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AutoCAD 2015 and AutoCAD LT 2015 Bible
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There are lots of ways to open a drawing and sometimes you may not think of the quickest way right away. Here’s my list: The OPEN command. This is the obvious one, of course. Click the Open button on the Standard toolbar. (In 2009, click Open on the Quick Start toolbar.) Or type open on […] If you’d like to be able to quickly snap a block aligned or perpendicular to another object, a quick, helpful use for dynamic blocks is the Alignment parameter. Unlike most other parameters, you don’t need to specify an action. The Alignment parameter is easy to create. Make the block and open the Block Editor (the […] You may know that you can start certain Windows programs from the command line. These programs are in the acad.pgp file that defines aliases for commands. The first section has aliases for Windows commands. To edit this file and add more commands, choose Tools > Customize > Edit Program Parameters. Notepad opens the acad.pgp file. […] If you usually draw using Imperial measurements (feet and inches), you may sometimes want to enter a length in metric units. For example, if you’re designing a house in the United States, you may have certain items that were imported from Europe and are measured in millimeters or centimeters. It might be easier to be […] When I give instructions, I usually provide ribbon access instructions for commands, but the quickest way to work is to type command aliases on the command line. You just need to know them. Print out this list and keep it by your computer for a couple of weeks until you learn them. You’ll be amazed […] Would you like to see current settings for important system variables on tshe status bar? It looks like this: It shows the date, DIMSCALE, LTSCALE, DIMSTYLE, and current UCS name (I named my UCS “anything“). You can put any system variable you like here. This code is in DIESEL. ; —- Mode Macro for status […] AutoCAD 2009 introduced the ribbon, a completely different way of specifying commands. Some people like it; some don’t. However, if you want to use the ribbon (and it’s not going away), you can create a hybrid user interface that gives you the best of all worlds. One reason to continue with menus is if […] A quick way to load an AutoLISP program is to drag it from Windows Explorer onto AutoCAD‘s drawing area. (Position the Windows Explorer window so you can see the AutoCAD drawing area or drag onto the AutoCAD taskbar button, wait until AutoCAD displays and then drag onto the drawing area.) You can even drag […] |
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