Category Archives: BASICS

DVIEW with a Twist: Rotating a Viewport View

Posted on June 3, 2013 by AutoCAD Tips

Not everything that we draft or model in AutoCAD is at 90 degree increments. For this reason when we want to make our model aligned with the sheet of paper. Shown below is a house that has 2 major axis. … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Dimensions, Layout, Modifying, Paper Space, TIPS | 12 Comments

AutoCAD 2014 Merge Layers from the Layer Properties Manager

Posted on March 27, 2013 by AutoCAD Tips

This new feature is cool in many ways but one reason why is that I remember reading somewhere like the Augi wish list (http://www.augi.com/wishlist) or even on twitter that Jimmy B from http://www.jtbworld.com/ simply wished that he could easily select the layers from the … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Layers, New in 2014 | 12 Comments

AutoCAD 2014 Arc Improvement

Posted on March 26, 2013 by AutoCAD Tips

With AutoCAD 2014, the ARC command has a simple-but-needed improvement. By default in AutoCAD, arcs are created counter clockwise. With 2014 you can control the creation of arcs to be clockwise or counter clockwise by simply holding the CTRL button. … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, New in 2014, TIPS | 4 Comments

How to show hidden folders

Posted on December 10, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

This might seem like an odd post but it is helpful because there is an AutoCAD support path that might be hidden thus preventing you from navigating to this location through Windows Explorer. The desired support location is located within … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Manage | 1 Comment

2013 Command Line Width

Posted on November 13, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

I really like how little space the new command line takes up in the drawing area (vertically), but did you know that the new command can be sized horizontally? Simple move your cursor over the right edge to the command … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoCAD 2013, BASICS, Customization, New In 2013, Settling In, Tool Palletes | 2 Comments

Control the Display of The View Cube and Navigation Bar

Posted on November 9, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

Why is it that some drawings show that cube thingy and other drawings dont? Well here is how to control both the “cube thingy” (ViewCube) and the Navigation Bar (NB) that sits just below the View Cube (VC).   The … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Customization, Settling In, TIPS, Viewports | 8 Comments

Lost Command Line

Posted on October 20, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

With the new command line being a toolbar that is easily drag-able, it is just a matter of time before you lose your command line by dragging it either too far down or dragging it completely off the screen. But … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoCAD 2013, BASICS, Customization, Manage, Settling In, TIPS | 11 Comments

Cycling Mode

Posted on September 5, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

With AutoCAD 2011 they introduced the selection cycling tool which is very helpful and I have posted about it here. There are times, however, when it is annoying. Take for example when you are simply zoomed out of a drawing … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, TIPS | 1 Comment

Add A Fillet or Chamfer With No Trim

Posted on September 4, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

There might be times when you need to use fillet or chamfer and you do not want these tools to trim the objects. This method will leave the original objects intact and simply apply the fillet or chamfer. Here’s how: … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Customization, Modifying, TIPS | 3 Comments

Customize Dynamic Input Coordinates

Posted on August 27, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

In the previous post (found here) the various coordinate input methods are explained. And near the end of the post the dynamic input tool is briefly explained as being polar, relative by default which is different from when dynamic input … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Customization, Settling In, TIPS | 1 Comment