JTB FlexReport graphic license reports for applications using FlexNet/FLEXlm,IBM LUM, 12D, SLM/Sentinel or LM-X SmartPurger Batch script DWG SSMPropEditor edit Sheet Set Properties on multiple sheets at a time. Works both with AutoCAD's Sheet Set Manager (SSM) and AutoCAD Architecture's Project Navigator (PN) AutoCAD Automation Tools Batch create and update drawings ACAD_db Sync AutoCAD block attributes with database ACA_db Sync Property Sets with a database DwgNotes add and edit notes in drawings DimNotes Automate dimension notes in AutoCAD XClipClean Delete excessive xclipped objects in AutoCAD TimberTool For timber/structural shapes in ADT/ACA DwgInfoTip Infotip (tooltip) for DWG files DWG Columns Show DWG properties in Explorer Columns HTools AutoCAD productivity tools HVACPAC AutoCAD plug-in for HVAC and Piping work UnitCAD for AutoCAD AutoCAD plug-in for automation with parameters. and more...
AutoCAD WS has been renamed to AutoCAD 360 and is from now on formally a member of the Autodesk 360 cloud based family. AutoCAD 360 offers viewing, editing, and sharing of CAD drawings (DWG), simplifying on-site redlining, as-built documentation, and design review and approval. But it has not only a new name…
A new mobile app update available at iTunes App Store or Google Play. In the mobile app the new “Smart Pen” will make it much easier to sketch with. If you sketch a circle it will be able to turn the rough circle into a real circle for example.
There are new AutoCAD 360 Pro mobile app plans and here are the top 12 reasons to get a Pro plan.
Create New Drawings - Easily create new drawings from scratch; perfect for initial layout sketching in the field.
Large File Support - Open and work on larger drawings with support for files up to 30MB with a Pro plan, or up to 40MB with a Pro Plus plan.
Third-Party Storage - Easily view, mark up, and edit drawings directly from popular cloud storage solutions, including Dropbox, Box, Egnyte, Buzzsaw, and custom WebDAV connections.
Advanced Layer Management - Advanced layer-management tools provide more control over your drawing. Quickly add, rename, isolate, invert, and lock layers for easier viewing and editing.
Properties and Attributes - Easily view object properties such as layer, length, and area. Also view, edit, and add block attributes data while you're in the field.
Block Libraries - Easily drag and place blocks onto a drawing directly from the drawing's block collection.
Drawing Coordinates - View the coordinates of points in a drawing, and use them to draw with more accuracy.
Added Drawing Tools - Added Arc and Arrow drawing tools help you draw and call out notes in drawings.
Faster, More Accurate Editing - More editing tools such as Extend Vertex, Offset, and Mirror help you edit drawings faster and with more accuracy.
More Measuring & Dimension Tools - Accurately measure lines, radius, and angles in your drawing. Also, additional dimension tools help you document drawings using line, radius, diameter, and angle dimensions.
Priority Support - Receive top-priority support and get quick problem resolution and fast answers to your questions.
Increased Storage Space - Take all of your drawings with you! AutoCAD 360 Pro plans afford you plenty of added storage space—up to 25GB with a Pro plan, and up to 100GB with a Pro Plus plan.
Finally there is a new, free AutoCAD 360 web app beta. It’s a ground-up redesign of Autodesk’s AutoCAD WS web app that was based on Flash but now is based on HTML5 and JavaScript.
This is what the web app looks like right now with drawing, editing and annotate tools.
AutoCAD 2013 SP2 is now available to download here. You don’t need to install earlier SP before installing SP2. If you have AutoCAD LT 2013 the download is here.
I and other beta testers have used SP2 for some time but if you don’t want to be the first to run into any unexpected problems you might want to wait a few weeks. (remember SP1 that quickly was replaced by SP1.1) Other than that there are a lot of fixes in SP2 making it worth installing.
