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AutoCAD localized versions
One of the reasons AutoCAD became so popular is and was its early localization into many languages. E.g. the first Czech version of AutoCAD was already the AutoCAD R10 from October 1988. The XANADU company was involved in AutoCAD localizations into Czech since AutoCAD Rel.13. In current versions, A…

"Best IT web 2008" award for CADforum.cz
The leading Czech IT publishing house, CPress Media, his editors, the invited top experts in the areas of SEO, copywriting and graphics, and first of all, the readers of CPress' IT magazines have rated web services in the IT branch - in the contest "Nejlepší IT web 2008" ( The Best I…

Meet the XANADU team
The most valuable asset of any company - and especially a company oriented on services - are their "people", the employees and their combined knowledge. And in the team of 85 employees of the XANADu company we have really top experts in IT areas we cover. Our specialists carry the highes…

ERASE - the most frequent AutoCAD command
You might be surprised but the most commonly used AutoCAD command is neither LINE, CIRCLE nor DIM, but the ERASE command. And the most frequently used command sequence is ERASE-MOVE-COPY. This is the result of the analysis performed by Autodesk on the data sent by AutoCAD users who are taking part …

Google Chrome and CAD web services
Google just released their own, new, fast and open internet browser "Google Chrome". This application - despite it is only a beta version and only for Windows - can substantially change the internet browser market. Well, "market" is probably not the right term here, as most brow…

CAD Forum site redesign
We have redesigned our popular CAD portal CADforum.cz . This free web service, serving for more than 11 years now, brings information, tips, discussions and CAD blocks for download to CAD professionals from all over the world. Try yourself the now look and updated contents of CADforum.cz. Here are …

Utilities updated for AutoCAD 2009
The regular one-year release cycle of Autodesk software puts some pressure not only on the users but also on the application developers. We at XANADU regularly rewrite (or rather just update and recompile) the suite of our AutoCAD and Inventor add-on applications every spring and summer. Good news …

Where CAD meets Web
CAD applications generally belong to rather conservative sphere of computer technology. Also the start of using web technologies in CAD was slower than with other types of software. We still cannot see many CAD applications using "Web 2.0" technologies or online hosted tools like Google O…

DBX utilities - batch operations for happier CAD managers
We provide many of the CAD utilities and tools developed in XANADU - for free. Some of these tools became pretty popular. We can see it from e-mail reactions and from the download counters on our web site. One of the most frequent requests coming both from CAD managers and from CAD users is the n…

Safer landing at the Prague airport with Autodesk GIS
If you happen to come to Prague by plane, remember that the Prague airport infrastructure is managed using a GIS system by CAD Studio (former: XANADU) built on the Autodesk GIS technology. You can imagine the size of various facilities on an airport - the landing strips, the restricted grounds, …

CAD videos - your software at work
A picture is worth a thousands words. And a video? Much more. It can be an invaluable opportunity to see a specific CAD function or process explained in a recorded video. You can see immediately what functions are available, how they are used, where you can find their icons, where to click, what re…

Do you know how to ask questions?
Of course you do. But do you know how to ask questions the smart way? It is not as easy as it may sound. If you ever happen to find a technical problem when dealing with computers ( and I am ready to bet you will ), you probably need to find a solution to this problem as quickly as possible. And wh…

XANADU becomes an Autodesk Premier Solutions Provider (PSP)
XANADU Inc., the leading supplier of CAD, GIS and IT solutions in the Czech and Slovak Republics is a long-time Autodesk partner, regularly awarded as the Top Autodesk reseller since 1994. Autodesk has now awarded XANADU the highest level of partnership - the Autodesk Premier Solutions Provider …

XANADU awarded at Autodesk OTC 2008
On March 10-13, 2008, the traditional "Autodesk One Team Conference" (OTC) took place in the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year's motto was "Changing the game". The OTC 2008 conference was attended by 4.000 Autodesk sales partners from all the world. In the…