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In-Depth, Step-by-Step Training for AutoCAD Just $50 Per Year
OpenCAD has just announced a 50% reduction in the
price of its training site subscriptions.
OpenCAD's Complete-Support Training Site
(www.complete-support.com) features hundreds of
step-by-step tutorials covering AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT,
3DS MAX and Autodesk VIZ. Thousands of working
architects, engineers, facilities managers, animators
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in order to get the in-depth training and technical
support they need. Instructors around the world use
Complete-Support tutorials in the classroom to deliver
lectures and support independent study work by their
academic and professional students.
Designers who subscribe to the training site before
November 30 will pay just $50.00 for a full year of
access to the more than nine hunded tutorials currently
on the site, and the new tutorials posted every month.
After November 30, a subscription will cost $75.00 per
year.
With money tight and unemployment high, this might be
the least expensive and easiest way to brush up your
job skills. Employers could buy a subscription and let
their employees train on their lunch hour - or better
yet, on company time.
To subscribe
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MTEXT Worries in AutoCAD 2005
Problems with MTEXT in AutoCAD 2005 include:
The spell checker doesn't work if you are running XP.
It works fine if you are in Windows 2000.
If you don't like the way the MTEXT dialog moves
around on you, use MTEXTFIXED. Autodesk touted the
way the dialog places where you click as an
improvement, but a lot of users prefer the old way.
If you are having problems seeing your text, you may
have your transparency set too high. Set
paletteopaque=1 on your command line.
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Creating a Custom Toolbar in Viz 2005
My text on Viz 2005 should be out in December. You
can purchase all my textbooks through the publisher at
www.sdcacad.com.
One thing I did not include in the textbook - because I
thought it might be too distracting for beginning Viz
students - was how to create custom toolbars.
Because Viz 2005 is so pared down, the ability to
create and use custom toolbars becomes even more
important. It is especially key if you want to be able to
easily go from one isometric view (SW,SE,NW,NE) to
another. This is because those options aren't available
in the standard menu or on the standard toolbars.
It takes less than five minutes and you can create your
own custom toolbar. Be sure to save it so you will be
able to re-load it if you ever have to re-install Viz.
Read the complete tutorial »
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Free CNC Program Offered
MechSoft is allowing users to download a free demo of
their VisualMill product - works with AutoCAD, Inventor
and SolidWorks.
This powerful package is ideal for mold, die and tooling,
wood working rapid-prototyping and general machining
markets. This product boasts of powerful toolpath
generation strategies coupled with tools for efficiently
controlling the cutting tool for detailed machining
capabilities, while not sacrificing ease of use. Suitable
for demanding users with sophisticated manufacturing
requirements.
Available file imports include: IGES, Rhino, Dxf, Dwg,
STL, VRML, RAW, Point Cloud.
Check out this free download »
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Multi-Plotting in AutoCAD LT
From my good friend, Beth Powell, in Roanoke, VA -
"The plotting of multiple layouts is not possible in
AutoCAD LT2005. This is a HUGE issue. I haven't even
touched on the pages of complaints on the Adesk site
about this and already see people that are returning
their copies to their resellers and requesting 2004."
There is a solution on the caddepot site. A freeware
program called MultiPlot. I tried to download it, but I
got a Page Not Found Error.
However, if this is a problem for you, it's worth a
shot...just go to the caddepot site, enter AutoCAD LT
as your search filter and see what you get.
Download it here »
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