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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.

Change the “Standard” Font in AutoCAD Template

Posted on October 8, 2013 by AutoCAD Tips

Some drafting standards require a text “font” that is something other than the “Arial” font, yet AutoCAD seems to keep reverting back to this font even after changing what font the text style is using. Some people almost have conniption fits … Continue reading →

Posted in Customization, Manage, Text, TIPS | 13 Comments

AutoCAD Self Adjusting Text Frame Using Multileaders

Posted on September 24, 2013 by AutoCAD Tips

If you have ever had to add a frame around your text and then have had to edit that text and re-adjust or even recreate the frame, today’s tip will help save you the time from having to edit both … Continue reading →

Posted in Leaders, Text, TIPS, Uncategorized | 20 Comments

Raster Design Quick Start

Posted on September 19, 2013 by AutoCAD Tips

A very cool AutoCAD add-on called “Raster Design” lets you easily incorporate raster images like .jpegs and .tif files in you drawing. The cool part about this software is that it lets you edits the images even though they are … Continue reading →

Posted in Raster Design | 32 Comments

AutoLISP: Print All Layout Tabs

Posted on September 17, 2013 by AutoCAD Tips

Here is a simple routine that should help plot all of the layout tabs in a drawing. Note: This routine will print all of the layouts with the same setups -so this is a limitation and shouldn’t be applied to … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP, Printing - Plotting | 5 Comments

Express Tool: Save All Opened Drawings

Posted on August 30, 2013 by AutoCAD Tips

If you have multiple drawings opened in AutoCAD at the same time and would like to save all the drawings before stepping away from your computer… you can easily save all the currently open drawings with one command. Note: If … Continue reading →

Posted in Express Tools, Manage | 7 Comments

Add Dimension Leader Line

Posted on August 28, 2013 by AutoCAD Tips

Sometimes when placing dimensions in a drawing, they can get cluttered and it isn’t always clear what dimension text belongs to what dimension. (pictured below – example dimension) There is a feature that lets you attach a leader to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dimensions, Modifying, Text | 4 Comments

Continue A Table In A New Column With A Table Break

Posted on August 28, 2013 by AutoCAD Tips

AutoCAD table objects are great in how they act similar to Microsoft Excel allowing you to add columns and rows and with the controls available, you can format the table in many ways to add style to the table. Today’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Modifying, Tables | 3 Comments

OFFSET Polyline True Distance – OFFSETGAPTYPE

Posted on August 2, 2013 by AutoCAD Tips

The OFFSET command creates parallel copies of an object away from the original object. Here’s the scenario – You have an electrical drawing with limited space. You also have an oddly shaped electrical box that requires a 4 foot space … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Modifying, Polylines, TIPS | 1 Comment

Cant See .ctb files: CONVERTPSTYLES

Posted on June 24, 2013 by AutoCAD Tips

When opening a drawing that is from someone else, they may have set the drawing to plot/print using a “Style” that has a file extension of “.stb” instead of a “.ctb” What is a “.stb”? The settings that define how … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Printing - Plotting | 12 Comments

CADWorx Equipment Palette

Posted on June 21, 2013 by AutoCAD Tips

Here is a quick tip for CADWorx Equipment users. The user interface for CADWorx Equipment is simply a tool palette and maybe a toolbar… The common problem is closing the Equipment palette and not knowing how to get it back … Continue reading →

Posted in CADWorx, Manage | 6 Comments