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By default AutoCAD 2016 is configured to switch current tabs or even model space should your cursor momentarily hesitate over one of the tab previews. This situation has happened to me more than on...  Read more

Tip#: 4558
Author: Michael Partenheimer
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Published on: 09-Nov-2015
Downloads: 0
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4.5
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This tip is a fast way to reset the scale list defaults in AutoCAD, as described in Tip #4386. Note that this Auto...  Read more

Tip#: 4485
Author: Michael Partenheimer
Rename File To: ScaleCivilAdd.lsp
Published on: 15-Jun-2015
Downloads: 676
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In civil engineering, sheet plan views are usually twisted to read along an alignment. Mike Partenheimer has developed this ViewTwist AutoCAD routine to simplify this very common a...  Read more

Tip#: 4400
Author: Michael Partenheimer
Rename File To: ViewTwist.lsp
Published on: 23-Nov-2014
Downloads: 260
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

If you've been wondering where to set the default values for the scale list in AutoCAD, look no further.

  • Type in Options at the Command prompt.
  • Go to the User...  Read more
Tip#: 4386
Author: Tina Stimpson
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Published on: 27-Oct-2014
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Have you ever created a view on a drawing, only to want to change the orientation of the model before — or after — placing the view? Here is a tip that shows how to change your model vi...  Read more

Tip#: 4376
Author: David Gaskill
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Published on: 06-Oct-2014
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You can control the fading effects in AutoCAD with the following system variables:

For in-place editing on external references (which also works on edit-in-place blocks), the Xfadectl syste...  Read more

Tip#: 4339
Author: Levi Connolly
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Published on: 21-Jul-2014
Downloads: 0
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Here is a quick, two-key shortcut I created to lock all model viewports in every layout tab. It also zooms extents, so the next time you go to the tab, you see everything. This helps when other use...  Read more

Tip#: 4322
Author: Shawn Evjen
Rename File To: ml.lsp,._ml.lsp
Published on: 23-Jun-2014
Downloads: 481
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AutoCAD 2015 includes a new feature for viewports in model space. There are three clickable buttons as you hover over the upper-left corner of a model space which provide selectable options: viewpo...  Read more

Tip#: 4318
Author: Levi Connolly
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Published on: 09-Jun-2014
Downloads: 0
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Levi Connolly sent in this tip about being in two places at once in an AutoCAD drawing.

Have you ever found yourself scrolling back and forth from one spot to anot...  Read more

Tip#: 4285
Author: Levi Connolly
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Published on: 07-Apr-2014
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Rating:
4
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Like many AutoCAD users, tip contributor Jessica Confer likes to work inside of locked model space viewports within layouts.

"For example, there are times when you nee...  Read more

Tip#: 4242
Author: Jessica Confer
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Published on: 27-Jan-2014
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Rating:
4
  Rated by 2 users