This Service Pack can be applied to AutoCAD 2013 installed as a standalone application as well as AutoCAD 2013 installed from the following Autodesk Design Suites.
AutoCAD Design Suite 2013
Autodesk Building Design Suite 2013
Autodesk Factory Design Suite 2013
Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite 2013
Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2013
Autodesk Product Design Suite 2013
The following operating systems are also now officially supported for 32-bit and 64-bit AutoCAD 2013 with Service Pack 2.
As a result of detailed information from customers who used the Customer Error Reporting Utility, a number of problems were identified and fixed. Updates have been made in the following commands and features:
3D Navigation Tools
Occasional crash related to navigation tools.
Autodesk 360
Crash with long file path in the Autodesk 360 folder.
Occasional crash when opening AutoCAD with the InfoCenter off.
Block
Occasional crash when clicking a block table grip with only one row of values available.
Command Line
Crash when switching Input Method Editor (IME) after canceling a command when DYNMODE is set to 0 and the command window is docked.
DGN Support
Fatal error when scrolling the DGN linetype in the Properties Palette.
Dimensions
Occasional crash when grip-editing annotative dimensions.
External Reference (XREF)
An OLE Object in an xref was not correctly set before the xref was detached. This crash issue has been resolved by opening the xref before erasing it.
MLEADER
Occasional crash when using MATCHPROP with multileaders.
OLE
Occasional crash when closing the application with a drawing that contains an OLE object.
OPTIONS
Occasional crash when changing or switching profiles in Options.
Plot
Occasional crash when plotting with a wipeout in the drawing.
PDF Underlay
Crash when specifying other PDF file from Saved Path field in External Reference palette.
General
Occasional crash when opening AutoCAD drawings in Windows 8.
Occasional crash due to using Intersection object snaps on lightweight polylines.
Some corrupt drawings crash when opened or saved and are not fixed automatically.
Exiting the Text Editor while previewing text style causes a crash.
The following defects have been fixed:
3D Navigation Tools
Zoom speed varies with 3Dconnexion device in perspective view.
3D Modeling
Issue with the MASSPROP command with sliced 3D solids.
Block
Issue with the display of the Block Property Table cascading menu.
CUI (Customize User Interface)
Missing checkboxes in the Customize User Interface (CUI) dialog box when NET 4.5 is installed.
DGN Support
Issues with exporting files to DGN, even after exploding contents of file.
Import of a DGN arc as an Ellipse.
Dimensions
Radial dimensions for regions can become associated to wrong arc.
Dimension text background fill cannot be reset in Properties.
Jogged radial dimensions in paper space may reflect the wrong value of an extruded cylinder in model space.
Image
MONOCHROME BITMAP attached in DWG file is not shown correctly.
INQUIRY
MASSPROP reports an incorrect mass and centroid for a solid swept along a planar spline.
MLeader
Multileader scale is not always updated when multileader style is changed.
Model Documentation - Detail View
Changing the Hatch property of a Detail view derived from a Section view sometimes causes AutoCAD to hang.
Modify
Ellipse is sometimes distorted during stretching.
MTEXT
The font doesn't match the setting in -STYLE command in Windows 8.
Plot
There is a black stripe when plotting some drawings with a clipped image.
A printer cannot be added after adding multiple driver folders in the Options dialog box.
Drawings cannot be plotted with the oversized paper size and transparency on.
Selection
Grips for attributes of blocks are not automatically made hot upon sub-selection.
Selection preview is reset to off when IntelliMouse® zooming is ended.
Visual Lisp
DCL files whose code page matches the system but not the product are not recognized and loaded properly.
General
Saving some DWG files that contain 3D solids is slow.
A UCS other than the World UCS results in an incorrect location for the wipeout frame.
Prompts to save are not displayed when closing a hyperlink drawing that has been changed.
Performance is slow when saving the drawing created with Release 2010 and earlier.
Software usage and monitoring product JTB FlexReport has been updated to version 7.4.
Downloads here. See also the Upgrade tips. Customers with maintenance have access to this release at no extra cost.
