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.
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CHSPACE push PS objects to MS – AutoCAD tip
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
Anonymous Blocks in AutoCAD – What They Are & How to Fix
Open someone else’s drawing, look at the block list, and there they are: *U27, *U28, *X4, dozens of them. You did not make them, you cannot edit them, and PURGE will not shift them. They are anonymous blocks, and they are usually not a problem. Here is what they are, where they come from in a modern drawing, and what you can actually do about the ones that … [Read more...] about Anonymous Blocks in AutoCAD – What They Are & How to Fix
AutoLISP for AutoCAD: Tutorials and 139 Free Routines
This page is the map. AutoLISP material has been published here since 1999 and the site has been online since 2003, which means the archive grew a good deal faster than any structure to hold it. What follows is that structure: a ten-lesson course for anyone who has never written a line of LISP, guidance on writing routines you will still understand in a year, and 139 free … [Read more...] about AutoLISP for AutoCAD: Tutorials and 139 Free Routines
How to install a font in AutoCAD
Written by Jaiprakash Pandey, July 2015Applies to:AutoCAD 2016, Similar principles to earlier versions.Tutorial:AutoCAD supports two type of fonts SHX and windows based font like truetype, opentype etc, windows based fonts are installed in windows operating system and AutoCAD accesses it from there but SHX is AutoCAD specific font which needs to be installed in AutoCAD font … [Read more...] about How to install a font in AutoCAD
Understanding Annotation scales in AutoCAD
Written by Jaiprakash Pandey, July 2015Applies to:AutoCAD 2015-2016, Similar principles to earlier versions.Tutorial:Generally AutoCAD drawings are plotted on different scales and on different sheet sizes. In order to keep size of certain symbols equal for all scales in plot it is necessary to give and object annotative property and apply scales for all output sizes.As an … [Read more...] about Understanding Annotation scales in AutoCAD