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Sunday, March 31, 2013
Get to Know the DIY Project All Star Tools This Weekend
Get to Know the DIY Project All Star Tools This Weekend:
We write about a wide variety of DIY projects, and through that process a few common tools and relevant skills surface that make so many of them possible. This weekend, get to know these all-star tools and the amazing DIY projects they can produce. More »
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Origin Stories: Sage Board Games
Origin Stories: Sage Board Games:
Codito Development is behind Sage Board Games, a company which has been cranking out iOS versions of board games for a few years now. Perhaps most notably, Sage has released a number of classic Reiner Knizia games, but they also publish Ravensburger's Puerto Rico and recently released Uwe Rosenberg's The Harbour (Le Havre).
If you are a board game geek, these guys are heroes -- they started porting these out of a fondness for the games and a fear that they might disappear. Learn more about how they got started in this week's Origin Stories. For a list of games from Sage, check this page.
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If you are a board game geek, these guys are heroes -- they started porting these out of a fondness for the games and a fear that they might disappear. Learn more about how they got started in this week's Origin Stories. For a list of games from Sage, check this page.
Origin Stories: Sage Board Games originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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How Many Peeps and Cadbury Easter Eggs Can a 50 Cal Rifle Shoot Through?
How Many Peeps and Cadbury Easter Eggs Can a 50 Cal Rifle Shoot Through?:
You probably never wondered this before but the Internet is always about answering questions you never knew you had. Like, how many Peeps and Cadbury Easter Eggs can a 50 cal rifle shoot through? Rated R on YouTube decided to give it a try and blasted through your favorite Easter treats so you don't have to. More »
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Remains of the Day: Hacker-Friendly Game Console OUYA Goes on Sale June 4th
Remains of the Day: Hacker-Friendly Game Console OUYA Goes on Sale June 4th:
The OUYA gets a concrete release date, Vine now supports embeds, and Microsoft may be prepping to release a 7" tablet. More »
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Most Beautiful Items: March 23-29, 2013
Most Beautiful Items: March 23-29, 2013:
Between unbelievable balloon art, a scaly aluminum aquarium, and a Google Image Search art project, we have beaucoup beautiful things to show you this week. Take a second to gander at the gorgeous things we found in art, architecture, and design this week. More »
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Weekend Poll: What rate, innovation?
Weekend Poll: What rate, innovation?:
Over the past year, things seem to have slowed down at Apple. OS upgrades have spaced out. The iPhone seems to have stabilized to a fairly consistent product -- the 4, 4S, and 5 aren't markedly different, other than a small bump in size. OS X has become more a matter of bug fixes, smoothing and refinement, than new features. So where's our big wow?
It's not that Apple really needs innovation at this point. Its stable of products has a continued high demand, and consumers are responding to channel inventory in a gratifying way.
Most of Apple's newest products have been upgraded in subtle but important ways, but "subtle" doesn't always feed the public's perception of innovation and revolution. So does Apple need that innovative push right now?
The competition, certainly, has not stood still. From handsets the size of baby dolphins to low-cost high-definition tablets, the market is trying to find new device expressions. Where does Apple stand in all this? You tell us.
Join in our poll and then drop your opinions into the comments section, and tell us where you see Apple innovating over the next few years.
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Over the past year, things seem to have slowed down at Apple. OS upgrades have spaced out. The iPhone seems to have stabilized to a fairly consistent product -- the 4, 4S, and 5 aren't markedly different, other than a small bump in size. OS X has become more a matter of bug fixes, smoothing and refinement, than new features. So where's our big wow?It's not that Apple really needs innovation at this point. Its stable of products has a continued high demand, and consumers are responding to channel inventory in a gratifying way.
Most of Apple's newest products have been upgraded in subtle but important ways, but "subtle" doesn't always feed the public's perception of innovation and revolution. So does Apple need that innovative push right now?
The competition, certainly, has not stood still. From handsets the size of baby dolphins to low-cost high-definition tablets, the market is trying to find new device expressions. Where does Apple stand in all this? You tell us.
Join in our poll and then drop your opinions into the comments section, and tell us where you see Apple innovating over the next few years.
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Weekend Poll: What rate, innovation? originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Guidelines for Writing Cover Letters
Guidelines for Writing Cover Letters:
When sending a company your resume, it's always a good idea to include a cover letter. What information do you need to include in your cover letter?
