January 31, 2012

How to: remove hatch contextual tab ribbon

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Feel disturb when AutoCAD keeps showing contextual ribbon tab? In this tip, you’ll see how you can stop hatch ribbon tab from showing!

Find mid point between two points in AutoCAD

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Need to find mid point between two referenced points in AutoCAD drawing? Have you tried to use calculator or CAL expression?

Disabling F1 Key

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Are you getting frustrated because you often hit F1 key accidentally? AutoCAD users love Esc, and often press F1 by accident. See how the fix, from using paper clip to key remap.

AutoCAD Forgotten Tool: Pan by Points

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How long have you used AutoCAD? Each year, Autodesk adds more features to AutoCAD. Sometimes the existing tools are adjusted to current trends. It’s not possible to place all of the tools to your screen, so some older tools are hidden. They become forgotten. RK McSwain wrote a good sample that we already forget some [...]

Annotative Block Can’t be Dragged Because of Alignment Parameter

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If you can’t drag annotative block in different scale, it may be because you also using alignment parameter. See the workaround to solve it here.

Masking with AutoCAD Hatch

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Do you like the idea of using wipeout? If you like it but having problem in plotting wipeout, you can use hatch as alternative.

How Can We Protect AutoCAD Tool Palettes?

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Do you need to protect your palettes from being modified accidentally? Or you want to share your tool palettes to all your team and use it as enterprise palette? Let us see how you can do it here!

Showing Common AutoCAD Information in Title Block

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Have you ever want to show the same attribute values in your AutoCAD drawing? Let us take an example: you have several sheets in your drawing, and you want to show the same project name, number, client name, or other common information. This can be done easily in Sheet Set manager if you use layout. [...]