Atlast! after 3 months of waiting our free Autodesk upgrade finally arrived.

I have been posting the new features of Autocad MEP 2009 and have read alot about. Now I can personally see how it works and I hope that this upgrade is better than Autocad MEP 2008. I have encountered several bugs and problems on the MEP 2008 and I have managed to get along it with it.

The Autocad MEP 2009 offers some solutions for the problems in previous version.  Along with the free Autocad MEP 2009 is the free update for Autocad Revit MEP Suite 2009. Autocad Revit MEP Suite is actually a two products in a package – those are Revit MEP 2009 and Autocad MEP 2009. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Our guy on site ask me how to remove “Produced by an Autodesk Educational Product” on his drawing.  The Autodesk stamp is seen on all sides of the drawing which is normally appear when you are using Autodesk Educational Product.

The thing is he is not using the educational release, he is using a licensed one so this plot stamp should not be present in his drawing.  Quick research shows that the stamp is some kind of Autodesk bug (not sure about this but this is what I read from autocad forum & discussion).

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Kaspersky Lab rolled out the version of Kasperksy 2009 available with Free Kaspersky 2009 Key valid for 6 months for those who want to try this efficient antivirus.

Kaspersky 2009 can detect malicious program, can pick up trojan, adware, or malware which other spyware programs failed to see. Now you will get a free internet security solution that combines antivirus protection with a personal firewall and an anti-spam filter that will surely protect your PC against malicious code, adware, spyware, hacker attacks, dialers, spam and network fraud.

Here are the download links for free Kaspersky 2009 Key.

• kav 2009 english: http://devbuilds.kaspersky-labs.com/….0.0.357en.exe
• kav 2009 russian: http://devbuilds.kaspersky-labs.com/….0.0.357ru.exe
• kis 2009 english: http://devbuilds.kaspersky-labs.com/….0.0.357en.exe
• kis 2009 rusian: http://devbuilds.kaspersky-labs.com/….0.0.357ru.exe

If you have the old version, you can re-use your Kaspersky 7 key code or license code.

You can also use the free Kaspersky 2009 Activation Key: T6B6K-8YK22-VBQH7-ZUZJG (update:  this key exceeds its limit and not working anymore)

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Finally! Autodesk Lab set loose the new web based tool Autodesk Seek.

Autodesk Seek is a web-based search tool content primarily designed for AEC (Architecture, Engineering & Construction) Industry. It allows architects, engineers, cad technicians and students to find generic or manufacturer specifications ,building products components or associated design content. The content could includes downloadable 3D models, 2D drawings, specifications, description for particular product component.

Put is simply as a compilation of content from several external sources and content libraries provided with Revit Architecture 2008, Revit MEP 2008, Revit Structure 2008, Autocad Architecture 2008 & Autocad MEP 2008 where the searchable design content supports different file types such as DGN, DWF, DWG, DXF, GSM, LCF, PDF, RFA, RVG, RVT, SKP & ZIP.

How to use the Autodesk Seek?

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Layer reconciliation was introduced on the Autocad 2008 products (AUTOCAD MEP 2008, AUTOCAD 2008). As I understand this is an Autocad 2008 notification to inform the user that there is a new layer being added – specially if you are xrefing a drawing. Very helpful for people who are strict in their layer setting and standard. But for those who will just use the external drawing as a reference, this layer reconciliation turns out to be annoying rather than helpful.

When you see the “Unreconciled New Layers” notification on the bottom right corner of your drawing screen it is always a good idea to view the unreconciled new layers in layer properties manager and fix the layer otherwise this will surely bug you when you plot your drawings. Believe me! because if you are going to plot the drawing without reconciling the layers, the plot notification dialog box about the unreconciled object will pop up many times. If you have 50 unreconciled layers you have to act on 50 popup box before you complete your plot command. The friendly Ctrl+alt+del will come to the rescue, should you find yourself in a hard situation like this (boss is standing behind you, waiting for the print out of drawing ) [Read the rest of this entry...]