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How Did You Apply for Your Job?
How Did You Apply for Your Job?:
I had an interesting discussing with a fellow career expert about how people are applying for jobs when they are so many different ways to apply these days. The use of mobile apps is on the rise, with a recent CareerBuilder survey reporting almost 1/3 of site traffic coming from mobile devices. 40% of those job seekers don't follow through on the application process though, because it's too hard from their phone or tablet.
There are other options, as well. Many companies love to get referrals, and many new hires come from employee referrals. LinkedIn is another good way to get a job with the help of people you know. Job seekers can search for and apply for jobs directly on LinkedIn. Plus, you can use your connections at the company to help you get a foot in the door.
With the major retailers, you can apply online or you can go to a store and apply in a hiring center inside the store. In person job applications can work well, because you get to make a personal connection, if you're lucky, with the manager.
Most companies, not just retail, have online application systems. That can be one of the best ways to apply because you are going direct to the source and not applying through a third party.
The job sites (Indeed, Monster, CareerBuilder, Dice, SimplyHired, LinkUp) remain the way most job seekers search for employment. January, which is a traditionally big job search month, showed a 24% increase in the job search category in comScores report. Indeed was up 29% to 17.3 million visitors, CareerBuilder was up 20% to 9.6 million visitors, Monster grew 32% to 9.1 million, and SimplyHired was up 40% to 4.7 million.
One size, of course, doesn't fit all. I'm wondering what has worked for you? How did you apply for your last job? Please take a moment to vote in our quick poll, and if you'd like to add details on how it worked for you please comment below.
Thank you very much for taking the time to share!
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There are other options, as well. Many companies love to get referrals, and many new hires come from employee referrals. LinkedIn is another good way to get a job with the help of people you know. Job seekers can search for and apply for jobs directly on LinkedIn. Plus, you can use your connections at the company to help you get a foot in the door.
With the major retailers, you can apply online or you can go to a store and apply in a hiring center inside the store. In person job applications can work well, because you get to make a personal connection, if you're lucky, with the manager.
Most companies, not just retail, have online application systems. That can be one of the best ways to apply because you are going direct to the source and not applying through a third party.
The job sites (Indeed, Monster, CareerBuilder, Dice, SimplyHired, LinkUp) remain the way most job seekers search for employment. January, which is a traditionally big job search month, showed a 24% increase in the job search category in comScores report. Indeed was up 29% to 17.3 million visitors, CareerBuilder was up 20% to 9.6 million visitors, Monster grew 32% to 9.1 million, and SimplyHired was up 40% to 4.7 million.
One size, of course, doesn't fit all. I'm wondering what has worked for you? How did you apply for your last job? Please take a moment to vote in our quick poll, and if you'd like to add details on how it worked for you please comment below.
Thank you very much for taking the time to share!
Read More: How to Apply for a Job | Social Media Hiring Survey
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How Did You Apply for Your Job?
How Did You Apply for Your Job?:
I had an interesting discussing with a fellow career expert about how people are applying for jobs when they are so many different ways to apply these days. The use of mobile apps is on the rise, with a recent CareerBuilder survey reporting almost 1/3 of site traffic coming from mobile devices. 40% of those job seekers don't follow through on the application process though, because it's too hard from their phone or tablet.
There are other options, as well. Many companies love to get referrals, and many new hires come from employee referrals. LinkedIn is another good way to get a job with the help of people you know. Job seekers can search for and apply for jobs directly on LinkedIn. Plus, you can use your connections at the company to help you get a foot in the door.
With the major retailers, you can apply online or you can go to a store and apply in a hiring center inside the store. In person job applications can work well, because you get to make a personal connection, if you're lucky, with the manager.
Most companies, not just retail, have online application systems. That can be one of the best ways to apply because you are going direct to the source and not applying through a third party.
The job sites (Indeed, Monster, CareerBuilder, Dice, SimplyHired, LinkUp) remain the way most job seekers search for employment. January, which is a traditionally big job search month, showed a 24% increase in the job search category in comScores report. Indeed was up 29% to 17.3 million visitors, CareerBuilder was up 20% to 9.6 million visitors, Monster grew 32% to 9.1 million, and SimplyHired was up 40% to 4.7 million.
