manager by Gordon Reichhardt u Multiple Offsets with Automatic Dimension Option by Ronald Maneja u Custom CUI Manager by Leonid Nemirovsky u Dynamic Grid Drawing by Ron Perez ´ u Dimension Polylines by Ronald Maneja u Ellipse Drawing Tools by Rick Muncy u Copy, Rotate, and Scale by Robert Gardner u Draw a Square or Rectangle by Theodorus Winata u Drawing Data Dump by Leonid Nemirovsky u Text Numbers to Polyline by Ronald Maneja u Semicircle Drawing by Sanjay Kulkarni Keep sending those tips to harry@cadalyst. com! Win cool Cadalyst gear — maybe $100 for a Top Tip honor! Keep on programmin’! archicadinsights ArchiCAD Curtain Wall By Attila Major Partial plots, password-protected pitfalls, problems in paper space, and more. Tool enables users to configure, place, and edit elements. 3D Modeling Tutorials ontheedge Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology, Parts 4 and 5 By Russell Brook 1-2-3revit BIM and Autodesk Ecotect By Rick Rundell CAD so easy, anyone can use it. BIM and Ecotect help architects understand a conceptual building design’s performance. Cadalyst e-newsletters deliver software tips, tools, advice, and much more — all free! Sign up today! www.cadalyst.com/newsletters cadcartoon By Roger Penwill • www.penwill.com 4 www.cadalyst.com cadalyst January/February 2009 http://www.Cadalyst.com http://www.cadalyst.com/currentissue http://www.cadalyst.com/tutorials http://www.cadalyst.com/kw http://manufacturing.cadalyst.com/manufacturing/article/articleList.jsp?categoryId=6562 http://management.cadalyst.com/cadman/article/articleList.jsp?categoryId=6733 http://management.cadalyst.com/cadman/article/articleList.jsp?categoryId=8571 http://management.cadalyst.com/cadman/article/articleList.jsp?categoryId=6737 http://management.cadalyst.com/cadman/article/articleList.jsp?categoryId=6735 http://management.cadalyst.com/cadman/article/articleList.jsp?categoryId=6731 http://aec.cadalyst.com/aec/article/articleList.jsp?categoryId=6575 http://www.cadalyst.com/cadtips http://aec.cadalyst.com/aec/article/articleList.jsp?categoryId=6569 http://manufacturing.cadalyst.com/manufacturing/article/articleList.jsp?categoryId=6563 http://www.cadalyst.com/forums http://www.cadalyst.com/forums http://www.cadalyst.com/newsletters http://www.penwill.com http://www.cadalyst.com
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