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To produce notes on drawing is often a tedious job that includes placing similar texts on drawings. This job can be done a lot more efficient by using a library of some sort. There are of course se...  Read more

Tip#: 4546
Author: Huib Eggen
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Published on: 28-Sep-2015
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Have you ever had a part or assembly and wanted to override mass of the object? This tip shows you how to override the mass properties of a part or assembly in Autodesk Inventor. This works well fo...  Read more

Tip#: 4499
Author: David Gaskill
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Published on: 13-Jul-2015
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Have you ever wanted to add the center of gravity to a view in an IDW or DWG file in Autodesk Inventor?

This tip will show you how to easily add the center of gravity to a view. You can eve...  Read more

Tip#: 4475
Author: David Gaskill
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Published on: 18-May-2015
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Create a sketch on the face of the part to which you want to add extruded text.

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Tip#: 4333
Author: David Gaskill
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Published on: 07-Jul-2014
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When ballooning a 2D drawing in Autodesk Inventor, have you ever wanted to jog a leader line on a balloon (add a vertex)? In this tip, David Edward Gaskill shows you how to add man...  Read more

Tip#: 4270
Author: David Gaskill
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Published on: 17-Mar-2014
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Are you tired of having to align text to an object at an odd angle the old-fashioned way? With this tip from Scott Lawson, you can align text to any line or object in just a few pi...  Read more

Tip#: 4263
Author: Scott Lawson
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Published on: 24-Feb-2014
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This LISP routine from Dean Culver will give you the weight of a selected 3D object in terms of various materials. After selecting the 3D object in AutoCAD, an alert box will appea...  Read more

Tip#: 4192
Author: Dean Culver
Rename File To: WEIGHT.LSP
Published on: 22-Sep-2013
Downloads: 479
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This polyline stationing LISP file from Raymond Rizkallah contains three related functions for use in AutoCAD. They all operate on entities such as a polyline, line, arc, and splin...  Read more

Tip#: 4052
Author: Raymond Rizkallah
Rename File To: StationingPolyline.LSP
Published on: 19-Jan-2013
Downloads: 1035
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Frequent tipster Danny Korem shares a tip about cleaning up the Annotated Scales list in your AutoCAD files.

"There are times when you wish there were no drawing s...  Read more

Tip#: 4011
Author: Danny Korem
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Published on: 05-Nov-2012
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This routine by Michael Weaver will calculate the volume and center of gravity for 3D solids in AutoCAD. Start by loading the LISP file, then run the command ModelStats. Select one...  Read more

Tip#: 3797
Author: Michael Weaver
Rename File To: modelstats.lsp
Published on: 14-Jan-2012
Downloads: 538
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