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Tipster Mohammed Siraj shares a method to help you change your AutoCAD command aliases, which save a lot of time by shortening the number of keystrokes it takes to enter a command....  Read more

Tip#: 4086
Author: Mohammed Siraj
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Published on: 18-Mar-2013
Downloads: 0
Rating:
3
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Tipster Maaike Johnson sent in a tip about using the keyboard to tell AutoCAD what to do.

"This is a pretty general tip, but it works for me. Having done this for ...  Read more

Tip#: 3811
Author: Maaike Johnson
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Published on: 30-Jan-2012
Downloads: 0
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Mike O'Flaherty, a designer and CAD administrator, gives us a little hint about customizing AutoCAD's PGP file.

"Creating or modifying a command alias by editing...  Read more

Tip#: 3768
Author: Mike O'Flaherty
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Published on: 06-Nov-2011
Downloads: 0
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Architectural designer Robert Geiger shares some ideas about how to alter the keyboard commands in AutoCAD to speed up the file-saving process.

"First, open the ...  Read more

Tip#: 3722
Author: Robert Geiger
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Published on: 12-Sep-2011
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Technical Support Manager Dan Celia gives us this short tip that could save you lots of time in AutoCAD.

"Redo the Command Alias file to make it one-hand friendly ...  Read more

Tip#: 3502
Author: Dan Celia
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Published on: 09-Oct-2010
Downloads: 0
Rating:
2
  Rated by 1 users

Senior CAD Tech James Henman sent us a few small tips to help you speed things up, especially with two-letter commands.

"These lines are a few of the toggles tha...  Read more

Tip#: 3365
Author: J.D. Henman
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Published on: 15-Mar-2010
Downloads: 0
Rating:
4.5
  Rated by 2 users

Leonid Nemirovsky (visit his Better Than Nothing AutoLISP web site) sends us a tip on customizing your keyboard to better run AutoCAD. ...  Read more

Tip#: 3236
Author: Leonid Nemirovsky
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Published on: 19-Jul-2009
Downloads: 0
Rating:
2
  Rated by 1 users

"The single greatest tip that I ever received over the 21 years that I have been using AutoCAD is this; Know your commands, and then create left-hand keyboard shortcuts (two or three letters) ...  Read more

Tip#: 3189
Author: Steve Rodgers
Rename File To: UCS-Shortcuts.LSP
Published on: 26-Apr-2009
Downloads: 822
Rating:
4
  Rated by 8 users

a menu that lets you redefine your keys, for example to use the arrow cursor keys to pan and the F11 and F12 keys to zoom. $50 BONUS WINNER

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Tip#: 1248
Author: Greg Robinson
Rename File To: Tip1248.LSP
Published on: 01-Sep-1996
Downloads: 202
Rating:
2.5
  Rated by 2 users

a routine to update the command alias portion of the acad.pgp file on the fly.

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Tip#: 762
Author: Mitch Thompson
Rename File To: TIP762.LSP
Published on: 01-Apr-1992
Downloads: 453
Rating:
1
  Rated by 1 users