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• Enhance Your 3D Skills
  Source: SolidSmack,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Josh Mings, Date: 2007-07-15

• CAD Standards, Part 2: Process Focus
  Source: Cadalyst,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Robert Green, Date: 2007-07-15

• Vibrant 3D Color Without the Mess
  Source: Desktop Engineering,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Al Dean, Date: 2007-07-15
• Viewpoint: Confused by Terminology?
  Source: Time Compress Magazine,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Terry Wohlers, Date: 2007-07-15

• An Interview with Jon Banquer, "Enfant Terrible" of CAD/CAM
  Source: Novedge Blog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Franco Folini, Date: 2007-07-15
• CAD `07 Conference
  Source: CAD Insider,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Roopinder Tara, Date: 2007-07-15
• Vendors Make Over CAD, PLM Software for SMBs
  Source: Design News,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Beth Stackpole, Date: 2007-07-15
• Why Hasn`t Someone Made One of Those Before?
  Source: Desktop Engineering,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Rick Chin of SolidWorks, Date: 2007-07-15

• `Make Sure Prospect Knows Alibre is Not Good Enough`
  Source: Alibre CEO Blog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Greg Milliken, Date: 2007-07-15

• Drawing Recovery
  Source: Hagerman & Company, Inc.,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Jim Rogers, Date: 2007-07-15
• Electricity Gone! What Will Happen to Drawing?
  Source: Daily AutoCAD,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Mesut Akcan, Date: 2007-07-15
• Oops! Autodesk`s Swat Misses the Bug and Squishes the Workaround
  Source: Cadalyst,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Steve Johnson, Date: 2007-07-15
• FATAL ERROR: Unhandled Access Violation Reading 0x0054 Exception at
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-15

• Which applications can publish to 3D DWF format?
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-15

• Plot Style Tables
  Source: Daily AutoCAD,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Erhan Toker, Date: 2007-07-15
• How to plot a mirrored drawing on HP DesignJet 4000?
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-15

• Drawing a Bolt with Solid Modeling
  Source: Daily AutoCAD,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Burak Ozdemir, Date: 2007-07-15

• Applying a Gradient Fill to an AutoCAD Hatch Using .NET
  Source: Through the Interface,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Kean Walmsley, Date: 2007-07-15
• Using a Modeless .NET Dialog to Display Properties of Multiple AutoCAD Objects
  Source: Through the Interface,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Kean Walmsley, Date: 2007-07-15

• On to an AutoCAD Hip Tip on Counting Blocks!
  Source: Lynn Allen`s Blog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Lynn Allen, Date: 2007-07-15

• AutoCAD Tips From Our Readers
  Source: Cadalyst,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Bill Kramer, Date: 2007-07-15
• Building Style Libraries
  Source: Outside the Lines,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Todd Hunter, Date: 2007-07-15
• Object Tracking
  Source: CAD-e-Corner,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Ward Romberger, Date: 2007-07-15
• Spline to Polyline
  Source: CAD Panacea,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: R.K. McSwain, Date: 2007-07-15

• AutoCAD Hip Tip on Managing Your Scales List
  Source: Lynn Allen`s Blog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Lynn Allen, Date: 2007-07-15

• An AutoCAD Hip Tip on Getting Evenly Spaced Baseline Dimensions
  Source: Lynn Allen`s Blog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Lynn Allen, Date: 2007-07-15
• What is the difference between MEASUREMENT and MEASUREINIT variables?
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-15

• All Around the Block
  Source: Outside the Lines,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Todd Hunter, Date: 2007-07-15

• Plot to PDF in AutoCAD with Correct Orientation and Margins
  Source: JTB World,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-15

• Getting Annotative Objects Right!
  Source: CommTech CAD Cafe,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: LuAnn Sims, Date: 2007-07-14
• Multileaders - Part 1
  Source: The CAD Geek Blog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Donnie Gladfelter, Date: 2007-07-15
• Saving Back with Annotative Styles
  Source: CommTech CAD Cafe,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: LuAnn Sims, Date: 2007-07-15
• Layout Enhancements in AutoCAD 2008
  Source: AutoCAD Insider,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Heidi Hewett, Date: 2007-07-15
• Parametric Blocks
  Source: Daily AutoCAD,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Erhan Toker, Date: 2007-07-15

• AutoCAD 2008: Dimension Break
  Source: Sunith AutoCAD`s Blog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Sunith Babu L, Date: 2007-07-14

• 3ds max 7 slows down after repeated save of .DDS files.
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-15
• Files with the .max extension.
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-15

• Making Contact
  Source: In the Machine,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Garin Gardiner, Date: 2007-07-15

• Password protection for DWF files
  Source: Inventor FAQ,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-10
• Curing Unresolved File Headaches--Part I
  Source: Cadalyst,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Jeff Wymer, Date: 2007-07-10
• Curing Unresolved File Headaches--Part II
  Source: Cadalyst,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Jeff Wymer, Date: 2007-07-10

• Which is to be considered with data exchange
  Source: Inventor FAQ,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-10

• Where are my components stored with a data import?
  Source: Inventor FAQ,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-10
• IGES/STEP import: Surfaces are imported instead of volume models
  Source: Inventor FAQ,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-10

• Can I provide vrml files in IV also?
  Source: Inventor FAQ,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-10
• As I can translate several step files at the same time
  Source: Inventor FAQ,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-10

• Weldment Design with Autodesk Inventor 6
  Source: Cadalyst,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Jeff Wymer, Date: 2007-07-10

• New Skillbuilders for AIP
  Source: Manufacturing Community - In the Machine,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Amy Bunszel, Date: 2007-07-10

• Some thoughts on DWG Editing
  Source: Manufacturing Community - In the Machine,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-10
• The Legacy of 2D
  Source: Cadalyst,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Jeff Wymer, Date: 2007-07-10

• What is XGL/ZGL files?
  Source: Inventor FAQ,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-10
• Streamline Express Viewer 5 Hotfix Available
  Source: Manufacturing Community - In the Machine,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Amy Bunszel, Date: 2007-07-10
• Want to show off your Inventor Designs?
  Source: Manufacturing Community - In the Machine,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Amy Bunszel, Date: 2007-07-10

• Batch printing of Inventor files.
  Source: CADForum.cz,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-07-15

• Trying Out Inventor: Day 1
  Source: WorldCAD Access,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Ralph Grabowski, Date: 2007-07-15
• Trying Out Inventor: Day 2
  Source: WorldCAD Access,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Ralph Grabowski, Date: 2007-07-15
• Trying Out Inventor: Day 2.5
  Source: WorldCAD Access,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Ralph Grabowski, Date: 2007-07-15