Category Archives: Modifying

Create an XCLIP

Posted on April 11, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

For those who use XREFs, there may be times when you do not need the entire XREF to be brought into your drawing especially if the XREF is rather large. With the command XCLIP you can create a boundary around … Continue reading →

Posted in Manage, Modifying, XREFs | 19 Comments

AutoCAD 2013: Offset Preview

Posted on April 4, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

Simliar to the preview functionality that was added last year with AutoCAD 2012 found in the Fillet command and BLEND tool, The OFFSET/CHAMFER command now has a preview in AutoCAD 2013. There isn’t any other new functionality in the command … Continue reading →

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AutoCAD 2013: Add a Strikethrough to Text

Posted on March 28, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

You can now easily add a strikethrough to text objects such as MTEXT, MLeaders, Dimensions and text that is within Tables. Sorry, this doesn’t work for DTEXT (single line text). If you would like an automated way to add a … Continue reading →

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AutoCAD 2013 Draw Order: Leaders

Posted on March 28, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

Now available in AutoCAD 2013 is a new draw order tool. This tool will bring all leader objects to the front of the draw order. The command for this tool is an option with the command TEXTTOFRONT <enter> Or The … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoCAD 2013, Leaders, Manage, Modifying, New In 2013, Text | 3 Comments

Trim and Delete outside of closed polyline

Posted on March 14, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

Here is a very helpful routine that I seemed to have forgotten about. It lets you select a closed polyline and it will trim and delete everything outside of it. Anything that crosses its edge will be trimmed on the … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP, AutoLISP: Modify, AutoLISP: Polylines, Modifying | 9 Comments

AutoLISP: Combine Text

Posted on February 16, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

Link to AutoCAD Tips Here is a useful way to combine two text objects. You can even combine DTEXT objects with MTEXT and vice-versa… Here’s how: CT <enter> to start Combine Text Select the first text object. (this will be … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP, AutoLISP: Modify, AutoLISP: Text, Modifying, Text | 4 Comments

DIMBREAK Break Dimension Lines

Posted on January 30, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

Here is a useful command that lets you easily add clarity to your dimensions. If you have ever dealt with dimension lines that cross over other dimension lines, you might recognize that these dimension lines can easily be confused for … Continue reading →

Posted in Dimensions, Modifying | 2 Comments

AutoLISP: Delete Invisible Attributes

Posted on January 26, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

Link to AutoCADtips There are times when sending or submitting drawings to client or another drafter when the blocks in your drawings contain many attributes – some of which may be set to Invisible. And if you have ever wanted … Continue reading →

Posted in Attributes, AutoLISP, AutoLISP: Attributes, AutoLISP: Modify, Blocks, Modifying | 1 Comment

Replace Selected Blocks

Posted on January 4, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

[Original link to AutoCAD tips blog] The Express Tool called “Replace Block” or command line = BLOCKREPLACE <enter> has been mentioned [HERE] and found on the ribbon (as seen below) This tool is helpful for replacing blocks globally (through out … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP, AutoLISP: Blocks, AutoLISP: Modify, Blocks, Modifying | 35 Comments

The Select and Previous Commands in AutoCAD

Posted on December 29, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

http://wp.me/p1aURt-kp Of coarse there is the PICKFIRST system variable that lets you select objects first, before starting a command… But here is another option for creating a selection set that is reusable. This command is aptly called the “SELECT” command … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Modifying, TIPS | 3 Comments