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Brad Rose sent us a tip on using a five-button mouse to increase his efficiency in CAD.

"This is a tip that I thought users might not know about. After setting it up, I would be lost wit...  Read more

Tip#: 3221
Author: Brad Rose
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Published on: 21-Jun-2009
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2.5
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Layer Off in Viewports Chris Kuenning sent in a tip discussing the freezing of layers in viewports and how to control the Freeze settings to get the command to work the way you want it to.

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Tip#: 3223
Author: Chris Kuenning
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Published on: 21-Jun-2009
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3
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Shane Wells sent us this tip for getting instant access to Osnaps.

"Do you ever find that your Osnap settings don’t have the option you need auto selected? Normally you would have ...  Read more

Tip#: 3222
Author: Shane Wells
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Published on: 21-Jun-2009
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3
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Al Thibault sent this tip about the INSUNITS variable and why you need to know how it works.

"Have you ever inserted a block or an entire drawing into your current drawing and noticed th...  Read more

Tip#: 3220
Author: Al Thibault
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Published on: 21-Jun-2009
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4
  Rated by 2 users

Brent Daley offered this tip: "When you get a lot of xrefs into your drawing, your layer list can populate with well over a thousand layers. Then your layers can get mixed up in your pull-down...  Read more

Tip#: 3124
Author: Brent Daley
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Published on: 13-Jan-2009
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Rating:
3.5
  Rated by 2 users

John L. Loudermilk wrote to say, "Since multiline attributes behave much like mtext, I've replaced standard block attributes with multiline attributes for two distinct advantages: I can adjust...  Read more

Tip#: 3123
Author: John Loudermilk
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Published on: 13-Jan-2009
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Rating:
4
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Alex Borodulin shared this tip for using objects to add revision clouds (Revcloud command), making this procedure faster and performance easier. When prompted, specify a start point or [Arc length/...  Read more

Tip#: 3122
Author: Alex Borodulin
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Published on: 13-Jan-2009
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Rating:
5
  Rated by 1 users

Swaraj Baral sent ROTATE_VIEW.LSP, an AutoLISP routine to rotate your view in paper space without affecting your UCS in model space. He uses AutoCAD 2008 and says the program will work with all ver...  Read more

Tip#: 3108
Author: Swaraj Baral
Rename File To: Rotate_view.LSP,Rotate_view_Modified.LSP
Published on: 12-Jan-2009
Downloads: 674
Rating:
4
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Koby Maxwell offered this quick tip: "When needing to add symbols into dimensions, it is efficient to know the quick codes for those most used. Open Properties for the dimension, scroll down t...  Read more

Tip#: 3107
Author: Koby Maxwell
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Published on: 12-Jan-2009
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Rating:
4
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Ron Brees sent "Control Construction Notes with Sheet Set Manager," a PDF tutorial for AutoCAD 2006 and later versions to control construction notes dynamically from one location without ...  Read more

Tip#: 3106
Author: Ron Brees
Rename File To: C-notes with sheet set manager.pdf
Published on: 12-Jan-2009
Downloads: 412
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users