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Longtime tipster Leonid Nemirovsky shares a method that allows quick segment creation in an AutoCAD polyline.

"If you highlight the straight segment of a poly...  Read more

Tip#: 4211
Author: Leonid Nemirovsky
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Published on: 04-Nov-2013
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In Cadalyst CAD Tip No. 4183, Danny Korem explained why he prefers to use polylines in AutoCAD, as opposed to lines and arcs. ...  Read more

Tip#: 4206
Author: Danny Korem
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Published on: 21-Oct-2013
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Tipster Danny Korem discusses why he prefers to use polylines in AutoCAD, as opposed to lines and arcs.

"Polylines are line and arc sequences that can be crea...  Read more

Tip#: 4183
Author: Danny Korem
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Published on: 16-Sep-2013
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4
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Tipster Hayden Clarke discusses the frustration of AutoCAD's Pedit command and its time-consuming questions.

"This tip concerns one of my biggest frustrat...  Read more

Tip#: 4182
Author: Hayden Clarke
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Published on: 09-Sep-2013
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Mechanical engineer Perry Pattiz shares a revision cloud tip for AutoCAD.

"I used to draw revision clouds freehand, and frequently they didn't end up exactly whe...  Read more

Tip#: 3966
Author: Perry Pattiz
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Published on: 27-Aug-2012
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4
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Senior engineering technician Carl Lowrey describes a trick to make sure filleting polylines in AutoCAD works the way you want it to.

"Ever tried ...  Read more

Tip#: 3963
Author: Carl Lowrey
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Published on: 20-Aug-2012
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Frequent tipster Danny Korem provides a method of drawing a polyline in AutoCAD by snapping to objects that have elevation, but keeping the polyline's elevation at zero.

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Tip#: 3903
Author: Danny Korem
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Published on: 04-Jun-2012
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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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This AutoCAD routine by Alan Thompson will join supported entities on the same layer into polylines. For example, if you pick a single object,...  Read more

Tip#: 3815
Author: Alan Thompson
Rename File To: MultipleJoinLines.lsp
Published on: 18-Feb-2012
Downloads: 821
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This routine allows you to draw a variety of formed shapes including angles, channels, and U or J shapes. Tip author Jay Thomas claims this will draw most anything that can be made...  Read more

Tip#: 3816
Author: Jay Thomas
Rename File To: FormShape.dcl,FormShape.lsp,FormShape.slb
Published on: 18-Feb-2012
Downloads: 526
Rating:
5
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