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AutoCAD 2015 Resize Model Space Viewports
AutoCAD 2015 now makes resizing model space viewports intuitive and easy. If you use multiple model space viewports, you’ll love this feature. A special note needs to be made that the frame of the...
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FLATSHOT In Action
We recently were given some 3D models by a subcontractor that needed to be incorporated into our drawings. There was one model in particular that was rather large in file size considering that it was...
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Fix Install or Uninstall Errors
Here is a possible fix for fixing errors that might have occurred during an install of AutoCAD (or any other program) that is preventing you from doing a “repair” or “Re-install.” Scenario: An issue...
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AutoCAD 2015 Purge DGN Junk
That’s right, I called it “Junk”. Recently we have been experiencing excessive bloating of files because somewhere in our project someone has either referenced in a drawing that was opened with...
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AutoLISP: ATTWIPE Clear Selected Attribute Values
Here is one that lets you easily clear the selected attribute tag(s). This is especially helpful for when you are editing titleblocks that have populated attributes or when you copy a block (symbol)...
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AutoLISP: Updated Join Dimensions for AutoCAD 2014 & 2015
I was made aware that the Join Dimensions routine previously posted [here] wasn’t working for AutoCAD 2014 & 2015 so here is an updated version. Here’s how: After loading JDIMS [enter] to start...
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Helpful Settings for Plotting 3D Solids in AutoCAD
This post isn’t a fix-all solution but it has helped printing/plotting issues that I’ve recently encountered. There are some helpful AutoCAD variables and an adjustment to your preferred “Visual...
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AutoLISP: Polyline Direction preview
The simplicity of this routine is why I like it so much. You simply run the command and then select a polyline and it displays temporary arrows that show the direction of the polyline. Once you either...
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Reverse Polyline Moves Origin
Today’s tip is more of a “head’s up” to be aware of when using the REVERSE command on a closed polyline. The Reverse command will reverse the direction of selected objects. What is reversed is the...
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AutoLISP: ReOrder Polyline Origin
Taking into consideration the previous posts about determining the origin of a closed polyline, Finding the direction of a polyline and being aware that the REVERSE command will change the origin of a...
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Changing A Block Insertion Point
You may come across blocks in a drawing where either the insertion point of the block doesn’t meet your needs. Hopefully this post will help you save some time editing your block and also there’s an...
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Creating A Data Link With An Excel Table
Linking an Excel spread sheet to an AutoCAD drawing and displaying the excel table as an AutoCAD “Table” is very helpful depending on how you “link” the Excel file to the AutoCAD table. In this post,...
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AutoCAD List of Command Aliases and Shortcut Keys
Today’s tip is simply a link to an excellent AutoCAD alias and shortcut reference guide provided by Autodesk & The AutoCAD team. The link is found here:...
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Turn On CADWorx Ribbon Tabs and Menu Bar
If you have lost your CADWorx Ribbon tabs or Menus (from the menu bar) you can simply load them by using the following in the command line: LOADMENUPLANT [enter] CADWorx 2013 and AutoCAD 2013 are shown...
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BASE Command – BEWARE of XREFs & Blocks
A perplexing issue crept its way into a project recently that revolves around the AutoCAD command BASE [enter]. This command can be found on the “Home” tab > Block panel (drop down – lower portion)...
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Issues With Using DEFPOINTS for Viewports
It may seem like a great idea to use the layer “DEFPOINTS” as the layer for your viewports since it doesn’t plot by default. And you may have heard from various posts that you shouldn’t do so but may...
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Don’t Forget that CADWorx P&ID Cfm.shx file
This issue comes up rather often when dealing with projects that use CADWorx. Some users use CADWorx and other people in the same project don’t. Perhaps they want to simply open a P&ID drawing (or...
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AutoLISP: EXTRIM Between Two Edges
The LISP routine featured today is by Marko Ribar and can be found at CADTutor.net at the following Link:...
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AutoLISP: Split Dimensions
This is a re-post of a previous post that deserves to be re-posted. The routine was posted at theswamp.org by Kerry and can be found here:...
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Manage CADWorx Project Resources with Symlinks
This tip is not limited to CADWorx. It can be applied to many types of files that CAD users may need, I have simply decided to demonstrate how “Symlinks” can help a common frustration for CADWorx users...
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