Hey All, It’s hard to believe we’re already in March, it seems like just yesterday we were setting New Year resolutions and in the midst of an unusually warm winter. With March comes spring and typically around here that means renovations, spring cleaning, and general organizing/re-arranging. One thing I’ve always ..read more

This week, I wanted to share a new video where we are diving into how viewports work in AutoCAD. Easily one of the most common questions and sticking points when learning AutoCAD is the difference and use for Model space versus Paper or Layout Space. A big part of the confusion or learning curve is many users have difficulty fully understanding what or how a viewport is used. Along with what it can do for us as designers ..read more

Morning All! I hope you’re having a great week and things aren’t too busy for you as we enter the fall season. Fall can typically be a bit of a crazy time of year in the AEC industry, lots of projects are in a rush to wrap up construction before ..read more

Being a Designer/Drafter/Engineer can be quite a sedentary and repetitive career. To stay engaged, healthy, and happy, it's essential to make an effort to keep active & learn consistently. Over our careers, we'll go through periods of boredom, low energy, and doubt... Tasks become familiar, repetitive, and unchallenging. Days can feel like they're dragging on. Health and energy levels feel like they're always taking a back seat. Spending every day sitting at a desk can be draining ..read more

In this week's video I wanted to build on the viewport/site plan drawing we made a few weeks ago and share some awesome, somewhat hidden/secret tools in AutoCAD to make your Site Plans better and easier to create ..read more

we're going over 3 simple methods and tricks for inserting or importing DWGs into our drawings! Depending on your situation and the type of drawing you're creating, each of these different methods of bringing drawing data into our drawing can be super helpful. Whether you just want bits and pieces of a drawing inserted, a live linked reference of say a floor plan, or you just want to insert everything to make changes, today's video has you covered with all the options ..read more

Hey Everybody! I hope your week is going well so far and you’ve been able to enjoy some of the nice weather lately! Around here it’s been hot and luckily not too smoky from forest fires, and we have some rain in the forecast which is much needed. A few weeks ago ..read more

Hey Everybody, Brandon here back with a new post for you all, this week we are taking a look at 3 easy ways to help speed up working with Layers in AutoCAD. Specifically, how to search for layers in AutoCAD, whether you need to find out which layer an object ..read more

This past year has seen a lot of change in the way we work as designers. Some of us have transitioned to fully remote positions like myself, while many are working on a hybrid Office/Home schedule and even fewer it seems, have returned to the office full time. Regardless of ..read more

I’m excited to kick off this year’s AutoCAD/Design Gear Guide with my picks for the Best Mouse for CAD! Every year or two I like to do a series of roundup posts highlighting and sharing some of my favorite tools and hardware for AutoCAD and Design in general. Today we ..read more