Category Archives: Customization

Revit Reorganize Revit Tabs

Posted on September 23, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

As I have been making my transition to Revit I have a few tips that you might find helpful even though there are plenty of other Revit blogs and resources to visit – I promise to keep this blog as … Continue reading →

Posted in Customization, Revit | 7 Comments

Using SUPERHATCH To Make Complicated Hatch Patterns

Posted on June 30, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

A very good question was asked in in the comments section of the following post about creating custom hatches [found here]. That post was about creating custom hatches using lines within a 1×1 square and then having the ability so … Continue reading →

Posted in Customization, Express Tools, Hatch, TIPS | 1 Comment

MTJIGSTRING

Posted on April 26, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

When you enter T <enter> at the command line, it starts the MTEXT command and you normally see “abc” prompt When you enter MTJIGSTRING in the command line, you are able to enter ten characters to welcome you when you … Continue reading →

Posted in Customization, New in 2016, Text | Leave a comment

AutoCAD 2015 Controlling the Status Bar Icons

Posted on February 16, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

With AutoCAD 2015 came the annoyance of being able to display the status bar icons as text. And even more frustrating is that not all of the normal Status Bar icons that we are used are even displayed. See this … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Customization, New in 2015, TIPS | 6 Comments

AutoCAD 2015 Tray Settings for Print Pop-Up

Posted on November 18, 2014 by AutoCAD Tips

After you print in AutoCAD, there is a little annoying notification that stays open in the bottom right of the screen until you click to close it. This is the default setting. This setting can be changed so that it stays … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Customization, New in 2015, Printing - Plotting, TIPS | 2 Comments

Manage CADWorx Project Resources with Symlinks

Posted on October 4, 2014 by AutoCAD Tips

This tip is not limited to CADWorx. It can be applied to many types of files that CAD users may need, I have simply decided to demonstrate how “Symlinks” can help a common frustration for CADWorx users and CADWorx administrators. … Continue reading →

Posted in CADWorx, Customization, Manage, TIPS | 4 Comments

Don’t Forget that CADWorx P&ID Cfm.shx file

Posted on September 12, 2014 by AutoCAD Tips

This issue comes up rather often when dealing with projects that use CADWorx. Some users use CADWorx and other people in the same project don’t. Perhaps they want to simply open a P&ID drawing (or other drawing that uses this … Continue reading →

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XREF Load Status App Review

Posted on January 26, 2014 by AutoCAD Tips

The app mentioned in this post saved my sanity while opening drawings that contained a large amount of XREFs (External References). The “XREF Load Status” app is available from the Autodesk Exchange Apps store in a free version that will … Continue reading →

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View Fonts Used in Styles Without Opening A Drawing

Posted on October 9, 2013 by AutoCAD Tips

Continuing the previous blog post concerning how to control what font is being used as the “Standard” text style – One issue that has come up is that upon opening a drawing that has the “Standard” text style defined as … Continue reading →

Posted in Customization, Manage, Text, TIPS | 2 Comments

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