I don’t know how long this has been around, but I just stumbled on it. AutoCAD 2007 Tips and Tricks presented by Lynn Allen. She has created a fantastic online presentation of her tips and such. Like anything Lynn does, it is presented well and very “watchable”. Take a look
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Wow – It has been a long time since I last posted. I have been very busy with work and AUGI and vacation and more. Time Management is always a big issue with me and trying to squeeze it all in is often very tough. Here are a few tips to get you to maximize […]
First published in AUGI Hot News July, 2006 – see Part 1 Last time we looked at four of the seven deadly sins that AutoCAD Users might make. They included not reading the book, not developing standards, going overboard on enforcing the standards at all costs, and using software like we did in older releases. […]
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Well at least the first four. I posted this article in AUGI Hot News for June 2006. If you look around you can see repeated patterns of CAD troubles. People get themselves into trouble often by doing the same things. As I observed these patterns of behavior, I came to understand that there is “nothing […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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. […]
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For a PDF of the Shortcut Keys go to this post 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 […]
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