I had this question yesterday. Someone asked if if it’s possible to link an object in AutoCAD to another file. So if he needed to see the components specifications, or 3D model of a certain component from P&ID drawing, he can simply click the link. I said, have you tried using hyperlinks? Hyperlink maybe not [...]

Layer is indispensable in drawing management when we use AutoCAD. Since it’s so important, there are a lot of layer tools available in AutoCAD. Finding layer names can be confusing, if you have lots of layers. You can work graphically now. You can freeze or lock AutoCAD layers by selecting objects as reference. No need [...]

I include dwg in several AutoCAD tips/tutorial posts. So you can try it by your self without drawing it from scratch. But I just realize that you might not using the same version as me. You might not be able to open the dwg. But don’t worry, you still can use it! AutoCAD 2010 is [...]

I found about this earlier today on Shaan blog. Now we can tear off ribbon panel and floats in your drawing area. Similar to toolbars. Having ribbon interface sometimes so annoying when we have to move to different tabs frequently. So I can just tear off some panels I use frequently, and stick to home [...]

It’s always surprise me what I found when playing around with AutoCAD. Today when I tried to explore the context menu, I found ‘subobject selection filter‘. I know Inventor has similar feature like this, but I never expect AutoCAD has one. As you probably know, now we can control until sub objects: vertex, edge, face, [...]

Do you often to turn on/off layers to represent different drawing? Do you need to represent them differently in viewports? Have you tried to use layer states?

Sometimes I just hate to open DWG files from dialog box. Some files are not easy to find from a small dialog box, so I need to find it from my Windows Explorer or doing search/find. It would be a waste of time if I have to point my open dialog box to that file location. [...]

I have posted a couple tutorial how to draw isometric drawing and dimensions. If you look at the dimensions closer, there’s something not right. The dimensions are still using the default style, which is not isometric at all. In this post, we will create a new arrow to fixed this. You can use this technique [...]