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• From 2D to 3D: an Interview with Gary Louis Lamit
  Source: Solid Edge Community,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: John Myers, Date: 2007-05-28

• Can Oracle Shake the CAD Visualization Market?
  Source: Novedge Blog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Franco Folini, Date: 2007-05-27
• Virtual Worlds and 3D Printers: A New `Golden Age` for CAD?
  Source: Innovate Forum,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Lester Craft, Date: 2007-05-27
• Client Provided CAD Files
  Source: CADD Manager.com Blog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Mark W. Kiker, Date: 2007-05-28

• The 3D Air-Mouse You Wear as a Ring
  Source: gizmag,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28

• Validate the Design First with Rapid Prototyping
  Source: Moldmaking Technology,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Robert Bluthardt, Date: 2007-05-28
• What`s in a Name?
  Source: Cadalyst,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Jeffrey Rowe, Date: 2007-05-28
• What`s in a Name? Part 2
  Source: Cadalyst,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Jeffrey Rowe, Date: 2007-05-28

• When You Really Need to Dodge the Draft
  Source: Protomold,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28

• Background plotting/publishing
  Source: Autodesk,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28

• A Handy button macro for creating a viewport in a layout
  Source: Autodesk,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Luke Liddicoat, Date: 2007-05-28

• Cycle Through Multiple Drawings By Holding Control And Pressing Tab
  Source: Autodesk,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28
• Disable Mtext width
  Source: Autodesk,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28
• Draw a line between circles
  Source: Autodesk,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28

• A Top Secret Command for Editing Your Blocks
  Source: Autodesk,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Lynn Allen, Date: 2007-05-28

• USING X-REFS IN AUTOCAD
  Source: myCADsite.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28

• Using the Plot Stamp
  Source: Autodesk,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28

• Switch between dimension styles
  Source: Autodesk,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28

• Switching between model space and paper space
  Source: Autodesk,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Luke Liddicoat, Date: 2007-05-28
• Toggling between nested viewports in paper space
  Source: Autodesk,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28
• Quickly zoom extents
  Source: Autodesk,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28

• TIPniques: Dashboard Customization
  Source: AUGI,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com,  Author: Melanie Perry, Date: 2007-05-27

• AutoCAD 2008 and Annotation Scale Template
  Source: JTB World,  Submitted by: CADDigest.com, Date: 2007-05-27

• Using a Jig from .NET to Multiply Insert AutoCAD Blocks
  Source: Through the Interface,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Kean Walmsley, Date: 2007-05-27
• Using a Jig from .NET to Multiply Insert AutoCAD Blocks - Part 2
  Source: Through the Interface,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Kean Walmsley, Date: 2007-05-27

• The Civil Side: LDD and Civil 3D Face Off
  Source: AUGI,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Melanie Santer, Date: 2007-05-27

• AECPOLYGON Hide or Show Boundaries
  Source: Civil 3D Reminders,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: ChristopherF, Date: 2007-05-27
• Civil 3D -- The Text Component Editor -- Contents
  Source: Cadalyst,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Phillip Zimmerman, Date: 2007-05-27
• Layout Grid
  Source: Civil 3D Reminders,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: ChristopherF, Date: 2007-05-27
• Rabbit Gate and Corridor Hatching
  Source: From the Ground Up,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Jack Strongitharm, Date: 2007-05-27
• SQOTD: Surface from Breaklines Acting Weird
  Source: Civil 3D for Beginners,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Louisa, Date: 2007-05-27

• Bolted Connection Generator Tool
  Source: Cadalyst,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Noah Whitehead, Date: 2007-05-27
• The Creative Inventor
  Source: AUGI,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Dennis Jeffrey, Date: 2007-05-27
• How to Add the Area of a Surface to the Drawing
  Source: Engineering Education for the Non-Civil Minded,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Melissa Thomas, Date: 2007-05-27

• How to suppress units (kg/lb) in a PartsList?
  Source: CAD Forum,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28

• Centered dimension text after parametric changes of geometry.
  Source: CAD Forum,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28

• Over-meet to engineering drawing block of a design into another
  Source: Autodesk Inventor FAQ,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28
• Adjusting the Auto Balloon Spacing
  Source: Manufacturing Community,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Andrew de Leon, Date: 2007-05-28

• As I can later provide certain surfaces in a Inventor design (.idw) with a shading
  Source: Autodesk Inventor FAQ,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28
• My sketch in the IDW does not follow my opinion when shifting
  Source: Autodesk Inventor FAQ,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28
• Line in sketch at circle tangential
  Source: Autodesk Inventor FAQ,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28

• Slow mouse motion in Revit and Inventor.
  Source: CAD Forum,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28

• Inventor 11 Tip - Measure Minimum Distance
  Source: Manufacturing Community,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Kevin Schneider, Date: 2007-05-28

• Changing the Reflection Map for Chrome in Inventor 2008
  Source: teknigroup.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Dennis Jeffrey, Date: 2007-05-28

• Geometry Behind a Showroom But Visible When Rendering an Image
  Source: d-digest.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Cédric Simard and Franck Poisson, Date: 2007-05-28

• Analyze threading/tapping
  Source: catiatutorial.free.fr,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28

• Partial Relimitation
  Source: catiatutorial.free.fr,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28
• Creating Surface from Point of Cloud
  Source: COE.org,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28

• How do I change the dimension arrow size???
  Source: Eng-Tips.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: BamaDevO, Date: 2007-05-28

• V5 Sketcher references
  Source: Eng-Tips.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Mancuso, Date: 2007-05-28

• File New Part
  Source: COE.org,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-05-28

• V5 Settings
  Source: Eng-Tips.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: dwoody1, Date: 2007-05-28