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 DoubleCAD XT vs. AutoCAD LT (Cadalyst Labs Review) 1 Jul, 2009 By: Bill Fane Early this year, with much fanfare, IMSI/Design did something unusual. It introduced the DoubleCAD XT 2D drafting tool, taking dead aim at AutoCAD LT. Even more unusual is the price of DoubleCAD XT. It's free.
News AutoCAD 2010 (Cadalyst Labs Review) 28 May, 2009 By: Bill Fane The times, they are a-changin' - and when it comes to new 2D parametric drawing, change can be very, very good.
News Autodesk Inventor 2010 (First Look Review) 14 May, 2009 By: Bill Fane New Shrinkwrap feature and improved plastics and sheet-metal design tools are tied up in a nice ribbon.
Article Round Up Those Wild Xrefs by Using The eTransmit Command (Learning Curve AutoCAD Tutorial) 1 Feb, 2009 By: Bill Fane How to painlessly send someone else a drawing file that contains attached xrefs.
Article A Stroll down the Xref Path (Learning Curve AutoCAD Tutorial) 1 Dec, 2008 By: Bill Fane The third and final installment in the saga of the mighty xref.
Article SolidWorks 2009 (Cadalyst Labs Review) 1 Nov, 2008 By: Bill Fane New release has hundreds of changes; most offer speed.
Article Clipping Right Along with Xrefs (Learning Curve AutoCAD Tutorial) 1 Nov, 2008 By: Bill Fane We continue the discussion started last month about the power of the mighty xref.
Article X Marks the Ref (Learning Curve AutoCAD Tutorial) 1 Oct, 2008 By: Bill Fane Behold the power and capabilities of externally referenced files in AutoCAD.
Article AutoCAD 2009 (Cadalyst Labs Review) 1 Sep, 2008 By: Bill Fane The old standard ties on another new interface.
Article The Best Table In The House (Learning Curve AutoCAD Tutorial) 1 Sep, 2008 By: Bill Fane Part Two on linking AutoCAD tables to Excel spreadsheets.

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