Category Archives: Express Tools

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

AutoLISP: EXTRIM Between Two Edges

Posted on September 19, 2014 by AutoCAD Tips

The LISP routine featured today is by Marko Ribar and can be found at CADTutor.net at the following Link: http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?88293-EXTRIM-Between-Two-Lines&p=605998&viewfull=1#post605998 If you have any questions or requests or even saying a “Thank you” to Marko, about the routine, please post them … Continue reading →

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Express Tool: Save All Opened Drawings

Posted on August 30, 2013 by AutoCAD Tips

If you have multiple drawings opened in AutoCAD at the same time and would like to save all the drawings before stepping away from your computer… you can easily save all the currently open drawings with one command. Note: If … Continue reading →

Posted in Express Tools, Manage | 7 Comments

Express Tool: EXPLAN – Improved PLAN command

Posted on June 11, 2013 by AutoCAD Tips

The PLAN command is commonly used in 3D to get your view back to “home” and squared up so that you are looking down onto your drawing. It is also helpful when working in 2D drawings and the view has … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D Intro, Express Tools, TIPS | 2 Comments

Change Text Justification and Retain Position

Posted on October 8, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

The default functionality of changing the justification of text through the Properties Palette or by changing the properties in the “Edit Text” contextual ribbon will in fact change the justification. But it will also re-position the text based on the new justification … Continue reading →

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Load Express Tools for 2013

Posted on April 16, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

This post works the same for AutoCAD and AutoCAD Architecture. Upon installing AutoCAD you may not have installed the Express Tools… Here is how to load them: Click Start Click “Control Panel” Click on “Programs and Features” Note: if you … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoCAD 2013, Customization, Express Tools, Manage, New In 2013, TIPS | 75 Comments

Turn Shape Objects into Blocks

Posted on April 12, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

If you have a drawing that contains shape objects and then you try to send that drawing to someone else, those shape objects will be missing from their drawing. Today’s tip features an Express Tool called SHP2BLK which simply lets … Continue reading →

Posted in Blocks, Express Tools, Manage, Modifying | 1 Comment

Saved per Drawing or in the Registry

Posted on December 8, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

https://autocadtips.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/saved-per-draw…n-the-registry/ I have previously mentioned the System Variable dialog box [here] and I mentioned in another post that some system variables are either stored in a drawing or in the system registry [here]. But I just realized that the System Variable Dialog … Continue reading →

Posted in Customization, Express Tools, TIPS | 1 Comment

Express Tools: Make Line Type

Posted on November 4, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

I knew that the Make Line Type tool existed in the Express Tools but trying to figure them out on your own is incredibly frustrating. I finally saw them in action and they totally make sense now. Here’s how for … Continue reading →

Posted in Customization, Express Tools, Linetypes, Manage | 17 Comments

Using Burst To Explode a Block

Posted on July 21, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

I ran into a problem today and thought that I’d share it here because I found a solution. I have a dynamic block of a door that I needed to explode and then trim. But every time I tried to … Continue reading →

Posted in Blocks, Express Tools, Modifying, TIPS | 1 Comment