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Unblocking a Group of Files

After downloading a file, it is often Blocked. You must right-click on it, pick Properties and then check the Unblock item: But doing a dozen or more files gets old, real fast. I just learned a way to Unblock a batch of files at once. It involves using PowerShell, a Microsoft tool that is a…

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Adding Hanger Types to HydraLIST

If you want to use a new type of hanger, or are a fab shop that gets a job from a contractor that uses a hanger type that you do not have, it is easy to add that new hanger type to your own machine. A hanger is an assembly, and an assembly is just…

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Fine Tuning Your 3D Performance in AutoCAD

Thanks to a long time customer, I now know about the AutoCAD command for tuning up your 3D performance. It is 3DCONFIG.

This brings up the 'Advanced Degradation and Performance Tuning' tool (sounds futuristic, eh?). From here you can tweak this or that to speed up 3D, but some of the highlights are as follows:

1. Check for Updates: This will check for updates to your display driver

2. View Tune Log: This will tell you if your card is certified by Autodesk. It will also list which features are available or not available for your card and will tell you what driver version you are currently using.

3. Manual Tune: This feature lets you turn on features that are not turned on by default for your particular situation, such as Hardware Acceleration. This is one I am going to turn on myself, to see what happens. If I don't ever post again, my machine crashed an I lost access to this blog and you will never hear from me again.

Autodesk has published a white paper on this topic, and it includes a number of handy tips. View it HERE.

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