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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
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 06-Jul-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

Many users don’t know (or have forgotten) the difference between Regen and Regenall. Regen works on the current space, and Regenall updates both modelspace and paperspace.

We use cust...  Read more

Tip#: 4443
Author: Nancy Eaton
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Published on: 30-Mar-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Have you ever placed a sub-assembly and want the parts to show up structured in the parts list at the top level? This tip will show you how to modify your bill of materials to get the desired resul...  Read more

Tip#: 4444
Author: David Gaskill
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Published on: 30-Mar-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:
5
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This tip will show you how to create a substitute level of detail.

  • Open an assembly and right-click on Level of Detail under RepresentationsRead more
Tip#: 4438
Author: David Gaskill
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 15-Mar-2015
Downloads: 0
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This tip from David Gaskill shows how to improve the quality of shaded images in Autodesk Inventor.

With the default settings, shaded images blur and bleed over th...  Read more

Tip#: 4286
Author: David Gaskill
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 07-Apr-2014
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Cadalyst tip reviewer Brian Benton shares an AutoCAD tip that gives you complete control over how your objects will be displayed in every drawing.

"Any AutoCA...  Read more

Tip#: 4205
Author: Brian Benton
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 21-Oct-2013
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Frequent contributor Mat Kirkland is back with a nice LISP routine. If you are familiar with the Layer Isolate command in AutoCAD, you know that you can pick one or more objects to...  Read more

Tip#: 4069
Author: Mathew Kirkland
Rename File To: LAYISOX.LSP
Published on: 12-Feb-2013
Downloads: 478
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Editor's note: Updated in February 2014. The tip author made these comments about the newly updated LISP file: "As before, you can undo individual reversals as you go,...  Read more

Tip#: 3975
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: ReverseDirection.lsp
Published on: 14-Sep-2012
Downloads: 1560
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

A recently published CAD Tip, No. 3755, allows you to select layers to freeze and if you choose the current layer, it sw...  Read more

Tip#: 3814
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: LayerQuellPick.lsp
Published on: 18-Feb-2012
Downloads: 839
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

Transparency is a great new feature in AutoCAD that is often overlooked. Sam Lucido's routine makes it easy to set transparency on a selection set — and to remove the transpa...  Read more

Tip#: 3796
Author: Samuel Lucido
Rename File To: fadeobject.lsp
Published on: 14-Jan-2012
Downloads: 538
Rating:  Not Yet Rated