CAD Tutorials and Best Practices for professionals and students
After I provided AutoLISP program to label coordinate automatically, I had some questions if it can show N, E, and elevation instead of just the coordinate text. So I made minor adjustment to the code. This automatic labeling will create three lines of texts instead of just one line of xyz coordinate. You can open [...]
I have posted an AutoCAD tip how you can create your own label coordinate in AutoCAD using block attributes. It is nice that you can create your own block, create your own block shapes, and customize it to look anything you want to. But there is a limitation. It will only recognize the point position [...]
Do you use and love AutoCAD dynamic input? If you use it, try to select a line (or any kind of object you want), and click the blue grip. You will see several dimension fields in your screen like below. The fields give you control to modify the segment length or angle quickly. Forget LENGTHEN command, [...]
Do you need to convert from metric to imperial or vice versa? Read how you can convert inch to mm or other units quickly!
Have hundreds of layers in your drawings? Use layer filter to simplify it, and quickly change properties of layers in a group!
The idea of this post came up after I saw this thread in CAD Tutor: How to zoom to a point quickly?. It makes me think is there any easy way to do it in vanilla AutoCAD without programming knowledge? Then I remember action recorder. I decided to give it a try. If you are not [...]
Do you use AutoCAD ribbon? One annoying thing about AutoCAD ribbon for me is when I have to work with low screen resolution. I do set it quite high on my computer and feel comfortable with it. However, when I have to do presentations, sometimes I have to set my screen resolution to 1024×768 pixels, [...]
Receiving AutoCAD files with XREF can give us headache. You probably already familiar with this warning: It means that AutoCAD can’t find the reference files, because the file location on your computer is not the same with the sender’s computer. If you open the file references palette, you will see warning that the files are [...]
