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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.…

New AutoCAD freeware and CAD add-ons
One of our most popular web resources is the CAD freeware page at www.cadstudio.cz/freeware . We publish there our AutoCAD add-ons, free CAD utilities and other useful stuff for AutoCAD, Inventor and Revit users. There are some interesting new pieces in this collection of AutoCAD LISP add-ons: …

Czech Telefonica O2 relies on GIS by XANADU
The implementation and support of a large GIS system running at the leading integrated telecommunications operator in the Czech market, the Telefonica O2, is carried out by CAD Studio Inc. (former: XANADU Inc). Our GIS solution is based on Autodesk MapGuide and Autodesk Topobase. Telefonica O2 Cz…

List of AutoCAD commands and variables
With the localized versions of AutoCAD 2010 being released in these days, we have updated our list and dictionary of AutoCAD command names and variables. This database now contains all AutoCAD commands and variables, including those introduced in AutoCAD 2010. AutoCAD command names in different loc…

New Autodesk Design Review 2010 for DWF, DWFx and PDF files
As a part of the release of the new 2010-family of products, Autodesk has published the new version of its free viewing and markup tool for CAD files - Autodesk Design Review 2010 . Like all other members of the 2010 family, Design Review 2010 sports the new ribbon user interface and like all oth…

DWF drawings now also in Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera or Safari
Even when you are using alternative internet browsers, you can now also utilize DWF objects for interactive viewing of CAD drawings inside web pages. This is a new option to the current Freewheel web rendering service. The newly released Firefox Add-on for Autodesk Design Review (see Autodesk L…

Todella kattava kokoelma
... you don't understand? This is one of the web links to our free CAD Blocks Library on the CADforum.cz web. In Finnish it means (according to Google Translate) something like " a truly comprehensive collection ". And this is also a typical assessment of CADforum.cz in hundreds of o…

Hidden, free drawing software by Autodesk
Do you draw your schemes and designs in the secret free "CAD" application by Autodesk? This was inspired by the Autodesk's secret free design application blog post on the RobiNZ CAD Blog . The review and markup tools in Autodesk Design Review are quite powerful. Powerful enough to be…

AutoCAD for Linux?
One of the most frequented questions on CAD discussion web sites is the theme of AutoCAD version for Linux. Well, to put it short - there is no such AutoCAD and I doubt Autodesk will make one in a foreseeable future. What is interesting is the disproportion of the frequency of Linux citations on …

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…