AutoCAD

AutoCAD - Scaling an imported PDF
by Martin Phelps This is a demonstration that I include in many of my AutoCAD courses. It incorporates “Importing a  ...
AutoCAD Tip – Quick way of adding blocks from a library drawing to Tool Palettes
by Dennis Collin A common question when talking to AutoCAD users is the prospect of setting up symbol or block libra...
Setting Layer Standards in AutoCAD: Part 1
by John Flanagan AutoCAD Layer Standards In AutoCAD we can standardise Layers, Dimension Styles, Text Styles and so ...
AutoCAD Tip – Convert old style AutoCAD leader entities to Multi-leader objects
by Dennis Collin Remember AutoCAD 2008? That release of AutoCAD introduced many new features like smart annotation s...
AutoCAD 2022 - A first look
By Dennis Collin It’s that time of year again, getting warmer, the sun is shining, starting to plan holidays and a n...
AutoCAD Tip: Enabling or disabling AutoCAD’s Start tab
By Dennis Collin The start tab is a web style default front end interface for AutoCAD that provides tips and tricks,...
AutoCAD 2021 - Managing Drawings with Layers
by John Flanagan Creating and Assigning Layers A layering scheme is one of the most important organising tools in an...
AutoCAD – Controlling the Appearance of 3D Solids 2
by Martin Phelps   A previous blog showed changing the display of the 3D curved solid objects using the “Isolines” sy...
AutoCAD Tip – Embed Images into AutoCAD drawings
by Dennis Collin A common question that is asked by users is whether images can be embedded into a drawing, such as ...
AutoCAD Tip: Editing AutoCAD block attributes with Excel
by Dennis Collin I recently wrote a post on AutoCAD’s ability to extract data out to Excel or into an AutoCAD table ...
AutoCAD – Adding an Existing Hatch Pattern to an Unhatched Boundary Area
by Martin Phelps Once a hatch pattern has been added to a drawing, its properties including “Scale”, “Layer”, “Colour...
AutoCAD Tip: AutoCAD Crosshairs not aligned to grid
By Dennis Collin I had a recent query where a customer had an Xref drawing attached to his main drawing which was ro...
AutoCAD Tip: Resolving System Performance Issues
By Dennis Collin Does your cursor seem sluggish? Does it take a second or two to move after you launch a command? D...
AutoCAD Tip: Useful Add-in to share AutoCAD Layer Filter Settings between drawings
by Dennis Collin Layer filters are a useful tool when working with drawings with many layers. In the image below a ...
AutoCAD 2021 - Additional Layer Commands
by John Flanagan Modify Layers using the Additional Layer Commands In AutoCAD we use the Layer Properties Manager to...
AutoCAD Tip – Useful line length scheduling Add-in
by Dennis Collin When doing electrical or other service-related drawings such as pipework, it is useful to be able t...
AutoCAD Tip – Useful line corner finishing Add-in
by Dennis Collin AutoCAD has many out of the box ways of tidying up line corners, such as Trim, Extend, Fillet and C...
AutoCAD Tip – Configuring Mouse Functionality
by Dennis Collin Using the mouse in AutoCAD may sometimes not reflect how the mouse works with other used programs ...
AutoCAD – Using “User Define” Hatch Patterns
by Martin Phelps In many drawing situations when adding “Hatch”, all that is required is a series of diagonal lines, ...
AutoCAD Tip: Easy way to select element from a complex drawing
by Dennis Collin AutoCAD drawings can get immensely busy showing lots of information on different layers, but even w...
AutoCAD Express Tools – Ensuring AutoCAD Dimensions tell the truth!
by Dennis Collin For many years AutoCAD has had a useful set of tools which makes certain tasks a lot easier to perf...
AutoCAD Tip: Useful Add-in improve object Grouping functionality
by Dennis Collin Fig. AutoCAD’s grouping commands can be easily accessed from a right-click menu. I must confess I ...
AutoCAD – Controlling the Appearance of 3D Solids 3
by Martin Phelps   Continuing with the series of blogs on the appearance of 3D solids, the final option is to control...
AutoCAD – Controlling the Appearance of 3D Solids 1
by Martin Phelps The “Isolines” system variable allows the user to specify the number of lines displayed on a 3D soli...
AutoCAD Tip – Fixing Problematic Hatch patterns in drawings with large coordinates
by Dennis Collin Hatching objects frequently gives users problems, from refusing to hatch completely to display rath...
AutoCAD Tip: Dialogue Box missing when opening or saving drawings?
by Dennis Collin Sometimes, usually after a system crash or update, a problem can occur in AutoCAD where the expecte...
Setting Layer Standards in AutoCAD: Part 2
by John Flanagan Naming Layers There is a specific naming convention when creating your layers for Architectural, En...
AutoCAD Tip: Easy way to achieve consistency in drawings, the Match Properties command!
By Dennis Collin Fig. All too often drawings are sent, with no layers set and/or with inconsistent object behaviour!...
AutoCAD Tip – Reduce Info Centre extents to make identifying long filenames easier
by Dennis Collin Some AutoCAD drawings can have quite long filenames, this is to be expected when adhering to certai...
AutoCAD Tip: Express Tools, Burst, an alternative to Explode?
by Dennis Collin The Explode command is commonly used by some users to convert complex elements into simpler constit...