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AutoCAD 2015 and AutoCAD LT 2015 Bible The most comprehensive AutoCAD book around!   | In a previous tip, “Keep blocks accessible so you can insert them in any drawing–Part I: Tool Palettes,” I explained how to create a Tool Palette tab that contains the blocks you need, and then use that tab to insert the blocks into your drawing. Another way to easily find and insert blocks is to […] Blocks are an essential component of most drawings because they save time, increase accuracy, and reduce drawing size. Blocks are most useful when you use them many times, especially across drawings. Therefore, you need a way to access saved blocks that aren’t in your current drawing. In this tip, I’ll discuss the first of 4 […] The MEASUREGEOM command is fairly new (since AutoCAD 2010). It measures distance, radius, angle, area, and volume and replaces some older commands like AREA and DIST (although those commands still exist). Choose Home tab> Utilities panel and then click the Measuregeom drop-down list. Then choose the option that you want to start the MEASUREGEOM command. […] Hatching can sometimes be frustrating, so I’ve collected a few hatching tips together, including links to other tips. Think of the collection as your personal hatching helper. In case you don’t know, a hatch is a pattern of lines and dots that fills an enclosed area. Create user-defined hatch patterns When you choose a […] Tommy Holder submitted a different approach to creating fillets–one that includes drawing the lines. For the earlier routine, see “Reduce mouse clicks and increase productivity with AutoLISP.” Tommy’s approach is unique, I think. Instead of drawing the lines first, the AutoLISP routine prompts you for points, which are the endpoints of the lines. Here are […] Splines are mathematically-defined curves. They are an important basis for 3D modeling, but they are useful in 2D as well. Note: Splines were significantly updated in AutoCAD 2011. There are 2 methods for creating splines: Fit Points: You specify fit points, which are on the spline (by default). Control Points: You specify the control points, […] You probably know that after you execute an AutoCAD command, you can press Enter to repeat it. But it might be quicker to set a command to repeat automatically, if you know in advance that you’ll use it a number of times in a row. Some commands repeat automatically. In a sense, the LINE command […] You may have several drawings open at one time and want to switch between/among them. AutoCAD gives you several methods to do so. I can think of four. Use the Windows taskbar The Windows taskbar can show a separate button for each drawing. The system variable for this is, appropriately enough, TASKBAR. When set to […] You’re always creating styles — text, dimension, etc. — layers, and blocks. But when you open the Layer Properties Manager or any other list with these items, they are alphabetized. Especially if you’re sharing drawings with others who add their own styles, layers, and blocks, what can you do to make it easier to find […] It’s common to have closed figures inside other closed figures in AutoCAD drawings. When you hatch these shapes, you can specify whether or not the inner figures are also hatched. This becomes most important when you have 3 closed figures, one inside the other. In fact, you have 3 options for islands. To set the […] | Top 25 Productivity Tips Every AutoCAD® User Should Know
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