Category Archives: BASICS

Copy, Re-order, and Rename Layout tabs

Posted on February 18, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Here is a quick tip. After you have your layout setup the way that you want, as in the previous post, you can simply copy the layout tab and modify the viewport and text accordingly. This will save you a … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Layout, Text | 8 Comments

Adding a new Layout

Posted on February 16, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Creating layouts and viewports have been around for a while; Viewports were introduced in Release 12 (1992), even though they functioned differently than what is commonly used as viewports today… The Layout function was introduced in Release 2000 (1999). So they … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Layout, TIPS | 12 Comments

Point Size

Posted on February 3, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

If you have ever been frustrated with the size of POINTs in your drawing, there is an easy way to change the size and the way they appear in your drawing. The command is DDPTYPE and it will open a … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Customization, TIPS | 39 Comments

QTEXT

Posted on January 22, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Large amounts of text in a drawing can slow down your drawing session. AutoCAD regenerates whenever you pan and zoom, so when you have a lot of text in your drawing, you have the option of temporarily hiding text in … Continue reading →

Posted in Attributes, BASICS, Dimensions, Text, TIPS | 1 Comment

MLeader quick fix

Posted on January 16, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Last semester I was trying to help some with a problem with their MultiLeaders and I had no idea how to fix it. The problem was that when they started the MLEADER command, the 1st pick point ended up being … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Leaders, Settling In, Text, TIPS | 1 Comment

The Select Command & Selection Options

Posted on January 12, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

This was an interesting find: I learned a new command called “SELECT” the other day. Use it to make a selection set prior to using a command. Then when you start a command and it asks you to “Select Objects:” … Continue reading →

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Command: MULTIPLE

Posted on January 11, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Some commands in AutoCAD have the option to choose M for Multiple so that you can continue using the command after the first use, and also so you don’t have to restart the command. A command that does not have … Continue reading →

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Hatches in 2011

Posted on January 7, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

  The new Hatch contextual ribbon (instead of the old dialog box) is a very cool addition to AutoCAD. With this new feature when you hover over an enclosed area (where the hatch will go) the hatch shows a preview … Continue reading →

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Isolating – Great for 3D

Posted on January 6, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

New in AutoCAD 2011 is the ability to hide or isolate objects that you select. This is a very simple, yet powerful tool that is especially helpful for working in 3D. After hiding/isolating, you can easily orbit and position your … Continue reading →

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Infer Constraints

Posted on January 2, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

    It used to be (and still can be) that you could only apply constraints to objects after they were created. One problem that we frequently ran into especially using the “auto constrain” tool was “Over-Constraining” these objects. New … Continue reading →

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