Category Archives: BASICS

Layer Naming Restrictions

Posted on October 5, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Here are some layer naming restrictions when creating or editing layers while in the Layer Properties Manager… 1) The most obvious restriction is that you cannot have 2 layers named that have the same name. 2) Certain characters are restricted; … Continue reading →

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Easy Way to Clear a Selection Set

Posted on October 5, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Quick tip: Instead of hitting the ESC button multiple times to clear a selection set, try holding the right mouse button for a few seconds.

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Layout Tab Cooridinates

Posted on October 4, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

After spending the time to set up a layout tab you may have encountered the frustration of inserting your title block onto the layout tab and it not inserting correctly. This is because the X,Y coordinates of 0,0 (zero,zero) are … Continue reading →

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Cycle Through View Ports using CTRL + R

Posted on September 15, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

You may have read that you can cycle through View Ports in books and other websites but if you don’t see it in action, you may not fully understand its usefulness. Here is an example of a layout tab that has … Continue reading →

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Rotate Viewport

Posted on September 8, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Here’s how to rotate a viewport and rotate THE VIEW of the objects within the viewport: Simply change a system variable. The variable is VPROTATEASSOCC As seen below, <0> = OFF & <1> = ON

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Function Keys (Drafting Settings) Toggle Over-Ride

Posted on September 8, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

I know that the title for this post might be a little much, but I just wanted to call it what it is…. The “Drafting Settings” keys are especially useful when you learn the “Function keys” (ex. the buttons located … Continue reading →

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Restoring a Pop-Up Notification

Posted on September 5, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

You know the routine… A notification pops-up on your screen and if it has a “don’t show me this again” option, you click it. Believe it or not, there are some notifications that are helpful. And lets say that you … Continue reading →

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How to Exit Text

Posted on August 18, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

You may know that after you finish editing or entering MTEXT, all you need to do to exit the MTEXT is to click outside of it. But if you do that when working with DTEXT (Single Line text) you will … Continue reading →

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Tab Through OSNAPS

Posted on August 17, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Depending on what OSNAPS you currently have turned on, you can simply cycle through them without having to move your cursor over the exact snap that you need. (This is really helpful in your drawing is cluttered and you want … Continue reading →

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Use TRIM to Extend

Posted on August 16, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Let’s face it – we use the TRIM command a lot and we rarely use the EXTEND command. In fact, we use it so rarely that we tend to forget how it works. Luckily, you can use the TRIM command … Continue reading →

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