
David Cohn has been using AutoCAD for more than 25 years and is the author of more than a dozen books on the subject. He’s the technical publishing manager at 4D Technologies, a contributing editor to Digital Engineering, and also does consulting and technical writing from his home in Bellingham, WA. Email at [email protected] or visit his website at www.dscohn.com.
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David's latest posts
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Superlaptop Falls Short: Breaking Down Eurocom Nightsky ARX15 Mobile Workstation
December 1, 2020The company’s new Nightsky is fast, loud and expensive. -
Dell Precision 5750: The Smallest 17-in. Workstation
November 2, 2020Dell’s new Precision mobile system is small but pricey. -
Roots of Rural Tech
October 19, 2020The Commonwealth of Virginia is investing to keep future generations close to their roots. -
Dell Precision 5550: Thin, Fast and Pricey
September 15, 2020Dell recently announced a couple of new mobile workstations in its Precision line—the 5550 and 5570—offering the portability of a laptop and the processing power of a desktop PC. The Precision 5550 is reportedly the world’s smallest 15-in. mobile workstation, according to Dell. Read the full review. -
Superlaptop Falls Short: Breaking Down Eurocom Nightsky ARX15 Mobile Workstation
December 1, 2020The company’s new Nightsky is fast, loud and expensive.
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Dell Precision 5750: The Smallest 17-in. Workstation
November 2, 2020Dell’s new Precision mobile system is small but pricey.
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Roots of Rural Tech
October 19, 2020The Commonwealth of Virginia is investing to keep future generations close to their roots.
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Dell Precision 5550: Thin, Fast and Pricey
September 15, 2020Dell recently announced a couple of new mobile workstations in its Precision line—the 5550 and 5570—offering the portability of a laptop and the processing power of a desktop PC. The Precision 5550 is reportedly the world’s smallest 15-in. mobile workstation, according to Dell. Read the full review.
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A Perfectly Portable Pair: Lenovo P1, X1 ThinkPads
August 1, 2020These latest P-series laptops provide a great combination of performance, portability and price.
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CorelCAD 2020: An Alternative to AutoCAD
July 31, 2020Corel, known for its flagship, best-selling product—CorelDRAW has steadily added to it's software library. The company acquired design, illustration, photo and video editing applications. Earlier this year, they released CorelCAD 2020, the latest update to its 2D/3D CAD software.
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High-Performance Radeon Pros
June 15, 2020We compare the AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 and W5700 GPUs. The AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 is actually quite similar to the WX 9100, with 12,500 million transistors and a base clock speed of 1200MHz. Both boards use HBM2 memory with error-correcting code support.
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What’s New in AutoCAD 2021
June 15, 2020There’s more to the new release than what Autodesk touts on its blog.
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Dell Precision 7540: Mobile Workstation Put Through Paces
April 15, 2020This new 15-in. mobile workstation is a price and performance leader.
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Performance without Breaking the Bank: Velocity Micro ProMagix HD60 ATX AMD Review
April 5, 2020This system integrator delivers a price/performance winner.
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BOXX GoBOXX SLM 17 Packs in VR Power
February 1, 2020This new lightweight mobile workstation performs great, but for a price.
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HP ZBook 14u G6 Mobile Workstation: Compact Road Warrior Workstation
December 1, 2019This new 14-in. workstation is a great choice for on-the-go engineers.
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Improving the 3D Experience
December 1, 2019SolidWorks 2020 offers a host of new features plus links to Dassault’s 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
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Alibre Design 2019: Still Going Strong
November 1, 2019Alibre LLC ships the second release since reacquiring its venerable parametric modeling software.
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KeyCreator 2019 Review: Agile Despite its Age
October 1, 2019The latest release improves on one of the original 3D CAD programs.
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Real-time Rendering in a Thin, Light Laptop
October 1, 2019The MSI WS65 9TM-856 boosted by NVIDIA Quadro RTX GPU.
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