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34 AutoCAD Tips – To Become a Power User

December 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

A free E-BOOK from Autodesk AutoCAD power tips covered in this PDF: Use Both Hands ToolTips Command Line Grip Editing Quick Measure Selection Cycling Multileader Styles Page Setups Copy and Paste Options Command Options Keyboard Combos Viewports AutoCAD on any Computer Blocks Palette Favorite Places Annotative Scaling DWG Compare Express Tools Tool Palettes Layer Filters … [Read more...] about 34 AutoCAD Tips – To Become a Power User

AutoCAD Tip – GATTE where have you been all my life?

September 11, 2020 Leave a Comment

GATTE; Globally changes attribute values for all instances of a specified block. With GATTE, you specify a block by selecting it or specifying its name, and you specify an attribute by selecting it or entering its tag name. When you specify a new value for one of the attributes, it replaces all values with the same attribute tag name. Watch this video tutorial for a … [Read more...] about AutoCAD Tip – GATTE where have you been all my life?

Copy a land survey to your drawing without creating a mess.

June 19, 2020 1 Comment

How to copy a land survey drawing into your drawing without creating a huge mess. One tip is to prefix all the layers with the words SURVEY, so it does not get mixed up with all the other drafting. … [Read more...] about Copy a land survey to your drawing without creating a mess.

CHSPACE push PS objects to MS – AutoCAD tip

June 19, 2020 Leave a Comment

If you want to push objects from paper space to model space in AutoCAD, use the CHSPACE command. In this video I show you how to move the north point, annotation and street name in a land survey drawing, from paper space to model space. … [Read more...] about CHSPACE push PS objects to MS – AutoCAD tip

Plot with color without changing the Plot Style Table

May 6, 2020 Leave a Comment

Problem I want to plot a line in color without changing the Plot Style Table (CTB) in AutoCAD. Solution Set the line to a True Color, which can be accessed with the COLOR command Why does this work A color dependant plot table - or CTB file - can set colors 1 to 255 with a color for plotting. This can be something other than the actual color, example red, … [Read more...] about Plot with color without changing the Plot Style Table

XREF Compare – New to AutoCAD 2021

March 31, 2020 Leave a Comment

New to AutoCAD 2021, you can now compare the changes made to an XREF in the current drawing. Any changes to the xref or compared drawing are highlighted using revision clouds. If a referenced drawing has changed, a balloon message is displayed in the lower-right corner of the application window (the status bar tray). Click the link in the balloon message to reload the … [Read more...] about XREF Compare – New to AutoCAD 2021

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