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• What Kind of CAD Manager are You? - Part 1
  Source: CADD Manager Journal,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Mark W. Kiker, Date: 2007-07-03

• The 40 Fastest Growing Software Companies
  Source: Baseline,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Robert Hertzberg, Date: 2007-07-03
• Standardizing the CAD Software Market
  Source: AUGI,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Mark W. Kiker, Date: 2007-07-03

• Where Have the Layout/Model Tabs Gone?
  Source: CADit,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: John Benstead, Date: 2007-07-03
• Introduction to 3D Coordinates
  Source: Autodesk.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Ellen Finkelstein, Date: 2007-07-03
• Exciting Enhancements to Everyday Commands
  Source: Autodesk.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Lynn Allen, Date: 2007-07-03
• How to select only closed polyline objects?
  Source: CAD Forum,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-09

• How to add thousands separators in AutoCAD numbers?
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03

• An AutoCAD Hip Tip on Data Linking
  Source: Lynn Allen`s Blog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Lynn Allen, Date: 2007-07-02

• Hot Tip Harry: Tips from Our Readers -- July 2007
  Source: Cadalyst Magazine,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03

• Align, the Forgotten AutoCAD Hero
  Source: RobiNZ CAD Blog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Robin, Date: 2007-07-02

• AutoCAD 2008 Drawing Recovery Command
  Source: Sunith AutoCAD`s Blog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Sunith Babu L, Date: 2007-07-02

• Managing Layout Tabs in AutoCAD 2008
  Source: The CAD Geek Blog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Donnie Gladfelter, Date: 2007-07-02

• New Object Snaps
  Source: CAD-e-Corner,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Ward Romberger, Date: 2007-07-03

• AutoCAD Tip: "Free" Lights
  Source: WorldCAD Access,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Ralph Grabowski, Date: 2007-07-02

• Generating Cross sectional views
  Source: MCADForums,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: mikebw, Date: 2007-07-03
• "No room to add heap list entries" when opening large drawings or assemblies.
  Source: CAD Forum,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-09

• If I export a IDW as DWG, I always receive a ZIP file
  Source: Inventor FAQ,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03
• IDW to DWG export: Make measure texts have another character font
  Source: Inventor FAQ,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03

• 3D Studio files in Inventor read in…
  Source: Inventor FAQ,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03

• Fillet Weld Tolerance?
  Source: MCADForums,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: oeman, Date: 2007-07-03

• Part Naming for screws and bolts
  Source: MCADForums,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: coredetailing, Date: 2007-07-03

• Deferring IDW updates in Inventor.
  Source: CAD Forum,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-09
• What is the ANSYS.EXE process running in Inventor?
  Source: CAD Forum,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-09

• I cannot select some construction lines and axes in Inventor sketch.
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03

• Entering "x" in Inventor dimension text displays "dp".
  Source: CAD Forum,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-09

• How do I make from a building group a construction unit?
  Source: Inventor FAQ,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03

• Machining w/o drawing documentation
  Source: MCADForums,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03

• The Creative Inventor: Area Loft
  Source: AUGI,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Dennis Jeffrey, Date: 2007-07-03
• Fancy Holes on Fancy Surfaces
  Source: Cadalyst,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Fred Washington, Date: 2007-07-03

• Animator 4
  Source: MCADForums,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Bill_W, Date: 2007-07-03

• CATIA Part Design 2 (PDG)
  Source: IBM,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03
• Using iXFelec - XML Files to Place Electrical Devices
  Source: coe.org,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Nicolas Grise, Date: 2007-07-03
• Create a solid from (closed) surfaces
  Source: coe.org,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03

• Company Drawing Standards Applied Using Generative View Styles in CATIA V5
  Source: coe.org,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Eric Hildebrand, Date: 2007-07-03
• Working with Layers
  Source: coe.org,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03
• View object default color
  Source: coe.org,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03
• v5 drafting text font size settings
  Source: coe.org,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03

• Change collor of dimensions in drawing...
  Source: CATBlog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03

• CATIA V5 Text Display Problem
  Source: coe.org,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03

• OUT PUT FILES
  Source: PTC Forums,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03

• Round all edge tool
  Source: MCADCentral.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: phatty70, Date: 2007-07-03

• Getting radius dimensions to show Horiz
  Source: PTC Forums,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03

• Trail File Management
  Source: CADQuest,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03

• advanced text extrusions
  Source: PTC Forums,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03
• Parabola modeling
  Source: MCADCentral.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: rlyman@coorstek.com, Date: 2007-07-03

• Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire installation on Linux platform
  Source: PTC Forums,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03

• Pro Engineer WF 3 File support
  Source: PTC Forums,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03

• Parallel Plane
  Source: myigetit.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: i.get.it, Date: 2007-07-03

• Fitting the Drawing Sheet
  Source: myigetit.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03

• Top-Down design problem
  Source: SolidWorks Forum,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-03
• Pattern Mates
  Source: SolidWorks Forum,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Jason Hyde, Date: 2007-07-03
• Creating mating parts without external references
  Source: SolidWorks Forum,  Submitted by: