Bill Fane

Bill Fane is a Cadalyst contributing editor, a registered professional engineer, and a retired instructor at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, where he taught mechanical design courses in AutoCAD, Mechanical Desktop, Inventor, SolidWorks, manufacturing processes, and design procedures. A self-admitted recovering doorknob designer, he has written more than 200 "Learning Curve" AutoCAD tutorials for Cadalyst magazine since 1986 and claims to be a close personal friend of Captain LearnCurve. If you have questions about commands, send him an e-mail him at bill(dot)fane(at)cadalyst(dot)com.

	Article Seek and Ye Shall Find: Quickly Locate AutoCAD Files That Contain Specific Entities 25 Oct, 2012 By: Bill Fane Learning Curve AutoCAD tutorial: Automatically search through drawings to find those that contain a particular type of entity, or even entities with specific characteristics.
	Article Autodesk Inventor Professional 2013 12 Jul, 2012 By: Bill Fane First Look Review: 3D modeling software aligns more closely with AutoCAD, offers an enhanced user interface, and now comes with cloud-based services.
	Article Siemens PLM Announces Solid Edge ST5 12 Jun, 2012 By: Bill Fane Coming in July, the latest version of hybrid history-based/history-free modeler updates 3D assembly and part design features as well as 2D drafting.
	Article AutoCAD 2013 27 Mar, 2012 By: Bill Fane Cadalyst Labs Review: Autodesk’s flagship product offers new cloud-based features to enhance file storage and collaboration, new 3D-to-2D functions, plus myriad small but very useful tools to make your everyday work easier.
	Article Taking Another Look at 3D 22 Mar, 2012 By: Bill Fane Learning Curve AutoCAD tutorial: FlatShot isn't the only way to generate 2D views from 3D models — try the Solid View, Solid Draw, and Solid Profile commands as well.
	Article Setting a CAD Speed Record 10 Feb, 2012 By: Bill Fane Do you really need a high-end graphics card?
	Article Learning CAD: The Good Old Days 18 Jan, 2012 By: Bill Fane If you think AutoCAD training is challenging now, you might be surprised to know that it was once a lot worse.
	Article SolidWorks Premium 2012 21 Sep, 2011 By: Bill Fane First Look Review: Latest release adds cost analysis, motion optimization, and faster handling of very large assemblies.
	Article Autodesk Suites Are More than the Sum of Their Parts 23 Jun, 2011 By: Bill Fane Autodesk Suites Are More Than the Sum of Their Parts
	Article Inventor Professional 2012: Little Things Mean a Lot 24 Mar, 2011 By: Bill Fane The seemingly small changes in this release can make a big impact on your productivity.

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