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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. 

Building co...  Read more

Tip#: 4500
Author: Andria Lynch
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Published on: 13-Jul-2015
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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

Tip#: 4406
Author: Wendy Brodeur
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Published on: 15-Dec-2014
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Tipster Kent Elrod shares a tip to help us be certain that our AutoCAD data is accurate.

"This is a simple but important tip. When setting a value in AutoCAD to ze...  Read more

Tip#: 4094
Author: Kent Elrod
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Published on: 25-Mar-2013
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Tipster Danny Korem shares some tips for ensuring your AutoCAD files reference properly.

“Many times I get calls from CAD users who have difficulties while atta...  Read more

Tip#: 3989
Author: Danny Korem
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Published on: 01-Oct-2012
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Tipster Sam Lucido shares an AutoCAD tip to help you determine where your current file is located.

"Have you ever been in a drawing and wanted to know what the ...  Read more

Tip#: 3921
Author: Samuel Lucido
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Published on: 25-Jun-2012
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This routine by Robert Zipprich allows you to generate a nicely formatted text file of the layers in the current AutoCAD drawing, including the layer name, linetype, color, and cur...  Read more

Tip#: 3848
Author: Robert Zipprich
Rename File To: XTR_LYRS.lsp
Published on: 17-Mar-2012
Downloads: 1419
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Doug Ramstad, a CAD technician and drafter, sent us a tip for managing the display of multiple viewports in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

"I have Civil 3D 2012, but I use th...  Read more

Tip#: 3825
Author: Doug Ramstad
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Published on: 13-Feb-2012
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Frequent tipster Danny Korem shares some tips for using AutoCAD tools to find and fix file inaccuracies.

"Sometimes I hear an experienced CAD user say, 'Sin...  Read more

Tip#: 3820
Author: Danny Korem
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Published on: 06-Feb-2012
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David Gaskill, a CADD designer, shares with us some tricks for making parts visible in Autodesk Inventor.

"Have you ever wanted to turn off parts in a view withou...  Read more

Tip#: 3801
Author: David Gaskill
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Published on: 08-Jan-2012
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Frequent tipster Danny Korem sends an AutoCAD tip about hyperlinking your DWG files to other files where you can document changes to a drawing.

"This could be th...  Read more

Tip#: 3703
Author: Danny Korem
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Published on: 13-Aug-2011
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