AutoCAD

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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Enhanced AutoCAD Drawing Purge Add-in
by Dennis Collin   The Drawing Purge add-in extends the functionality of the standard Purge command, cleaning drawin...
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...
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...
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...
AutoCAD Tip - Undo Mark, Undo Back
by David Lewis Introduction Certain commands contain sub commands that become available when users enter the command...
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...
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...
AutoCAD 2021: Introduction to Dynamic Blocks
by John Flanagan   Dynamic Blocks With conventional AutoCAD blocks, an individual block cannot easily be modified. Y...
AutoCAD – Classic Tool Dialogues
by Martin Phelps For many years, AutoCAD has a number of commands that utilise dialogue box functionality, this has b...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
AutoCAD 2021: An Overview of Creating Annotative Objects
by John Flanagan Creating Annotative Objects Annotation scales can be associated with annotative objects in AutoCAD ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
AutoCAD 2021 Graphics Performance
by Martin Phelps With every release of AutoCAD and AutoCAD based products, Autodesk generally improves some of the b...
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...
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. ...
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...
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 ...
AutoCAD 2021 - Table Styles
Introduction Table styles define properties for table cell styles, such as text style and height, border properties,...
AutoCAD 2021: Layouts and Views
by John Flanagan AutoCAD 2021:  Layouts and Views Upon completion of your designs, you must assemble and organise yo...