Going... going... Xref Filter

Gone... in about 15 minutes.I'll be on vacation for about 2 weeks, going out to visit the great Northwet (no, that's not a typo). I am looking forward to a little time off. I might pop up and post if I find some time. I might be too busy laying around doing nothing, though. ;)Again, I wanted to have some sort of 'wisdom' to impart... but... alas...I have included this picture that I was given by Jack Hopson (he's an instructor at a local tech...

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Funny thing... Don McMillan

As you may or may not know, I'll be going on vacation for a couple of weeks, starting this Friday. So, I do my usual run of the newgroups before work and during lunch. This is how I normally come up with ideas of questions that people are asking, or repeating problems, etc, to post up here. Since I won't be posting much in the coming weeks, I wanted to find something like really good, really helpful in order to help you! ease a little autocad frustration......

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CAD/Tech Blogs

Assuming you are here reading this because you like blogs... here you go, all of my shortcuts for CAD and related blogs out there... if I've missed any good ones (which I'm sure I have) please let me know by posting a comment or sending me an email... I've tried to sort them alphabetically by the name of the blog, or by the name of the addy... I thought about trying to sort them by product or field, but, that would be too complicated for those that...

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Wishlist for AutoCAD

Some may or may not know that AUGI (user group officially recognized and supported by Autodesk) turns a product wishlist over to Adesk every year at AU.So, all year long, AUGI members post things that they'd like to see in an upcoming release, and other users provide feedback, ask questions and rate the wishes in the Wishlist forum. BUT! Did you also know, that sometimes Autodesk representatives post questions in there to gauge user opinion? If...

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Connecting Moonlighters with Clients & a Few Handy Links

Was cruising the classifieds forums over at the Autodesk Discussion Groups today and saw a note for this website: http://www.cadground.com/Evidently it is a way to hook up freelancers with projects. A customer posts a job, notifications are sent out to the registered drafters who look it over, see if they're interested, respond with a price quote, then the customer picks a contractor from those who respond to their ad. Sounds very interesting, as...

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Lookin for LUG's in all the wrong places...

What? What in the world is a LUG? For the uninitiated, LUG is an acronymn for Local Users Group. AUGI (the autodesk users group international) has LUG's all over the world, although I'm sure they're not the only ones. We have a Microstation Users Group in the st. louis area as well. CAD users come together at meetings to exchange tips, and try to gain benefits as a group (such as free/discounted software from vendors), as well as to network, and...

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Dynamic Block Forums

Autodesk Discussion Forums now have a place specifically for Dynamic Blocks... there is a note in the intro thread saying that this will eventually be combined back into the 2006 forums. http://discussion.autodesk.com/forum.jspa?forumID=154I like the way that AUGI has set up their AutoCAD community (and not just because I helped) with only the newest version having their own general forum, then having sub-forums for major features, such as sheet...

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AutoCAD FAQ

If you only visit one webpage today, make it this one... this is my favorite part of the new AutoCAD Community on AUGI.com... the AutoCAD Frequently Asked Questions forum.The moderators see questions which have been asked repeatedly then create a post in this forum, and include links to all of the posts which have brought up that particular topic.It is very informative and worth a quick perusal. Also, check out the Tips and Tricks forum nearby......

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Random Tips

Ok... getting past that... my heart and prayers go out to the victims of the bombings in London and their families/friends/communities...~moment of silence~Luckily, my fiance', friends and fellow caddies have all checked in alive and unscathed, but, obviously disturbed by this horrific incident. I send my love and prayers to all those touched in any manner by this tragedy.I Don't have much useful to say today... have seen a couple of interesting...

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Cars, TARGET, Extract Pline Area & Access 97

What a day... my car wouldn’t start this morning, so I was looking for a service station… I found a nice little Q&A about car maintenance here – http://www.bigbendautocenter.com/tips.htmAlso, I was poking around looking at stuff about alternators and found out that weird noise my truck makes in the morning is totally normal for a Blazer, according to dozens of other owners… http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/ForumsLandingSanity Savers About...

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Finding CAD Blocks

Are you looking for blocks in addition to those that come with AutoCAD? I have just been sent in search of some Mechanical, Plumbing and Fire Protection blocks.The first thing I’ll do is search some newgroups to find out where other CAD people go… some sites might be free, while others might charge.If you’ve used any of these sites and have any opinions on the quality of their content, please post a comment. search autodesk discussion groups for...

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