AutoCAD 2015 and AutoCAD LT 2015 Bible
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By Ellen Finkelstein This is a guest post from Lee Ambrosius, who was my co-author for the AutoCAD 2015 and AutoCAD 2015 LT Bible. As you can tell from the photo, he’s a runner — even in some pretty cold Wisconsin weather! Lee is both an Autodesk Authorized Developer and Authorized Author. He’s also the author of the […]
By Ellen Finkelstein Here’s my New Year’s card to you. It highlights photos I’ve taken during all 4 seasons, from New York, to Florida, to Iowa and Nebraska. I hope you enjoy it!
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By Ellen Finkelstein Do you ever want to know the best mouse for AutoCAD? I asked subscribers and readers like you and these 6 specific mice were the ones that were most recommended. They include programmable, 3D and compact mice. And a trackball. See what might work for you!
1. Logitech Trackman Marble Mouse
High-precision trackball features […]
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By Ellen Finkelstein This is a guest post by AutoCAD guru Lee Ambrosius. Lee Ambrosius is a Principal Learning Content Developer at Autodesk, Inc. He worked on the user documentation for over six releases, but now primarily works on the developer documentation. Lee has authored a number of AutoCAD related books under the For Dummies brand and has […]
By Ellen Finkelstein AutoCAD 2013 was recently released and as usual, I’m providing a summary of the major new features so you can decide if you want to upgrade.
New file format
AutoCAD is updated every year, but only every 3 years or so do they change the file format. A new file format means that people with earlier […]
By Ellen Finkelstein Just in time for the holidays, when you may want to rush out the door, here is a guest blog post from Paul Munford. Your family will thank you!
We’ve all done it. You are beavering away at the office, totally engrossed in the Music on your iPod in your work, when you realize […]
By Ellen Finkelstein Thanks to Tommy Holden for this tip.
AutoCAD allows you to copy the command line history window to the clipboard by using the COPYHIST command. The command line history is the window just above the command line. This way you can keep track of previous commands already executed in case you want to:
Repeat what […]
By Ellen Finkelstein You should have at least 1 text style for your dimensions and perhaps a text style for each dimension style.
When you create a dimension style, you can create a text style from within the New Dimension Style dialog box. On the Text tab, click the Ellipsis button as shown here.
The Text Style […]
By Ellen Finkelstein A reader of my book, AutoCAD & AutoCAD LT Bible (the 2010 version) wrote me the following:
“Whenever the mouse crosshairs land on a line in a drawing, a small ‘window’ appears, listing
Line.
Color. By layer
Layer. Plan
Linetype. Continuous
This is extremely annoying and I can’t see how I can prevent this entirely […]
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