One size, of course, doesn't fit all. I'm wondering what has worked for you? How did you apply for your last job? Please take a moment to vote in our quick poll, and if you'd like to add details on how it worked for you please comment below.
Thank you very much for taking the time to share!
Read More: How to Apply for a Job | Social Media Hiring Survey
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There are other options, as well. Many companies love to get referrals, and many new hires come from employee referrals. LinkedIn is another good way to get a job with the help of people you know. Job seekers can search for and apply for jobs directly on LinkedIn. Plus, you can use your connections at the company to help you get a foot in the door.
With the major retailers, you can apply online or you can go to a store and apply in a hiring center inside the store. In person job applications can work well, because you get to make a personal connection, if you're lucky, with the manager.
Most companies, not just retail, have online application systems. That can be one of the best ways to apply because you are going direct to the source and not applying through a third party.
The job sites (Indeed, Monster, CareerBuilder, Dice, SimplyHired, LinkUp) remain the way most job seekers search for employment. January, which is a traditionally big job search month, showed a 24% increase in the job search category in comScores report. Indeed was up 29% to 17.3 million visitors, CareerBuilder was up 20% to 9.6 million visitors, Monster grew 32% to 9.1 million, and SimplyHired was up 40% to 4.7 million.
One size, of course, doesn't fit all. I'm wondering what has worked for you? How did you apply for your last job? Please take a moment to vote in our quick poll, and if you'd like to add details on how it worked for you please comment below.
Thank you very much for taking the time to share!
Read More: How to Apply for a Job | Social Media Hiring Survey
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Types of Recommendation Letters
Types of Recommendation Letters:
There are several types of recommendation letters you can use for job searching including academic recommendations from teachers or professors, references from employers, character references, and online recommendations on professional networking site LinkedIn or BranchOut endorsements on Facebook.
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There are several types of recommendation letters you can use for job searching including academic recommendations from teachers or professors, references from employers, character references, and online recommendations on professional networking site LinkedIn or BranchOut endorsements on Facebook....
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What Can You Do Differently?
What Can You Do Differently?:
If your job search is stuck, and it can happen regardless of how qualified you are and how many jobs you are applying for, one question that you should be asking yourself is "What can I do differently?"
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If your job search is stuck, and it can happen regardless of how qualified you are and how many jobs you are applying for, one question that you should be asking yourself is "What can I do differently?"...
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Negative Employment References
Negative Employment References:
Do you have some bad performance reviews in your employee file? Do you have a history of being late for work or taking too much time off? Or, worst of all, were you fired from your job? There are a number of reasons that job seekers worry about getting a negative reference.
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Do you have some bad performance reviews in your employee file? Do you have a history of being late for work or taking too much time off? Or, worst of all, were you fired from your job? There are a number of reasons that job seekers worry about getting a negative reference....
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Get your dream job now: Four-day seminar with Penelope Trunk
Get your dream job now: Four-day seminar with Penelope Trunk:
This seminar will help you get the job you thought was out of reach. It could be a position two levels up or something totally new. I’ll show you how to figure out your best next job and get it.
Join me for four days of live video sessions with chat: April 15-18 at 9pm-10pm est. The cost is $195. But it’s $150 if you sign up in the next four days.
Sign up now.
I’m going to give you an outline below, of all the stuff I’m going to cover. But one of the things we’ll cover is that you need to solicit advice from people you trust, and then you need to take it, even if it’s hard.
The first piece of advice is that someone said I put too many unflattering photos of myself on my blog. So I hired Tamara Bell, a photographer for the Chicago Bulls, to take my portrait. And I dragged her to the bathroom at my son’s music lesson building because I love the lighting. See? I take advice.
Another piece of advice I received is that I should publish more testimonials. So here they are:
“Take everything you think you ‘know’ about career strategies, throw them away. Penelope Trunk will show you the rules have changed.” - Guy Kawasaki
“I walked away from Penelope’s start-up seminar with an entirely new perspective on what it takes to launch a successful business. Her seminars are not only packed with actionable advice but give you high-level insights that make you approach ideas in entirely new ways.” Cassie Boorn
The truth is that the seminars end up feeling like a week-long retreat where everyone is learning really fast, and it’s super-fun to be on the calls. The chat room is always packed and full of snark and the community feel of these sessions makes me so happy to to do this with you guys.
