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Intro To Coordinates

Posted on August 24, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

Note: I must first apologize for the lack of posts lately. I have started teaching AutoCAD for a local community college at night and it has been very demanding of my time. Teaching this class should help me focus on … Continue reading →

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AutoLISP: Control Xref Color

Posted on December 16, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

http://wp.me/p1aURt-jY Here is a handy routine that has 4 functions in it. To be honest I don’t know why there are 4 functions – I can understand why 2 of them would be helpful. But it’s always nice to have … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP, AutoLISP: Blocks, AutoLISP: Manage, AutoLISP: Modify, Layers, Modifying, TIPS, Uncategorized, XREFs | 10 Comments

AutoLISP: Merge Hatches Join Hatches

Posted on November 23, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

I didn’t know how useful this LISP routine was until I saw it posted over at the swamp.org. At my previous job, I would receive drawing that were contained too many hatches and some hatches were not hatched correctly. So … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP, AutoLISP: Creating, AutoLISP: Modify, Hatch, Modifying, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

AutoLISP: Curves To POLYLINE

Posted on July 23, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Well, posted a routine not long ago that lets you convert Splines to Polylines. I just found a better routine than the one I posted made by Lee-Mac that lets you convert many types of objects to polylines. It even … Continue reading →

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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 →

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AutoLISP: Make a New Linetype with Text

Posted on March 12, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

It seems that this blog has gotten a lot of interest since I started posting AutoLISP code. Here is great routine that creates a new LineType with text. If you have ever tried creating a linetype with text on your … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoLISP, Customization, Text, TIPS, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

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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Hello world!

Posted on November 3, 2010 by AutoCAD Tips

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