Category Archives: BASICS

Create New Objects with AddSelected

Posted on August 25, 2018 by AutoCAD Tips

The tool ADDSELECTED has been in AutoCAD since ACAD 2011 and It has saved me a lot of time. Regardless of your current settings, such as Layer, Dim Style, Text Style… You can easily recreate an existing object by simply … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP: Creating, BASICS, New in 2011, TIPS | Tagged | 2 Comments

Fixing Your Broken Concrete Hatch Pattern

Posted on July 24, 2017 by AutoCAD Tips

I hope that you noticed something in my previous blog post about fixing holes in hatches that didn’t have anything to do with that topic. In fact, this is a very common issue that plagues AutoCAD Civil 3D users. As … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Civil 3D, Civil 3D Tips, Hatch, Modifying, TIPS, Uncategorized | 9 Comments

Tip: When Tracking Doesn’t Seem to Work

Posted on July 20, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

Here is one of the quirky things that AutoCAD does that might throw you for a loop. It involves “Tracking” whether it is “Object Snap Tracking” or “Polar Tracking” they seem to behave differently when Dynamic Input is turned onn … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Settling In, TIPS | 8 Comments

Shortcut Keys for AutoCAD, Inventor and Revit

Posted on July 9, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

Near the beginning of the year a blog post here showed the links to Autodesk’s AutoCAD for Microsoft Windows and Mac’s Shortcut keys (Aliases). They have now made available a list of shortcut keys to Autodesk Inventor and Revit. Below … Continue reading →

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Polygon Intro, Reminder and Cool Trick

Posted on June 29, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

Hopefully, today’s tip will help you AutoCAD “newbies” and you “old schoolers” The POLYGON tool in AutoCAD creates “Simple Polygons” that are symmetrical. The Polygon tool is located on the Home tab > Draw panel > next to the RECTANGLE … Continue reading →

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Shrink The Info Center Search Area to Expand File Name

Posted on June 24, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

This tip is simple yet helpful in displaying more of a file name that might be obscured by the upper right “Info Center.” All that you have to do is simply collapse the arrow next to the search field that says … Continue reading →

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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

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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