So here’s the schedule for the next seminar.
Day 1: Find your dream job.
April 15 9pm-10pm est
April 16 9pm-10pm est
April 17 9pm-10pm est
April 18 9pm-10pm est
This night is always the most fun. And in this webinar, you’ll get a taste for what career coaching is like, because I’ll field your questions in real-time and teach you guys how to be career coaches for yourselves.
Sign up now.
If you register in the next four days the cost is $150. After that, it goes up to $195.
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This seminar will help you get the job you thought was out of reach. It could be a position two levels up or something totally new. I’ll show you how to figure out your best next job and get it.
Join me for four days of live video sessions with chat: April 15-18 at 9pm-10pm est. The cost is $195. But it’s $150 if you sign up in the next four days.
Sign up now.
I’m going to give you an outline below, of all the stuff I’m going to cover. But one of the things we’ll cover is that you need to solicit advice from people you trust, and then you need to take it, even if it’s hard.
The first piece of advice is that someone said I put too many unflattering photos of myself on my blog. So I hired Tamara Bell, a photographer for the Chicago Bulls, to take my portrait. And I dragged her to the bathroom at my son’s music lesson building because I love the lighting. See? I take advice.
Another piece of advice I received is that I should publish more testimonials. So here they are:
“Take everything you think you ‘know’ about career strategies, throw them away. Penelope Trunk will show you the rules have changed.” - Guy Kawasaki
“I walked away from Penelope’s start-up seminar with an entirely new perspective on what it takes to launch a successful business. Her seminars are not only packed with actionable advice but give you high-level insights that make you approach ideas in entirely new ways.” Cassie Boorn
The truth is that the seminars end up feeling like a week-long retreat where everyone is learning really fast, and it’s super-fun to be on the calls. The chat room is always packed and full of snark and the community feel of these sessions makes me so happy to to do this with you guys.
So here’s the schedule for the next seminar.
Day 1: Find your dream job.
April 15 9pm-10pm est
- Uncover your dream job. You can’t get something until you can clearly describe it. Too often we have a vague notion of our dream job, but you can’t get that job—it’s ill defined. I’ll show you a five-step plan for discovering the best job for you by focusing simultaneously on what you love and what is financially rewarding.
- Make a three-month plan. Once you know your dream job, it’s likely a lot closer than you realize. Because a job that’s a great fit for you is much easier to get than a job that is not a great fit. Dream jobs are often the easiest job for someone to land as long as you have a good plan. I’ll show you how to carve a three-month path to get that job you want.
- Achieve your goals faster than you ever imagined. Remember what I was saying about taking advice? It’s essential for getting what you want in your career. But you can’t take advice until you have a great people giving you advice. I’m going to be that person in your life for the four days of this seminar, but I’m going to give you three fail-safe ways for attracting a network of people who can help you get your dream job and flourish in it.
April 16 9pm-10pm est
- Learn my secrets for transforming regular resumes into star-performer resumes. The difference between a good resume and the other resumes is so huge. I’ll explain the system I use for rewriting peoples’ resumes. Once you know how to edit your resume like a professional resume writer you will look at your whole career differently. The true value of great resume writing is that it radically enhances how you see your own skills and experience.
- Get a job you’re not qualified for. Do you know how people move up the ladder really fast? They get jobs they aren’t qualified for. This should inspire you to go after the job you want right now. Not everyone wants to climb the corporate ladder, but everyone wants a job that inspires and engages them. I’ll give you a strategy for getting that job right now, even if you think you’re not qualified.
- Get a promotion and a raise. Most people can get a 20% raise just by rewriting their resume and sending it out. That’s how big the gap is between your best resume and the one you’re using now. I’ll show you how to make yourself look so much stronger in your current job that you can get a higher level job right now.
April 17 9pm-10pm est
- Find the hidden job market. The best jobs are not advertised. And the best candidates find jobs through friends. I’ll show you efficient tactics for finding the people who can connect you to jobs, and that will allow you to bypass Human Resources and get straight to the hiring manager. I’ll also show you networking shortcuts for people who hate networking.
- Learn the right answers to every interview question. Most people think interviews are random, unpredictable conversations with special answers for your particular case. In fact, interviews are predictable and there’s a right answer to every question. Once you understand the formulas for interviews, you’ll ace every interview you get. You’ll be ready for even the toughest interview questions.
