Media Requests for Previous Versions May 11th 2012

Autodesk licencing states that organisations without a current Autodesk Subscription contract must only use the version of software they are entitled to. i.e. If your Autodesk Subscription contract ended in August 2011 then you must use the Autodesk 2012 version of software. Prior releases are not permitted.

AutoCAD 2012 for Mac Service Pack 2 May 3rd 2012

This update resolves compatibility issues that have been reported while using the software on the latest versions of Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.8) and Mac OS X Lion. It also resolves problems reported by the Customer Error Reporting (CER) utility and other general problems identified after AutoCAD 2012 Service Pack 1 was made available.

How to Activate and Register Autodesk Software Apr 24th 2012

When you install your Autodesk product, you need to activate and register it for the first time.

The first time you start your Autodesk product, you will be prompted to activate it using the activation wizard.

Product activation verifies that you have installed a genuine Autodesk product and that it has not been activated on more computers than are allowed by your Software License Agreement. 

During this process, you will also be prompted to register your product, which is required only once and helps you to prevent unauthorized use of your product by another person.

Ready for Autodesk 2013? Apr 4th 2012

Autodesk 2013 products are now becoming available via the Autodesk Subscription portal for Autodesk Subscription customers.

Tips and Tricks for AutoCAD Apr 2nd 2012

Here are links to all of the popular series of Lynn Allen’s Tips and Tricks booklets for various releases of AutoCAD.

Click the thumbnails below to download the version of your choice…...we will upload Lynn’s ‘Tips and Tricks’ for AutoCAD 2013 as soon as they are available.

Why aren’t my Edit commands working anymore?! Mar 23rd 2012

This has to be my all time top frequently asked question! The answer is always the same. Old timers like myself will recognise this symptom immediately (we were users before, the ability to select objects before modifying them was even available) nowadays it is common practice to select objects then right click or even double click on an object to modify it’s properties.

Important Hotfixes for Revit 2012 Architecture Mar 8th 2012

Important Hotfixes for Revit 2012 Architecture

Autodesk Release Dates Feb 23rd 2012

We are often being asked what a particular version of AutoCAD was released.

Autodesk Activation Support Requests Feb 23rd 2012

As advised previously Autodesk will be changing the way they handle Activation Requests
Autodesk’s direct email addresses will be closed and an online system has been adopted.
This may open up the possibility of spurious online activation requests that you have not made.
Support Customers, please let us know if this is a problem for you so we can help you fix it.

Autodesk Exchange now with Revit Apps! Feb 10th 2012

Autodesk Exchange has been active for AutoCAD for a while now, but it looks like this will become a somewhat ‘official’ delivery method for add-ins in the future (think Autodesk Seek for add-ins…)