14 Questions to ask when interviewing for a CAD position.

Everyone that uses CAD needs a job but how do you know if a potential employer is right for you? It's very difficult to hire the righ...

Autodesk Goes Desktop Subscription Only in 2016!

Autodesk just announced that in 2016 they are making a move to Desktop Subscription. This change takes effect on February 1, 2016. What ...

The Autodesk Uninstall Tool

Uninstalling AutoCAD, or any Autodesk product, is cumbersome. There are multiple files, folders, applications, and packages that have to be ...

My Day as a CAD Dork

The past few days have changed for this CAD Dork (CAD Geek or CAD Nerd are also acceptable terms). This past Friday I lost my job. It happ...

Here is AutoCAD 2016; the last perpetual license you will ever get!

Introducing AutoCAD 2016! The latest! The greatest! The last perpetual license of AutoCAD you or anyone else will ever purchase! If there we...

HOW TO OPTIMIZE LAYER IN AUTOCAD

Unreconciled Layers, you know, that pesky notification bubble that you close as soon as you open a DWG file, are very important and ...

STANDART FONT AND STYLE NAME IN AUTOCAD

AutoCAD has many styles. If you use Civil3D (and AutoCAD vertical) you have a plethora of styles. I have come across many instances where ...

HOW TO SEND AND SHARE AUTOCAD FILES TO ANYBODY ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME

Working with AutoCAD and AutoCAD Verticals (Civil3D, Map Mechanical, etc.) has become much more complex than it was when I first started ...

AUTODESK SUBSRIPTION CENTER PLANT TO CLOSE

Autodesk has announced their plan to close Subscription Center . Subscription Center is a web portal where users can go to manage their Auto...

HOW TO USE AUTOCAD SHEET SETS

AutoCAD Sheet Sets is an out-of-the-box project management tool that will enable your users to work together more efficiently and help to ...

AUTOCAD SHORTCUT KEYBOARD FOR MAC BOOK

Autodesk has created a keyboard shortcut guide for AutoCAD for Mac 2015. AutoCAD for Mac users will find this guide very useful especi...

SHORTCUT KEYBOARD IN AUTOCAD

Autodesk has put together a robust guide of shortcuts for AutoCAD users. This guide is an eleven page PDF listing function keys, keybo...

AUTOCAD 2015 OVERVIEW, NEW FEATURES AND TOOL INSIDE

Autodesk has released their latest version of AutoCAD as AutoCAD 2015. I have been beta testing it for several months now and am very happy...

I celebrated Pi Day before Pi Day was cool!

I live for Pi Day. I don't know why it has always fascinated me, but it does. I am absolutely in love with Pi Day. I think it's my i...