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AUGI HotNews - June 2010

Features

Measure Your Means

It's time to take the AUGI Annual Salary Survey and, come September, you'll see how your salary, benefits, and other related aspects stack up against those of your fellow members. But don't just wait for the results - get in the game!

Document Management, in Real Life

Guest columnist Ian Lawson presents his theory on achieving an efficient document management system. AUGI members are invited to contemplate his theory - and offer up their own.

The Early Years: Going Big (2000-2001)

It's the early part of the millennium and AUGI is hitting its stride. A rapidly growing membership called for AUGI volunteers to give their all for the organization. Preparations were well underway for AU 2001. Then came September 11th.

President's Message: What Have You Been Missing?

Take another look at AUGI's impressive array of programs and services. You might be surprised at what the organization offers its members.

Columns

TIPniques: AutoCAD 2011 Review Continued

TIPniques columnist Brian Benton continues a series of articles about new and enhanced features in the latest version of AutoCAD. This month, constraints are under the TIPniques microscope.

Your Workstation's Most Valuable Tool

First in a series of articles on HP's Performance Advisor tool, a free utility that packs a diagnostic punch. Armed with this tool, you can custom configure, tune, optimize, and more.

CAD Management: Reading the Signals

It's an old question - when is the right time to upgrade? AUGI President Mark Kiker offers some signs that will help you determine when the time is right.

Take the 2010 AUGI Salary Survey

Dear AUGI Member,

How does your salary stack up against others with your title, in your industry, and in your geographic region? AUGI promises to help you find that out. But first you have to complete the 2010 AUGI Salary Survey!

Key results will be published in AUGIWorld magazine this fall, and we'll present our usual in-depth analyses for additional industries on www.AUGI.com.

The AUGI Salary Survey is always a work in progress. The comments and feedback we've collected from AUGI members are reviewed and used to enhance this year's survey to include more job titles, additional questions, and other improvements. You'll get results that you can show to the boss, and maybe even take to the bank. Click here to take the Salary Survey.

As always, your participation in AUGI's Salary Survey is anonymous. We do not track, capture, or in any way link individual AUGI members with the survey data they provide.

Remember that your participation is vital. The more survey respondents there are, the more accurate our picture of salaries earned and benefits enjoyed by all AUGI members worldwide. Please don’t delay! The deadline for participating in the survey is July 10, 2010.

Thanks,
Melanie Perry
AUGI Salary Survey Manager

AutoCAD User Research Study

AutoCAD User Research Study: “AutoCAD Groups”(AutoCAD Group command)

AutoCAD Product Design & User Experience Team is looking for your input regarding the AutoCAD GROUP command usage.

The GROUP command (Object Grouping Dialog) in AutoCAD allows creating a selection set of objects called a group. 

When an object belongs to a group, if any object in the group is selected, all the objects in the group are selected. 

Groups can be named or unnamed. Groups can be ungrouped/(exploded), which removes the relationship between the objects in the group.

Autodesk wants to better understand how you use Groups so we can improve the feature.

Link to the Survey:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AutoCAD_GroupCommand

 

Thanks!
From the AutoCAD Product Design & User Experience Team.