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• Learning Your CAD Times Tables
  Source: CADD Manager.com Blog,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com,  Author: Mark W. Kiker, Date: 2007-01-22

• CAD Standards and CAD Users - A Partnership
  Source: CADD Manager.com Blog,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com,  Author: Mark W. Kiker, Date: 2007-01-22
• New Year`s Checklist for the CAD Manager
  Source: Cadalyst,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com,  Author: Robert Green, Date: 2007-01-22

• New HP Laptop - nw9440
  Source: The Gear Box,  Submitted by: 3DCADResources.com,  Author: Kevin Robinson, Date: 2007-01-23
• Laptop lust - follow up
  Source: The Gear Box,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas,  Author: Kevin Robinson, Date: 2007-01-23

• Can PLM Make You Lean: Part 2
  Source: Desktop Engineering,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com,  Author: Nancy Rouse-Talley, Date: 2007-01-22

• 5 Things to Consider When Choosing Design Software
  Source: Novedge Blog,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com, Date: 2007-01-22
• How to Rank CAD Blogs
  Source: Novedge Blog,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com,  Author: Franco Folini, Date: 2007-01-22
• WorldCAD Access Posts Top 10 CAD Downloads on CNET
  Source: WorldCAD Access,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com,  Author: Ralph Grabowski, Date: 2007-01-22

• Changes in layer states are not saved between sessions.
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas, Date: 2007-01-22

• Where to get additional hatches and linetypes for AutoCAD or LT?
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas, Date: 2007-01-22

• Error in file "sharedb15.dll" (is linked to missing export).
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: 3DCADResources.com, Date: 2007-01-22

• How to get the computer name on which AutoCAD is currently running?
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas, Date: 2007-01-22

• How can I plot/export DXB files?
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas, Date: 2007-01-22
• Sometimes why is factor of type of line or line width in the layout (paper range) differently scaled represented?
  Source: cadzia.de,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas, Date: 2007-01-23

• How to add other time sources for digital IDs (signatures)?
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas, Date: 2007-01-22

• Editing tips are no longer displayed with grips (e.g. door grips or on pipes).
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas, Date: 2007-01-22
• Easter egg hidden in AutoCAD 2004 (and LT and Desktops).
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: 3DCADResources.com, Date: 2007-01-22

• Mouse-Dragging Objects from One Drawing to Another
  Source: CAD Forum,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com, Date: 2007-01-22
• Selecting Overlapping Entities
  Source: Daily AutoCAD,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com,  Author: Eren PALA, Date: 2007-01-22
• Control AutoCAD using gestures (mouse strokes).
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas, Date: 2007-01-22
• Toggle display of layout tabs with a toolbar button.
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas, Date: 2007-01-22
• Last opened files
  Source: cadmaro.de,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas, Date: 2007-01-23
• Last used instructions
  Source: cadmaro.de,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas, Date: 2007-01-23

• AutoCAD Tip: Interference Checking
  Source: Between the Lines,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com,  Author: Shaan Hurley, Date: 2007-01-22

• Creating AcDbMaterial Object 3
  Source: Daily AutoCAD,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com,  Author: Erhan Toker, Date: 2007-01-22
• Some Codes for the Text of Dtext Commands
  Source: Digital CAD,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas,  Author: Elise Moss, Date: 2007-01-22

• VBA Foundations for AutoCAD, Part 5
  Source: AUGI,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com,  Author: Richard Binning, Date: 2007-01-22

• How to set text height for stacked fractions?
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas, Date: 2007-01-22
• How to add own characters to a TrueType font?
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas, Date: 2007-01-22

• Blocks I
  Source: Daily AutoCAD,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com,  Author: Eren PALA, Date: 2007-01-22
• re-establishes design
  Source: cadmaro.de,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas, Date: 2007-01-23

• Organization of Layers Inside the Blocks
  Source: Daily AutoCAD,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com,  Author: Orhan Toker, Date: 2007-01-22
• How to prevent layer switching in a .DWF file?
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas, Date: 2007-01-22
• Getting the Points of a Selected Polyline
  Source: Digital CAD,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas,  Author: Jos van Doorn, Date: 2007-01-22

