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• A Primer on MCAD Modeling Technology, Part 2: Design Intent is Not Necessarily in the Eye of the Beholder
  Source: CADdigest.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums.com,  Author: Paul Hamilton, Date: 2007-08-05
• Be a Renaissance Modeler
  Source: Cadalyst,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums.com,  Author: Mike Hudspeth, Date: 2007-08-05

• CAD Standards, Part 4: Create a Library
  Source: Cadalyst,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums.com,  Author: Robert Green, Date: 2007-08-05
• What Kind of CAD Manager are You? - Part 2
  Source: CADD Manager Journal,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums.com,  Author: Mark W. Kiker, Date: 2007-08-05

• Budget Workstation Reviews
  Source: MCAD Online,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums.com,  Author: Greg Corke, Date: 2007-08-05
• Mouse or Trackball?
  Source: Slashdot,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: CmdrTaco, Date: 2007-08-05
• EUROCOM launches World`s First Quad-Core Notebook ...
  Source: HEXUS.net,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05

• Fresh Air -- CAD TV
  Source: CAD Insider,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums.com,  Author: Roopinder Tara, Date: 2007-08-05

• The Tool Palettes Extension - Extending the AutoCAD Interface
  Source: Autodesk.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Ellen Finkelstein, Date: 2007-08-05

• How to fillet 3D solid objects in AutoCAD?
  Source: CAD Forum,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05
• 3D Modeling 7: EXTRUDE
  Source: Daily AutoCAD,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums.com,  Author: Orhan Toker, Date: 2007-08-05

• How to set background printing/plotting?
  Source: CAD Forum,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05

• The CUI file you are attempting to open is invalid.
  Source: CAD Forum,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05

• Hot Tip Harry: Tips from Our Readers -- August 2007
  Source: Cadalyst Magazine,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05

• Command: _EXTRUDE
  Source: Daily AutoCAD,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums.com,  Author: Ozgur Ozkurt, Date: 2007-08-05

• An AutoCAD (and Excel) Hip Tip on AutoFill
  Source: Lynn Allen`s Blog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums.com,  Author: Lynn Allen, Date: 2007-08-05
• Publishing Sheet Sets in Reverse Order
  Source: AutoCAD Insider,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums.com,  Author: Heidi Hewett, Date: 2007-08-05

• Using Pipe Sample VBA
  Source: civil3d.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums.com,  Author: Christopher Fugitt, Date: 2007-08-05

• Automated Linework - An Alternative
  Source: Civil 3d.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums.com,  Author: Matt Kolberg, Date: 2007-08-05

• Above and Below the Ground
  Source: From the Ground Up,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums.com,  Author: Jack Strongitharm, Date: 2007-08-05

• The Civil Side: Making the Grade
  Source: AUGI,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums.com,  Author: Melanie Santer, Date: 2007-08-05
• Harness Google Earth Tools in Civil 3D 2008, Part 1
  Source: Cadalyst,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums.com,  Author: Mike Choquette, Date: 2007-08-05
• Cad Clinic: Harness Google Earth Tools in Civil 3D 2008, Part 2.
  Source: Cadalyst Magazine,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05

• Civil 3D Synopsis
  Source: AutoCAD for Civil`s,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05

• The Creative Inventor: Migration Tips
  Source: AUGI,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums.com,  Author: Dennis Jeffrey, Date: 2007-08-05

• When using import parts edges (or whole opinions) are missing in the IDW
  Source: Autodesk Inventor FAQ Blog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05

• If I as DWG export a IDW, receive I always also a BMP file
  Source: Autodesk Inventor FAQ Blog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05

• DWG export: Elements (lines, circle,…) can be selected not individually
  Source: Autodesk Inventor FAQ Blog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05

• Opening an excel template with VB script
  Source: COE Forum,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05

• CATIA Shape Design and Styling Discipline - Business Benefits
  Source: IBM,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05
• Tips to align Clouds
  Source: gsd.harvard.edu,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05
• Use Align Transformation
  Source: gsd.harvard.edu,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05

• External References
  Source: Eng-Tips.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: greg21, Date: 2007-08-05
• Why do I lose CATDrawing links to Imported CATParts?
  Source: Bravenet.com FAQ,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05
• write text on drafting that read %CATPRT_DOC_NAME%
  Source: COE Forum,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05

• Disappearing Toolbars
  Source: Eng-Tips.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: phodge, Date: 2007-08-05

• Problems working in visualization mode.
  Source: COE Forum,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05

• Projecting curves onto surfaces
  Source: MCADCentral.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Stefano, Date: 2007-08-05
• Sectioning a wireframe component
  Source: PTC Forums,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Dan Bellaire, Date: 2007-08-05
• Newbie question: How to draw a Spring
  Source: MCADCentral.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: jp, Date: 2007-08-05

• Pattern Relations
  Source: cadquest.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05

• The new Process Manager in Pro/NC Wildfire 2.0
  Source: PTC Forums,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Jeffrey D. Rembold, Date: 2007-08-05

• Geometric constraints - equal radius
  Source: Dubbo College,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05
• Geometric constraints - equal length
  Source: Dubbo College,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05

• Modeling twist drill tips
  Source: Eng-Tips.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: McLeod, Date: 2007-08-05

• hole table
  Source: Eng-Tips.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: dkdragon, Date: 2007-08-05

• Does anyone have experience with importing Autocad files?
  Source: Eng-Tips.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Eye, Date: 2007-08-05

• Sketch blocks – the “napkin sketch” that you can use to drive your design
  Source: SolidWorks Blog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05
• Starting a 2D sketch by selecting an edge
  Source: solidworksheard.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff, Date: 2007-08-05

• Hole series does not update
  Source: SolidWorks Forum,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Ahmet Unal, Date: 2007-08-05

• PDMWorks New Installation
  Source: Eng-Tips.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: CanCad1, Date: 2007-08-05

• Export XML data
  Source: Eng-Tips.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: cwsink, Date: 2007-08-05

• mating
  Source: SolidWorks Forum,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: Hin, Date: 2007-08-05

• SW07 and Vista - What you NEED to know!
  Source: Eng-Tips.com,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums Staff,  Author: SBaugh, Date: 2007-08-05

• SolidWorks 2008
  Source: MCAD Online,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums.com, Date: 2007-08-05
• SolidWorks 2008: Inserting and Mirroring Parts
  Source: Ricky Jordan`s Blog,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums.com,  Author: Ricky Jordan, Date: 2007-08-05

• Adobe Acrobat 3D Version 8
  Source: AECbytes,  Submitted by: 3DCADForums.com,  Author: Lachmi Khemlani, Date: 2007-08-05