Monthly Archives: March 2011

New AUTO-APPEND in 2012

Posted on March 25, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Here is something that I found cool but annoying with AutoCAD 2012. Here’s the situation, if you forgot the name of a command, the old way (which still works) of finding this command is to enter the first letter or … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, New in 2012, Settling In, TIPS | 2 Comments

Fillet & Chamfer preview in AutoCAD 2012

Posted on March 24, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Here’s another cool feature in AutoCAD 2012. Both the FILLET & CHAMFER command show a preview of how the fillet or chamfer will look before you pick the second object and finish the command. This allows you to preview and … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Modifying, New in 2012, TIPS | 17 Comments

OVERKILL in 2012

Posted on March 24, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

I recently made a post about the great command called OVERKILL or “Delete Duplicates.” Apparently Autodesk noticed how useful this tool is as well (maybe even from reading this blog site :)… OVERKILL was an “Express Tool” which means that … Continue reading →

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AutoCAD 2012 Copy Tool with Array option

Posted on March 24, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

As seen in the previous tip, in AutoCAD 2012 gives you the option to array objects while in the middle of the COPY command. I previously showed how to array a specific number of copies with the “fit” option. Now … Continue reading →

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AutoCAD 2012 Copy with ARRAY [fit]

Posted on March 24, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

So Autodesk released AutoCAD 2012 yesterday (March 22). While I think that every release of AutoCAD has its strengths and weaknesses, I think that this year’s release (to be honest) is just another release with some minor tweaks. One major … Continue reading →

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Express Tool: Replace Block

Posted on March 21, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Have you ever needed to replace a block throughout your drawing? Here is an Express Tool that will make your life a lot easier: (WARNING: this globally replaces the block that you select and you may lose the block if … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Blocks, Express Tools, Modifying, TIPS | 2 Comments

Printing Multiple Layout Tabs

Posted on March 19, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Did you know that you can print multiple layout tabs at once? Here’s how: Hold the CTRL button Select the layout tabs that you want to print/plot Right-click any of the tabs and select “Publish Selected Layouts…”

Posted in BASICS, Layout, TIPS | 4 Comments

Adding Transparency Per Viewport

Posted on March 19, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

I started working part-time recently and I actually got to use this new transparency feature that is new to AutoCAD 2011. And now I love it. It is as easy as freezing layers in viewports – REALY! (the picture below … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Layout, Modifying, New in 2011, TIPS | 10 Comments

AutoLISP: Block Name

Posted on March 14, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

When it comes time to annotate your drawings, wouldn’t it be nice for you to be able to select a block and then have its name appear as a text object and then place that text object? Here ya go: … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP, Blocks, Text, TIPS | 9 Comments

AutoLISP: Distance Along a Path

Posted on March 13, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

As you can see, these LISP routines are very helpful. With this one you can pick an object (except LWPOLYLINES) and specify a starting point and then tell it how far along that object you would like to place a … Continue reading →

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