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1. News, Announcements & FAQ
  
  News, important announcements and FAQ about the CADTutor website and the CADTutor Forums.
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  - A message about CADTutor a…
  - By hanhphuc
  - June 11
2. Feedback
  
  Tell me what you think of CADTutor.net and the forum. Let me know what you'd like to see in the future. Could it be improved?
  
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  - Condensed View
  - By Dadgad
  - May 17
AutoCAD
1. AutoCAD Beginners' Area
  - Student Project Questions
  This is the best place for AutoCAD beginners to ask basic questions. Please be as specific as you can when describing your problem.
  AutoCAD Tutorials | Student Software
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  - Laptop recommendations, pl…
  - By BIGAL
  - 15 hours ago
2. AutoCAD 2D Drafting, Object Properties & Interface
  
  Troublesome text, units & scales, object snaps, dimensions, annotation, linetypes, toolbars, geometry, measurement...? Help is at hand.
  
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  - Can this be drawn without …
  - By lamensterms
  - Yesterday at 02:06 AM
3. AutoCAD Drawing Management & Output
  
  Problems with layer management, layouts, viewports, printing/plotting, x-refs, dynamic blocks, images, e-transmit...? We're all ears.
  
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  - vscurrent on 3D Hidden in …
  - By Hardney
  - Thursday at 03:42 PM
4. AutoCAD 3D Modelling & Rendering
  
  Solid and surface modelling, UCS, cameras, lighting, materials, rendering and animation. Share your woes or experience here.
  
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  - Filling or moving holes Au…
  - By Berzerker
  - 14 hours ago
5. AutoCAD Vertical Products
  Sub-forums for each of the AutoCAD vertical products. If you have a question specific to a vertical product, please post it here.
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  - C3D 2018 - vscurrent 3D Hi…
  - By sandiegophil
  - Thursday at 04:39 PM
6. AutoCAD LT
  
  Questions specific to the LT version of AutoCAD should go in this forum.
  
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  - Insert georeferenced image…
  - By Mr.Alex
  - July 27
7. CAD Management
  
  Discussion of CAD Management, network issues, drawing standards, layer naming, backup strategies, training concepts…
  
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  - Best workflow in architect…
  - By koolarsenal
  - Yesterday at 02:37 AM
8. AutoCAD Bugs, Error Messages & Quirks
  
  Report a bug, display your error messages, describe a quirk you have discovered or tell us how to crash AutoCAD.
  
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  - Enhanced Attribute text ap…
  - By tombu
  - Thursday at 03:24 PM
9. AutoCAD General
  - Software & Licensing
  - Hardware & Operating Systems
  Got an AutoCAD question that doesn't obviously go in any of the other forums? Ask here.
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  - Read-only file.
  - By ammobake
  - Tuesday at 12:40 AM
10. AutoCAD Blogs
  
  Read all your favourite blogs in one place. This forum is an aggregator for AutoCAD related RSS feeds.
  
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  - A First Look at AutoCAD 20…
  - By The CAD Geek
  - Yesterday at 04:30 AM
AutoCAD Customization
1. The CUI, Hatches, Linetypes, Scripts & Macros
  
  This forum is for all customizations that do not involve programming. Tips, tutorials and questions on working with the Ribbon are welcome.
  
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  - Objects not selected when …
  - By sketch11
  - 6 hours ago
2. AutoLISP, Visual LISP & DCL
  
  Questions from beginner to advanced. Tell us about good sources of free lisp and post your own routines for testing.
  Code posting guidelines
  
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  - How to write lisp to follo…
  - By Costinbos77
  - 7 hours ago
3. .NET, ObjectARX & VBA
  
  Use this forum to discuss all application interfaces (APIs) other than LISP.
  
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  - Get file name by dialog
  - By PeterPan9720
  - Monday at 10:30 AM
4. Application Beta Testing
  
  Developers may post their applications here for testing by CADTutor community members. Beta software should never be used in a production environment!
  
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  - Will you to Beta test my C…
  - By milessmith
  - November 25, 2018
5. Application Archive
  
  There are many applications (e.g. AutoLISP routines) posted at various places throughout this board. This archive brings the best of them together for easy retrieval.
  How to use AutoLISP routines
  
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  - Line Length Calculator
  - By BIGAL
  - July 21
Other Autodesk Products
1. Autodesk 3ds Max
  General comments, queries, tips, tricks observations and news go here.
  3ds Max Tutorials
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  - missing graphite modeling …
  - By Cad64
  - June 1
2. Autodesk Revit
  Revit is Autodesk's Building Information Modelling (BIM) software and maybe in 5 year's time we'll all be using it. Better find out what it's all about!
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  - How to reduce the PDF size…
  - By tzframpton
  - Thursday at 09:29 PM
3. Autodesk Inventor
  
  It seems Inventor is on the rise. This forum is here to introduce the wonderful world of Autodesk Inventor. Ask questions, make comments and view tutorials.
  
