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Develop3D Inventor 2013 review by the CAD Setter Out!

Develop3D magazine May 2012

The most wonderful thing about the internet is the opportunity to get involved with people and projects that you might simply never come across in your daily life.

After three years writing for the CadSetterOut.com – finally, validation! I was recently honoured to have been invited to write an article for Develop3D (D3D) Magazine.

Find out what I made of Autodesk Inventor 2013 in this article.

BIM Show Live 2012

BIM Show Live 2012

Did you miss the CAD Setter Out at last years BIM Show Live! It’s not to late to catch up with me this year. I’ll be talking about Digital Prototyping and Architectural Fabrication – Come along, it should be fun!

An introduction to Autodesk Inventor 2013

Autodesk Inventor 2013

With a reported 82 new features (I didn’t count them all!) Autodesk have worked hard this year to make Autodesk Inventor 2013 more intuitive and easier to use than ever.

But I know that you only care about these five things:

D3D Live! Conference review 2012

D3D Live - Cadaroo!

If you’ve never read Develop 3D (D3D) magazine – you really should.

D3D is a magazine which is passionate about design and engineering. ‘CAD’ features in Develop 3D, but as part of the context, rather than as the star.

The team from D3D tell the stories of the interesting, the unique, and the innovative in product design and manufacturing – and this year (for the first time) they decided to bring these ideals to a FREE conference – D3D Live!

An introduction to AutoCAD 2013

AutoCAD 2013

You may have been watching AutoCAD’s development over the last few years, wondering where the really big stuff is. Where are the fantastic new technologies? Where are the enticing gifts that make installing a new version of AutoCAD as exciting as a shiny new bike at Christmas?

In fact – there has been a lot going on under the hood for AutoCAD over the last few years, and it’s only when you start to look at the bigger picture that the development path starts to become clear.

How to fix your AutoCAD 2007 to PDF solid hatch problems

An AutoCAD 2007 Solid Hatch - without Errors

Thanks very much to Brian M Curran for this Guest post. If you have a burning desire to see your favourite CAD tips or comments on the web – get in touch - Paul- After an AutoCAD drawing is created, it is common to need a PDF version of the drawing. If the correct printer/plotter is…