Mark Middlebrook's CAD articles

by (who else?) Mark Middlebrook

I have written most of my CAD articles for Cadalyst magazine, although my work has been published as well in the magazines CADENCE (now absorbed into Cadalyst), CE Computing Review, and Modern Steel Construction. I've even written an article for the National Institute of Steel Detailing Connection (but not, alas, in their swimsuit issue). You can read all of the articles listed here on-line.

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• Articles on markcad.com
• My regular Cadalyst magazine columns
• My WimpyPoint presentations (R.I.P.)
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• CAD Standards Development Process flow chart.

• AutoCAD menu customization tips.

• Create custom AutoCAD toolbars -- the right way.

• Electronic Drawing Exchange: The Legal Issues.

• Drawing Scale in CAD.

• What Every Engineer Should Know About AutoCAD, for people who work with CAD drafters.

• My AutoCAD 2002 page includes general information about this version and my report, AUGI Gauge benchmark results for AutoCAD 2002, 2000i, 2000, and R14.

• CAD Manager columns. After 10 years and 70 articles, Michael Dakan and I have handed responsibility for this column off to Robert Green (as of December 2003). Robert wrote a similar column for for CADENCE before that magazine merged with Cadalyst. Here are links to the articles on Cadalyst's site that I authored:
  • Upgrade dilemma: Are you ready for the march to AutoCAD 2004? (August 2003).
  • Plotting in style: The face-off between named and color-dependent plot styles. (April 2003).
  • Don't Do It All - Delegate (August 2002).
  • AutoCAD installation two-step (April 2002).
  • Coping with CAD burnout, Part II: Know thyself (September 2001).
  • Meet the manager: HOK's corporate CAD director (May 2001).
  • Elegant AutoCAD customization eliminates problems (November 2000).

• AutoCAD LT On-line how-to articles (R.I.P.). From 2000 through 2002, Cadalyst published 20 tutorials that I wrote for users of AutoCAD LT (and beginning users of AutoCAD). Cadalyst decided not to include them on its reorganized Web site, so these tutorials unfortunately aren't avaiable now.

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