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Tipster R. Clayton Harrison shares a system variable tip that will save you a step when editing polylines in AutoCAD.

"I was looking for a LISP routine that woul...  Read more

Tip#: 3863
Author: R. Clayton Harrison
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Published on: 16-Apr-2012
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Tipster Mike Demers suggests that users manage their AutoCAD block libraries with tool palettes.

"Use tool palettes to store your block library. With tool palett...  Read more

Tip#: 3864
Author: Mike Demers
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Published on: 16-Apr-2012
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Angelina Roskam, a CAD technician, describes different methods for using AutoCAD's Scale command.

"I often encounter drawings from others that are not drawn to s...  Read more

Tip#: 3865
Author: Angelina Roskam
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Published on: 16-Apr-2012
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Frequent tipster Danny Korem shares his method of managing system variable settings in AutoCAD.

"We are familiar with different kinds of parameters saved within f...  Read more

Tip#: 3866
Author: Danny Korem
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Published on: 16-Apr-2012
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Frequent tipster Danny Korem offers some advice about using annotative objects while working in AutoCAD.

"I'm so accustomed to seeing annotative objects these da...  Read more

Tip#: 3867
Author: Danny Korem
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Published on: 23-Apr-2012
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Mike Thorne, a design CAD operator, shares an AutoCAD tip about using tables.

"Using a table is a good way of implementing dynamic text on a grid, such as in a p...  Read more

Tip#: 3868
Author: Mike Thorne
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Published on: 23-Apr-2012
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Civil designer Sam J. Lucido discusses using AutoCAD's Find command to help fix errors in your drawing annotations.

"The Find command can replace incorrectly spe...  Read more

Tip#: 3869
Author: Samuel Lucido
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Published on: 23-Apr-2012
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Tipster Lyle Hardin addresses ways to embed spreadsheet data into an AutoCAD file.

"This tip explains how to embed a linked Excel spreadsheet into a drawing perma...  Read more

Tip#: 3870
Author: Lyle Hardin
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Published on: 23-Apr-2012
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Jay Thomas is back this month with a creative AutoCAD routine that draws chain. This routine includes a dialog box, slide library, and several drawings. Put these files in a direct...  Read more

Tip#: 3871
Author: Jay Thomas
Rename File To: Chain/,Chain/Chain.dcl,__MACOSX/,__MACOSX/Chain/,__MACOSX/Chain/._Chain.dcl,Chain/Chain.lsp,__MACOSX/Chain/._Chain.lsp,Chain/Chain.slb,__MACOSX/Chain/._Chain.slb,Chain/LinkH1.dwg,__MACOSX/Chain/._LinkH1.dwg,Chain/LinkH2.dwg,__MACOSX/Chain/._LinkH2.dwg,Chain/LinkL1.dwg,__MACOSX/Chain/._LinkL1.dwg,Chain/LinkL2.dwg,__MACOSX/Chain/._LinkL2.dwg,Chain/LinkM1.dwg,__MACOSX/Chain/._LinkM1.dwg,Chain/LinkM2.dwg,__MACOSX/Chain/._LinkM2.dwg,Chain/LinkT1.dwg,__MACOSX/Chain/._LinkT1.dwg,__MACOSX/._Chain
Published on: 22-Apr-2012
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When you enable text masking on a dimension in AutoCAD, it's named Fill Color in the Properties dialog. There is no way to change the masking factor, however, to enlarge or reduce the amount of mas...  Read more

Tip#: 3872
Author: Michael Partenheimer
Rename File To: DimFillResize/,DimFillResize/DimFillResize.lsp,__MACOSX/,__MACOSX/DimFillResize/,__MACOSX/DimFillResize/._DimFillResize.lsp,DimFillResize/Fix Clipped Dimension Arrowheads.docx,__MACOSX/DimFillResize/._Fix Clipped Dimension Arrowheads.docx,__MACOSX/._DimFillResize
Published on: 22-Apr-2012
Downloads: 860
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