January 30, 2012

AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Sheet Set video

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Looking for resources to learn AutoCAD & AutoCAD LT Sheet Set? Kate Morrical has tutorial videos!

linking Excel external data to AutoCAD data extraction

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This tutorial will show you how to link an ID of your block to external data and show all the data in a schedule report. We use excel data link and data extraction here.

Book review: AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 2012 Bible

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Great AutoCAD book for active users who want to explore AutoCAD capabilites. Recommended for new and intermediate users. Even advanced users can learn new things.

Do you know how to use snap parallel?

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Snap parallel is probably rarely used. And you might not now how to use it, like I did. See how you can draw parallel lines relative to other geometry here.

How to: export custom rendering materials

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Have you created many AutoCAD rendering materials on your workstation? Now how you can share them to your partner that uses other computer?

Using named plot style table: less style to manage

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AutoCAD color based plot styles (ctb) has been used for decades. Now we have named plot styles (stb) as alternative. Which one should we use?

Controlling UCS for Angled Drawing and Local Coordinates

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If you already familiar with 3D modeling in AutoCAD, then you must be familiar with controlling coordinate system. The coordinate system you define will be a UCS (User Coordinate System). In 2D, there are many things that you can do by controlling coordinate system. In this article, we are going to discuss how to control [...]

Modifying AutoCAD Drawing Objects

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It’s been a while since I wrote the last AutoCAD tutorial. Let us continue the AutoCAD basic. The last tutorial discuss about how to draw in AutoCAD. Let us refresh our memory how we use the drawing tools. To draw in AutoCAD, we activate the tool, then define the coordinate. You might need to use [...]