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David Edward Gaskill submitted this tip that illustrates how to configure Autodesk Inventor to allow you to edit dimensions as you create them, in one step:

In Inventor, yo...  Read more

Tip#: 4268
Author: David Gaskill
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Published on: 10-Mar-2014
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4
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Tipster Ralph H. Tulis shares an AutoCAD trick that will help you adjust the position of your dimension arrows.

“Ever feel that your rotated dimension should not flip...  Read more

Tip#: 4225
Author: Ralph H. Tulis
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Published on: 16-Dec-2013
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CAD Manager Tina Stimpson shares a workaround for an AutoCAD dimension text rotation problem.

"To get text to go from this:
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Tip#: 4215
Author: Tina Stimpson
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Published on: 18-Nov-2013
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Cadalyst tip reviewer Brian Benton shares two methods that can be used to remove formatting from AutoCAD text objects.

"AutoCAD users will often format multiline text ob...  Read more

Tip#: 4133
Author: Brian Benton
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Published on: 10-Jun-2013
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Richard B. Farlow sent in this trick for getting your AutoCAD dimension text to change positions by using the Properties palette — without leaving paper space.

"W...  Read more

Tip#: 4131
Author: Richard Farlow
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Published on: 10-Jun-2013
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Jeremy Reimherr, a lead CAD designer, shared this tip about how to change an AutoCAD text object justification setting and keep the text in the same location.

"H...  Read more

Tip#: 4003
Author: Jeremy Reimherr
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Published on: 22-Oct-2012
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Rating:
3
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Design draftsman Joel Sanders sent in a trick for getting radial AutoCAD dimensions to point to the inside of smaller arcs, circles, or fillets.

"As far back as ...  Read more

Tip#: 3982
Author: Joel Sanders
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Published on: 17-Sep-2012
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Tawfik Shehata sent us a tip about adding annotation scales to AutoCAD objects.

"If you are working on a drawing with multiple xrefs attached to it, and you need...  Read more

Tip#: 3950
Author: Tawfik Shehata
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Published on: 13-Aug-2012
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Rating:
5
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Rebekah S. Wolf, a CADD technician, shares a tip for managing text errors in AutoCAD.

"I work with a lot of labels and notes. A great way to avoid spelling mista...  Read more

Tip#: 3908
Author: Rebekah Wolf
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Published on: 11-Jun-2012
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Tipster J. Raul Cardenas describes how to make AutoCAD dimensions display additional text below the dimension line.

"When you want an accurate dimension, but als...  Read more

Tip#: 3857
Author: J. Raul Cardenas
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Published on: 02-Apr-2012
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Rating:
3.5
  Rated by 2 users