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Do you use protection?

· Industry

If you were at AU this year, you may have seen some of my take5 and AUGI friends wearing blue T-shirts with this tag line on the back. This year my CADLock compatriots (Dietmar Rudolph of Germany and Steve Johnson (http://www.cadnauseam.com/Steve.htm) of Australia) were both at AU, so we decided to have a little fun with this protection theme. We brought some “protection” to go along with the shirts (no, those little matchbooks did not contain matches). Now that you’re back home, I hope you’ll take a few minutes to learn how to protect your AutoCAD drawings. You can download CADVault for AutoCAD from the CADLock web site and run it in fully functional evaluation mode to see for yourself how CADVault can securely lock your AutoCAD drawing content. Help fight IP theft: practice safe CAD!

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Toot Sweet

· Personal

The French expression tuit de suite pretty much sums up how I feel after every Autodesk University, and this year is no exception. So much gets crammed into one week, with barely any time to decompress or collect my thoughts, let alone catch up with all the latest gossip or relax with old friends. …

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ADW '98

· Personal

Introduction This year I'm breaking tradition to acknowledge the changes at this annual event. The venerable "Autodesk University" is now just one facet of the more inclusive "Autodesk Design World", or ADW for short. As usual, I'm compelled to record my adventures for posterity. Enjoy! …

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