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Timothy Spangler sent this nonassociative quick leader AutoLISP routine that he has used every day with AutoCAD 2004 to 2009. "The routine prompts you to select the text to which you want to a... Read more
Mike Klever sent this tip about the Layer Erase command, which he uses with AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion. "Most of us have had situations where layers just won't go away, even after... Read more
John Jordan sent this tip for the adaptive grid, which he uses with AutoCAD 2007. "Change the setvar GRIDDISPLAY according to how you want the grid to display. I set GRIDDISPLAY to 0 so that i... Read more
Pedro Ferreira sent this tip. "When I want to create a 3D solid of an area in a drawing, for example, a wall in a house, I use Ctrl + Alt and pick the area where I want to create the 3D solid.... Read more
Brock Narum sent this background mask procedure that he uses in AutoCAD 2009. "Select the mtext and go to the Properties tool palette. In the palette under Text, there is a Background Mask opt... Read more
Leonid Nemirovsky offered this tip: "When e-transmitting a file created in AutoCAD 2007 or later (2008/2009) and you need to have it in an earlier version like 2004, or even 2000, there is no ... Read more
Nick Antonov sent this tip for working in a network environment with lots of projects. "Using Open, Save, Save As, Insert Browse, and similar dialog boxes is inconvenient and time consuming wh... Read more
Arnold Williams offered this tip for getting rid of unused layers. "AutoCAD does not let you purge an unused layer if it is current. This little tool gets around that by making Layer 0 current... Read more