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Trick AutoCAD or Inventor to install in Windows 8
MS Windows 8 will be officially supported only in new versions of Autodesk CAD applications - in the 2014-family. But with a special, unofficial procedure you can install also AutoCAD 2013 or 2012, AutoCAD LT or Inventor 2013 in the new Microsoft Windows 8 operating system (both 32-bit and 64-bit)…

Seamless DWG compatibility? Really?
There are many low-priced AutoCAD clones on the market - some have already vanished, some new are coming. All of them are trying the same thing - mimick as much as possible the AutoCAD functionality plus UI, and achieve compatibility with the genuine AutoCAD DWG file format to capture (at least tem…

BUDWEISER.DWG checks the DWG compatibility
Another tool by XANADU (CAD Studio) with the same name as this blog is the BUDWEISER.DWG drawing. It exists already since 2001 (for older AutoCAD versions), so this is not something brand new, but what is new is the 2010-version of this free benchmark drawing (Budweiser2010.dwg) - released today.…