Lynn Allen's Blog

APPHACK at AU! (Say What?)

You heard me correctly...APPHACK!   (Gesundheit)  Here is your chance to win as much as $5,000.00 for your cool app or plugin for AutoCAD.  If you are an awesome hacker - be sure to join in on the fun (and awesome prizes!).  What have you got to lose?

Here is the deal: 

1. Write a cool app/plugin for AutoCAD. Or dig one out that you’ve already written. Extra credit points for keeping the theme of Connecting AutoCAD to the Cloud in mind!

2. Make a 5-min (or less) video that demonstrates the capabilities of the app/plugin and upload it on this site. Be creative!

3. Upload your compiled app files as a .zip to the Buzzsaw repository (you will be given credentials after you submit your video on this site).

4. Print, sign, and return the Competition Participation Agreement that will be emailed to you after you sign up. REVIEW THE OFFICIAL RULES CAREFULLY!

5. If you’re selected as a finalist, perform a live demo of your app at Autodesk University in Las Vegas!

Contest Starts

October 29, 2012 @ 12:01 am (PDT)

Contest Ends

November 14, 2012 @ 11:59 pm (PST)

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Go to the posting for more info.

Check out APPHACK!  (Gesundheit!)

Autodesk University Las Vegas is right around the corner!

So...have you signed up for Autodesk University yet?  There is still time!  There are plenty of great open classes left for you to sign up for!  You don't want to miss out on all the learning and networking that AU Las Vegas has to offer.

It's just the best Autodesk event of the year - and I hope you can figure out a wayto go (I want to see you there!).  Every year I learn so much from AU (and I want you to get that chance as well).

So have a bake sale, or a car wash - whatever it takes to raise the funds to get yourself to AU!  It just won't be the same without you.

(If I lived closer I'd make cupcakes for your Bake Sale...)

 

My Most Popular AutoCAD Tip Ever!

We've all done it - we've reached up to hit the Escape key in AutoCAD - only to find ourselves staring at the AutoCAD Help screen!  Aaaaaargh!  How did that happen?  Well we were reaching for the Escape key - and that pesky F1 key got in the way. 

Minor little irritations like this can really impede your GAH quotient (General AutoCAD Happiness).  I've seen frustrated users so irritated with this mishap that they've ripped the F1 key off the board (just to ensure it doesn't happen again).  Whiile it's an effective approach - it's just a tad extreme.  During my latest Cadalyst video tip I show you exactly how to beat this dilemma with a much calmer solution:  Simply changing the F1 key to perform an Escape rather than Help.

It isn't difficult getting to Help - afterall.  It's not like the F1 key is the only means to getting there - so I doubt you'll even miss it!   I'm pretty sure your GAH quotient will be much higher after you set it to Escape.

  

Over the years - this has been my most popular tip (and the most requested).  So I thought I'd share it again (for those of you who many have missed it many years ago when I first shared it).  So enjoy!  I can't wait to hear about your new and improved GAH Quotient!

(fyi - acronomn completely made up...but feel free to attempt to impress your fellow CAD users with it anyway!).  Then be sure to look shocked when they don't know what it means.

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