- Create your own jobs. The best security you have in your career is your ability to create a job for yourself. Whether you want to learn a new skill, gain more independence, or climb up a ladder faster, any of those goals will benefit from creating your own job. I’ll show you proven tactics for creating your own job when no one is offering the one you want.
April 18 9pm-10pm est
This night is always the most fun. And in this webinar, you’ll get a taste for what career coaching is like, because I’ll field your questions in real-time and teach you guys how to be career coaches for yourselves.
Sign up now.
If you register in the next four days the cost is $150. After that, it goes up to $195.
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Best Job and Career Sites 2013
Best Job and Career Sites 2013:
The About.com Job Search Readers' Choice Awards showcase the best job and career websites in the follow categories: job site, job site for students, resume site, salary site, company information site, career networking site, and Facebook and mobile app.
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The About.com Job Search Readers' Choice Awards showcase the best job and career websites in the follow categories: job site, job site for students, resume site, salary site, company information site, career networking site, and Facebook and mobile app....
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About.com Job Search Readers' Choice Awards 2013
About.com Job Search Readers' Choice Awards 2013:
These 2013 About.com Job Search Readers' Choice awards showcase the best job and career websites and apps for job seekers and career changers in the following categories: Best Job Site, Best Job Site for Students, Best Career Blog, Best Career Networking Site, Best Site for Company Information, Best Resume Site, Best Salary Site, Best Facebook App for Job Searching, and Best Mobile App for Job Searching.
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These 2013 About.com Job Search Readers' Choice awards showcase the best job and career websites and apps for job seekers and career changers in the following categories: Best Job Site, Best Job Site for Students, Best Career Blog, Best Career Networking Site, Best Site for Company Information, Best Resume Site, Best Salary Site, Best Facebook App for Job Searching, and Best Mobile App for Job Searching....
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Tutorial Series on Model Binding with ASP.NET Web Forms
Tutorial Series on Model Binding with ASP.NET Web Forms: I have written a tutorial series that shows how to use model binding with ASP.NET Web Forms. You might be familiar with the model binding concept from ASP.NET MVC, but with ASP.NET 4.5, model binding is now available in Web Forms applications. Model binding makes it very easy to create and maintain data-rich web pages. A lot of the manual steps of correlating elements with data properties are performed automatically. When you use model binding with dynamic data templates, you can quickly add or revise properties in your data model and those properties are correctly rendered and processed in the web forms throughout your site. The series contains the following topics: Retrieving and displaying data Updating, deleting, and creating data Sorting...(read more)
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CAD Panacea 8th Birthday
CAD Panacea 8th Birthday:
Today, March 29, is the 8th birthday of CAD Panacea. Inspired by Shaan Hurley, our first post was a simple tech tip back on March 29, 2005 on the old free Google blogspot system. Over the years we moved to our own domain, been through a few makeovers, and watched many other CAD blogs being born. Hopefully CAD Panacea has helped, informed, and provoked thought in many of you. Thanks to all of our readers over the years, especially those who leave feedback.
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Today, March 29, is the 8th birthday of CAD Panacea. Inspired by Shaan Hurley, our first post was a simple tech tip back on March 29, 2005 on the old free Google blogspot system. Over the years we moved to our own domain, been through a few makeovers, and watched many other CAD blogs being born. Hopefully CAD Panacea has helped, informed, and provoked thought in many of you. Thanks to all of our readers over the years, especially those who leave feedback.
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AutoCAD 2014 in two minutes
AutoCAD 2014 in two minutes:
Autodesk announced the new line of 2014 branded products this week. Since 2008, CAD Panacea has brought you a quick summary of the new AutoCAD features and here is the rundown for AutoCAD 2014.
More information on AutoCAD 2014 including many other articles on what's new, the Suites, and other Autodesk 2014 products can be found on Shaan Hurley's Between the Lines blog
You can download your free trial today at http://www.autodesk.com/products/autodesk-autocad/free-trial
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Autodesk announced the new line of 2014 branded products this week. Since 2008, CAD Panacea has brought you a quick summary of the new AutoCAD features and here is the rundown for AutoCAD 2014.
