Autodesk University
2013-05-05, 02:40 AM
Instructor: Bill Fane
Class Description: As an instructor, you may not always be sure who actually created the AutoCAD drawing file that a student submits. As a CAD manager, you may have had suspicions that a former employee took your block and detail libraries to a competitor. Or maybe in your professional experience you've simply needed to know who made which revisions to a drawing. Techniques such as Cut-and-Paste, Copy, and Rename can make it all too tempting to take shortcuts. This class will explore several archaeological techniques that an instructor can use to determine the genealogy of a particular file. We'll also study an AutoLISP program that can be used to determine exactly who created every single object within a drawing, and when. This program can virtually eliminate cheating!
Class Description: As an instructor, you may not always be sure who actually created the AutoCAD drawing file that a student submits. As a CAD manager, you may have had suspicions that a former employee took your block and detail libraries to a competitor. Or maybe in your professional experience you've simply needed to know who made which revisions to a drawing. Techniques such as Cut-and-Paste, Copy, and Rename can make it all too tempting to take shortcuts. This class will explore several archaeological techniques that an instructor can use to determine the genealogy of a particular file. We'll also study an AutoLISP program that can be used to determine exactly who created every single object within a drawing, and when. This program can virtually eliminate cheating!