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AutoCAD 2015 and AutoCAD LT 2015 Bible The most comprehensive AutoCAD book around!   | This is a guest post by Will Forty, who runs www.HowToAutoCAD.com. I recommend that you visit Will’s website and sign up for his newsletter to get blog posts like this. Probably my favourite entity in AutoCAD is the polyline. However, there have been a few things in the past that I’ve found somewhat annoying, one […] Sometimes you need to hide your dirty laundry. The WIPEOUT command lets you do just that. You can create a polygonal outline that is filled with the drawing area’s background color. Everything behind the wipeout is covered up. Also check out our other blog discussing CLIP and WIPEOUT function in detail. You might cover up […] Just the very name DDEDIT brings back old memories! Once upon a time, DD was used to indicate that the command opened a dialog box. Now, it seems that there are only 3 left — DDEDIT, DDVPOINT, and DDPTYPE — listed in the alphabetical list of command in AutoCAD’s Help. But there is no long […] You can exactly specify the spacing between lines of Mtext. Here’s the procedure: Select the Mtext object. Select the text by dragging across it. On the Text Editor tab, in the Paragraph panel, choose Line Spacing> More to open the Paragraph dialog box. Check the Paragraph Line Spacing check box. From the Line Spacing drop-down […] An excellent (and old) feature of AutoCAD is that you can define your own coordinate system: The location of 0,0 The direction of the X axis The direction of the Y axis A custom UCS is a common aid for 3D drawing. For example, if you’re drawing a peaked roof of a house, it’s much […] In an architectural drawing, you often need to break walls to insert a door. There are many ways to do this, but here is one way: Let’s assume that you have a simple wall 4 inches thick. You want to insert a door that is 28 inches wide. You can easily translate these numbers into […] Points have many uses in AutoCAD drawings. They are used for construction purposes, to help you find a coordinate. You can find a point using the NODE object snap. Sometimes, they are used as symbols, especially the more visible point styles. The default point style is a simple dot, but it’s hard to see. Some […] Custom commands can really make your work go more quickly. Even if they save only a fraction of a second, they make you feel like you’re saving time — that extra smoothness is very satisfying! Here’s one that I like. It creates a 1-segment line. Yes, I could press Enter to end the LINE command, […] Whether you receive drawings from others or just need to fix up some sloppy work created in-house, you sometimes need to change layer names and properties for objects in your drawings so that they match your layer standards. A great way to do this is to use the LAYTRANS command, that is, the layer translator. […] | Top 25 Productivity Tips Every AutoCAD® User Should Know
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