CAD Tutorials and Best Practices for professionals and students
I have a several colleagues asking me, why they can’t snap to hatch object, just like when they use their old AutoCAD. Actually, you still can. It seems that Autodesk has disabled this feature by default, may be because performance issue. To activate it, simply open option. You can do it by typing OP then [...]
Have you use AutoCAD data extraction? You can extract any properties from any objects in your AutoCAD drawings with data extraction. I believe some of you have seen a nice demo from Autodesk about this. They use a data set to create door schedule from a drawing. It count the number of door blocks, and [...]
AutoCAD has been a very popular CAD application for decades. Many AutoCAD users learn using it by learning it themselves or by reading a book. Or by reading AutoCAD productivity tips like we have here. Not that it’s wrong. Learning AutoCAD by yourself can have advantages. Mistakes make you remember. Learning from your friends or [...]
Feel disturbed because AutoCAD tool palettes consume too many desktop real estate? Try to optimize the placement to get larger screen!
Do you often need to send your AutoCAD drawing files? Sometimes you left your reference file behind? Sometimes I receive an AutoCAD file that referenced to other file, but they didn’t send the reference file. Or they burnt all the files in to a cd, but the reference paths are broken. Not to mention other [...]
Don’t like AutoCAD Dynamic Input? There are some advantages of using it. You may love it after you know them!
Working with many AutoCAD layers? Need to check if your objects are placed in correct layer quickly? With Layer Walk you can do it visually, quickly.
Need to match AutoCAD object properties? Have you used MATCHPROP? You can also match selective object properties using the tool.
