Category Archives: Manage

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

Recover a Drawing

Posted on October 17, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

When a drawing has something wrong with it it needs to have the AUDIT command run on it so that it can be fixed (as shown in the previous post). But there are times when the drawing that needs help … Continue reading →

Posted in Manage, TIPS, XREFs | 3 Comments

Fix Your Drawing with AUDIT

Posted on October 11, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

There are times when a drawing starts acting weird. There were two instances this week when user’s drawing were able to be fixed with the AUDIT command that is within AutoCAD. One instance was that a single dimension was not … Continue reading →

Posted in Manage, TIPS | 5 Comments

Free ways to convert PDFs to DWG

Posted on June 19, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

Here are two ways to convert PDF documents into .DWG (drawing) files. These are in fact free and they do a great job for the price. They both work the same in that the free versions will not process layer … Continue reading →

Posted in Manage, Modifying, PDF | 14 Comments

Adding OLE Objects and Make Them Print

Posted on June 18, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

OLE is “Object Linking & Embedding” and it is pretty powerful. If you have an excel spread sheet or an image that resides outside of AutoCAD and you need these files inside of AutoCAD, adding these objects as an OLE object … Continue reading →

Posted in Customization, Manage, OLE Objects, TIPS | 13 Comments

Adding Lisp Files to a Tool Palette

Posted on May 30, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

If you have some lisp routines that you would like to have available when you are working in various drawings here is a way to have them available in all your drawings. This method of adding the .lsp files to … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP, Customization, Manage, TIPS | 10 Comments

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

Express Tools: CLIPIT

Posted on April 12, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

I recently showed how to create an XCLIP for XREFs (found here) but today’s tip gives you some more options. The Express Tool CLIPIT will clip reference objects – not just XREFed drawings. It will work on the following objects: … Continue reading →

Posted in Blocks, Manage, Modifying, TIPS, Wipeouts, XREFs | 3 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

XCLIPFRAME

Posted on April 11, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

Here are the options (system variables) for how your XCLIP frame is shown and/or printed. The variable is XCLIPFRAME <enter> and the default setting is <2>

Posted in BASICS, Customization, Manage, Modifying, XREFs | 3 Comments