To download multiple tips, check desired boxes and click the Download Selected button.
To tag a tip (or tips) for ease in organizing and identifying your favorites, check desired boxes and click the Tag Selected box (registered users only).
For tips to function correctly, you must ensure that the downloaded file name matches the file name displayed in the Rename File To field. Please rename downloaded files when necessary.
In the Layers Properties dialog box, click New Property Filter. Name the new filter with the xref name and a short description, such as: 11950-06 Survey (Easements).
Editor's note: Keep in mind, if using this tip, that modifying a drawing without bumping the revision number can result in more than one "current" version of that drawing.Read more
Prolific contributor Kent Cooper once again came to the rescue for someone in the Autodesk forums, and he is sharing the result here. This routine will allow you to interate the layer table in alph... Read more
Michael submits this routine for anyone wishing to export a list of layers from the current drawing to a text file. He uses this to quickly export layers for later analysis and makes note that you ... Read more
For all commercial architecture users that need to include life safety plans in their drawing sets, area plans are a wonderful tool for tagging areas to use in a schedule.
I have a pet peeve: opening a drawing from someone else and finding that the layers are inaccurate, or even worse, nonexistent! I use the SelectSimilar command in AutoCAD to help me repair such iss... Read more
Raymond Rizkillah's latest routine includes a set of macros to dynamically control layer visibility in an AutoCAD drawing with multiple xrefs, without involving the Layer Prope... Read more
Most CAD users are familiar with how the Freeze/Thaw and On/Off commands work, but many probably don’t understand how they differ. Turning a layer off does indeed make it so that every object... Read more