Main news are:
Added feature description download button to JTB FlexReport Config>Features. Descriptions are taken from this FlexNet features code page that has been updated with Autodesk’s 2014 products.
Edit functionality for auto report settings.
But there are much more, see the revision history for more details on this release.
Contact us to get a time limited license file for free. You can try it in your environment with your real data for a few weeks with full functionality. Full support is provided during trial period.
About JTB FlexReport: JTB FlexReport from JTB World is a report and monitoring tool for applications using the FlexNet / FLEXlm (flexlm license manager), IBM LUM (IBM License Use Management), SPLM (Intergraph SmartPlant License Manager), SLM/Sentinel LM/Sentinel RMS, LM-X, Solidworks SNL License Manager, T-Systems license manager product LICMAN, Vertex Systems, MathLM (Mathematica), Primavera from Oracle or 12D software licensing. With Process Monitor any Windows application like Acrobat, Visio, Bentley MicroStation, single licensed AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT can be reported usage of.
AutoCAD Automation Tools 4.1 is now publicly released and makes it possible to update text found at a location by defining a rectangle with two coordinates. This is for example useful if a title block contains mtext or text objects not being part of an AutoCAD block object. The installers have also been updated to support AutoCAD 2014.
With AutoCAD Automation Tools multiple drawings can be automatically created from a typical drawing or updated based on a control file that can be created with an Excel template. Make the changes in Excel and let the program do all the work for you. This is a real time saver if you need to make adjustments on hundreds or thousands of drawings.
Existing customers can contact us for a free upgrade.
Autodesk DWG TrueView 2014 is now available in English, Japanese and French. This software is built on the same viewing engine as AutoCAD 2014 but with much less functionality but enough to view, measure on and print drawings or DXF files with. DWG TrueConvert software is also included making it possible to batch convert drawings between different versions.
If you don’t want to install and use the Akamai NetSession Interface download manager click on “click here” at the bottom of this dialog box and then in the next dialog box click OK and you’ll be able to download through the browser instead.
System Requirements 32 Bit Service Pack 3 (SP3) or later of the following: • Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional • Microsoft® Windows® XP Home The following operating systems: • Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise • Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate • Microsoft Windows 7 Professional • Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium • Microsoft Windows 8 • Microsoft Windows 8 Pro • Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise
64 Bit Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later of the following: • Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional The following operating systems: • Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise • Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate • Microsoft Windows 7 Professional • Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium • Microsoft Windows 8 • Microsoft Windows 8 Pro • Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise
Windows Vista is not supported.
DWG TrueView 2014 requires Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and .NET Framework 4.0 Update 1.
If necessary, install the following .NET Framework versions on your system.
When I downloaded I got the file SetupDWGTrueView2014_ENU_64bit.sfx.exe (334 MB, and SetupDWGTrueView2014_ENU_32bit.sfx.exe is 252 MB) that runs the new Autodesk Self Extract and when ready the actual setup started.
Cleanup after installation
After you have installed you may delete both SetupDWGTrueView2014_ENU_32bit.sfx.exe or SetupDWGTrueView2014_ENU_64bit.sfx.exe and SetupDWGTrueView2014_ENU_64bit or SetupDWGTrueView2014_ENU_32bit folder that the files were extracted to.
If you want to deploy DWG TrueView silently here is how, just make sure the .NET Framework prerequisites are already installed first and you will be able to script this or deploy using SMS or SCCM.
Here is how to install it the easiest way: Setup.exe /q /w
alternatively specifying the ini file: Setup.exe /q /w /i setup.ini
Optionally you can look at the setup.ini to just install what you want to install alternatively edit the ini and remove what you don’t want to include or for example change the installation path by editing INSTALL_PATH=%ProgramFiles%\Autodesk or remove the desktop shortcut by editing CREATE_DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=YES.
