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Do you keep supporting notes for your AutoCAD drawings on a notepad next to your computer? Do you sometimes need to jot down tasks to complete, explanations of objects, or locations of supporting data? Instead of using pen and paper, you can insert this information into your drawing and have easy access to it whenever […] Dimension styles are a great way to organize and manage your dimensions. Usually, you use the DIMSTYLE command (Dimension>Dimension Style or Annotate tab> Dimensions> Dimension Style). But you can quickly create a new dimension style from an existing dimension with the Properties palette. Select a dimension and display the Properties palette. All the properties of […] When you save and close a drawing, AutoCAD remembers the last displayed view and opens it to that view. That’s convenient for continuing where you left off. But what if other people are also working on the drawing and they change the display? Or if you know you want to go to another part of […] Keyboard shortcuts can make your work go much faster. You can use the default keyboard shortcuts and create your own. Here are the defaults that come with AutoCAD: F1: Displays Help F2: Toggles the Text Window F3: Toggles OSNAP F4: Toggles Tablet mode F5: Toggles ISOPLANE F6: Toggles Dynamic UCS F7: Toggles GRID mode F8: […] You can create dynamic blocks that you can easily flip after you insert them. This is great for doors which may open from the left or right, or open inward or outward. Dynamic blocks were introduced in AutoCAD 2006. Follow these steps to create a door that flips both ways: Start with a door block, […] Some coordinates are easy to find. For example, to find the endpoint of a line, you just use the Endpoint object snap. But others are more elusive. For example, recently someone asked me, “I would like to ask if there is a simple way to select a center of a rectangle.” My answer was: If […] Ever need to place an object evenly along a polyline or spline? For example, you may want to divide a plat into equal sections or 40′ sections. For whatever reason, you can do this easily using the DIVIDE or MEASURE command. These commands are especially useful when your object is a curvy polyline or spline […] When you place a hatch inside a closed area, by default, the pattern starts at the origin of the drawing, which is usually 0,0 of the current User Coordinate System (UCS). Since your closed area probably doesn’t start at 0,0, the hatched area starts somewhere in the middle of the pattern. For simple hatches, such […] This tutorial is unusual, because you don’t need AutoCAD to do it. You draw full size in AutoCAD. But before long, you may need to set the scale of text, dimensions, and other objects that need to be the right size after you plot on a sheet of paper. In a large drawing, such as […] |
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