January 31, 2012

AutoCAD tip: Working with different measurement unit

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Do you wish you can work with different units in AutoCAD? See this trick. I can work with mm and inch on the same file!

AutoCAD 2012: Legacy Snap to Grid

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Do you want to always enable snap to grid? AutoCAD 2012 remove this feature, and only enable it when AutoCAD asking for a point. Now you can have it back!

An open invitation: “Working better with AutoCAD”

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Are you interested to involved in AutoCAD discussion on how to increase our productivity? Everyone can join, from beginners to AutoCAD deity!

AutoCAD tip: exaggerating drawing scale

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See how you can show your drawing in exaggerated scale, while you can still work using full scale.

AutoCAD tip: Text Alignment Technique

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A quick AutoCAD tip to align your text to angled lines or other objects.

How to: embed image to AutoCAD drawing

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Want to add company logo as image in your title block? But you don’t want to use image reference? Try this tip.

AutoCAD tip: Turning off multifunctional grips

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If you are using AutoCAD 2011 or 2012 and feel annoyed by multifunctional grip, you may want to turn it off or change the behavior. Read how!

Disable shift+mid button as transparent orbit

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Do you often activate transparent orbit in AutoCAD accidentally? If you do, you may want to remove the button assignment. See how you can do it here.