AutoCAD Tips
New Old Tricks for Newbies and Old Dogs
avoid inputting orthographic numeric values by entering characters N, W, S, set value of OSNAPZ variable to 1 before object snapping, invoke POLYGON command to create wipeout frame in shape of circle in AutoCAD
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Retaining Contour Labels After Extracting Contour Polylines
avoid exploding, manipulating original labels if used in drawing, retain dynamic link of original labels to surface’s elevation, place labels carefully as they will label both surface, extracted contours in AutoCAD
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A new Startup Switch for AutoCAD
select AutoCAD properties, visit shortcut tab, insert /SAFEMODE at very end of target line, click apply before launching AutoCAD using shortcut icon
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10 Awesome AutoCAD Commands You Didn’t Know You Needed
CHSPACE command to move drawing objects from layout space into model space, set FILEDIA value to 1 to allow dialog boxes to open in AutoCAD again, BURST command to explode any block without losing info in its attributes
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AutoCAD 101 Series – External References Week 2 – Details & Commands
select bind, insert options to bind external references, invoke REGEDIT, XCLIP, XBIND commands, VISRETAIN, XFADECTL, XREFNOTIFY, XREFTYPE SETVARS when applying external references in AutoCAD
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Wire Number Attributes Get Some Attention in AutoCAD Electrical 2016
generate new report format files to keep file in sync with actual fields available for report, visit edit wire number dialog to customize labels for user attributes
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