Category Archives: TIPS

Create New Objects with AddSelected

Posted on August 25, 2018 by AutoCAD Tips

The tool ADDSELECTED has been in AutoCAD since ACAD 2011 and It has saved me a lot of time. Regardless of your current settings, such as Layer, Dim Style, Text Style… You can easily recreate an existing object by simply … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP: Creating, BASICS, New in 2011, TIPS | Tagged | 2 Comments

Fixing Your Broken Concrete Hatch Pattern

Posted on July 24, 2017 by AutoCAD Tips

I hope that you noticed something in my previous blog post about fixing holes in hatches that didn’t have anything to do with that topic. In fact, this is a very common issue that plagues AutoCAD Civil 3D users. As … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Civil 3D, Civil 3D Tips, Hatch, Modifying, TIPS, Uncategorized | 9 Comments

Fix Your AutoCAD Hatch Holes

Posted on July 17, 2017 by AutoCAD Tips

Does your drawing have holy hatches? Some of the drawings I work on have these annoying outline/remnants of objects that have been moved or deleted. And now I have to clean them up. Some of these objects could have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Hatch, Modifying, TIPS | 3 Comments

Import PDF Geometery

Posted on March 18, 2016 by AutoCAD Tips

New in AutoCAD 2017 is the much-needed ability to import PDFs. This new feature will import geometry and True Type Fonts (.ttf) only. If your PDF file contains fonts that use an .shx font, that text will be imported as … Continue reading →

Posted in New in 2017, PDF, TIPS | 3 Comments

Tip: When Tracking Doesn’t Seem to Work

Posted on July 20, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

Here is one of the quirky things that AutoCAD does that might throw you for a loop. It involves “Tracking” whether it is “Object Snap Tracking” or “Polar Tracking” they seem to behave differently when Dynamic Input is turned onn … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Settling In, TIPS | 8 Comments

Shortcut Keys for AutoCAD, Inventor and Revit

Posted on July 9, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

Near the beginning of the year a blog post here showed the links to Autodesk’s AutoCAD for Microsoft Windows and Mac’s Shortcut keys (Aliases). They have now made available a list of shortcut keys to Autodesk Inventor and Revit. Below … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Revit, TIPS | Leave a comment

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

AutoCAD 2016 System Variable Monitor

Posted on May 23, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

If you are tired of opening a drawing and being surprised why some settings are not what you’d think they should be, The new feature called the “System Variable Monitor” or SYSVARMONITOR is now your friend and has your back. … Continue reading →

Posted in Manage, New in 2016, TIPS | 3 Comments

Angular Dimensions More than 180° for ACAD 2016

Posted on April 27, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

Since the new DIMension command (which I love) has kind of changed the way we do dimensions, here is how you apply an angular degree that is more than 180°. It has been about 5 years since I first posted … Continue reading →

Posted in Dimensions, New in 2016, TIPS | Leave a comment

Add Objects to Block Using Edit Block In Place

Posted on April 10, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

If you were wondering, Yes there is a LISP routine to accomplish the same thing found [here] by Lee-Mac. But here is how you can do the same thing using the “Edit Block In-Place” option of editing blocks. Sometimes it … Continue reading →

Posted in Blocks, TIPS | 2 Comments