Nvidia Performance Display Drivers for AutoCAD

To get your performance display driver for any AutoCAD-based products from Nvidia, visit this website.

Link above not working? Type the following into your browser:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/autocad_pd_perf_drivers.html

Older Processors Cause Install Error For Revit Products

Users are commonly reporting that they are getting an installation error during the install of the Revit 2009 product family. The error reads "The Rendering library is not installed. Rendering features will be disabled". In an effort to assist our clients with this issue we have diligently working with Autodesk to determine the cause. We were most recently informed that the cause may be linked to older processors. It seems that older processors that are not SSE2 compliant seem to display this behavior. Autodesk is aware of the problem and are currently investigating the issue.

You might be asking what is SSE2 anyway, I know I was. Below is the link to the definition according to Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSE2

Known mainstream processors that DO NOT SUPPORT SSE2 include: Intel Pentium 3 and earlier processors and AMD Athlon XP and earlier processsors. If you are trying to install on a computer utilizing one of these processors and are encountering a problem, the reason above may be the cause.

Keep an eye out on Autodesk’s website as well as this blog for updates to this issue.

Interoperability for Autodesk and Bentley

Recognizing interoperability as one of the primary hurdles to success, Autodesk and Bentley Systems have agreed to share DWG and DGN technologies going forward. This is exciting news for the market indeed; sure to make the capabilities of reading and writing in native formats between the two software companies' products much more compatible than what is available today.

Read more about this groundbreaking accord.

Where are my dropdown menus in AutoCAD 2009?

The new ribbon interface of AutoCAD 2009 does not display the familiar "File Edit View, Insert.." drop down menus seen in previous versions of AutoCAD by default. So how does one turn them on?


If you right click on the Quick Access Toolbar, you will get a pop up menu as shown above. To enable the drop down menus, click on the the "Show Menu Bar" option. A check mark will appear to the left of the label and the drop down menus we all know and love will appear.