May 23, 2012

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.

10 CAD Notes Posts You Shouldn’t Miss in 2010

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Do you like posts in CAD Notes. This is my top ten favorite in 2010. They may not be the best, but I found that some of them are frequently asked questions. What’s yours?

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. [...]

I can’t select objects then press del in AutoCAD!

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Have you ever find your AutoCAD doesn’t feels right when you select objects? You select them, press delete, move, mirror, etc the objects still stay. You select the objects, the layer toolbar still showing current layer. And after you select objects, the properties palette may still showing no selection. I see this problem occurs many [...]

Labeling Coordinate with Easting and Northing in AutoCAD

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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 [...]

Using AutoLISP Program to label point coordinate

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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 [...]