On the Layer II Toolbar are some companion icons. LAYISO and LAYUNISO. Selecting LAYISO (the one on the left) will isolate all objects on one layer. After selecting one or more objects, all layers except the layers of the selected objects are either turned off, frozen in the current layout viewport, or locked, depending on […]
“How many times have you gotten a DWG file from some where and needed to view, collaborate, mark up, or print it and didn’t have AutoCAD or a proprietary viewer to use. Well Acrobat 8 Professional and Acrobat 3D version 8 handles that for you by creating a feature rich PDF without having AutoCAD on […]
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Next on the Layer II toolbar is Layer Current (LAYCUR). This will change whatever entities you select to the current active layer. Select objects to be changed to the current layer: Use an object selection method (window, crossing, or just pick) and press ENTER when you are finished. If you have the command line open, […]
Layer Match has been around for a while as an Express Tool, but now is part of the Layer 2 Toolbar. Issue the command and select an object (or objects) to be changed and then select an object that is on the layer you want them to be moved to. Enter “N” after selecting the […]
The Border I have seen so many troubles because people got the border wrong. It should be a very common sense kind of thing, but many complicate it beyond what is needed. First, draw the border full size in Model Space. If it is to be 24″ x 36″, then draw the trim lines exactly […]
I was reading a past issue of PC Mag (May 2007) and found… 10 Most Common Passwords password 123456 qwerty abc123 letmein monkey myspace1 password1 blink182 (your first name) Now I think that this list has been circulating the web for some time. Do you really think that one of the top ten would still […]
Did you know that you can add RSS feeds directly into AutoCAD 2008? It is next to the InfoCenter in the upper right of the tool bars – Communication Center (the little picture that looks like a satellite dish) You can add the CADDManager blog to your list. Here is how… Click on the InfoCenter […]
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Maybe you like the NEW look of the xref pallette below… Or maybe you are more comfortable with the classic look… You can type in CLASSICXREF for the old Xref Manager This tip from Cadforum – Tip 5011
I have had so many users who have had troubles with projects and delivering files because they used Hard Coded Paths (Full Path) for Xrefs. Full Path stores the location of the file that you have attached starting from the drive letter and moving down the tree to where the file is located. Example: C:\Documents […]
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