AutoCAD

AutoCAD Tip - Enhanced Offset AutoLisp routine
By Dennis Collin I often get asked if AutoCAD can be customised or programmed to get a standard command to perform i...
AutoCAD Tip - Need to input points from an Excel or CSV file?
By Dennis Collin AutoCAD gets used by many disciplines who need the software to perform a wide range of tasks. I wa...
AutoCAD - “Offset” Command #6 – Multiple
By Martin Phelps When using the “Offset” command, the required “Offset” distance is specified first, then the object ...
AutoCAD 2022 – Quick way of saving and exiting drawings
By Dennis Collin When working on AutoCAD all day it is inevitable that many files are modified with AutoCAD showing...
AutoCAD - “Offset” Command #3 – Using “Offset” in Drawing Production
By Martin Phelps The use of the “Offset” command during drawing production can be a useful time saving option, as sho...
AutoCAD Tip – Missing Start Tab?
By Dennis Collin Recently on one of Cadline’s AutoCAD training courses a delegate reported that their start tab page...
AutoCAD Tip – Clearing the drawing history within AutoCAD’s Application Menu and Start Page!
By Dennis Collin When working in AutoCAD, the software will remember several files that users have previously worke...
AutoCAD Tip - Controlling AutoCAD Linetypes
By Dennis Collin As an AutoCAD user of over 30 years and an instructor of more than 20, I can appreciate users somet...
AutoCAD 2022 - The Fillet Command – No Trim Mode
By John Flanagan Understand the Trim Mode Options The no trim mode setting allows me to place the fillet arc withou...
AutoCAD Tip: Crashing system? Settings keep getting lost, create a custom ACAD.LSP file!
By Dennis Collin When AutoCAD exits ungracefully or crashes, settings can sometimes be lost or reset disrupting offi...
AutoCAD Tip - Drawing a multi-coloured line element as a single entity
By Dennis Collin Recently I was asked whether it was possible to draw a line containing more than one colour. Initi...
AutoCAD Tip - Freezing Viewport Layer removes clipping boundary from viewport
By Dennis Collin AutoCAD has had the ability to clip viewports with polylines since its 2000 release. However, a sl...
AutoCAD 2022 - Count #5
By Martin Phelps Highlighting Blocks in the “Count” List Following previous blogs regarding the “Count” command, anot...
AutoCAD Tip - Customising AutoCAD’s Ribbon menu to provide custom text commands
By Dennis Collin Recently I posted about how a custom macro could be applied to the Single and Multi-Line text comma...
AutoCAD Tip – Customising AutoCAD’s Quick Access Toolbar
By Dennis Collin The Quick Access Toolbar or QAT is a common interface to all Autodesk products and can be used to q...
AutoCAD - Command Line # 6 Options
By Martin Phelps The final function that can be selected from the “Command Line” customise menu is “Options…” as show...
AutoCAD - Command Line # 5 Transparency
By Martin Phelps The display of the “Command Line” can also be adjusted to suit the user, again this function can be ...
AutoCAD - Command Line # 2 Customisation
By Martin Phelps Following on from my previous blog relating to AutoCAD’s “Command Line”, this blog looks at the user...
AutoCAD – Make busy drawings easier to read with the Break Dimension Command
By Dennis Collin AutoCAD drawings can get very detailed in certain disciplines, especially when working with comple...
AutoCAD TIP – Calculate values without the Calculator Function!
By Dennis Collin For many years AutoCAD has had several calculator tools. This can be useful when working out unkno...
AutoCAD 2023 - Layouts and Views – Part 1
By John Flanagan Working in Layouts When you first enter a layout, you are in a mode called Paper Space by default. ...
Viewing DWG files without AutoCAD
By Dennis Collin No AutoCAD installed, and need to view DWG files? No Problem! A common question that is often asked...
AutoCAD Tip – Setting text entities to use the default Text Style Font
By Dennis Collin When teaching new and existing users of AutoCAD I spend a lot of time on the importance of using te...
AutoCAD - “Offset” Command #2 – Specifying the “Offset” Distance
By Martin Phelps Controlling the “Offset” distance can be accomplished in several ways. Once the command has been act...
AutoCAD Tip – Elements not displaying on screen as expected or desired
By Dennis Collin When working with certain complex drawings, it can be difficult to resolve specific annotation item...
AutoCAD 2022 & 2023 – Count #8 - Filtering “Blocks” by “Scale” and “Mirrored” state
By Martin Phelps Continuing with the series of blogs relating to the “Count” command. Using the “Count” command, “Blo...
AutoCAD – Should I use Blocks or Groups in AutoCAD?
By Dennis Collin A common question I receive whilst training AutoCAD is ‘What is the difference between a block and ...
AutoCAD - Accessing “Dynamic Input”- function
By Martin Phelps This is an update on a blog that first appeared on Cadline Community on March 03, 2020. To view the ...
AutoCAD - “Offset” Command #5 – Using the “Erase” option
By Martin Phelps Another option within “Offset” that can easy be overlooked is “Erase”. By default the “Offset” comma...
AutoCAD - “Offset” Command #4 – Controlling “Offset” Layer
By Martin Phelps When using the “Offset” command, by default the created object takes on the “Properties” of the sele...