• Perspective Setting in AutoCAD
  Source: AUGI,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com,  Author: Mohmed Zuber Shaikh, Date: 2007-01-22
• How to convert a 3D perspective view to a 2D drawing?
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas, Date: 2007-01-22
• Faster screen layout when zoom shot or new drawing?
  Source: cadzia.de,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas, Date: 2007-01-23

• AutoCAD Hip Tip for Suppressing the Sheet Set Manager
  Source: Lynn Allen`s Blog,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com,  Author: Lynn Allen, Date: 2007-01-22

• AutoLISP Tip - ENTDEL Function
  Source: Digital CAD,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas,  Author: Jos van Doorn, Date: 2007-01-22
• Getting Started with AutoLISP 4
  Source: Digital CAD,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas,  Author: Jos van Doorn, Date: 2007-01-22

• Follow the Leader - Text Manipulation
  Source: Digital CAD,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas,  Author: Rudy Tovar, Date: 2007-01-22

• Custom Layer Dialog
  Source: Digital CAD,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas,  Author: Rudy Tovar, Date: 2007-01-22

• Reading the Prompts in a Block
  Source: Digital CAD,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas,  Author: Rudy Tovar, Date: 2007-01-22
• Mimicking Block Acquire Dialog
  Source: Digital CAD,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas,  Author: Rudy Tovar, Date: 2007-01-22

• AutoLISP.5: User Input Functions
  Source: Daily AutoCAD,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com,  Author: Orhan Toker, Date: 2007-01-22

• Create an Architectural Dimension Style
  Source: Ellen Finkelstein.com,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com,  Author: Ellen Finkelstein, Date: 2007-01-22

• AutoCAD Drawing Files: Possession is 9/10 of the Law?
  Source: Outside the Box,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com,  Author: Owen Wengerd, Date: 2007-01-22
• How to Erase Proxy Objects from a Drawing?
  Source: CAD Forum,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com, Date: 2007-01-22

• AutoCAD Hip Tips on More Startup Switches
  Source: Lynn Allen`s Blog,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com,  Author: Lynn Allen, Date: 2007-01-22

• AutoCAD Can Draw to Frozen and Locked Layers
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com, Date: 2007-01-22

• Faster loading and updating of Inventor assemblies.
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas, Date: 2007-01-22
• assemblies-driven constraint, motion
  Source: MCADForums.com,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas,  Author: makathid, Date: 2007-01-23
• Assemblies and Contact Solver
  Source: MCADForums.com,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas,  Author: Jstanis, Date: 2007-01-23

• How to convert an *.iam or an *.ipt into a 3D dxf ?
  Source: MCADForums.com,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas,  Author: Bart, Date: 2007-01-23

• How to make a dimension with two different arrowheads?
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: 3DCADResources.com, Date: 2007-01-22

• Getting model dimensions in assembly drawing views.
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas, Date: 2007-01-22

• Quick and simple switching of Inventor 3D views.
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: 3DCADResources.com, Date: 2007-01-22
• Inventor Tip
  Source: Digital CAD,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas,  Author: Elise Moss, Date: 2007-01-22
• Calculating a Part`s Mass Moment of Inertia in Inventor
  Source: Digital CAD,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas,  Author: Elise Moss, Date: 2007-01-22
• Use Endpoints of Lines for Holes 2
  Source: Manufacturing Community,  Submitted by: 3DCADResources.com, Date: 2007-01-23
• Colour concerning visible edges in model
  Source: MCADForums.com,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas,  Author: Bart, Date: 2007-01-23
• How to create holes around a pipe?
  Source: MCADForums.com,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas,  Author: LuckyStrike, Date: 2007-01-23

• Changing hatch in drawing into a concrete hatch
  Source: MCADForums.com,  Submitted by: G. Srinivas,  Author: Bart,