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 AutoCAD Electrical 2005 1 Oct, 2004 By: Bill Fane All reviews, articles, and press releases about AutoCAD Electrical seem to start in the same way, saying something like, "If you design electrical control systems, you need AutoCAD Electrical." Well, they're correct.
Article AutoCAD Electrical 2005 1 Oct, 2004 By: Bill Fane All reviews, articles, and press releases about AutoCAD Electrical seem to start in the same way, saying something like, "If you design electrical control systems, you need AutoCAD Electrical." Well, they're correct.
Article Meet my friend Cal Q. Lator 15 Sep, 2004 By: Bill Fane Learning Curve: Captain LearnCurve takes on AutoCAD's built-in calculator
Article I Wandered Lonely as a Revcloud... 16 Aug, 2004 By: Bill Fane Make your AutoCAD revisions stand out by surrounding them in clouds.
Article Group Therapy 15 Jul, 2004 By: Bill Fane Create groups in AutoCAD so you can work with multiple objects as a single unit within your drawings.
Article The Nether Regions 15 Jun, 2004 By: Bill Fane AutoCAD's little-known Regions feature helps you create and manipulate components.
Article Autodesk Inventor 7 and 8 1 Jun, 2004 By: Bill Fane Rapidly evolving solid modeler adds 2D drafting and document management tools
Article The Power of Positive Plagiarism 17 May, 2004 By: Bill Fane Copying couldn?t be simpler?or more powerful?with AutoCAD?s DesignCenter.
	Article AutoCAD 2005: Focus on Files 1 May, 2004 By: Bill Fane Autodesk's introduction party for AutoCAD 2005 was a little different from most such events. Instead of the usual show-and-tell of new features, Autodesk developers showed us a stack of papers. They reminded us that most design projects require more than one sheet of paper to adequately define...more >>
Article Picture This 1 Apr, 2004 By: Bill Fane Bill Fane shows to the best way to work with image files in AutoCAD.

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