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Tweet Ralph, a subscriber to my AutoCAD Tips Newsletter, sent me a drawing that he called “an embarrassment.” He wouldn’t explain the details of why he thought it was so bad, but wanted some advice about how to fix drawings that have been revised over many years. Old system variables Some of the issues [...] Tweet You should always start a new drawing either from an existing drawing (Application Button, Save As) or from a template. What is a template? A template is just like a drawing, but when you start a drawing from a template, the template creates a clone of itself, remaining unchanged. Many people have multiple templates [...] Tweet Is this what you see when you start AutoCAD? If so, you’re not alone because it’s the default setup. But you hate it, don’t you? Here’s how to get rid of the Welcome window and the grid. Did you find this post useful? Sign up to get the AutoCAD Tips Newsletter so you [...] Tweet Custom commands can really make your work go more quickly. Even if they save only a fraction of a second, they make you feel like you’re saving time — that extra smoothness is very satisfying! Here’s one that I like. It creates a 1-segment line. Yes, I could press Enter to end the LINE [...] Tweet In AutoCAD, you can create custom shapes using code that resides in a text file. You can insert a shape using the SHAPE command. Custom fonts (especially non-Roman ones) are often created using this shape feature. Shapes vs blocks Inserting a shape is similar to inserting a block, so let’s start with the difference [...] Tweet Tool palettes can be a great place to store blocks, custom commands, and more. For example, in this post, I explain how to use tool palettes for blocks. And here I explain how to use tool palettes for user-defined hatches. But what if you want to share them with others? You can share tool [...] Tweet AutoLISP offers powerful programming capabilities to AutoCAD, but you don’t need to be a programmer to use it. You can fairly easily create a simple custom command that can make your work go more quickly. In this tutorial, you’ll create a custom command that draws a red circle in any location and with any [...] Tweet Blocks are an essential component of most drawings because they save time, increase accuracy, and reduce drawing size. Blocks are most useful when you use them many times, especially across drawings. Therefore, you need a way to access saved blocks that aren’t in your current drawing. In this tip, I’ll discuss the first of [...] Tweet Did you know that many commands have a variation that lets you execute them solely on the command line? This technique is great for creating script files and AutoLISP routines. For example, you can write a script file to plot your drawings. The secret is to put a hyphen (-) before the command name. [...] Tweet You can launch AutoCAD with a specific template of your choice. You do this with a command line switch. When you double-click the icon on your desktop or start AutoCAD from the Start menu, you are executing a statement. You can customize this statement by adding parameters, also called switches. To learn the statement [...] |
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