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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: 675
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Kent took another request on the AutoCAD Customization Forum and came up with an elegant solution. The request was how to find a point on an object a specified distance from the endpoint. If the ob...  Read more

Tip#: 4486
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: FromEnd.lsp
Published on: 15-Jun-2015
Downloads: 747
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

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: 3381
Rating:
4
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Building on Tip #4457, Multiple Fillet Radius Values, frequent tipster Kent Cooper has made a similar routine that...  Read more

Tip#: 4488
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: ChamferMult.lsp
Published on: 15-Jun-2015
Downloads: 186
Rating:
5
  Rated by 1 users

Set Scale List Defaults QuicklyMichael Partenheimer — This tip o...  Read more

Tip#: 4489
Author: R.K. McSwain
Rename File To: 0615Harry-ReadMe.txt,ChamferMult.lsp,FromEnd.lsp,RenameBlock.lsp,ScaleCivilAdd.lsp
Published on: 15-Jun-2015
Downloads: 195
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Like a stone in my shoe, I've had a frequent problem in AutoCAD where I place a dimension inside an xref window and the text is upside down. Like most, I would try going to Properties and chang...  Read more

Tip#: 4490
Author: James Olszewski
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 22-Jun-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

To reshape an associative hatch object in AutoCAD, you modify its boundary objects. To reshape a nonassociative or unbounded hatch, you modify the hatch object itself.  But there are some opti...  Read more

Tip#: 4492
Author: Nereida Ortiz
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 22-Jun-2015
Downloads: 0
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Does your Plot dialog box take a long time to open in AutoCAD? When you open the Plot dialog box, it searches for plot styles that are in your file search path (including the archive folders).

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Tip#: 4493
Author: Michael Viscetto
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 29-Jun-2015
Downloads: 0
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If your Annotation Scale list disappears, like this:



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Tip#: 4496
Author: Tina Stimpson
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 06-Jul-2015
Downloads: 0
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A tip I have carried through many AutoCAD releases is adding double osnaps on the shortcut menu Object Snap Cursor menu. These are applied to special situations that normal Osnap won't catch. I...  Read more

Tip#: 4497
Author: Paul S. Christianson
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 06-Jul-2015
Downloads: 0
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