The H-Factor

Reducing Entropy

Month: June 2011

  • We all have drawings that go bad. Over time, the minor errors build up and overwhelm the ability of AutoCAD to cope. How do we attempt to fix them? This is our usual plan of attack, in order: 1. Run RECOVER 2. Run Super Purge (PURG) 3. Start a new drawing and insert bad drawing…

  • Many years ago, customers asked us to give them an 'atta boy' for getting no errors when running Checkups. That evolved from just the Congratulations dialog box to the dialog plus the Congratulations spoken message. The voice being used depends on the version of Windows you have. On Windows XP, the voice is officially known…

  • Autodesk has released a 2012 Performance Hotfix for all AutoCAD 2012 based products. This is manual file replacement hotfix that fixes performance issues that occur because of layer control tools in the Ribbon. Some customers have noticed a 300% speed increase when running Cadalyst's 3D benchmark tests. This Hotfix can be downloaded here: 2012 Performance…