CAD News - issue #13

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New CAD tips and tricks

There are already 2.148 CAD tips listed in the CADforum database of tips and tricks for AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit, Civil 3D, 3ds Max and other CAD software. Some of the most popular latest CAD tips on CADforum.cz:

• How to convert RFA format to DWG files for AutoCAD?
• Nudging AutoCAD and Revit objects with cursor keys.
• Pro/E model imported into Inventor Fusion is 10x larger.
• What is the smallest size of an AutoCAD window?
• How to convert 3ds Max models to Autodesk Maya?
• Connecting polylines by fillet - change in version 2012.
• AutoCAD Civil 3D does not display the surface tooltip bubble.
• How to create a ribbon icon for a custom macro.

(see www.cadforum.cz/tips )

New CAD blocks and symbols

You can exchange 2D and 3D CAD blocks and symbols with other users in the CADforum Block library. This catalog currently contains 7.681 blocks, models, symbols and drawings in the DWG, RFA and IPT file formats. Here are the latest most popular blocks uploaded by people like you:

Deck Chair RFA, Dech chair

Military DWG, Military ...

Turbinka-cerpadlo IPT, Pump turbine - ...

Wire-spool DWG, Welding wire spool

3D_PLAIN_WEAVE DWG, Plain weave in 3D

Holtktter_6477_Berni ... RFA, Floor lamp Bernie ...

COMPACT NS 250 DWG, Circuit breaker ...

Pruzina RFA, Parametric spring

(see all blocks www.cadforum.cz/catalog_en )

New CAD and GIS tools

We offer many of our utilities as free or shareware CAD tools for download. Recently released or updated CAD utilities:

• SlopeTick - slope tickmarks, batter lines - updated to configurable tick sizes
• JobTime - time-tracking reactor - net editing time spent on DWG drawings (edittime)
• Trafic signs - dynamic block library - traffic signs (CZ/SK/EU version)
• PrintWithUpdateMass - VBA macro for "safer" printing in Inventor

These and other similar CAD tools and utilities are available free from www.cadforum.cz/download.
(see also www.cadstudio.cz/en/develop.asp)

Project Gepetto for Autodesk 3ds Max

With Autodesk Project Geppetto you can easily add "live" crowds to 3ds Max scenes, including plausible human motion. Geppetto comes with a set of animations for use in common settings like sidewalks, hallways, lobbies, and plazas. Architects, engineers, and designers can use Geppetto to enrich the context of their presentations with realistic human activity. This Autodesk Labs tool is compatible with 3ds Max 2012 and Max Design 2012 - read more and see sample videos in Very alive pinocchios.

Download the technology preview at Project Gepetto

Latest CAD Downloads

The latest CAD utilities, viewers, object enablers, extensions, system libraries, patches and updates are available for download on www.cadforum.cz/download

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