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Service Pack 1 for AutoCAD 2013 with new security controls
Autodesk has released the first Service Pack for the AutoCAD 2013 family. SP1 for AutoCAD 2013 (plain AutoCAD plus the Design Suites versions) and AutoCAD LT 2013 fixes a series of problems reported using the CER (Customer Error Reporting Utility). Besides that, SP1 introduces new protection mech…

Benchmarked file size vs. thumbnail size in DWG 2013
With the new format and resolution of preview thumbnails stored in the AutoCAD 2013 DWG files, we wanted to benchmark the influence of thumbnail settings to the overall size of DWG files. The thumbnail size is controlled by the THUMBSIZE variable - it specifies the pixel resolution of PNG previews …

SKP import and other AppStore gems in AutoCAD 2013
One of the new features in the Autodesk 2013 product family is the enhanced " Autodesk Exchange Apps " store. This online "AppStore" is integrated into AutoCAD 2013 (and most industry versions of AutoCAD), Inventor 2013, Alias 2013, Inventor Publisher 2013, Revit 2013, Simulatio…

New Autodesk software versions 2013
Most Autodesk products were (or will be in next couple of days) released in new versions "2013". These new applications emphasise integration, communication and web cloud services, now called "Autodesk 360". Many existing CAD users consider online functions as something unnece…

AutoCAD 2013 - What's new
This year, due to an information leak on the Autodesk Japan web site, news about the new AutoCAD version are spreading earlier than the usual mid-end of March. So what can we expect from the new AutoCAD 2013 ? Here are some of the new features, full disclosure will be available only at the releas…