Category Archives: CAD

Autodesk Design Review DWF Viewer Vulnerability

Secunia is reporting a vulnerability with Autodesk’s Design Review DWF Viewer which can lead to a compromised PC. The vulnerability stems from a flaw in the ActiveX control including the insecure “SaveAs()” method. If exploited, arbitrary files on the compromised computer can be overwritten. This vulnerability was originally discovered by “bruiser” from Nine Situations Group […]

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Architectural Rendering for Wake Forest University Project

I am pleased to say that we have put the finishing touches on another 3D architectural rendering. This one is for a project at Wake Forest University located right here in North Carolina. Emmy Williams and the talented team if Interior Designers at Interior Solutions, Inc. in Winston-Salem are busy working on the Professional Development […]

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Autocad 2008 Free Trial

Autocad continues to be the industry standard for CAD and Autodesk has done a great job with their 2008 Autocad product. The 2007 version had some hiccups but they seem to have ironed them out with the newest version. The full version of Autocad 2008 can be downloaded here or you can buy Online at […]

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New Condo Rendering Completed

We recently put the finishing touches on another architectural rendering using 3d Studio Max. It is a rendering for a development company located on Emerald Isle, NC. They are going to be building some beautiful new condominiums in the Swansboro area and wanted to create a photo-realistic image that would show the finished building. This […]

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DWG TrueView: DWF in Black & White

We make liberal use of DWF when corresponding with our CAD clients.  We have given them instructions on how to install the free DWF viewer from Autodesk and they have all gotten very used to navigating their way around that great little program.  However, when it comes to actually plotting out the DWF, they typically […]

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Advantages of CAD DWF vs. DWG

In case you are still sending those huge .dwg files for others to view, here are a few reasons why you should instead be sending those neat little compact .dwf files instead: 1 – DWF is an as-plotted view of a DWG. There’s no need for Object Enablers, x-refs, special fonts, etc. As such, many […]

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Vespa Beta 5 Released

Shaan in his Autocad Between the Lines Blog alerts us to the latest release of Vespa from Autodesk. Beta 5 version has been released and is ready for you to review and provide feedback. We previously wrote about Vespa in this post. In essence, it takes a plain 2D drawing and automatically “fancies” it up […]

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Download Full Version of DWF Writer 3.1

Scott in his Beyond the Paper blog, alerts us to the fact that Autodesk offers a full version download of the DWF Writer 3.1 product. This is particularly handy when needing to install this software on a computer that is not connected to the Internet. It is a rather large executable file (33Mb), but Autodesk […]

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Autodesk DWF Viewer 7.0 Issues

Ok…so you have installed the new DWF Viewer 7.0 on your computer in record time, blindly clicking “Next”, “Yes”, “I agree” and so forth. But…you didn’t read the “Readme.txt” file. Shame, shame. You missed out on some pretty important alerts that, had you read the document, would have informed you of some of the limitations […]

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New Autodesk Product Coming Soon

It is codenamed “Vespa” (yeah…like the scooter :)). It allows you to take a CAD drawing and create a rendering that looks hand-drawn. The rendering is even updated automatically to reflect changes you make to the .DWG file (woo hoo!). The Autodesk program is released in Beta form and is very simple to use. Signup […]

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