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Did you know you can identify a specific unknown style as long as it is currently used in your AutoCAD Civil 3D DWG file?

For example, it is inefficient to search through 40 styles to locat...  Read more

Tip#: 4562
Author: Craig Swearingen
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Published on: 16-Nov-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:
4
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The ancient Filter command can still be — in some situations — much quicker than its grandchild the Quick Select command, and it can even perform selection operations that can’t b...  Read more

Tip#: 4535
Author: Tawfik Shehata
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Published on: 14-Sep-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:
5
  Rated by 2 users

Typically AutoCAD's Burst command is used to explode blocks with attributes, converting the attributes to text. But if you explode a block where objects inside the block are set to layer 0, the...  Read more

Tip#: 4528
Author: Matt Sibum
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Published on: 24-Aug-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:
4
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When working with long polylines and splines, you may find it desirable to have persistent grips to help with visibility and printing. This LISP routine will create “point” entities at ...  Read more

Tip#: 4504
Author: Brian Bennett
Rename File To: PRINTGRIPS.lsp
Published on: 13-Jul-2015
Downloads: 179
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

While in an Inventor drawing have you ever wanted to change the properties on a part or assembly? Maybe you want to change the line type or color? This tip will show you how to change these propert...  Read more

Tip#: 4498
Author: David Gaskill
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Published on: 06-Jul-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:
4
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This entry was enough of an improvement on Tip #3751, Rename Blocks, that we thought it deserved a new entry spot. Tip #3...  Read more

Tip#: 4487
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: RenameBlock.lsp
Published on: 15-Jun-2015
Downloads: 3391
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

This tip is a fast way to reset the scale list defaults in AutoCAD, as described in Tip #4386. Note that this Auto...  Read more

Tip#: 4485
Author: Michael Partenheimer
Rename File To: ScaleCivilAdd.lsp
Published on: 15-Jun-2015
Downloads: 676
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Kent Cooper is back this month with a routine to create Lamé curves in AutoCAD, otherwise known as superellipses. A superellipse is a geometric figure defined as documented Read more

Tip#: 4456
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: LameCurve.lsp
Published on: 15-Apr-2015
Downloads: 458
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Kent Cooper shares another LISP routine he created for someone in the Autodesk forums. This routine is useful if you create lines in AutoCAD with different z elevations on each end...  Read more

Tip#: 4448
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: LinesSlopeSameDir.lsp
Published on: 30-Mar-2015
Downloads: 216
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

CAD Tip No. 4402, also from Kent Cooper, converts 3D faces to lines in AutoCAD. This routine is similar, except it co...  Read more

Tip#: 4445
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: 3DFacesTo3DPolylines.lsp
Published on: 30-Mar-2015
Downloads: 3784
Rating:  Not Yet Rated