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Brandon is a Civil Designer, Aspiring Blogger/Creator, Husband, Father to two Amazing Kids and Tech Aficionado from a small town in Canada. He has been obsessed with design and technology since he can remember and working as a Civil Designer for nearly as long. Brandon’s blog and Youtube channel, CADIntentions.com has been his outlet and excuse for keeping up with new tech and trends in the CAD design world for the last 10 years growing to more than 60,000 subscribers and over 15,000,000 views, while also being the source of many great friendships and unique opportunities. If you would like to Sponsor CAD Intentions or Work together in some way, Please visit my About Page and send me an email: http://cadintentions.com/about-me/

4 Benefits of Moving to a Cloud Based CAD Software!

June, 2022June, 2022 Brandon

This past year has seen a lot of change in the way we work as designers. Some of us have transitioned to fully remote positions like myself, while many are working on a hybrid Office/Home schedule and even fewer it seems, have returned to the office full time. Regardless of […]

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5 Simple AutoCAD Tricks To Save You Time! – Must Know Productivity Hacks! | 2 Minute Tuesday

May, 2022May, 2022 Brandon

Hey Everybody, Brandon here back with a new post and I’m excited to get back to writing here and in general after a few months of focusing on the Youtube Channel and video tutorials. Depending on when you’re reading this, you may have just finished enjoying the Long weekend (May […]

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Best Mouse For CAD (2022 Edition) – AutoCAD & Design Gear Guide

February, 2022February, 2022 Brandon

I’m excited to kick off this year’s AutoCAD/Design Gear Guide with my picks for the Best Mouse for CAD! Every year or two I like to do a series of roundup posts highlighting and sharing some of my favorite tools and hardware for AutoCAD and Design in general. Today we […]

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AutoCAD Hatch Problems & Tips – Boundary Errors + Time Saving Tricks | 2 Minute Tuesday

November, 2021November, 2021 Brandon

Hey Everybody! I hope you’re ready for this weeks new video and post. In it we are taking a look at the hatch command and in particular, some of the most common issues and errors we encounter when hatching in AutoCAD. Before we jump into today’s post, I wanted to thank […]

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Plex-Earth 5D: Taking the guesswork out of civil design

October, 2021March, 2023 Brandon

Hey Everybody! I hope you’re all doing well and were able to enjoy some summer before this fall/winter weather started to set in, at least up here in BC, Canada… Today I wanted to share an update from our friends over at Plex-Earth! I’ve previously demoed their software as well as […]

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AutoCAD How to Copy & Create Layouts: 3 Quick Tips! – 2 Minute Tuesday

August, 2021August, 2021 Brandon

Hey Everybody, I can’t believe it’s already August! I hope you’ve been able to enjoy your summer and aren’t working too hard. Even with all of the fires/smoke around here, my family was able to get out and do some camping and hiking this last weekend. It was really nice […]

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AutoCAD Create a Block with Scale & Rotate Parameters – Dynamic Block Tips | 2 Minute Tuesday

July, 2021July, 2021 Brandon

Hey Everybody, Happy Tuesday! How’re you doing? It’s tough to believe we’re already almost in August, the year has truly flown by up to now. I’m excited to share this weeks new video, where we take a look at how to easily create and use a dynamic block in AutoCAD. […]

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Autocad How to Fix a Missing Plot Style (.ctb or .stb) – Quick & Easy Method! | 2 Minute Tuesday

July, 2021July, 2021 Brandon

  Hey Everybody, Happy Tuesday! I hope you’re off to a great start to the week and ready to learn an easy and useful trick when it comes to AutoCAD… Jumping right into it, in today’s video we are taking a look at how to fix missing plot styles (.ctb) in […]

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AutoCAD Custom Dimension Style Setup Imperial & Metric! – Dimension Style Tricks | 2 Minute Tuesday

July, 2021July, 2021 Brandon

Hey Everybody, I hope you’re enjoying some reasonably warm and comfortable summer weather where ever you are! Here in BC, Canada we are still experiencing some hotter than normal temperates and unfortunately a scarier than usual fire season… Today I wanted to share this week’s new video which is one […]

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AutoCAD XREF Tips & Settings: Overlay vs Attach + More! – External References | 2 Minute Tuesday

July, 2021July, 2021 Brandon

Hey Everybody, I hope you all had a great weekend to recharge and relax, and happy Belated Independence day to all my US readers! It’s been an eventful few weeks here in BC, Canada! Between the recent heatwave and now soo many forest fires, including one just over a small […]

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