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About AutoCAD Tips

This blog serves as a knowledge base for myself (and anyone else) so that I can reference tips & tricks that I have learned and also refer others to it as well. I hope that this blog helps you learn at least one tip to make your drafting/design experience better.

Plot Color Regardless of .ctb file

Posted on December 7, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

https://autocadtips.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/plot-color-regardless-of-ctb-or-stb-file/ Correction. This tip does not override .stb files – sorry for any confusion. This tip can either be the answer to a problem or a helpful tip that can be applied to a drawing. I stumbled upon this while creating … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Customization, Layers, Layout, Manage, Modifying, Paper Space, Printing - Plotting, TIPS | 3 Comments

2012 Selectable UCS Icon

Posted on December 6, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

This is a pretty sweet feature for AutoCAD 2012. A selectable UCS icon that is intuitively movable and align-able. Instead of having to remember the many variatins of the UCS command, you are now able to select and manipulate the … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Customization, Modifying, New in 2012 | 3 Comments

AutoLISP: Point Circle

Posted on December 6, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

This routine lets you create a circle that is made of AutoCAD Point entities. A great feature of this routine is that it lets you determine the starting point where the first point will be placed. Here’s how: Set the … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP, AutoLISP: Creating | Leave a comment

Auto Load Your Lisp Files (& others)

Posted on December 3, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

I was fortunate enough to attend Autodesk university this week. There were many things that I learned but one thing I learned was from a class that I did not attend. A friend attended a class and and learned this … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP, Customization, New in 2012 | 9 Comments

AutoLISP: Merge Hatches Join Hatches

Posted on November 23, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

I didn’t know how useful this LISP routine was until I saw it posted over at the swamp.org. At my previous job, I would receive drawing that were contained too many hatches and some hatches were not hatched correctly. So … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP, AutoLISP: Creating, AutoLISP: Modify, Hatch, Modifying, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

AutoLISP: Align Attributes

Posted on November 22, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Here is a simple yet helpful LISP routine that will let you align you attributes after they have been added to a block. It allows you to align them either vertically (up & down) or vertically (side-to-side). Note: This routine … Continue reading →

Posted in Attributes, AutoLISP, AutoLISP: Attributes, AutoLISP: Blocks, Blocks, Modifying | 1 Comment

AutoLISP: Text Calculator by LM

Posted on November 21, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Last Spring, I asked Lee Mac for a program to help me with my job at the time and he delivered. You can find the program here. What it does is allow you to select various text objects whether they … Continue reading →

Posted in Attributes, AutoLISP, AutoLISP: Attributes, AutoLISP: Text, Blocks, Text, TIPS | 2 Comments

AutoLISP: Make a Real Rectangle

Posted on November 20, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

A long time ago, AutoCAD used to make Rectangles and polygons as their own entities. When you made a rectangle and then did a LIST <enter> on it, it would show as a rectangle. Nowadays, these objects are those objects … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP, AutoLISP: Creating, AutoLISP: Modify, AutoLISP: Polylines, Modifying, Polylines | Leave a comment

Zoom to Selected Using the ViewCube

Posted on November 17, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

If you happen to have the ViewCube turned on, you now have a quick way to zoom to selected objects. This is particularly easy when you are in a plan view (top view). To turn on the ViewCube: Command Line … Continue reading →

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AutoLISP: Individual Attribute Visibility Toggle

Posted on November 16, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Here’s another great routine by Lee Mac. If you have ever needed to turn on or off a specific attribute, and used the BATTMAN (Block ATTribute MANager) command, you know that it toggles on or off the attribute you specify … Continue reading →

Posted in Attributes, AutoLISP, AutoLISP: Attributes, Blocks | 6 Comments