New tutorial alert! “Visualization: Basics of Rendering in AutoCAD 2009″ on Autodesk’s support pages.



Author Orhan Toker
Profession Architect M.Sc.
  Autodesk Authorized Consultant
  Database Specialist
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Hello Daily Autocad readers,

Hope you don’t forget to visit Autodesk’s support pages regularly. This morning i noticed that an excellent tutorial about rendering in Autocad 2009.

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Commands retired with AutoCAD 2007



Author Dr. Gökalp Baykal
Profession Architect (Msc.)
  University of Yeditepe (İSTANBUL)
   
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I will be talking about the commands that have now retired with the AutoCAD 2007 release. You can still make use of them, but they neither appear in the toolbars or the menus, they can only be accessed from the command prompt.

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Editing 3D Models using Grips



Author Orhan Toker
Profession Architect M.Sc.
  Autodesk Authorized Consultant
  Database Specialist
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Hi everyone

As you may all know, AutoCAD 2007 arrived with many new features. Although there are many new features with every newer version, the ones of 2007 are revolutionary. Autodesk must have felt inferior in the are so they have developed the 2D-3D modelling capabilities. Read the rest of this entry »

Violent Video Games Affect the Brain



Author Orhan Toker
Profession Architect M.Sc.
  Autodesk Authorized Consultant
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Dear readers,

While we still insist on not arguing whether or not violent tv series affect little kids or not, the foreigners have already researched and have proof that violent vide games affect the brain.

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Command:_CIRCLE



Author Mustafa Çoban
Profession Electricity Technician
  Sakarya Un.
Location Istanbul, TURKEY
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Hello,

We will be talking about the CIRCLE command this week. You can access the command drom the Draw toolbar or by typing CIRCLE as a keyboard command. This is what happens in the command prompt when you activate it;

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Easy 3D modelling with Google SketchUp



Author Orhan Toker
Profession Architect M.Sc.
  Autodesk Authorized Consultant
  Database Specialist
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Hi everyone,

Google must have learn’t that stopping is suicide for a commercial corporation, and is stopping nowhere. This is why we see something new from Google everyday. I don’t intend to advertise about Google’s news, but when it is about 3D and our good old SketchUp, I could hardly wait to write.

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Listing Area Properties of Solids’ Surfaces



Author Orhan Toker
Profession Architect M.Sc.
  Autodesk Authorized Consultant
  Database Specialist
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Hello,

One of our readers, Gökhan Güneş sent me an e-mail;

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Fast Artistic Perspective with “3D Navigate CP” in Autocad 2007



Author Orhan Toker
Profession Architect M.Sc.
  Autodesk Authorized Consultant
  Database Specialist
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Hello,

In this article I will describe how to get artistic perspectives using the“3D Navigate Control Panel” in Autocad 2007. We need a 3D model for this. I will use my 3D Staircase sample. Set it so that you will be seeing the plan view.

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Limits of CG (Computer Graphics)



Author Orhan Toker
Profession Architect M.Sc.
  Autodesk Authorized Consultant
  Database Specialist
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Hello,

With the development of computer software and hardware, more and more graphic artists have started using computers. Cg is pushing the limits of imagination easily as it is cheaper and more productive compared to traditional methods.

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A Spiral Stairs in Accordance With Architectural Norms.



Author Orhan Toker
Profession Architect M.Sc.
  Autodesk Authorized Consultant
  Database Specialist
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Hi everyone,

I had given another example of stairs. Now it is time for a spiral stairs.

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