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In the Layers Properties dialog box, click New Property Filter. Name the new filter with the xref name and a short description, such as: 11950-06 Survey (Easements).

Under the Filter Defini...  Read more

Tip#: 4559
Author: Tim J. Harlow
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 09-Nov-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Prolific contributor Kent Cooper once again came to the rescue for someone in the Autodesk forums, and he is sharing the result here. This routine will allow you to interate the layer table in alph...  Read more

Tip#: 4520
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: LayerSteps.lsp
Published on: 17-Aug-2015
Downloads: 227
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Michael submits this routine for anyone wishing to export a list of layers from the current drawing to a text file. He uses this to quickly export layers for later analysis and makes note that you ...  Read more

Tip#: 4522
Author: Michael Nelson
Rename File To: LayerExport.lsp,layerlist.txt
Published on: 17-Aug-2015
Downloads: 764
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

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

I find AutoCAD's New Layer Notification tool extremely useful. Many of our projects involve multiple users in separate office locations, and communication regarding xref edits sometimes is not ...  Read more

Tip#: 4472
Author: Michael Partenheimer
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 11-May-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:
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Frequent contributor Michael Partenheimer notes that the National CAD Standard (NCS) no longer associates a color to a plot thickness. He has submitted three separate but related L...  Read more

Tip#: 4446
Author: Michael Partenheimer
Rename File To: LayerColorUtilities/,LayerColorUtilities/Color2lineweight.lsp,LayerColorUtilities/Lineweight2Color.lsp,LayerColorUtilities/NCSpstyle2lineweight.lsp,LayerColorUtilities/NCSv5.stb
Published on: 30-Mar-2015
Downloads: 522
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

I have a pet peeve: opening a drawing from someone else and finding that the layers are inaccurate, or even worse, nonexistent! I use the SelectSimilar command in AutoCAD to help me repair such iss...  Read more

Tip#: 4406
Author: Wendy Brodeur
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 15-Dec-2014
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

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

Jim Himes shares two similar routines with us this month: The first turns off all frozen layers in AutoCAD, and the second one freezes any layers that are turned off. This might so...  Read more

Tip#: 4399
Author: Jim Himes
Rename File To: LAYER-CONTROLS.LSP
Published on: 23-Nov-2014
Downloads: 157
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
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 27-Oct-2014
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated