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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
Tip#: 4328
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: LabelTextTrim.LSP
Published on: 29-Jun-2014
Downloads: 395
Rating:
5
  Rated by 1 users

This routine is an alternate to “Label Entity with Break,” also from Kent Cooper. That tip inserts a text string into an entity by physically breaking the entity. This ...  Read more

Tip#: 4329
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: LabelTextMask.LSP
Published on: 29-Jun-2014
Downloads: 341
Rating:
5
  Rated by 1 users

This routine from Theresa Lowe is based on a 19-year-old routine that draws a revision cloud in AutoCAD. The original Read more

Tip#: 4290
Author: Theresa Lowe
Rename File To: Revision/,Revision/AUTOCLOUD.LSP,Revision/REVISION.dwg
Published on: 13-Apr-2014
Downloads: 610
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

In this tip, James J. Olszewski explains the benefits of adjusting the fuzz distance to eliminate gaps between polyline segments in AutoCAD.

This is a Polyline Edi...  Read more

Tip#: 4284
Author: James Olszewski
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 07-Apr-2014
Downloads: 0
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

Levi Connolly sent us two AutoCAD tips in one. Use them together, as Levi does, or separately as needed.

The first is the Blend command. Blend creates a spline tha...  Read more

Tip#: 4264
Author: Levi Connolly
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 03-Mar-2014
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

When given a polyline, this AutoCAD routine from Amir Hossein Sattarian will construct inner and outer splines whose vertices match those of the original selected polylines. Load t...  Read more

Tip#: 4259
Author: Amir Sattarian
Rename File To: PSP.lsp
Published on: 22-Feb-2014
Downloads: 135
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Kent Cooper brings us a routine to draw an arc based on the arc length. Start by loading the LISP file, then type in the command ARCL.

Kent has noted that a couple...  Read more

Tip#: 4246
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: ArcLength.lsp
Published on: 25-Jan-2014
Downloads: 874
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Mechanical engineer Perry Pattiz discusses how to use non-default drawing tools in AutoCAD to create a circle.

"Many people just use the default for drawing c...  Read more

Tip#: 4176
Author: Perry Pattiz
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 29-Jul-2013
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Jack Nardi shared this technique to create a radius between parallel lines in AutoCAD.

“I often need to generate 2D linkages, and I prefer a radius at each end. If you...  Read more

Tip#: 4109
Author: Jack Nardi
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 29-Apr-2013
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated