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Moss Designs Website Updated
Every quarter I try to go thru and add past issues of
CADzette, update the downloads page with the free lisp
routines I've posted, update the tutorials pages, etc.
Well, October came and went with no update, but the
end of December I went thru and uploaded all the old
issues of CADzette and updated the downloads page.
So, if you are a new subscriber, missed an issue, or just
have a memory problem, feel free to go to the website
and check out what you missed.
Check it out...
Quick Links...
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Greetings!
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Congrats to the New AUGI Board Members!
Another AUGI election comes to a close. Your four new
AUGI Board Members-Bill Adams, Robert Bell, Richard
Binning, and Glenn Pope-stand ready to serve. These
four will join returning AUGI Board Members Chris
Lindner, Mark Kiker, Rick McNeil, and Mike Perry for a
year of growth and continued excellence. Thank you to
all of the candidates and congratulations to these new
board members!
There are now TWO international AUGI directors...to
really put the International in the Autodesk User Group
International: Mike Perry from Great Britain and Bill
Adams from Australia.
This is probably historic as I don't recall another AUGI
Board that had that distinction and it should inspire any
Autodesk user who resides outside of the USA to try
and run for the board in the future.
AUGI Board members get free travel to the states three
times a year...in January and June to Autodesk HQ in
lovely San Rafael, California and once to Autodesk
University. In exchange, the directors work their your-
know-whats off to provide great programs and support
for Autodesk users the world over.
Check out AUGI.... »
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Opening a New Window in Internet Explorer
A co-worker complained that when he hit a hyperlink in
his application, it would replace the application with the
new web page...he wanted to open a new web page.
Here's how to change your settings so you open a new
page instead of replacing your current page.
- With Internet Explorer open, click the Tools
menu and select Internet Options.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- In the Settings box, Navigate to the Browsing
section.
- Uncheck the checkbox labeled Reuse windows
for launching shortcuts.
- Click the OK button.
Now when you click a link in email or a Word
document, it will open in a new window.
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AU On-line
Every year following AU, attendees and non-attendees
alike flock back to Autodesk's website in the hopes of
downloading the classes they missed or to download
class material that wasn't available during AU.
This year Autodesk set it up so AU attendees created
their own unique logins to access class material. If you
didn't attend AU, but are on subscription, you have
FREE access to all AU material. What a fabulous
benefit for subscribers! Yet another reason to get a
subscription.
If you were not an attendee of AU 2005 and are not a
Subscription customer, you will be able to access the
AU Online recorded sessions for a fee once e-commerce
opens on December 15th.
If you have patience and are cheap, you can wait for
the material to age and it should show up eventually on
AUGI's website along with past AU class material.
Check out what's Available from AU 2005 »
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WBLOCK to a lower revision
In the last issue, I wrote that users should be aware
that WBLOCK saves the block in the current revision.
Jimmy Bergmark emailed that he has written a utility
that allows WBLOCK to save to 2000.
Jimmy's solution is some VBA code. Unfortunately, he
doesn't provide really excellent instructions on how to
install and use the code.
To make the code work, you simply go to Tools-
>Macros->Load Project and select the file. Then the
next time you select WBLOCK, you will see the dialog
prompting you to save to 2000. If you press OK, it
opens the block file. You then press QSAVE and it
saves to 2000 (your option setting). This seemed like
too many steps to me.
I am playing around with a lisp or VB routine to
automate the process...the problem is that Jimmy's
routine automatically switches you out of the current
drawing into the new block drawing. I may end up
using some of Jimmy's code and just creating my own
routine...but it is a decent starting point. My
preference...a check box on the WBLOCK dialog that
allows you to set the Save Revision setting.
Download Jimmy's code... »
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