AutoCAD
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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AutoCAD 2021 - Additional Layer Commands
by John Flanagan
Modify Layers using the Additional Layer Commands
In AutoCAD we use the Layer Properties Manager to...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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!...
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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...
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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...