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  - decals disappearing when s…
  - By MatthiasD
  - August 6
4. Autodesk Software General
  
  This is a general forum for all questions and comments relating to Autodesk products not catered for in other forums. Questions about Impression, Maya, DWG TrueView, NavisWorks, Buzzsaw etc. are all fair game.
  
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  - Computer for Auto Desk app
  - By f700es
  - July 26
Other CAD Products
1. BricsCAD
  
  BricsCAD is the AutoCAD challenger and is definitely going places. Ask your questions here.
  
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  - Can not turn on osnaps
  - By BIGAL
  - July 22
2. SketchUp
  
  SketchUp is a 3D application, currently taking the 3D design arena by storm. Since it can import and export DWG, it's the perfect partner for AutoCAD.
  
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  - CAD PDF to AI. to DWG Bloc…
  - By f700es
  - March 11
3. Rhino
  
  Rhinoceros is a 3D NURBS modelling application developed by Robert McNeel Associates. Use this forum to discuss Rhino and its associated applications; Flamingo, Penguin and Bongo.
  
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  - Problem locating shaded an…
  - By Jsbwalker
  - Wednesday at 05:51 PM
4. SolidWorks
  
  This forum is dedicated to those of you using SolidWorks, the 3D mechanical design software.
  
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  - Printing in Sollidworks
  - By ezra
  - July 30
5. MicroStation
  
  Transitioning between AutoCAD and MicroStation or maybe you can't find a solution to your problem anywhere else? This forum is for you.
  
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  - Unable to detach raster im…
  - By loods7
  - May 29
6. Design Software
  
  This forum covers all the other design software you might use: Photoshop, Bryce, CorelDRAW, Illustrator, PowerPoint etc.
  Photoshop Tutorials | Bryce Tutorials
  
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  - CAD Transform tools for Bl…
  - By f700es
  - June 2
7. Catch All
  
  If your question/comment/observation doesn't seem to fit in any other category, it should probably be here. Maybe you have a query about a software application not listed above, there's bound to be someone here who's used it.
  
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  - AutoCAD LT for Students - …
  - By f700es
  - June 13
Resources
1. Tutorials & Tips'n'Tricks
  
  Fancy writing your own tutorial? Got a tip you'd like to pass on? This is just the place for you. Show off your software knowledge and help your fellow designer in the process.
  
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  - Contribute a tip, become f…
  - By tombu
  - June 26
2. AutoCAD Museum
  
  Remember those long ago days of AutoCAD R12? This forum is specially for those of us who hanker after the old days. Huh?
  
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  - AutoCAD 1.5 beta diskette
  - By RetroCAD
  - August 6
3. Blocks, Images, Models & Materials
  
  Do you know where to get good quality free or pay for blocks, images and models? Tell us here.
  
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  - Sites Offering Free 3D Mod…
  - By wiktoren
  - April 5
4. Useful Links
  
  Know of any really useful websites, tutorials or other resources? Post links here.
  
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  - FIRE FIGHTING – GROOVED AN…
  - By Tharwat
  - July 27
Community
1. Introduce Yourself
  
  If you're new to the forum or if you've been around for a while and would like to tell us a bit about yourself and the software you use; go ahead - introduce yourself!
  
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  - By ammobake
  - July 14
2. Showcase
  
  This forum gives you the opportunity to share your work with others. Post images of your best stuff and tell us how you did it.
  Image of the Week
  
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  - By Cad64
  - July 26
3. Work In Progress
  
  Got a project on the go? Would you like to show us how you work with either a professional project or just a fun side project? If so, start a new thread and show us what you can do!
  
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  - By nukecad
  - June 27
4. Jobs & Training
  
  If you're an employer looking for staff or just someone looking for work, or needing advice on how to find work or training, this is the forum for you.
  
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  - By ammobake
  - July 17
5. Chat
  
  This is the place to relax and chat about stuff beyond CAD. Most topics are acceptable but please be respectful of other forum members.
  
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  - By ReMark
  - June 1
6. Competitions
  
  Use this forum to submit your entries for the CADTutor competitions. Start a new thread for each submission.
  
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  - By Cad64
  - February 11, 2016

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