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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
Downloads: 0
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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
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 18-May-2015
Downloads: 0
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In my work, I must have an accurate count of special devices. I use the SelectSimilar command in AutoCAD to accomplish this quickly and efficiently. For example, say I need to verify the number of ...  Read more

Tip#: 4405
Author: Wendy Brodeur
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 15-Dec-2014
Downloads: 0
Rating:
3
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This routine from Tommy Shumpert allows you to calculate percent slope between two points in a drawing without requiring Civil 3D, AutoCAD Map, or any other add-ons. After you load...  Read more

Tip#: 4248
Author: Tommy Shumpert
Rename File To: SLOPE.LSP
Published on: 25-Jan-2014
Downloads: 2506
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Tipster Tawfik Shehata shares a trick that allows you to update a distance from the drawing model in AutoCAD without using a measuring tool.

"The inquiry comm...  Read more

Tip#: 4204
Author: Tawfik Shehata
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Published on: 14-Oct-2013
Downloads: 0
Rating:
5
  Rated by 1 users

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
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Tip author Sanjay Kulkarni had an occasion to measure multiple distances repeatedly, but found the built-in AutoCAD commands too tedious. That experience inspired him to create thi...  Read more

Tip#: 4187
Author: Sanjay Kulkarni
Rename File To: multiDist.LSP
Published on: 22-Sep-2013
Downloads: 804
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

This routine from Mat Kirkland is designed to work with AutoCAD Civil 3D. It will iterate a user-specified directory full of drawings and open each drawing programmatically using O...  Read more

Tip#: 3999
Author: Mathew Kirkland
Rename File To: BFindSurf.lsp
Published on: 20-Oct-2012
Downloads: 213
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Frequent contributor Alan Thompson is back this month with a nice little AutoCAD routine that's designed to be loaded at startup time, so insert this code into your ACADDOC.LSP fil...  Read more

Tip#: 3954
Author: Alan Thompson
Rename File To: AreaReactor.LSP
Published on: 14-Aug-2012
Downloads: 1204
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Bill DeShawn presents a tweak to AutoCAD's built-in Distance command. Bill works in architectural units, but he likes to spot-check distances, and he wants to see the result in dec...  Read more

Tip#: 3914
Author: Bill DeShawn
Rename File To: di.lsp,__MACOSX/,__MACOSX/._di.lsp
Published on: 17-Jun-2012
Downloads: 233
Rating:  Not Yet Rated