To uninstall DWG TrueView locate the GUID for the software. Look up this key in regedit.exe and then search for TrueView: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
Below is what I found for DWG TrueView 2014 64-bit: {5783F2D7-D028-0409-0100-0060B0CE6BBA}
So either of these works fine, Passive display option. The installer displays a progress bar to the user that indicates that an installation is in progress but no prompts or error messages are displayed to the user. MsiExec.exe /x {5783F2D7-D028-0409-0100-0060B0CE6BBA} /passive
Quiet display option. The installer runs an installation without displaying a user interface. No prompts, messages, or dialog boxes are displayed to the user. Never restart option. The installer never restarts the computer after the installation. MsiExec.exe /x {5783F2D7-D028-0409-0100-0060B0CE6BBA} /quiet /norestart
This readme contains the latest information for Autodesk® DWG TrueView 2014. For reference, save or print this document. It is strongly recommended that you read this entire document before you install this product.
Install
Recommended: Install all Windows Updates before installing the product.
Product Help
The product Help, the Driver and Peripheral Guide, and the Readme are available in the Install directory Help folder after the installation. You can launch the Installation Help, System Requirements, or the Readme during installation or after the product is installed.
Point Cloud
You cannot view certain point cloud files in DWG TrueView if your graphics card does not support OpenGL® 3.3 or later. In addition, you cannot view these files in a Windows remote desktop session.
Platform
Installing the 32-bit version of Autodesk® DWG TrueView 2014 on a 64-bit platform is not supported.
DWG Convert EXE's and ZIP's Fail
When you use DWG Convert to create an EXE or ZIP file, the file is not created. This usually occurs if you are using multiple languages. The names of the files generated by AutoCAD-based products use Unicode standards and can be shared internationally. However, WinZip and EXE use a technology that is currently not Unicode-compliant.
ZIP files with non-ASCII characters cannot be exchanged and unzipped between systems with different code pages. That should not prevent using accented or Asian characters that match or are included on the current code page (German characters on English or German operating systems should work. Japanese characters on Japanese operating systems - or where the code page is set to Japanese - should also work).
Opening Damaged Drawings
When opening a damaged drawing, a dialog box appears asking the user to fix the file with the Recover command. This command is not implemented in TrueView. Instead, use the Check and fix errors option as follows.
Click the DWG Convert button.
Select the damaged file.
Click Conversion Setups.
Select "Standard" and click New.
Name the new setup (for example, Recover).
In the Modify Conversion Setup dialog box, set the Conversion packaged type to Folder (set of files).
Note: Do not select in-place (overwrite files), as this may cause conversion errors.
In the Action area, select Check and fix errors, and click OK.
Autodesk Design Review 2014 is still not available.
SSMPropEditor 5.0 is now available as an AutoCAD app. SSMPropEditor is the Sheet Set Manager Properties Editor for AutoCAD based products.
SSMPropEditor 5.0 can now be downloaded and installed as an app from the Autodesk Exchange Apps site. Purchase is also available through this site as well as from JTB World’s SSMPropEditor site.
Right now I noticed that it was featured on AutoCAD 2014’s welcome page.
In AutoCAD 2014 there is also a Featured Apps tab where I found it showing up.
When installed, SSMPropEditor will show up on the Plug-ins tab.
For details about the release of SSMPropEditor 5.0 see this post here.
Visit the SSMPropEditor page for all about the product and give the free trial a try.
Have you or will you start using AutoCAD 2014? If so you may find these learning resources useful.
AutoCAD 2014 New Features & Enhancements Revealed is an interactive and free eBook with video, text, and images throughout 33 lessons. Tip via Autodesk’s Shaan Hurley’s blog. Take a look at and read the eBook here, it’s free.
UnitCAD for AutoCAD is a unique 2D CAD automation solution. UnitCAD automates the creation of drawings by defining reusable unit components stored inside a database and controlled through parameters.
You define components for each CAD unit and the driving parameters which control its shape.
Scale List Cleanup Utility has been updated so it now works for both AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD 2014.
