Monday, December 05, 2005

The PSBSCALE Command in AutoCAD2006

By typing PSBSCALE at the command line you can place block inserts in the model space and specify the size that they should appear to be in paper space. If the zoom factor changes, you can update previously set objects to adjust their size accordingly.

This is useful if you would like the legend objects in the paper space to be the exact same size as the objects in the model space.

Saturday, December 03, 2005

Autodesk University 2005

Well I got back from Orlando, Florida today - Some 5,200 people attended this year AU with 400 classes. I didn't like the fact that the classrooms where in both the Dolphin hotel & the Swan hotel.

Day 1 (Monday)

It was an action packed day of classes, the AUGI Annual meeting where the new AUGI logo was unveiled , the AutoCAD Wishlist was presented by Yoshi Honda to John Sanders of Autodesk, as well as the Beer Bust.

Here is the list.

Wish 1
The ability to have multiple segments from one leader. For example, when you have more than one item being called out by a single note. – B. Crouse
Wish 2 Translucent/ Transparent Layers (G. Pope)
Wish 3 Spell Check Improvement (J. Hohman)
Wish 4 3D Dynamic Blocks (R. Purnell)
Wish 5 Dynamic Linetype (R. Bushaw)
Wish 6 Greater Control within Tables (J. Runnels)
Wish 7 Improved Tools for Manipulating Layouts (E. Arrud)
Wish 8 Paragraph Spacing in MTEXT (L. Camara)
Wish 9 Easier Way to Add Sheets to a Sheet Set (S. Wilcox)
Wish 10 Improved Support for Dual Monitors (B. Crouse)

Day 2 (Tuesday)

Day 3 (Wednesday)

At this year main stage the keynote presentations: Autodesk's Lynn Allen, Autodesk CEO Carol Bartz, Autodesk COO Carl Bass, Autodesk's Jonathan Knowles, and Dr. Thomas McCann Senior Vice President of Engineering for Walt Disney Imagineering. As well as a HUGE high definition screen at the back of the stage.

On Wednesday Night, the Disney/MGM Studios was open privately until 11PM with free food and drinks and several of the rides open such as Tower of Terror and the Rock n Roll Roller Coaster.

Day 4 (Thursday)

Next year, AU 06 will be at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas.