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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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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

I’ve seen a lot of comments about people using — or not using — the Snap function in AutoCAD. I use the Snap function most of the time and cannot work without it. I must admit tha...  Read more

Tip#: 4362
Author: Sylvain Coupal
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 15-Sep-2014
Downloads: 0
Rating:
3
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Mechanical building services (plumbing, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems) generally are shown on backgrounds of architectural floor plans and are set up for plotting scales of 1/8...  Read more

Tip#: 4353
Author: Dave Alexander
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 11-Aug-2014
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Chris Miller works with some drawings in which units equal feet, and in other drawings where units equal inches. He created this routine to quickly configure certain drawing variab...  Read more

Tip#: 4228
Author: Chris Miller
Rename File To: cn.lsp
Published on: 20-Dec-2013
Downloads: 101
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Tipster C. Frank Kellogg shares two small bits of code that he uses to quickly switch the "read-out" units for text in AutoCAD.

"I work in decimal inch...  Read more

Tip#: 3884
Author: Frank Kellogg
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 07-May-2012
Downloads: 0
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Michael Gallina Jr. — a CAD manager, senior CAD tech, and render specialist — shares an AutoCAD tip on how to deal with drawings that are in different units.

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Tip#: 3858
Author: Michael Gallina Jr.
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 02-Apr-2012
Downloads: 0
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Frequent tipster Danny Korem discusses procedures to follow when coordinating with AutoCAD users working in other disciplines.

"While working in a design team en...  Read more

Tip#: 3733
Author: Danny Korem
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 19-Sep-2011
Downloads: 0
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Tipster Danny Korem reminds us to set our insert units in AutoCAD so that it can "automagically" scale files when they are xrefed.

"While working in a...  Read more

Tip#: 3719
Author: Danny Korem
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 26-Aug-2011
Downloads: 0
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Frequent tipster Leonid Nemirovskywrote a short LISP routine to help himself deal with the Insert Units variable in AutoCAD.

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Tip#: 3436
Author: Leonid Nemirovsky
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 07-Jun-2010
Downloads: 0
Rating:
4
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