AutoCAD WS Update

Link:http://usa.autodesk.com/autocad-ws/

AutoCAD WS

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  Accurately annotate, revise, and collaborate on your drawings while you are on location in the field, in meetings, or out of the office.
  
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  View, edit, and share DWG drawings from any web browser. Work online now.
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  Upload and manage online DWG files and folders seamlessly. Get the plug-in for AutoCAD.
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Extend AutoCAD to Web & Mobile Devices The AutoCAD® WS web and mobile application for AutoCAD® software lets you view, edit, and  share DWG™ drawings through a web browser or mobile device. Now you have the freedom to work  virtually anywhere and with almost anyone. Store AutoCAD drawings and project files in an  easy-to-access online workspace. View and edit your designs online or on your mobile device.  Share and collaborate easily with others; there’s no software required, and it’s free*. Watch AutoCAD WS Videos on Our YouTube Channel Online DWG viewer —Access your AutoCAD drawings from anywhere. All you need is a web browser. Web-based CAD —Edit drawings online using many familiar and intuitive drawing and editing tools. CAD for mobile devices —Work on AutoCAD drawings directly from your Apple® iPad™, iPhone®, or Google Android™ device. No software required —Invite team members to review and edit DWG drawings online. Collaborate in real time —Conduct online design reviews with participants in multiple locations. Track and manage changes —Record changes to designs in a timeline for version control and auditing. Edit Offline —Work with your DWG files offline without a 3G or Wi-Fi connection from your mobile device. Related Information       Top 10 Reasons to Use AutoCAD WS (pdf - 2081Kb)       FAQ (pdf - 182Kb)       AutoCAD WS Product Brochure (pdf - 759Kb) *Free products and services are subject to the terms and conditions of the end-user license  and services agreement that accompanies them.

Increasing space on a SSD

The capacity of fast SSD disks is usually limited (for technology- and price reasons) and so an additional 4 GB or 8 GB disk space can be quite useful. In most cases you can save several gigabytes of a precious disk space by deleting the system hibernation file.

Windows 7 create a hidden file hiberfil.sys in the root folder of disk C: - and the contents of RAM is stored into this file when your system gets hibernated. The hibernation makes your system start faster as the applications are not launched individually, but the system status is restored from the hibernation file image.

If you do not use hibernation to shutdown your system, or if the speed of the standard system start from a fast SSD disk is enough for you, you can delete (remove) the hibernation file. Depending on the size of RAM in your computer you can save several GB of free space on your SSD disk.

To disable hibernation and automatically delete the hiberfil.sys file, run the Windows command line (cmd.exe) as Administrator and enter the command:

powercfg.exe -h off

(to restore this function use the "on" option)

Boundary Iron Pin Mask

This tip may be floating around out there, but I came up with this version myself. When drawing Boundary surveys in Civil 3D or AutoCAD we always had a problem with the Property Corner symbol (See Figure 1) say you had a corner where two property lines meet and you show a circle for the Iron Pin or some other material unless you trimmed the lines within the circle they overlapped worse yet if you trimmed the lines inside the circle the distances got messed up. This new Style masks the lines underneath the circle without actually trimming them. 

Figure 1 "Before"

"After"

Create a new Point Label Style or copy an existing one and modify it. Name it "Boundary Circle Mask" Go to the Layout tab and click on the ellipses button in the contents parameter under the Text fly out; delete the default text string and type a period (yes I said a tiny period) make sure you match all of the settings in Figure 2 & 3. Make sure the background mask is set to true as in figure 3. Click

OK to exit out.

Figure 2

Figure 3

What is this White thingy on my screen???

Ahhhhh..... This little white thing that is always on the screen in model space. What is it and why can't I get rid of it? says just about everybody. Well there is a way to turn it off by just changing a setting. The best practice is to open your company template file and change it there for everybody.

1. Open your template drawing.

2.Type "GEOMARKERVISIBILITY" on your command line and set it to 0.

3. That's it. You could be "the man" this week at the office with this little tidbit of info.

Where is my Right Click Osnap Shortcut??

This is one of the first questions I hear when people start using Civil 3d that were previously using Land Desktop. Where is my Right Click Osnap Shortcut. You would think that their dog got run over. However I'm about to reunite you with Fido. Civil 3D didn't do away with your command they just added a extra button to it.

Here it is:    Press and hold down "Shift" and Right Click your mouse and presto there it is.