Friday, September 7, 2012

Split Tables Into Columns


Did you know that Tables can now be broken into multiple parts but still be part of the same table. At the bottom of every table object is a triangular grip. Click and drag this grip to set the breaking height for the table. 

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Full Un-install of Civil 3D 2012 Instructions


Issue:
There are instances when you may experience problems or issues with the original
installation of AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2012. In these cases, it is strongly recommended
that you completely remove AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 from the system and then perform
a new installation on the system.

Solution:
To uninstall AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2012 and remove any remnants of this product from
the system, follow these steps:
·         Backup any customizations if needed
·         Remove programs in this specific order using Add/Remove programs from Control Panel
o    Autodesk Material Base Resolution Image Library 2012
o    Autodesk Material Library 2012
o    AutoCAD Civil3D 2012
o    Autodesk Storm and Sanitary Analysis 2012
·         Restart Computer
·         Delete: C:\ProgramFiles\Autodesk\AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012
·         Delete: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\C3D2012 (for each user that has used C3D on machine)
·         Delete: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Autodesk\C3D2012 (for each user that has used C3D on machine)
·         Delete: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\C3D 2012
·         Delete: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R18.2\ACAD-A000:409
·         Delete: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R18.2\ACAD-A000:409
·         Restart Computer



Monday, July 30, 2012

Broken Data References

If you are experiencing broken data references in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012. It is due to a known issue in service pack 2. If you haven't yet upgraded to service pack 2 yet hold off. A fix is in the works.

Friday, July 27, 2012

AutoCAD WS Update



AutoCAD WS
AutoCAD WS: web and mobile CAD for iPad and more

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

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)