CAD Tutorials and Best Practices for professionals and students
Sometimes we need to hide some parts of our AutoCAD blocks in our drawing. We don’t want to explode and trim it, because it will make the block definition removed. If we need to modify or change the block, then the exploded block will not be updated. In some drawings, we can use wipeout. But [...]
I saw Shaan Hurley (@mrcadman) asked his followers, whether they already aware that: using page setup allows them to publish to different plotter. I know that we can do that, but then I’m thinking: can we send the AutoCAD sheets to different printers/plotters at once? After playing with it for a while I found that [...]
AutoCAD viewports are extremely helpful. You can view many area of your drawings in model space, and you can arrange your drawings quickly in layout. Here are some tips that you may have overlooked. Tip #1: Using Viewport Configurations Do you need to create multiple viewports at once? You can do it by creating it [...]
If you need to select all horizontal or vertical lines within an AutoCAD drawing, this could be a tedious work. It is not easy to select them in quite a complex drawing. But you can do it easily if you use QSELECT. Orhan Toker also cover about QSELECT with some more explanation. So how to [...]
Do you like AutoCAD dynamic block? If you use stretch action, then the attributes will not stay at block center. Use this tip to keep at at center.
Do you need to add multiple hyperlinks in AutoCAD block? You can do it by using block attributes. See the tutorial here.
Read and discuss several possibilities to secure your AutoCAD drawings data. From password protected files to online sharing.
If you join some discussion group, you may see many problems are simply because the AutoCAD system variable has changed. The most common variables that cause confusion are FILEDIA and PICKFIRST. There are some more, but those two are very common. Why this happens? It can happen when you use an AutoCAD command (mostly on [...]
