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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.

Outbreak of Riots – Bring Back our Status Bar Text!!!

Posted on April 1, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

My first blog post ever on this blog [found here in Nov 03 2010] was about making your status bar icons display as text. When you have the icons displayed, you end up wasting time hovering over an icon and waiting … Continue reading →

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Happy Monday

Posted on March 29, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

Here is a happy song to help your Monday. It has helped me Sorry it is not AutoCAD related… ~Greg

Posted in Uncategorized | 9 Comments

AutoCAD Grips

Posted on March 28, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

AutoCAD grips have come a long way over the years. With the addition of the polyline mid-point grip, I can’t live without them. If for some reason, your grips are not behaving correctly, here’s how to get them back to “normal” … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, TIPS | 4 Comments

Split Dimensions in AutoCAD 2016

Posted on March 27, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

No Lisp routine needed for this functionality – If you have an existing dimension, you can pull a dimension that meets at the original dimension line and be prompted on how to handle the result. And one of the options is to … Continue reading →

Posted in Dimensions, Modifying, New in 2016 | 3 Comments

AutoCAD 2016 XREF Layer Controls

Posted on March 20, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

This new feature in AutoCAD 2016 is by far my favorite. Here is the scenario: Your drawing (electrical) references two other discipline’s drawings (Structural & Mechanical) The problem comes when you print your drawing. Your electrical content is hard to … Continue reading →

Posted in Layers, Linetypes, New in 2016, Printing - Plotting, XREFs | 7 Comments

It’s About Time… Text Frame and Background mask for Text

Posted on March 20, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

This new feature only works on MTEXT but that should be fine for most people. With AutoCAD 2016 Mtext can now have a text frame that dynamically sizes itself as you edit the text. Simply select the MTEXT In the … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, New in 2016, Text | 5 Comments

AutoCAD 2016 New Dimension Tool

Posted on March 19, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

Disclaimer: The dimension tool has been overhauled and is kind of “new” The DIM tool (as shown below) is a one-stop-shop for most of your dimensions. You simply launch the tool and start selecting objects or if your OSNAPS are … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Dimensions | 4 Comments

AutoCAD 2015 Function Keys and Status Bar

Posted on February 20, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

Here is a quick snap shot of the AutoCAD 2015 Status Bar and the corresponding “Function Keys”

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AutoCAD 2015 Controlling the Status Bar Icons

Posted on February 16, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

With AutoCAD 2015 came the annoyance of being able to display the status bar icons as text. And even more frustrating is that not all of the normal Status Bar icons that we are used are even displayed. See this … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Customization, New in 2015, TIPS | 6 Comments

AutoLISP: Updated Code for “Break Along Curve” or “Break At Distance”

Posted on January 26, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

I’ve simply updated the AutoLISP code for an earlier post from Alan Thompson that lets you select a Line, Arc, Polyline, Spline and make breaks at the user specified distances along the object. https://autocadtips.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/autolisp-break-at-distance/

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