When a file contains excess scales, performance may be negatively affected. Eventually, the file may become unusable. To use the file, some scales must be removed. This utility repairs affected files by removing excess scales.
Nested external references (xrefs) may produce excess scales. To correct this problem, install AutoCAD 2008 Service Pack 1 or corresponding service packs for AutoCAD-based products. The Scale List Cleanup Utility repairs files affected before the necessary service pack was installed.
You can also clean affected files unattended from the Command prompt.
This utility works even without full AutoCAD. DWG TrueView 2013 can also be used.
Notes:
1. The Scale List Cleanup Utility repairs files affected before AutoCAD 2008 Service Pack 1 or corresponding service packs for AutoCAD-based products.
2. Drawings created by AutoCAD based vertical applications may have one scale that will not be removed by this utility.
The free utility is available here among Autodesk’s Updates & Service Packs.
Regapp ID Cleanup Utility has been updated so it now works for both AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD 2014.
When you delete an object with Extended Entity Data (xdata), a regapp ID remains in the application ID (APPID) symbol table. When a file contains excess unreferenced regapp IDs, performance and file size may be negatively affected.
This utility removes excess unreferenced registered application (regapp) IDs from multiple files simultaneously.
You can also clean affected files unattended from the Command prompt.
This utility works even without full AutoCAD. DWG TrueView 2013 can also be used.
The free utility is available here among Autodesk’s Updates & Service Packs.
Autodesk has posted the ObjectARX 2014 and AutoCAD 2014 .NET Training materials to AutoCAD developer page under Learning section. Visit http://www.autodesk.com/developautocad for downloading the Training materials.
The following new or changed features are now exposed through the API:
Connected Desktop - Design Feed
Geolocation
Point Cloud
There are also quite a few other useful news for developers. For example for .NET these are some examples: MLeader.Scale Property that gets or sets the scale for the MLeader or RegionAreaProperties with properties to get area, centroid point, extents, moments of inertia, perimeter, principal moments, product of inertia and radii of gyration.
According to this update KB we can see what Autodesk says about if Autodesk products are supported on Microsoft Windows 8.
Please check the system requirements for your product to verify compatibility and specific details (for example, some products are supported on the 64-bit version of Windows 8 but not the 32-bit version).
Unless noted otherwise in the system requirements for an individual product, Autodesk 2014 products are supported on the Windows 8 operating system.
For example I found that for example Revit Architecture for Citrix 2014, Autodesk Navisworks 2014, Simulation Moldflow 2014, Autodesk Maya 2014, Autodesk Inventor 2014, Autodesk Alias 2014, 3ds Max 2014, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014, AutoCAD Plant 3D only mentions Windows 8 64-bit. But who would really use Windows 8 32-bit anyway?
Microsoft Windows Vista: Here’s what Autodesk says: Beginning January 1, 2012, Autodesk will have formally ceased support of the Microsoft Windows Vista Operating System for all new (and upgraded versions) of its products and services released in 2012.
Microsoft Windows XP: Why are you ending support for Windows Vista when XP, an older operating system, is still supported? Through Autodesk’s research and customer engagement, there is still a large population of customers utilizing this Operating System in their work environments. We will work with our customers in the coming 12-24 months to understand their transition plans and make a support decision about Windows XP when it is appropriate to do so.
Yes, the command line does not go away soon, but rather has been improved quite a lot with AutoCorrect, AutoComplete, Adaptive Suggestions, Synonym Suggestions, Internet Search and more. Unfortunately not everything is yet included if you prefer to use the dynamic input only.
Design Feed, accessible from the Autodesk 360 ribbon tab, displays a palette in which you can enter text messages and attach images to be shared online with colleagues, clients, and consultants through Autodesk 360. Posts appear with related drawings on the desktop, on the web, and across mobile devices.
Support for Geographic locations has been significantly enhanced. It includes the same Coordinate System Library as AutoCAD Map 3D and new Autodesk Live Maps.