General
The DWG file format remains the same (AutoCAD 2013) for AutoCAD 2014. As in previous versions, you can still save drawings down to versions as old as R14 DWG and R12 DXF.
AutoCAD 2014 for Windows is supported on Windows XP, Windows 7, and Windows 8. No word on the availability of AutoCAD 2014 for Mac.
User Interface
Just when you thought the Command Line was at its maximum usefulness, more features are added.
The command line now includes an AutoCorrect feature. If you type in LNIE, the LINE command will run instead of returning "unknown command". There is a new file (AutoCorrectUserDB.pgp) used to store user defined entries.
The Command line tool AutoComplete now has the option to perform mid string searches. You can actually do this in 2013 by using wildcards (i.e. *LINE*), but now you can turn this on so you don't have to use wildcards.
The Command line can now adapt to your personal command usage and tailor suggestions based on your habits.
The Command line can now also perform synonym suggestions. For example, if you enter BUBBLE, a suggestion to use the MLEADER command will appear, or maybe you enter CURVE to get to the SPLINE command. There is a new file (AcadSynonymsGlobalDB.pgp) used to store these synonyms.
The Command line includes a way to search the Internet for more information on a command. When the item pops up, click the globe icon to launch a Google search for the item.
The two new PGP files mentioned earlier are accessible for editing from the Ribbon.
If you type in the name of a existing BLOCK definition in the drawing, you can insert it directly, essentially running the INSERT command for the selected block.
Lastly, there is a comprehensive dialog where you can control all these new Command line options.
File Tabs has FINALLY been added to the core product. Users have been asking for this since AutoCAD went to MDI in 1999. They tried to pacify us with "Quick View Drawings" and "Quick View Layouts", but thankfully they finally listed to the users and added the FILE TABS! File Tabs let you switch drawings by clicking tabs. Most MDI applications use this same GUI element, so you should not have any problem figuring this out. Turn this on using a button on the View tab of the Ribbon. Tabs can be moved using the mouse to change their order, and hovering over a tab will show you a preview of the Model and Layout tabs.
More layers are shown in the Layer drop down in the Ribbon.
Layer name sorting of numerical characters is now down based on the numerical value. For example "1, 3, 30, 40, 5, 9" will sort as "1, 3, 5, 9, 30, 40"
You can now perform a layer merge from inside the Layer Manager. Select a layer, right-click and choose Merge. Then select the target layer from a dialog. (Interestingly enough, they forgot to apply the new sorting mentioned above to this dialog.)
Xref linetypes are now omitted from most linetype lists and Xref layers are omitted from the Properties dialog.
You can now change the attachment type of multiple Xrefs from [Attach] to [Overlay] and vice-versa.
You can now change the path type of multiple Xrefs among the choices of Absolute, Relative, and None.
Object Creation and Modification
Support for Geographic locations has been significantly enhanced. It includes the same Coordinate System Library as AutoCAD Map 3D. Now you can more accuratly set a location for your drawing to assist when importing geolocated data. You can set the location of your drawing using Autodesk Live Maps or by selecting a KML or KMZ file. Use of the Autodesk Live Maps requires you be logged into your Autodesk 360 account. You can sign up for free if you do not have one.
.RCP and .RCS files (file formats created by the new Autodesk Recap application) are now supported when importing a point cloud.
DIMCONTINUEMODE is a new system variable that affects creation of continued and baseline dimensions. If DIMCONTINUEMODE = 1, DIMCONTINUE and DIMBASELINE create dimensions using the style of the selected dimension. If If DIMCONTINUEMODE = 0, the new dimensions are created based on the current dimension style.
Two ends of the same polyline can now be filleted together creating a closed polyline.
Draw arcs in either direction using the CTRL key for control.
The Text command remembers the last justification used until you change it.
Connectivity
Design Feed is a new service that allows you to enter text messages and attach images to be shared online with partners and clients using Autodesk 360. The messages you enter appear with their related drawings on the desktop, web, and across mobile devices.
Other
Several Autodesk Exchange apps are included by default. The Featured Apps tab provides direct access to Exchange where you can browse, download, and install other Exchange apps.
More information on AutoCAD 2014 including many other articles on what's new, the Suites, and other Autodesk 2014 products can be found on Shaan Hurley's Between the Lines blog
You can download your free trial today at http://www.autodesk.com/products/autodesk-autocad/free-trial
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