Blogs & Articles
In-depth technical articles, CAD/BIM industry insights, and engineering news
Regular insights on CAD, BIM, CDE and PLM software, Autodesk technologies, CAD programming, and digital transformation of construction and manufacturing industries.
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CAD
2026-10-01: CADs - The Successor to CADforum
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PGM
2026-10-20: When programs communicate through agents: The future of multi-tool CAD design
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PGM
2026-10-12: Will vibecoding lead to the death of the software industry?
- CAD 2026-09-17: News and announcements from Autodesk University 2026
- CAD 2026-07-26: AI Block Generator in the AutoCAD Web App
- CAD 2024-11-17: The History of the Autodesk Logo
- CAD 2024-10-17: Autodesk University 2024 report
- AEC 2024-09-18: Over 1,100 new Dynamo nodes in Autodesk Civil 3D 2025.1
- CAD 2019-11-26: Autodesk University 2019 - Better starts here
- CAD 2018-02-27: Interactive 3D models in Facebook posts
CAD Tips & Tricks
Practical workflows and daily troubleshooting for AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit, Fusion and other products
Extensive knowledge base solving real-world design challenges, system variable configurations, hotkeys, and rendering performance optimizations.
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Inventor
Support for CAD formats in Inventor 2027 (import/export/AnyCAD) - overview.
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Inventor
An undocumented feature for displaying Inventor design diagnostic information.
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AutoCAD
How can you find out your last-used DWT template in AutoCAD?
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Inventor
Stencil fonts with bridges for cutting and wood-burning texts (laser fonts).
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AutoCAD
Display interactive 3D models directly on your website.
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Revit
Impact of the graphics acceleration feature on performance in Revit.
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AutoCAD
How do I insert a live 3D model into a PowerPoint presentation?
- AutoCAD How can I display name of the current layer in AutoCAD status bar?
- Fusion How to search geometrically similar parts and duplicates in my Fusion Hubs?
- AutoCAD Displaying the value of a text field, including the sign (incl. the ‘+’ sign)
Utilities & Downloads
Verified add-ons, AutoLISP extensions, templates, and tools
Autodesk updates and a library of free tools engineered to streamline work and automate tasks in CAD and BIM environments.
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LINK
Autodesk Fabrication CADmep 2027.0.2 Object Enabler (maps_solids) for AutoCAD 2027, LT, Navisworks... (CADmep/CAMduct runtime, 64-bit)
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LINK
Autodesk Fabrication CADmep 2026.2.1 Object Enabler (maps_solids) for AutoCAD 2026, LT, Navisworks... (CADmep/CAMduct runtime, 64-bit)
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Autodesk Fabrication CADmep 2025.0.6 Object Enabler (maps_solids) for AutoCAD 2025, LT, Navisworks... (CADmep/CAMduct runtime, 64-bit)
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Autodesk Fusion (MacOS, incl. Sonoma/Sequoia/Tahoe, Apple Silicon) - cloud 2D/3D CAD/CAM/CAE, trial, free for startups, EN/DE/CN/JP (v.2706.1.14)
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Autodesk Fusion (Win11) - cloud 2D/3D CAD/CAM/CAE, trial, free for startups, EN/DE/CN/JP (v.2706.1.14)
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Stencil fonts for CNC - TTF+SHX fonts with bridges, incl. military Stencilia (můstková písma pro vypalování)
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LINK
Autodesk Identity Manager update, for 2024+ family (V1.21.1, Windows)
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LINK
3DxWare 10 for Windows 8.1/10/11 32/64-bit and Mac OS X - 3dconnexion driver for 3D mice (3D mouse), V10.9.15
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Autodesk Access (Win11) installer, AI Assistant (former Desktop App), V2.24, CAD updates (EN/DE/CZ...) - installs also with CAD
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ConvertUnits - online physical units conversion palette in AutoCAD 2027-2015 (VLX LISP for AutoCAD and LT)
Online Converters
Interactive technical calculators and converters
Unit-, coordinate-, and format-converters, online calculators, engineering tables, file viewers.
- calc Physical units converter - international and historical
- calc Engineering calculator with high-precision support and advanced mathematical functions
- tab AutoCAD commands - EN/DE/FR/IT/ES/PT/CZ/PL/HU/RU
- calc Online converter for geodetic map coordinates - GPS, S-JTSK, UTM...
- tab Products overview, product codes, service packs
- calc Color converter of RGB, CMYK, HSB, RAL, ACI and Pantone colors and close hues
- tab AutoCAD environment variables
- tab Table of shaft and hole tolerances by the ISO 286-2 standard
- conv CAD formats and converters
- view Viewer and converter for 3D CAD formats and 3D meshes

