Ralph Updates His (e)Booksfor AutoCAD 2008

From Feburary through July, I'm busy updating my line of AutoCAD books for 2008:

Autodesk Press

The Illustrated AutoCAD 2008 Quick Reference
- I've completed updating it, and am waiting on tech editor Bill Fane's corrections.
- it's grown to 960 pages.

Using AutoCAD 2008: Basics
- I'll start updating this one in early April.
- I've been asked to keep it to 1,216 pages.

eBooks.onLine

Tailoring Dynamic Blocks - updated and available now.
- Custom grips now display tooltips.

Tailoring CUI - I'm working right now on updating this ebook.
- changes to the user interface.
- addition of Dashboard customization.
- new drag and drop customization.

Tailoring Visual Styles.
- new Sun & Sky background effect.
- new support for DirectX drivers.
- new plotter emulation of shadows.

Tailoring AutoCAD Render.
- This is going to be a big one; the changes to the Materials palette alone are overwhelming.
- new -Render command.
- additions to the Materials palette.
- new support for compressed textures.
- new photometric lighting.
- support for IES files (web lights).
- new Sun & Sky background effect.
- new support for DirectX drivers.
- new plotter emulation of shadows.

Tailoring AutoCAD 2008
- changes to Options, Dashboard, Palettes, etc.

I won't need to update thes ebooks, because of no changes in AutoCAD 2008 to their topics:

* Tailoring QuickCalc.
* Animations with AutoCAD.
* Tailoring AutoLISP - DCL - Diesel.