Power Your Productivity With AI and More: Introducing AutoCAD 2025
AutoCAD
by The AutoCAD Team
1d ago
If you’re ready to access the latest AI and drafting capabilities that AutoCAD has to offer, open the Autodesk Access application to start your update. On behalf of the entire Autodesk team, welcome to AutoCAD 2025: “Autodesk is committed to creating the most performant CAD tool in the market. In AutoCAD 2025, you’ll be able to open 2D files up to two times faster than in 2024*,” said Marcus O’Brien, Vice President of AutoCAD. For architecture, engineering, and construction firms, AutoCAD 2025 will deliver deeper connections across the Autodesk portfolio. “When AutoCAD customers use Autodesk ..read more
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AutoCAD Podcast Episode 6: Design and Make with Fusion
AutoCAD
by The AutoCAD Team
6d ago
Marcus O’Brien is joined by long-time colleagues Stephen Hooper, Vice President of Design and Manufacturing, and Derrek Cooper, Vice President of Data and Process Management, to talk about their vision for the Fusion industry cloud. In this episode you’ll learn about how the Autodesk Design and Make Platform is leading the way for the convergence of technologies that support design and simulation processes with production and manufacturing processes. By creating an information architecture that unlocks the value of granular design data, Autodesk is enabling partners like CloudNC, Makersite, an ..read more
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AutoCAD File Types: Tuesday Tips With Frank
AutoCAD
by Frank Mayfield
2w ago
This week’s Tuesday Tips installment is an important topic involving various files. During an editing session, AutoCAD creates several files along with your DWG (or DWT or DWS – they’re all the same thing with a different extension). Some are temporary and go away when you exit the file; others do not. Here we’ll explore these different AutoCAD file types. Easy Ones to Find By default, this first group of files is saved in the same folder as your DWG file. When the drawing is open, AutoCAD creates lock files with DWL and DWL2 extensions alongside the DWG. You may not see them, as they are set ..read more
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Red Layer Guitars Designs and Makes One-of-a-Kind Electric Guitars With AutoCAD
AutoCAD
by Heather Miller
1M ago
As a teenager, Jort Heijen first started building guitars with his dad in their garage. At first, they stripped old guitars and replaced parts on them, buying and selling along the way. But they became curious about building the guitar body itself. From then on, Heijen was constantly building and making guitars, all by hand.  Working in bicycle repair and sales at a store in the Netherlands, Heijen realized it wasn’t exactly what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. Building guitars was his passion. So, at the age of 24, he quit his job, sold his car, and moved to Amsterdam where he ..read more
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The Ins and Outs of PDFs and AutoCAD: Tuesday Tips With Frank
AutoCAD
by Frank Mayfield
1M ago
When using PDFs in AutoCAD, your work can be classified into two categories. Quite simply, you’re either bringing them in or writing them out. For this Tuesday Tips, we’ll go over all the “ins and outs” of PDFs and AutoCAD. The “Ins” OK, I’ve got two more categories for you. Bringing a PDF into AutoCAD, also known as Importing, can be done in two ways. One is importing the PDF as an underlay. The other is to import the geometry of the PDF, turning it into editable lines, arcs, and circles in AutoCAD. We’ll look at importing as an underlay first. To get started with how to import a PDF to AutoC ..read more
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Designing and making luxury handbags with AutoCAD LT
AutoCAD
by Heather Miller
2M ago
For more than 30 years, Wendy Stevens has built an illustrious career designing and making metal handbags by hand. These stunning, luxury bags have even graced the pages of Vogue. During the better part of her career, Stevens crafted everything by hand—from the metal templates to the actual construction of each unique design. But a devastating fire ripped through her workshop and wiped out years of work. She had to start from scratch. With this reset, Stevens decided to take a digital route. She enrolled in an online training course to learn AutoCAD LT and hasn’t looked back. Within a year, sh ..read more
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Have You Tried: Looking Back at a Year of Tips
AutoCAD
by Sharon Kim
2M ago
Last year, the AutoCAD CXD (Content Experience Design) team put together eight “Have You Tried” articles that focused on increasing the everyday productivity and knowledge of our users. We covered topics ranging from quickly outputting PDF and DWF files to cleaning up layers.  Our first “Have You Tried” article this year is a look back at these articles. As you check out this collection from 2023, we hope you’ll not only remember the skills you’ve learned, but also be inspired to continue learning in 2024. AutoCAD 2024 Help | Looking Back at 2023 | Autodesk We’re looking forward to shari ..read more
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AutoCAD Drawing Units: Tuesday Tips With Frank
AutoCAD
by Frank Mayfield
2M ago
There are certain basics to ensuring your AutoCAD drawing session is set up correctly. Certain things have to be decided upon upfront. I’m thinking of things like layers, styles, plotting, etc. It’s also imperative that you choose your AutoCAD drawing units before starting. All the settings you need will be in the Drawing Units dialog. You can get to it via the application menu. Find the Drawing Utilities entry, expand it, and click on Units. Or, if you’re more like me and you’re a keyboard warrior, type UNITS into the command line. Better yet, just stop at UN, which is its alias. Below, you ..read more
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Advanced Tips for Blocks: Tuesday Tips With Frank
AutoCAD
by Frank Mayfield
3M ago
A while back, I wrote an article about the basics that everyone should know about blocks. I even teased writing about more advanced topics. Today, I’ll take a deeper dive into some of those topics and tips for blocks. Creation Tip Leaving “Scale Uniformly” in the Block Definition dialog unchecked can work to your advantage. Have you ever had a set of objects that needed to be scaled in different X and Y values? Let’s consider the scenario in the following image. The four lines representing a square need to be scaled by 4x in the X direction and 2x in the Y. Turn the lines into a block, and ma ..read more
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Watch AU 2023 AutoCAD Classes On Demand
AutoCAD
by Heather Miller
3M ago
AU 2023: The Design & Make Conference was back in Las Vegas this year—bigger and better than ever before! The Expo was buzzing. The General Sessions and Industry Forums shared important insights into AI and the future of all our respective industries. And, of course, all the incredible classes and sessions. Now you can catch the AU 2023 AutoCAD classes from the comfort of your own home or office. Here’s just a sampling of what you can find. Grab the popcorn and settle in for some of the best AutoCAD tips and insights around. Housekeeping in AutoCAD: Keep Those Drawings Shipshape! A crucial ..read more
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