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The ancient Filter command can still be — in some situations — much quicker than its grandchild the Quick Select command, and it can even perform selection operations that can’t b...  Read more

Tip#: 4535
Author: Tawfik Shehata
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Published on: 14-Sep-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:
5
  Rated by 2 users

Typically AutoCAD's Burst command is used to explode blocks with attributes, converting the attributes to text. But if you explode a block where objects inside the block are set to layer 0, the...  Read more

Tip#: 4528
Author: Matt Sibum
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Published on: 24-Aug-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

While in an Inventor drawing have you ever wanted to change the properties on a part or assembly? Maybe you want to change the line type or color? This tip will show you how to change these propert...  Read more

Tip#: 4498
Author: David Gaskill
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Published on: 06-Jul-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

This entry was enough of an improvement on Tip #3751, Rename Blocks, that we thought it deserved a new entry spot. Tip #3...  Read more

Tip#: 4487
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: RenameBlock.lsp
Published on: 15-Jun-2015
Downloads: 3390
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

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
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Kent Cooper shares another LISP routine he created for someone in the Autodesk forums. This routine is useful if you create lines in AutoCAD with different z elevations on each end...  Read more

Tip#: 4448
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: LinesSlopeSameDir.lsp
Published on: 30-Mar-2015
Downloads: 216
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Here is a tip that makes the Autodesk Inventor browser relay more information about the features in a part.

  • Open an existing part and view how the features appear in the browser...  Read more
Tip#: 4435
Author: David Gaskill
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 08-Mar-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Michael Partenheimer gives us a slick way to change xrefs in AutoCAD without losing your layer settings. First off, read the included TXT file that describes the process in detail....  Read more

Tip#: 4418
Author: Michael Partenheimer
Rename File To: UpXr/,UpXr/UpXr.lsp,UpXr/UpXr.txt
Published on: 26-Jan-2015
Downloads: 2008
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Kent Cooper created this AutoCAD function in response to a question in the Autodesk customization forums. It's meant to be used or called from other LISP code with two argument...  Read more

Tip#: 4417
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: SigFig.lsp
Published on: 26-Jan-2015
Downloads: 165
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

This tip from frequent contributor Kent Cooper is used to draw polynomial functions on the current layer in AutoCAD. The routine will draw the curve defined by a polynomial functio...  Read more

Tip#: 4416
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: PolynomialFunction.lsp
Published on: 26-Jan-2015
Downloads: 1578
Rating:  Not Yet Rated