From a Customer, with a response by our guest commentator, Bill McKenna Art, I'm hoping you can help or direct this to someone else who can help.  We are using AutoCAD MEP 2008 and HydraCAD Version 50.1 Revision 2 The attached drawing is having a problem with the OVERRIDE -> TEE -> "Groove-O-Let Sid Out".…

I was visiting a new customer in New York City earlier this month, and this is what was in the design manager’s office: .Yep – that is four monitors, all hooked up to the same machine via one video card. I had HydraCALC, HydraLIST, HydraCAD and 3D fittings all up on different screens. It was…

This from Tuesday’s Dow Jones’ Market Watch website: NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Are you in the habit of choosing the "remember my password" option when signing into online accounts? Storing passwords can be a useful tool for those of us without perfect recall. The trouble is, eventually your computer will prompt you to re-enter the…

Longtime customer Aidan Downey is here visiting from California and he asked me to find out if there are any podcasts out there that cover AutoCAD-type hints, tips or tricks. I really couldn’t find much –  unfortunately most out there are sales or marketing tools (probably done just to say – "Hey – we have…

I have a customer/friend here from Sweden this week for training. He brought his laptop and started working on it like anyone else would and I didn’t give it a second thought until he mentioned it was a Macintosh! He has a MacBook with an Intel Dual-core processor running BootCamp which is downloadable free from…

It is possible (and quite straightforward) to access your work computer from home or a job site these days, and you don’t have to pay a monthly service to do so. What you need is a network, VPN software and Microsoft Remote Access (comes standard with Windows) and an IT person to put it all…

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I just ordered Verizon’s fiber-optic service here at work (Fios). We currently have a frame-relay service (aka – Partial T1) now that runs at 384k. This new service will run at 15000k downstream (downloading) and 2000k upstream (uploading stuff directly to our machines) -that 39 times faster boys and girls. Amazing. And less than $100…

64-bit machines. Are they supported? What works on them? Does AutoCAD? Does HydraCAD? What gives? The quick answer – 64 bit hardware = good. 64 bit operating systems = bad Many software packages don’t work on 64-bit operating systems, including HydraCAD and HydraLIST. AutoCAD is not supported on 64 bit operating systems either which means…