Category Archives: TIPS

Pre Selection Highlight

Posted on December 11, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

Here is how to change the setting that allows you to highlighting objects prior to selection. This feature is useful so that you can visibly see what you are about to select prior to actually selecting them. OPTIONS <enter> or … Continue reading →

Posted in Customization, Manage, Settling In, TIPS | 8 Comments

Control the Display of The View Cube and Navigation Bar

Posted on November 9, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

Why is it that some drawings show that cube thingy and other drawings dont? Well here is how to control both the “cube thingy” (ViewCube) and the Navigation Bar (NB) that sits just below the View Cube (VC).   The … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Customization, Settling In, TIPS, Viewports | 8 Comments

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

Change Text Justification and Retain Position

Posted on October 8, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

The default functionality of changing the justification of text through the Properties Palette or by changing the properties in the “Edit Text” contextual ribbon will in fact change the justification. But it will also re-position the text based on the new justification … Continue reading →

Posted in Express Tools, Modifying, Text, TIPS | Leave a comment

Cycling Mode

Posted on September 5, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

With AutoCAD 2011 they introduced the selection cycling tool which is very helpful and I have posted about it here. There are times, however, when it is annoying. Take for example when you are simply zoomed out of a drawing … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, TIPS | 1 Comment

Add A Fillet or Chamfer With No Trim

Posted on September 4, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

There might be times when you need to use fillet or chamfer and you do not want these tools to trim the objects. This method will leave the original objects intact and simply apply the fillet or chamfer. Here’s how: … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Customization, Modifying, TIPS | 3 Comments

Customize Dynamic Input Coordinates

Posted on August 27, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

In the previous post (found here) the various coordinate input methods are explained. And near the end of the post the dynamic input tool is briefly explained as being polar, relative by default which is different from when dynamic input … Continue reading →

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Temporary OSNAP Overrides (Including 3D Osnaps)

Posted on August 2, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

When you are in the middle of a command and you need to snap to something that is not currently set in your running OSNAPs, you can use a temporary OSNAP override that will let you snap to the desired … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D Intro, BASICS, New in 2011, Settling In, TIPS | 1 Comment