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Frequent tipster Leonid Nemirovsky shares a tip for highlighting dimension text in AutoCAD.

"This method will set up a background color for dimension text, in cas...  Read more

Tip#: 3843
Author: Leonid Nemirovsky
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Published on: 19-Mar-2012
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Perry Pattiz, a mechanical engineer, shares an AutoCAD tip to use when annotating drawings with two-dimensional units.

"When I use alternate dimensions, the dime...  Read more

Tip#: 3810
Author: Perry Pattiz
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Published on: 30-Jan-2012
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Tipster Sam Lucido writes about how to set and control background text masking for dimension text in AutoCAD and its verticals.

"Did you know that you can mask th...  Read more

Tip#: 3804
Author: Samuel Lucido
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Published on: 08-Jan-2012
Downloads: 0
Rating:
5
  Rated by 3 users

Scott sends us a routine for creating scale-based dimension styles. This routine is designed to work in metric drawings, but the code can easily be adapted for imperial scales. Load the LISP file, ...  Read more

Tip#: 3429
Author: Scott Botting
Rename File To: CDS.LSP
Published on: 15-May-2010
Downloads: 551
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

Theodorus, a design engineer, sent in a routine that allows you to set the current dimension style by selecting a dimension object. Because you are picking a dimension entity, you don't have to kno...  Read more

Tip#: 3423
Author: Theodorus Winata
Rename File To: SM.LSP
Published on: 15-May-2010
Downloads: 2260
Rating:
2
  Rated by 1 users

Manufacturing Engineer David White sends us a routine he wrote to help himself dimension properly, and to fit his design needs.

"I've been designing with AutoCAD f...  Read more

Tip#: 3378
Author: David White
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 22-Mar-2010
Downloads: 0
Rating:
2.6
  Rated by 5 users

Tip 2288: DIMLFAC Quick Setting
DIMLFAC Quick Setting, submitted by Matt Sibum, is a very fast way to set the DIMLFAC system variable (linear dimension scale factor) when using nonassociative ...  Read more

Tip#: 2288
Author: Matt Sibum
Rename File To: Tip 2288: Dimlfac.LSP
Published on: 01-May-2008
Downloads: 474
Rating:
3
  Rated by 1 users

Jogging Can be Bad for You (2008)
Do you need to use object snap on hatch objects? Some people do, but AutoCAD 2008 defaults to ignoring hatches. That isn't a bug -- it's a feature! You can ch...  Read more

Tip#: BUGWATCH0807
Author: Steven Johnson
Rename File To: Tip BUGWATCH0807 DimJogLineFix.lsp
Published on: 01-Aug-2007
Downloads: 570
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

DIMASSOC Counter (Tip #2212) by W. Kirk Crawford looks at all the dimension objects in a drawing and counts up how many have the DIMASSOC variable set to 1 or 2. When DIMASSOC is set to 1, the dime...  Read more

Tip#: 2212
Author: W. Crawford
Rename File To: Tip 2212: CkDimAssoc.lsp
Published on: 01-Jun-2007
Downloads: 255
Rating:
3.5
  Rated by 2 users

Add Tolerance Factor (Tip #2214) by S. Ramakrishna automatically appends tolerances based on your input to dimension objects you select. This utility is a fast and easy way to add tolerance factors...  Read more

Tip#: 2214
Author: S. Ramakrishna
Rename File To: Tip 2214: TL.lsp
Published on: 01-Jun-2007
Downloads: 260
Rating:
3.5
  Rated by 2 users