Autodesk® 2015 Product keys for Autodesk products

Issue:

You want to know the product key for your Autodesk® 2015 products.

Solution:

Product keys are required for installation of Autodesk products and are used to differentiate products that are both sold independently and as part of a product suite. For example, installing AutoCAD 2015 as a point product requires product key 001G1, but installing AutoCAD 2015 from the Autodesk Product Design Suite Ultimate 2015 requires product key 781G1. The same version of AutoCAD is in both software packages but the product key differentiates one package from the other.

Note: Please ensure you are using the correct product key for the Autodesk product and version you are installing. Entering an incorrect product key will result in activation errors for that product.

The product keys for Autodesk 2015 products are as follows for download:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1REuRVDlgpt9npvRSgHD0j4VtClTE_NInB6GcQ0YXxbE/edit?usp=sharing

  

Source:  Autodesk Knowledge Network

Setting Up AutoCAD Architecture to Act Like Standard AutoCAD

Many users who have AutoCAD Architecture 2014 would like to use this book to learn +AutoCAD 2014. However, the interface to AutoCAD Architecture is quite different from the standard AutoCAD interface. Still, underneath the AutoCAD Architecture menus and palettes lies the basic AutoCAD program discussed in this book. If you have AutoCAD Architecture 2014, the following instructions show you how to set up a shortcut on your Windows Desktop to launch standard AutoCAD 2014: 

1. To make a copy of the AutoCAD Architecture Windows Desktop shortcut, right-click the 

AutoCAD Architecture 2014 shortcut and choose Copy. 

2. Right-click a blank spot on the Desktop, and choose Paste. 

3. Right-click the copy of the AutoCAD Architecture shortcut, and choose Properties

"C:\Program Files\ AutoCAD Architecture 2014\ acad.exe" /t "acad.dwt" /p "Standard AutoCAD"

Note that this example is broken into two lines so that it can fit on the page. You should 

enter it as a single line. The /t is a command switch that tells AutoCAD to use a specific template file, which in this case is acad.dwt. The /p is a command switch that tells 

AutoCAD to use the Standard AutoCAD profile when starting AutoCAD. Note that the 

Standard AutoCAD profile doesn’t exist. AutoCAD creates it when you attempt to start 

AutoCAD from the shortcut. Click Apply after you’ve made the change to the Target text box. 

5.  Click the Change Icon button, and then click the Browse button in the Change Icon dialog 

box. From here, you can select a different icon from the Change Icon dialog box. 

6. Click OK to exit the Shortcut Properties dialog box. Then right-click the shortcut copy 

again and choose Rename. 

7.  Rename the shortcut to AutoCAD 2014. 

Double-click your new AutoCAD 2014 Desktop shortcut to start AutoCAD 2014. You’ll see 

a warning message that the Standard AutoCAD profile doesn’t exist and that AutoCAD will 

create it using the default AutoCAD settings. Once AutoCAD has started, the title bar will still 

show AutoCAD Architecture 2014, but the program will behave like standard AutoCAD 2014. 

You can still start the full version of AutoCAD Architecture by using the AutoCAD Architecture 2014 shortcut. 

Excerpt: Mastering AutoCAD 2014 and AutoCAD LT 2014: Autodesk Official Press by George Omura, Brian C. Benton. Visit the Amazon to learn more about this book.

Revit Tip: How to mask text in the dimensions

Masking regions provide a way to obscure elements in a view. Masking regions may be useful in scenarios like the following:

• You need to obscure elements in a project.
•  You are creating a detail family or a model family and need the background of the element to mask the model and other detail components when it is loaded into a project.
• You need to create a model family (from imported 2D DWG files) that obscures other elements when placed in a view.

Here’s little tricks that will guide you along the way.

1. Click the dimension text, a pop up window will appear into your screen.
   
2. In the dimension value, there is two option. Chose the "Replace With Text".  Check the properties of what text style you are using. 
   
3.   For example, the text style of your text dimension is Arial and takes a look first at the Character Map. To find it easier where is the character map, use the search bar of windows explorer.
4.  Choose the Arial style, select the blank character and copy.
   
5. Back to dimension text dialogue in the "Replace With Text", press Ctrl+V. Then press Ok and Apply. 

Update: Let me know if this succeeds. I tried this in Revit 2017 but it doesn't. So the best option for this to fill in and replace. I used the "." period or the middle dot character and hide to apparent element if may coincide. 

Thank you!