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AutoCAD Tip : Scheduling information from an AutoCAD drawing
by Dennis Collin
AutoCAD, although mainly a drafting tool, it can however extract data for scheduling purposes which...
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AutoCAD Tip - TOOLTIPSIZE System Variable
by David Lewis
The size a tooltip displays on screen can be changed by entering the command TOOLTIPSIZE into the com...
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AutoCAD Copymode system variable
by Dennis Collin
AutoCAD doesn’t copy objects multiple times by default.
Q. When using AutoCAD’s Copy command the fu...
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AutoCAD Tip - Calculate from the Command line
by David Lewis
Introduction
During the draughting process there is often a need to do calculations. This can result ...
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Enhanced AutoCAD Drawing Purge Add-in
by Dennis Collin
The Drawing Purge add-in extends the functionality of the standard Purge command, cleaning drawin...
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AutoCAD Tip - Generate Hatch Boundary
by David Lewis
Issue:
It is not uncommon when working with hatches in a busy drawing for a user to remove a hatch b...
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AutoCAD 2021: Managing Layer Settings Using Layer States
by John Flanagan
Managing Layer Settings Using Layer States
You can save your current layer settings as a layer stat...
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AutoCAD Tip - Block Count
by David Lewis
Block Count
Block count is a useful command that can be used to find out how may blocks are contain...
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AutoCAD Tip - Undo Mark, Undo Back
by David Lewis
Introduction
Certain commands contain sub commands that become available when users enter the command...
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Useful AutoCAD Leader Utility – Balloon Number
by Dennis Collin
Leader tools have been a function in AutoCAD for many years. These tools are useful in annotati...
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AutoCAD 2021: Updating and Modifying Fields
by John Flanagan
Updating and Modifying Fields
This blog follows on from my previous blog: How to Insert Fields (1...
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AutoCAD 2021: Introduction to Dynamic Blocks
by John Flanagan
Dynamic Blocks
With conventional AutoCAD blocks, an individual block cannot easily be modified. Y...
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AutoCAD – Classic Tool Dialogues
by Martin Phelps
For many years, AutoCAD has a number of commands that utilise dialogue box functionality, this has b...
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AutoCAD – Text is Rotated when Plotted
by Martin Phelps
From a recent question, the “Text” has been created in “Paper Space” and appears as per Figure 1.
F...
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FAQ – Setting AutoCAD’s autosave interval
by Dennis Collin
Question: How do I change the autosave interval in AutoCAD?
Answer: Open the Options dialogue, choo...
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AutoCAD 2021: Adding a Field to Reflect Viewport Scale
by John Flanagan
Adding a Field in the Titleblock to Reflect the Viewport Scale
By inserting a field in AutoCAD, you...
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AutoCAD 2021 - Command Line Missing
by Justin Doughty
In AutoCAD if the command line gets accidently closed or misplaced, it makes it hard to understand...
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Missing Ribbon menu in AutoCAD?
by Dennis Collin
Occasionally AutoCAD loses its ribbon menu, or reports it does not have any ribbon panels or tabs lo...
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AutoCAD 2021: An Overview of Creating Annotative Objects
by John Flanagan
Creating Annotative Objects
Annotation scales can be associated with annotative objects in AutoCAD ...
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AutoCAD 2021: Design Centre – An Overview
by John Flanagan
Design Centre – An Overview
A tool palette called Design Centre is available to help you manage you...
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AutoCAD 2020 / 2021 - Additional Features of Block Insert Command
by Martin Phelps
With the introduction of AutoCAD 2020, additional features have been added to the “Block Insert” com...
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AutoCAD Tip - Drawings and External References showing as incorrectly scaled.
by Dennis Collin
When working in AutoCAD, certain blocks or External Reference file drawings import and display at t...
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AutoCAD Block Creation – Standard and Alternative Methods
by Martin Phelps
In most cases users tend to draw all the objects that will be included in the “Block” in model space...
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AutoCAD 2021 Graphics Performance
by Martin Phelps
With every release of AutoCAD and AutoCAD based products, Autodesk generally improves some of the b...
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AutoCAD 2021 - Break at point
The “Break at Point” command has been with AutoCAD for a number of years, however it’s not been that easy to use.
The...
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AutoCAD – Inverting the selection of objects using LISP
AutoCAD has many ways to select objects, but there is no straightforward method of performing an inverse selection. ...
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AutoCAD 2021 - Enhancements to “Trim” and “Extend”.
With the introduction of AutoCAD 2021 both the “Trim” and “Extend” commands have been enhanced to improve workflow an...
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AutoCAD 2021 – DWG History
by Miles Nicholson
At the time of writing, many people are working from home remotely due to COVID-19. AutoCAD 2021 ...
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AutoCAD 2021 - Table Styles
Introduction
Table styles define properties for table cell styles, such as text style and height, border properties,...
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AutoCAD 2021: Layouts and Views
by John Flanagan
AutoCAD 2021: Layouts and Views
Upon completion of your designs, you must assemble and organise yo...