Lynn Allen's Blog


  • Project Photofly is Alive in the Autodesk Lab!
    So do you regularly check out the Autodesk Labs for great free software? Here you'll find all types of great programs to help make your design life easier (or at least more fun!). Just recently the Autodesk Lab posted Project...

  • Creating DGN Files out of AutoCAD Drawings
    Ahhhhh - can't we all just get along? So many offices work with multiple CAD packages and any steps we can take in helping our users work seemlessly with other CAD packages is a good thing (imho). I have been...

  • An AutoCAD Hip Tip on Viewing Multiple Layouts
    I had the good fortune to spend a week working with the Large Format Printer division of HPlast week and it was just such a great pleasure! I really appreciated their hospitality and a glimpse into the great HP things...

  • Autodesk and Sustainability
    While in Copenhagen I delivered a keynote which included a section on Sustainability within Design. I was also interviewed on the same topic - I thought you might enjoy watching the finished video: Autodesk is becoming more and more involved...

  • An AutoCAD Video Tip on Linking Excel with AutoCAD Tables.
    I am really enjoying the summer here in Northern California - I'm hoping you are having great weather as well wherever you are in the world. The weather has been so great I spent last weekend looking for some goats...

  • The AutoCAD 2011 Screencast
    I am thrilled to be home for a few weeks (and I mean thrilled!) and finally having some time to devote to blogging. The weather is nice, and my dog finally remembers who I am after having been on the...

  • Check out the Top Features in the last few releases of AutoCAD
    If you missed my recent AutoCAD 2011 webcast - no worries as it has been recorded! I like this particular webcast because I get a chance to discuss my favorite AutoCAD features over the past few releases (so it isn't...

  • On the Road Again...in Asia
    I'm in the middle of a Design Visualization roadshow through Asia. First stop was Kuala Lumpur, followed by two stops in the Philippines. Here we talk about a great new product called Alias Sketch for AutoCAD that does so many...

  • See the Difference with AutoCAD 2011
    I've definitely enjoyed being home this week (home for an entire 10 days!). We (the AU Team) has been working hard on content and I believe it is going to be a great Autodesk University this year. We've been working...

  • Check Out AutoCAD Freestyle
    I have been on a whirlwind tour of the U.S. and Canada with many reseller AutoCAD 2011 Launch events. From Vancouver to Washington D.C., the events have been just so exciting to participate in (I love being the first person...