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 Add a new dimension to your AutoCAD text 1 May, 2000 By: Bill Fane Create 3D text objects in AutoCAD.
Article The case of the missing Sketch command 1 Mar, 2000 By: Bill Fane Where to find and how to use it
Article Make your move or copy in AutoCAD 1 Feb, 2000 By: Bill Fane Make the most and avoid the pitfalls of these similar commands.
Article Customize AutoCAD crosshatch patterns 1 Jan, 2000 By: Bill Fane Hatch a plan by understanding how to create custom patterns.
Article Batch plotting made easy in AutoCAD 1 Dec, 1999 By: Bill Fane Write a script to take a list of drawing names, open each one, and plot it
Article AutoCAD linetype customizing facilities, part two 1 Oct, 1999 By: Bill Fane More on custom linetype definitions in AutoCAD.
Article AutoCAD linetype customizing facilities 1 Sep, 1999 By: Bill Fane AutoCAD lets you create custom linetype definitions. Here's how.
Article Play It again and again and again, Sam 1 Dec, 1998 By: Bill Fane Too many drawings to update? Too little time? Scripts to the rescue.
Article Standardization through customization, part 2 1 Nov, 1998 By: Bill Fane Learn more about partial AutoCAD menus.
Article Standardization through customization, part 1 1 Oct, 1998 By: Bill Fane Manage your office without a CAD standards manual.

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