The CAD Setter Out https://cadsetterout.com/ AutoCAD and Inventor Tips, Tricks & Tutorials. Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:28:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://cadsetterout.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/CSO-divider-icon-e1429904278990.png The CAD Setter Out https://cadsetterout.com/ 32 32 96767680 In a spin with AutoCAD Blocks and Tool Palettes [Tips & Tricks] https://cadsetterout.com/autocad-tutorials/rotate-autocad-blocks-from-tool-palettes/ https://cadsetterout.com/autocad-tutorials/rotate-autocad-blocks-from-tool-palettes/#comments Fri, 27 Oct 2017 15:30:30 +0000 http://cadsetterout.com/?p=14611 This AutoCAD Tool Palettes tip from Mike McDonell will help you to set the rotation of a Block, as you insert it from a Tool Palette.

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]]> https://cadsetterout.com/autocad-tutorials/rotate-autocad-blocks-from-tool-palettes/feed/ 2 14611 Getting Pally with AutoCAD Tool palettes [Tips & Tricks] https://cadsetterout.com/autocad-tutorials/pally-with-autocad-tool-palettes/ https://cadsetterout.com/autocad-tutorials/pally-with-autocad-tool-palettes/#comments Fri, 13 Oct 2017 15:30:46 +0000 http://cadsetterout.com/?p=14597 A quick tip to swipe AutoCAD Leader Lines and Hatches onto Tool Palettes. Create content libraries and improve your CAD productivity in minutes.

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]]> https://cadsetterout.com/autocad-tutorials/pally-with-autocad-tool-palettes/feed/ 2 14597 AutoCAD Import PDF to DWG – the Future is Now https://cadsetterout.com/guest-posts/autocad-import-pdf-to-dwg/ https://cadsetterout.com/guest-posts/autocad-import-pdf-to-dwg/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:30:44 +0000 http://cadsetterout.com/?p=14145 Find out how to import PDF from Adobe into an AutoCAD DWG. NOT as an Underlay, as actual real life line-work, with all Layers intact!

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]]> https://cadsetterout.com/guest-posts/autocad-import-pdf-to-dwg/feed/ 15 14145 Hey! Me and 11,999,000 of my Buddies can’t be at Autodesk University. How can we learn, connect and explore? https://cadsetterout.com/personal-posts/i-cant-make-it-to-autodesk-university/ Sun, 23 Oct 2016 20:30:57 +0000 http://cadsetterout.com/?p=13292 Autodesk University is the premier learning event for Autodesk software users. Seriously - if you can make it, you HAVE to go! But how about if you can't?

A trip to Autodesk University is expensive, and it is held in Las Vegas. It's not easy to convince your Boss that a trip to AU is 'educational'!

So, if your Boss isn't the enlightened type - what can you do?

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]]> 13292 Five pillars of effective CAD Management | Autodesk University 2016 https://cadsetterout.com/cad-management/five-pillars-of-effective-cad-management-au-2016/ Fri, 14 Oct 2016 16:00:46 +0000 http://cadsetterout.com/?p=14058 Come and meet Paul Munford at Autodesk University 2016. Paul will be presenting 'Five pillars of Effective CAD Management'.

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]]> 14058 How to get started with Autodesk Inventor Stress Analysis https://cadsetterout.com/inventor-tutorials/get-started-with-autodesk-inventor-stress-analysis/ https://cadsetterout.com/inventor-tutorials/get-started-with-autodesk-inventor-stress-analysis/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2016 19:00:00 +0000 http://cadsetterout.com/?p=13995 Welcome along to another guest post on Cadsetterout.com. Thanks very much to Viktor Rask of CADmode.com for this Awesome introduction to the Autodesk Inventor Stress Analysis Environment. Click here for details of how you can become a guest writer on the CSO Blog! Have you been trying to figure out the Autodesk Inventor stress analysis add-in for
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]]> https://cadsetterout.com/inventor-tutorials/get-started-with-autodesk-inventor-stress-analysis/feed/ 7 13995 Cadsetterout class submissions for Autodesk University 2016 https://cadsetterout.com/personal-posts/class-submissions-autodesk-university-2016/ https://cadsetterout.com/personal-posts/class-submissions-autodesk-university-2016/#comments Sun, 15 May 2016 19:30:04 +0000 http://cadsetterout.com/?p=13891 Didn’t we just get back from Autodesk University 2015?! The great machine that is AU keeps on turning and it’s class submission time again before you know it. This year I have submitted six classes to AU, including two classes that are in collaboration, and a Lab class (For the first time ever!). If you’d
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]]> https://cadsetterout.com/personal-posts/class-submissions-autodesk-university-2016/feed/ 6 13891 What’s new in Autodesk Inventor 2017? https://cadsetterout.com/personal-posts/whats-new-autodesk-inventor-2017/ https://cadsetterout.com/personal-posts/whats-new-autodesk-inventor-2017/#comments Fri, 13 May 2016 19:30:23 +0000 http://cadsetterout.com/?p=13895 Are you trying to find out what's new in Autodesk Inventor 2017? This article takes you through all of the major new features, from 3D Sketching to AnyCAD, via Mesh model support and the new Inventor publisher presentation environment.

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]]> https://cadsetterout.com/personal-posts/whats-new-autodesk-inventor-2017/feed/ 2 13895 Autodesk Inventor Pattern Optimisation https://cadsetterout.com/guest-posts/autodesk-inventor-pattern-perfomance/ Fri, 11 Mar 2016 19:30:05 +0000 http://cadsetterout.com/?p=13872 I love to Pattern. I love Geometry and I have Draughtsman’s OCD. Patterns speak to me ;) I can happily fiddle around with patterns and patterning for hours, I love it when I need to create a patten in my Autodesk Inventor model! If you’ve ever tried to create a large or complex Pattern in
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]]> 13872 AutoCAD Keyboard Shortcuts, easy productivity hack! https://cadsetterout.com/autocad-tutorials/autocad-keyboard-shortcuts/ https://cadsetterout.com/autocad-tutorials/autocad-keyboard-shortcuts/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2016 15:30:24 +0000 http://cadsetterout.com/?p=13851 Thanks very much to Nick Williams of Acuity training for this excellent AutoCAD Keyboard Shortcuts productivity hack. If you’d like to write for CSO, please check out this link… Click here to find out how to purchase AutoCAD LT. When it comes to interacting with AutoCAD, for better or worse we all fit somewhat into one
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