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AutoCAD Tip: Useful add-in to display coordinates in drawing
By Dennis Collin
When working with Site plans it is often desirable to show coordinates of boundary markers and bore...
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AutoCAD Tip – Using AutoLisp to calculate total length of multiple objects
By Dennis Collin
On a recent training course, I was asked if AutoCAD could list the total length of a wide number of...
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AutoCAD 2022: Benefits of using the Ribbon
By Justin Doughty
The Ribbon interface has been the default way of using AutoCAD for quite some time now. However th...
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AutoCAD Tip - Auto filling incremented values within tables
By Dennis Collin
AutoCAD has had Excel like capabilities for some time now in that it can create tabular objects and...
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AutoCAD Tip: Trimming or Extending elements to Xref boundaries
By Dennis Collin
Recently I had a question from an AutoCAD customer about the prospect of trimming an element to an ...
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AutoCAD Tip - Changing a Polyline shape using AutoCAD Grips
By Dennis Collin
Polylines are very useful objects in drawings as they can provide useful information like perimeter...
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AutoCAD 2022 – Count #2
By Martin Phelps
Adding a “Block” Listing Table into the Drawing.
Following on from the previous blog, “Accessing the...
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AutoCAD Tip - Using AutoLisp to add area as a field
By Dennis Collin
I have posted a series of articles in the past as to how text fields could be used to show areas of...
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AutoCAD Tip - Express DetailCopy - Useful utility to create detail drawings and make blocks
By Dennis Collin
AutoCAD has several ways to copy data to other drawings, including tools like Copy and Paste and Wb...
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AutoCAD Tip: Useful add-in to offset elements at different distances
By Dennis Collin
Multiple Offset is an add-in for AutoCAD that adds more options to the standard Offset command. For...
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AutoCAD Tip: Useful Enhanced Multi-Leader Add-in for Areas, Perimeter length and Coordinates
By Dennis Collin
AutoCAD has many Add-ins available to make annotation tasks easier. One particularly useful Add-in ...
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AutoCAD Tip: Express tool - EXTRIM – a useful improved version of the Trim command
By Dennis Collin
Recently I had a question from an AutoCAD customer about the prospect of trimming within or cutting...
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AutoCAD Tip: Need to create and arrange multiple viewports? Use MVSETUP
By Dennis Collin
Recently I had a question from an AutoCAD customer about the need to create multiple viewports on a...
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AutoCAD Tip: AutoCAD Viewports not active?
By Dennis Collin
Recently I had a question from an AutoCAD customer about a problem on a layout sheet with several v...
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AutoCAD Tip– TEXT always appearing in Caps?
By Dennis Collin
I recently had a conversation with a customer who had the problem of all his text objects appearing...
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AutoCAD Tip – Easy way to change Text Case
By Dennis Collin
Recently whilst talking to a customer, the question was raised about the changing of text case with...
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AutoCAD - “Table” #1 – Adding “Rows”
By Martin Phelps
Once a “Table” has been added to a drawing, additional “Rows” and/or “Columns” may require adding to...
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AutoCAD Tip: Understanding Byentity, Bylayer and Byblock properties
By Dennis Collin
Working with simple elements
Many AutoCAD users are a little uncertain about what properties to set...
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AutoCAD - Aligning Objects 2 – Using Two “Alignment Lines”.
By Martin Phelps
Access the “Align” tool as described in my previous blog - see the following link.
https://www.cadli...
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AutoCAD - Starting a new file
By Martin Phelps
One of the most obvious ways to start a new file in AutoCAD is to access the “New” command from the ...
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AutoCAD Tip: Using Lisp to cut elements within multiple polyline boundaries
By Dennis Collin
Recently I posted about the AutoCAD Express Tool, Extrim command which allows users to trim element...
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AutoCAD - Aligning Objects 1 – Using a Single “Alignment Line”.
By Martin Phelps
The “Align” tool is located in the expanded section of the “Modify” tab of the ribbon menu as shown ...
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AutoCAD Tip: Useful Text Copy and Paste Add-in
By Dennis Collin
AutoCAD has for many years had a very useful property painter function which is useful for ensuring...
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AutoCAD Tip: Working with MicroStation DGN files
by Dennis Collin
I was recently asked whether AutoCAD could work with Bentley’s MicroStation DGN files, either openi...
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AutoCAD 2022: Slow Mouse
By Justin Doughty
So after some testing with the new release of AutoCAD 2022, I noticed a small issue where the mous...
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AutoCAD Tip: Useful Add-in to replace blocks of the same name from a different drawing
by Dennis Collin
Blocks are a common issue with many users. The creation of and management of libraries is a frequen...
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AutoCAD Tip: Get a grip with AutoCAD Grips
by Dennis Collin
Grip handles are a simple intuitive method by which users can edit AutoCAD drawings. This functiona...
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AutoCAD Tip: Sharing Block content for use on the AutoCAD Mobile App
by Dennis Collin
The AutoCAD mobile app comes free with an AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT subscription. It can also be purch...
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Named Views in AutoCAD 2021
by John Flanagan
What are Named Views?
Named views are areas of a drawing that are stored under specific names (like...
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AutoCAD 2021: Text in Columns
by Justin Doughty
When using MTEXT in AutoCAD you may find it splitting into columns when it’s not required.
To solv...