Reviews - The CAD Setter Out

Review, CAD-Notes AutoCAD Block best practices

June 2012 Paul Munford

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Back in 2009 when I first started writing the CAD Setter Out, one of the blogs that inspired me to begin was ‘CAD-Notes.com’ by the Mighty Edwin Prakoso. Little did I know that Edwin himself had only started CAD-Notes a few months before!

So it’s about time then that I make sure that you all know one of Edwin’s most successful side projects, his E-book ‘AutoCAD block best practices’.

Find out how to improve your drawing productivity by making your own 'smart library' of AutoCAD blocks. Read the full review here.

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An introduction to Autodesk Inventor 2013

April 2012 Paul Munford

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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:

Will I have to re-learn the way I use Inventor to use Inventor 2013?
Will Inventor 2013 make my work any easier?
Will Inventor 2013 change the way I work?
Will I have to do anything special to migrate to Inventor 2013?
Is Autodesk Inventor 2013 worth the money?

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D3D Live! Conference review 2012

March 2012 Paul Munford

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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!

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An introduction to AutoCAD 2013

March 2012 Paul Munford

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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.

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