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LAYMRG is an Express Tool that I use to fix drawing that have way too many layers.
It moves all objects on the first layer selected onto the second layer selected. The first layer will be deleted and purged from the drawing.
Issue the command and select an object or objects that are on the layer(s) that [...]

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I was poking around my express tools and found one that I think is very useful. It allows you to check and change a system variable via a dialog box.
Just type in SYSVDLG after loading the Express Tools.
You will get a dialog box listing all of the system variables.
This dialog box will show you each [...]

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I got a couple of feedback items on my post about Exploding and Scaling check box locks in 2006…
 
“I made a block in LT 2006 and checked that it could not be exploded or inserted with different x-, y-scale values, saved the dwg, opened in Acad 2005 and could explode the block, scale it and [...]

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You thought that the greatest new Block enhancement was dynamic blocks? Here is an upgrade that will save you hours of headaches when working with folks that over use the explode command.
The BLOCK (bmake) command has been enhanced to include a couple of options that I think should have been there long before 2006.
When you [...]

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Why move from AutoCAD to Revit Series 8.1?
Here are my top 20 reasons to move from an older release of AutoCAD (or ADT) to the newest release of Revit Series (which includes a seat of AutoCAD).
1. Work in a true building model environment
2. Automatic Interference checking
3. [...]

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Tired of flipping IMAGEFRAME ON and OFF?
Lynn Allen gives a tip to make it much easier working with images.
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To print a list of shortcut keys or temporary override keys

Click Tools menu > Customize > Interface.
In the Customizations In pane, click the plus sign (+) next to Keyboard Shortcuts to expand it.
In the Shortcuts pane, filter the type and status of keyboard shortcuts to print.

In the Type list, [...]

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Dynamic Blocks are the new tool inside AutoCAD 2006. Do they make a difference to your standards? Have you started embracing them yet? Do you have a plan of attack to get your users up to speed?
These and other issues we will tackle this month in the Journal
Dynamic Blocks Standards - Part [...]

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Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2006 adds several tabs to the standard AutoCAD 2006 Options dialog box. We are still looking at these options beginning with the AEC Editor Tab. It is located all the way to [...]

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