Category Archives: TIPS

Polyline (Fit Curve)

Posted on July 17, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Here is a helpful tip that will let you make Polylines look like splines. Splines are great, but sometimes they are a little hard to adjust. Here’s how: Make a Polyline Double-click the Polyline to enter its (PEDIT) function. Or … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Modifying, Polylines, TIPS | 1 Comment

Nudge – New in 2012

Posted on July 12, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

here is a quickie that I have come to use a lot. This feature is new in AutoCAD 2012 It is called “nudging” and is a way of moving things in your drawing without using your mouse. Well, not completely. … Continue reading →

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AutoLISP: Change Attribute Color to Bylayer (global)

Posted on July 4, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

I have used this routine a lot. I sometimes get drawings that have attributes that have had their color changed to something other than “BYLAYER.”  This routine will change all attributes colors to be BYLAYER. Here’s How: After loading, simply … Continue reading →

Posted in Attributes, AutoLISP, Blocks, Modifying, Text, TIPS | 5 Comments

AutoLISP: Offset PolyLine Segments

Posted on July 4, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

The title of this post pretty much describes what this routine does. It behaves just like the OFFSET command but it allows you to offset single or multiple segments of a polyline. This pretty cool if you’ve ever needed something … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP, Modifying, Polylines, TIPS | 6 Comments

AutoLISP: Arc to Circle

Posted on July 2, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Here’s one that someone asked me about a while ago and I just just it. Very simply, you select arc and this routine turns these arcs into circles keeping both the arc’s radius and the layer that the arcs were … Continue reading →

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AutoLISP: Array Rectanglular

Posted on June 30, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Following the previous post concerning alternate array routines: here is one that is similar to the previous except that you can make rectangular arrays. Again, thanks to Lee-Mac. Here’s how: RECARR <enter> to start (RECtangular ARRay) Select object(s) to be … Continue reading →

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AutoLISP: Array Single Line (Vector)

Posted on June 30, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

So the new array tool is cool but it may be frustrating at the same time. Autodesk didn’t make the new array tool very intuitive. Here is a lisp routine that works in any UCS and is more intuitive than … Continue reading →

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Working in a Viewport

Posted on June 29, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

You may already know that if you double click inside a viewport that is on a layout tab you will be able to work in model space even though you are in paper space. This is known as working in … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Layout, Modifying, Paper Space, TIPS, Viewports | 10 Comments

Quickly Make a new Viewport

Posted on June 29, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Here is a quick tip to quickly make a new paper space viewport. Set the layer to what you want the viewport frame to be on. It is best to use a designated layer for viewports that are set to … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Layout, Paper Space, Settling In, TIPS, Viewports | 8 Comments

AutoLISP: Arc Tangent to Line

Posted on June 24, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

I know that this blog has a lot of AutoLISP code on it. I will focus on regular drafting topics soon. It’s just that I have recently needed these LISP routines and thought that if they were handy for me, … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP, Modifying, TIPS, Uncategorized | 1 Comment