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About the Cover
The 3D cake model was created in Alibre Design by Max Freeman, Alibre product manager. Alibre offers Alibre Design Xpress, a 3D parametric CAD product, free of charge. Download Alibre Design Xpress via the link at www.cadalyst.com/alibre.
Special Section:
Cadalyst Celebrates 25 Years
A Quarter Century of Cadalyst
Cadalyst celebrates its 25th year with a trip down memory lane.
Tracking a CAD Giant
A look back at the founding of Autodesk and how it became dominant in CAD.
The Highs and Lows of CAD Hardware
CAD hardware has changed in unimaginable ways. Take a look back at yesterday's systems and track the amazing progress of 25 years.
Industry Insights — Looking Ahead
Industry leaders and Cadalyst insiders talk about the future.
CAD at a Glance: 1982-2007
A timeline outlining many of the major events that have taken place in the world of CAD throughout the past quarter of a century.
Features
techtrends
Community Building in Progress
Individuals, user groups, and companies meet in the cyberworld of social networking sites.
Cadalyst Labs Reviews
HP xw4600 Workstation with LP3065 30" LCD Monitor
Good pricing, performance, and overall quality make this workstation package ideal for a broad range of work.
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 - Graphics Card
A Highly Recommended graphics card provides accelerated drivers for AutoCAD and 3ds Max.
LaCie 324 — LCD Monitor
This display garners straight As for brightness, contrast, focus, convergence, color purity, geometric distortion, and raster rotation.
firstlooks
HP Compaq 8710w — Mobile Workstation
This laptop carries good performance, excellent battery life, great design, and lots of configuration and connectivity options.
Expert Advice
cadmanager
Making Standards Stick
Win your users' enthusiasm by teaching them how CAD standards can simplify workloads.
lessonplans
Hybrid Learning Methods
Build training options to suit your personal needs.
mcadmodeling
Rational vs. Irrational Decisions
Get past day-to-day routines and use rational thoughts in your decision-making.
plmstrategies
The Jack and Jill of Ergonomics
Ford uses digital avatars to test vehicle and assembly-plant ergonomics.
aecinsight
Data Collection in AEC
Digital data collection has significant advantages — higher speed, greater accuracy, and lower cost — over manual measuring methods.
hottipharry
Just a Few CAD Renovations
Harry's Top Tip lets users select an object in a drawing and make more objects of the same type and properties.
spatialtech
Solutions for Sending Large Digital Files
Services provide options for when those big files absolutely have to get there fast.
AutoCAD Tutorials
Circles and Lines
Record actions with a click of a button in AutoCAD 2009.
Learning Curve
This potpourri of little tricks will beef up your AutoCAD efficiency.
Bug Watch
Avoid the Perilous Purge and other sticky situations.
AutoLISP Solutions
Route automatically creates thumbnail previews for old DWG and DXF files.
CAD Clinic: Civil 3D
Use Civil 3D's point label styles to define the properties that show adjacent to a marker.
From the Trenches
Step-by-step instructions show you how to draw nice-looking bolts and nuts.
AEC Tutorials
Working with VectorWorks
Your constraint tools are there to help, so use them.
1-2-3 Revit
Improved searching functionality in Revit finds product content for building designs.
Solutions From Synergis
Share 2D and 3D Autodesk Inventor data with AutoCAD users.
ArchiCAD Insights
Placing standard details into ArchiCAD projects.
Productivity Corner
Bentley's PowerCivil automates subdivisional roadway systems.
3D Modeling Tutorials
Solid Thinking
A treasure trove of SolidWorks information awaits you on the Internet.
On the Edge
Solid Edge Variable Limits enforce critical design values while maintaining creativity.
Avatech Tricks
Discover Inline Work features in Autodesk Inventor.
Alibre Design Tips
Customize Alibre's templates with your new fields and graphics.
PLM Strategies
Enterprise searches allow you to go beyond Googling.
Inventor In-Depth
Inventor 2008 introduces new digital prototyping features.
Event Reports
Survival Tips for the Digital Jungle
Aberdeen's Product Innovation and Engineering Summit draws unconventional thinkers.
COE 2008 Annual PLM Conference & TechniFair
Dassault Systemes pushes PLM toward Web 2.0.
Departments
editor'swindow
Lessons for the Future
Cadalyst's editor reflects on 25 years of advancements to celebrate where we've been and to anticipate where we're going.
cadcentral
News Analysis from the World of CAD
This month: Inventor LT: Free for Another Year, Stressful Exams, AI-Driven Simulation, Adobe 9 Is Ready for Collaboration, Mass Translation, NC on the Rise
Online Departments
Dialog Box
Readers have their say.
Industry News
Breaking stories from around the industry.
Product Showcase
Latest hardware and software releases.
Discussion Groups
Talk about CAD-related issues.
Events
Conferences, classes, trade shows, and more.
Book Reviews
Latest publications about CAD.
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AutoCAD Tips!
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