Reality Capture enables you to take a 3D laser scan of an object, topography, a building or even an entire town and attach it to an AutoCAD drawing as point cloud data. You can then use it as a real‐world reference for your design work. This point cloud data is stored as thousands, even millions, of points in 3D space.
Point cloud functionality is enhanced in AutoCAD 2014 to support inserting of Point Cloud Project (RCP) and Scan (RCS) files produced by Autodesk ReCap.
Autodesk IPv4 Network License Manager for Windows is found here and Autodesk IPv6 Network License Manager for Windows is found here. Supported operating systems are: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2012 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 8 32-bit and 64-bit
FlexNet version and version of all .exe files is 11.11.
Autodesk IPv6 Network License Manager for Windows supports mixed IPv4/IPv6 and IPv6-only environments. It does not support network license checkouts in an IPv4-only environment.
If you have multiple servers you can install on one of them and then grab lmtools.exe, lmutil.exe, lmgrd.exe, and adskflex.exe and copy to the others, just stop and start the FlexNet services in between.
Upgrade your license servers if you plan to support Autodesk’s 2014 products.
Autodesk has announced their 2014 portfolio of tools for design, engineering and entertainment and they invite you to join for a special webcast on March 26, 2013 at 8am Pacific, 11am Eastern, 3pm UK and 4pm Europe to learn more. Via In the Fold.
BTW. Check out the new look on Autodesk’s website.
Autodesk focuses a lot on suites so some products are only available as part of a suite like for example Revit.
AutoCAD Design Suite Standard 2014
Building Design Suite 2014
Entertainment Creation Suite 2014
Factory Design Suite 2014
Infrastructure Design Suite 2014
Plant Design Suite 2014
Product Design Suite 2014
Press release below:
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The new Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) Design and Creation Suites offer unprecedented access to the Autodesk 2014 software portfolio spanning the desktop and cloud and allow building, product, plant, and factory design; engineering, construction and infrastructure; and entertainment creation professionals to innovate more. For the first time, the 2014 Design and Creation Suites include new reality capture software and services that more easily incorporate both laser scans and digital photographs of the physical world into the 3D design and engineering process.
“Autodesk’s commitment to making our 3D design, engineering and entertainment software portfolio accessible to customers through suites workflows that connect to value added services in the cloud is unwavering.”
The flexible, economical software access provided by Autodesk Suites means designers and engineers have a broader palette of tools to choose from — they can choose the best tool for the job at hand and better respond to changing business requirements. Suites customers on Autodesk Subscription will also have access to select Autodesk 360 cloud services that extend designers and engineers’ workflows to explore more design alternatives, collaborate more effectively and experience greater mobility. Subscription customers now can purchase additional cloud capacity as well.
“With our 2014 portfolio, organizations large and small across every industry can simply innovate more,” said Andrew Anagnost, senior vice president of Industry Strategy and Marketing at Autodesk. “Autodesk’s commitment to making our 3D design, engineering and entertainment software portfolio accessible to customers through suites workflows that connect to value added services in the cloud is unwavering.”
The 2014 family of Autodesk Design and Creation Suites includes:
Comprehensive Industry Workflows Include Reality Capture
A key addition to the 2014 portfolio of suites is Autodesk ReCap, a family of new reality capture software and cloud services that simplify the process of creating intelligent 3D data of physical objects and environments using laser scans and photos, allowing customers to bring the actual job site or physical objects into their design and engineering process.
Rather than beginning with a blank screen, designers and engineers can add, modify, validate and document their design process in context. For example, a civil engineer can bypass an existing bridge or expand the road underneath digitally and test feasibility with accurate survey data. At construction phase, builders can run digital clash detection to truly understand if existing utilities will be in the way. Urban planners can get answers to specific design questions about large areas, such as how much building roof surface is covered by shadow or vegetation.
