HyperPics: Beyond the UI

Command Database Updated (Draft)

I have made a series of updates to my Command database to reflect the new and changed commands in  AutoCAD 2011.  The PDF file has not been updated yet, and will not be until the System Variables database has been updated on my Website.  The Command database is located at:

http://www.hyperpics.com/commands/

Where did the time go?

Wow, have I been slacking in the blogging department. After my most recent post, yesterday, I just noticed that there was over a month and a half that I didn't blog anything. Well over the past month and a half I have been diverting a lot of my extra time to my web site, it has been neglected for way to long. When the website was originally launched back in 1996 - 1998 as a few pages under my AOL account at the time the web site was for the most part nothing very fancy, but then again what was back in those days.  Anyways, as the site grew and moved to its own domain much of the original aspects of the design still were kept; however the site changed and evolved into a much more complex site that became very tough to manage and update.

After about 6+ years of updates and attempts to overhaul the site it just became and more messed up and ended up with about 4 - 5 different looks and formats to the site.  While the transition has not been fully completed yet, the site should be much easier to navigate, easier to go through and most importantly of all will have a uniform look and feel to the entire site.  Once this transition period is done, I will be able to refocus on delivering new content again.

Sincerely,
  Lee

Holiday Weekend Not Without Excitement

Hello All,

As many of you know Memorial Day weekend is usually about spending time with family, while I did spend sometime with my family throughout the weekend I ended up finding myself in front of the computer making off something that has been on my list of To Do's for some time now.  I know it was going to be a fun project before I even got started, but it turned into some what of a pain for 4 days to get everything pretty well straightened out.  So what am I talking about, well on the HyperPics.com website I implemented a set of online forums that I plan on incorporating into various different things that I have on my website around general How To's and Customizing/Programming in AutoCAD.

The forums went into beta mode back late last year, and when the announcement was made that they were being implemented Autodesk decided to announce they purchased Maya.  So my announcement got buried into the news, which actually was fine by me as it allowed me to work some more on them.  This past weekend the forums have been integrated into the website further through the implementation of a single login.  Before this weekend, you would have to signup for the website and the forums separately which was a nightmare for both me and the members.  So being a nice extended weekend, I was able to go through and implement this change.  So I am pleased to announce that the HyperPics Forums version 2.0 is up and running.  Let me know what you think and if some additional items should be added.

Click here to access the forums on HyperPics.com

Sincerely,
  Lee

SQL Server Change Over

Update: Everything should be up and running now on the sister website HyperPics.com

A quick little posting as I know many of you out there that read my blog also visit the blog's sister website HyperPics.com.  We are currently switching over to a new SQL Server and are having some headaches this morning with getting everything configured, who would have guessed after doing the initial testing.  Oh well, just another day on the super information highway (opps... hit the pot hole).

This affects access to the test forums, system variable and command tables, tips and tricks and many other sections of the site.  Things should be smoothed out in the next few hours.

Sincerely,
  Lee

Online Community Launched

I am pleased to announce the addition of an online community to the HyperPics website.  Things are brand new so there is plenty of room to grow the feature over time.  The online community will allow you to comment on things like website content or post questions about AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT that might be general how to's to more complex topics about customization\programming.  Check it out and sign up today by clicking here.

Sincerely,
  Lee

Command Aliases Now Listed

I have just finished adding Command Aliases to the System Variable and Command reference pages on my website, HyperPics.com.  The Command Aliases that are listed on the pages are based on the defaults set in the acad.pgp file that ships with AutoCAD 2006.  Let me know what you think or would like to see added to these two listings in the future.

Click here to access the System Variable listing
Click here to access the Command listing

Sincerely,
  Lee