Category Archives: Settling In

OVERKILL Is Your Friend

Posted on March 6, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

It’s been a little over a week since I last posted. My wife and I had our second child and I picked up some contract drafting work so I’ve been a little busy. But doing the contract work is helping … Continue reading →

Posted in Express Tools, Settling In, TIPS | 6 Comments

MLeader quick fix

Posted on January 16, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Last semester I was trying to help some with a problem with their MultiLeaders and I had no idea how to fix it. The problem was that when they started the MLEADER command, the 1st pick point ended up being … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Leaders, Settling In, Text, TIPS | 1 Comment

Selection Cycle

Posted on January 2, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Another great addition to 2011 is the Selection Cycling (SC) toggle found on the Status Bar (drafting setting buttons). If you have objects that are overlapping and you want to select one of them, your only option was to hold … Continue reading →

Posted in New in 2011, Settling In, TIPS | 3 Comments

Express Tools for ACAD Architecture 2011

Posted on December 24, 2010 by AutoCAD Tips

Yet, another program that’s not vanilla AutoCAD but still relavent. In AutoCAD Architecture 2011, you may have noticed that after installation, there are no Express Tools. I realized that after I installed the program that I forgot to install the … Continue reading →

Posted in Customization, New in 2011, Settling In, TIPS | 8 Comments

In Defense of the Ribbon

Posted on December 18, 2010 by AutoCAD Tips

In Defense of the RIBBON In the past year, I have made the switch to AutoCAD’s ribbon interface. I would show up to class and changed my workspace to the classic interface with the lovely toolbars. I would look at … Continue reading →

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MTJIGSTRING

Posted on November 28, 2010 by AutoCAD Tips

Okay, that heading was not very descriptive, but I know that you’ll enjoy this tip. When you place MTEXT, by default, it is blank. And by “blank”, I mean that there is no preview of text so that you can … Continue reading →

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MVSETUP New Drawing from scratch

Posted on November 18, 2010 by AutoCAD Tips

In an open session of AutoCAD, Open the Application Menu (the Application Menu is the big-red-A in the upper-left). In the Application Menu: Click NEW→Drawing                 a dialog box will open (these are available templates {.dwt} to choose from)                 … Continue reading →

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Track Path

Posted on November 10, 2010 by AutoCAD Tips

If you use “Object Snap Tracking” or OTRACK, you will like this tip. If you have ever been annoyed with the dashed “track path” that goes infinitely across your screen, you can change this so that the dashed line only … Continue reading →

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MENUBAR & STATUS BAR

Posted on November 6, 2010 by AutoCAD Tips

Some people may miss the MENUBAR from the “classic” setup. In the MENUBAR, there are many goodies that will save you time from searching all over the ribbon. To turn on the menubar: In the command line; MENUBAR <enter> 1 … Continue reading →

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Drafting Settings Buttons in the Status Bar

Posted on November 3, 2010 by AutoCAD Tips

Sick of guessing what these mean???? AutoCAD decided to turn the “Drafting Settings buttons” at the bottom of the screen from words into “icons.” I’m sure they did this to free up some space in the Status Bar. They problem … Continue reading →

Posted in Settling In | 16 Comments