The 2014 suites’ industry specific workflows address specific user needs and strengthen compatibility between products. For example, suites containing Autodesk Revit products and Autodesk AutoCAD software enjoy tighter interoperability so when it is time to import forms from AutoCAD into Revit products, the forms retain much greater integrity, or when it is time to output drawings in AutoCAD, users can generate 2D documentation within Revit products. Suites containing Autodesk Revit and Autodesk Inventor software will benefit from tighter interoperability that allows customers, such as building product manufacturers, to simplify and export an Inventor model into a Revit file format for the construction environment without exposing any sensitive intellectual property.
Better Together: Desktop and Cloud
Autodesk 360 extends the suites workflow advantage by connecting the desktop to secure and virtually infinite computing power in the cloud, helping subscribers rapidly design, visualize, simulate, and share their ideas anywhere, anytime.
Illustrating the power of a combining the cloud and desktop, Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite 2014 and Autodesk Building Design Suite 2014 introduce Autodesk InfraWorks software and Autodesk InfraWorks 360 cloud services. These new tools help accelerate the adoption of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and cloud-based workflows for the planning, design, construction and management of civil infrastructure projects. Helping improve the civil infrastructure design process by engineering in 3D from the start, the software and services allow collaboration with a broad set of stakeholders on mobile and desktop platforms, and enables communication in new and visually compelling ways. Autodesk InfraWorks allows civil engineers and planners to design within the context of the real-world environment, helping to deliver projects, both large and small, by more efficiently managing even large-scale infrastructure models.
Economical Access
Finally, each suite offers an economical way for customers to access their primary design software—plus the complementary software and cloud services needed to more effectively complete design, engineering, or entertainment creation tasks. The 2014 Suites, which come in Standard, Premium or Ultimate editions, offer greater value than ever before:
Standard editions of all suites containing AutoCAD have added AutoCAD Raster Design software.
Autodesk Building Design Suite subscribers gain access to Autodesk Green Building Studio and energy analysis cloud services in the standard edition, as well as InfraWorks 2014 and the Optimization for Inventor cloud service in the Ultimate edition.
Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite customers will benefit from new workflows like the ability to easily generate moving or idle crowds with populate, improved viewport display and shading, and the ability to create production-quality meshes with the new retopologizing options.
Autodesk Factory Design Suite includes more than 300 new factory assets.
Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite Premium now includes Autodesk InfraWorks 2014, Autodesk Roads and Highways Module for InfraWorks, Autodesk AutoCAD Utility Design software and for the first time, a single, comprehensive version of Autodesk Revit products that combines tools for architectural design, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineering and structural engineering.
Autodesk Plant Design Suite Ultimate adds Autodesk Inventor with Routed Systems, and the Plant Design Suite Premium edition now includes Autodesk 3ds Max Design software.
Autodesk Product Design Suite Premium now includes Autodesk Inventor Professional, and Autodesk Navisworks Manage has been added to the Product Design Suite Ultimate edition for clash detection. Both Product Design Suite Ultimate and Premium customers on Autodesk Subscription now have access to the Optimization for Inventor cloud service.
Availability
Availability varies by country. Suites customers on Subscription have access to select Autodesk 360 capabilities, and subscribers can purchase 100 additional cloud credits for only $100. See details and purchasing options at http://www.autodesk.com/purchaseoptions.
About Autodesk
Autodesk helps people imagine, design and create a better world. Everyone—from design professionals, engineers and architects to digital artists, students and hobbyists—uses Autodesk software to unlock their creativity and solve important challenges. For more information visit autodesk.com or follow @autodesk.
SSMPropEditor is the Sheet Set Manager Properties Editor for AutoCAD based products and SSMPropEditor 5.0 is now available and comes with the addition of localization for Italian, direct export and import to and from Excel and more.
The upgrade is free for customers that purchased an earlier version. Get the downloads here.
SSMPropEditor as AutoCAD app will be available later this month.
