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Since AutoCAD 2008, you can refine table styles with cell styles, which define formatting for table cells. A cell style is part of a table style, but has its own name. Follow these steps to create a cell style. Choose Draw> Table or choose Home tab> Annotate panel> Table to open the Insert Table dialog […] Blocks can contain attributes, which are labels with properties. For example, you can use attributes to attach price and manufacturer information to a block of an office chair. Once you have the attributes, you can extract them to a simple database and open that database in Microsoft Excel, for example, or insert it as a […] For most purposes, the standard selection options are fine. For details, see Use All of Your Selection Options. If you need more, first see if Quick Select can help. See Select objects quickly with Quick Select. Sometimes, you need a more precise tool to select objects. AutoCAD’s most full-featured tool for selection is the FILTER […] Often, you need to zoom in to see a specific object. Since AutoCAD 2005, the ZOOM command has had an Object option that makes this easy, but many people still don’t know about it. Just select the object and choose Zoom Object from the Zoom flyout. The view zooms in to display that object as […] Are you getting the look you need for your dimensions? Are you constantly making little adjustments? If dimensions aren’t your friend, you need to get more comfortable with dimension styles. In this tutorial, you create an architectural dimension style. Why? Because the default style is a mechanical look and by changing it to architectural, you’ll […] If you have some text in another location and need it in your AutoCAD drawing, you certainly don’t want to retype it. There are several ways to import text from other documents into your drawing. The Multiline Text Editor Save the text as a text (.txt) or Rich Text Format (.rtf) file. (You do that […] Since AutoCAD 2004, there’s a system variable, MTJIGSTRING, that creates some sample text when you start the MTEXT command. The idea is to help you gauge the size of the text before you create it, so you can change the height if you want. Lambertus Oosterveen sent me this line that you can put in […] Usually, it’s best to format your dimensions using a dimension style. If you want an exception to the style, create an override. To create an override, choose Dimension > Dimension Style and click the Override button in the Dimension Style Manager. This method is the best way to maintain your CAD standards. But sometimes, you […] You might also want to print out a list of your text styles. (You can also check for text styles using the CHECKSTANDARDS command.) The procedure is similar to creating a layer list: At the command line, type -style. At the Enter name of text style or [?] <STANDARD>: prompt, type ? (a question mark) […] |
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