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Have you ever worked on an Inventor drawing that someone else overrode dimensions on? This tip will show you a...  Read more

Tip#: 4574
Author: David Gaskill
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Published on: 11-Jan-2016
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You can set the dimensional entities — such as dimension text, dimension line, and dimension extension line — to any color with these variable commands. To change the color of dimension...  Read more

Tip#: 4573
Author: Ramakrishna Acharya
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Published on: 11-Jan-2016
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3
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AutoCAD Civil 3D has blurred the lines between who is a draftsperson and who is an engineer. AutoCAD tips and techniques can often be very helpful when working in Civil 3D, but many engineers may h...  Read more

Tip#: 4570
Author: Dean Petersen
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Published on: 04-Jan-2016
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Have you ever had a small dimension where the text was bleeding into the arrowhead? With multi-function grips you have the option to flip the arrowhead to the other side of the dimension extension ...  Read more

Tip#: 4566
Author: Joey Price
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Published on: 07-Dec-2015
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Have you ever had to hand draw objects into your profile or section views for reference in Civil 3D? Now thanks to Civil 3D's Project Objects to Profile View and Project Objects to Section View...  Read more

Tip#: 4554
Author: R.T. Rinehart
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Published on: 19-Oct-2015
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This tip is to give you more control when grip editing the revision cloud made from a polygon in AutoCAD 2016.  With the revision cloud in place, start the RevCloud command and use the Object ...  Read more

Tip#: 4553
Author: Kent Elrod
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Published on: 19-Oct-2015
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AutoCAD 2016 introduced an improved revision cloud and with it comes a new system variable, RevCloudGrips.  The revision cloud made when that system variable is set to On will allow you to gri...  Read more

Tip#: 4552
Author: Kent Elrod
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Published on: 19-Oct-2015
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Raymond Rizkallah submits a tiny but very useful routine. If you work with multiple drawings at the same time and they are in various UCSs, this is the routine for you. This allows you to copy and ...  Read more

Tip#: 4542
Author: Raymond Rizkallah
Rename File To: ABSOLUTE-CopyPaste.LSP
Published on: 21-Sep-2015
Downloads: 420
Rating:
5
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Kent Cooper has come up with a very nice routine for drawing flexible conduit or ducting. The image below illustrates how the command works with various object types. If you use an existing object ...  Read more

Tip#: 4541
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: FlexSpline.lsp
Published on: 21-Sep-2015
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Long-time contributor Raymond Rizkallah has created this routine that will allow you to create various shaped revision clouds that are automatically placed on a unique layer whose name is composed ...  Read more

Tip#: 4540
Author: Raymond Rizkallah
Rename File To: DATED-CLOUDS.lsp
Published on: 21-Sep-2015
Downloads: 323
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