The updated FlexNet (FLEXlm) version (based on Flexera Software’s FlexNet Publisher Licensing Toolkit 11.11.1) was released in February 2013 and is now available as a public download as well as the updated License Administration Guide.
Here are the news in Version 11.11.1 • Support for server-side ASRs • New lmadmin command line options to add, delete, or manage roles • Support for lmadmin console installer on Windows
No words about if there are any bug fixes but if you experienced unknown problems with the license manager it can be worth trying to update.
lmgrd.exe, lmutil.exe and lmtools.exe are all 11.11.1 now.
You will soon see this new logo made up of an update logotype and a new logomark pop up everywhere.
“The visual change is the most significant branding update in the company’s 30 year history, but since 1982, we’ve made subtle changes to things like color and imagery, eventually moving from the original calipers icon (a tool used to measure the distance between two opposite sides of an object) to the use of the Autodesk name. Our new visual identity includes a logomark with the Autodesk name for the first time in more than a decade. A talented team of Autodesk designers created the new branding and found their inspiration in origami. The style beautifully shows the convergence of art and science, form and function, aptly representing the Autodesk software portfolio. ”
In this AutoCAD Sheet Sets training course, Autodesk CAD expert Brian Benton will show you how to create and manage Sheet Sets for your CAD projects, making you more efficient and organized. This tutorial is for users that already have a working knowledge of AutoCAD and want to get more organized and efficient. Sheet Sets are a way for you to organize your CAD sheets from one or more sets drawings. Brian will show you to how create Sheet Sets, and how to manage them in a way that will make organizing your projects much easier. You will learn how to automate data and info exchange with powerful properties, apply Sheet Sets to manage your projects, print and publish your Sheet Sets, and finally how to archive and submit your Sheet Sets. By the conclusion of this computer based training video for AutoCAD Sheet Sets, you will have a greater understanding of how to use Sheet Sets to effectively organize your projects and CAD drawings. Working files are included, allowing you to follow along with the author throughout the lessons. 3.25 hours and 37 lessons.
00. Free Videos From This Course
What You Will LearnAbout The AuthorTypical Uses And AdvantagesGetting Sheet Set Properties Into Your DrawingsThe Single Most Advantage To Using Sheet Sets Is PrintingWhat To Do With Your Electronic Files?
1. What You Will Learn
0101 What You Will Learn
2. Introducing AutoCAD Sheet Sets
0201 Introducing Sheet Sets
0202 Typical Uses And Advantages
0203 The Sheet Set Manager
0204 Sheets
0205 Subsets
0206 Publishing And Exporting
0207 Properties
3. Creating A Sheet Set
0301 Where To Start
0302 Starting With A Blank Sheet Set - Inserting Layouts
0303 Create A Sheet Set From A Template
0304 Advantages To Both Methods And My Recommendations
4. Automating Data/Info Exchange
0401 The Power Of Sheet Sets Is In Properties
0402 Getting Sheet Set Properties Into Your Drawings
0403 Default Properties
0404 Custom Properties
0405 The Differences And Uses Of Sheet Properties
And Set Properties
0406 Sheet Views
0407 Using Sheet Views And Their Benefits
0408 Sheet List Table
5. Project Management
0501 Use A Sheet Set Template And A Drawing Template
0502 Prepare You Title Block For Sheet Sets
0503 Put Page Setups In Your Template File
0504 Put Project Data In Custom Sheet Set Properties
0505 Creating New Files With The SSM
0506 Folders
6. Plot/Print Publish
0601 The Single Most Advantage To Using
Sheet Sets Is Printing
0602 Print To DWF, PDF, Plotter
0603 Publishing
0604 Miscellaneous Printing/Publishing Options
0605 Sheet Set Publish Options And Subset Publishing
0606 Page Setup Overrides
7. Submitting And/Or Archiving Files/Drawings
0701 What To Do With Your Electronic Files?
0702 eTransmit
0703 Archiving With The Sheet Set Manager
0704 Transmittal Setups
8. About The Author
0801 About The Author
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