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3 Construction or Reference Objects We Rarely Use

January 30, 2012 by Edwin Prakoso 4 Comments

If you often need to create construction or reference objects in AutoCAD, have you tried XLINE, RAY, and point? XLINE and RAY are very useful to create construction lines quickly. And points, can help you to snap to a point quickly in crowded drawings!

Filed Under: AutoCAD Tips Tagged With: autolisp, macro, point, RAY, XLINE

The killer tool palette macros, download it here!

December 21, 2011 by Edwin Prakoso 4 Comments

Have you tried the tip to create 11 killer macros for viewports? If you’re too busy to follow all the steps, you can just download it here!

Filed Under: AutoCAD Tips Tagged With: Download, macro, tool palettes

Eleven Killer Tool palette Macros for working with AutoCAD Viewports

December 20, 2011 by Paul Munford 4 Comments

If you work with AutoCAD layout, these 11 killer macros will help you. For easier access, we put all the macros in tool palettes. A must read if you want to work with viewport faster! Another great post by Paul Munford.

Filed Under: AutoCAD Tips Tagged With: AutoCAD viewport, macro, tool palettes

How to use the AutoCAD status line to provide real time reporting

April 28, 2011 by Paul Munford 3 Comments

AutoCAD Status Line just provides the coordinates of the cursor. Do you know that you can also use the Status Line to provide real time reports from system variables?

Filed Under: AutoCAD Tips Tagged With: macro, status line

How to: add action recorder macro to tool palettes

April 13, 2011 by Edwin Prakoso 2 Comments

Like using AutoCAD action recorder? Want to access the macros easily from tool palette? See how you can put them there!

Filed Under: AutoCAD Tips Tagged With: action recorder, macro, tool palettes

Using AutoCAD Action Recorder to View Specific Area Quickly

November 4, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso Leave a Comment

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 [...]