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All AutoCAD drawings are connected to related files. At the very least, all drawings need access to a customization user interface (CUI) file. Some drawings also need to access fonts, plug-ins (such as AutoLISP and VBA files), linetypes, and hatch patterns. Drawings may have externally referenced drawings (xrefs). You can make your AutoCAD life [...] Dynamic blocks, introduced in AutoCAD 2006, are very powerful, but sometimes they can get complicated. One of the more involved features of dynamic blocks is chaining. In this tip, I try to make chaining easy. Sometimes, you want one action to execute a second action at the same time. If the relationship between the [...] You can create a complete table on the fly by importing data from Microsoft Excel. Follow these steps: Select the data in Excel and copy it to the Windows Clipboard. In AutoCAD, choose Home tab@@>Clipboard panel@@>Paste drop-down list@@>Paste Special. In the Paste Special dialog box, choose AutoCAD Entities and click OK. At the [...] Dynamic Input is a way of specifying coordinates near your cursor, instead of on the command line. It’s on by default, but you can turn it off using the Dynamic Input button on the status bar. When you’re doing simple drawing tasks, there isn’t much difference between having Dynamic Input on or off. [...] Some default settings in AutoCAD slow down its display and you may want to turn them off or change them. Here are some ideas. Please add a comment to contribute your own display speed tips! Text A large drawing with lots of text can slow down your work. Here are some text tips. Quicktext [...] A reader recently asked me the following question about AutoCAD 2008: “When I’m working with xrefs, this comes up a lot: ‘Unreconciled new layer, new layers were found that may need to be reconciled.’ What is this and how do I correct this?” AutoCAD 2008 introduced layer notification, which is a feature that lets [...] When you need to draw a line that doesn’t start on a geometric point (endpoint, midpoint, etc.) of another object, you might draw a temporary line, called a construction line, from an existing object to the desired start point of the new line. Then you would draw the new line. Then erase the construction [...] As you add dimensions, they can get messy looking if you don’t align them. The DIMSPACE command has a little-known technique that automatically aligns the dimensions for you. Follow these prompts: Select base dimension: Select the dimension that you want to align the other dimensions to. Select dimensions to space: Select the dimensions [...] Dynamic blocks are an amazing feature, but they can be complicated. This tutorial will teach you many techniques that you can use in your own blocks. The door will do the following: Stretch to 3 sizes Flip left/right Flip in/out This tutorial is updated for AutoCAD 2010 and 2011. Follow these steps: In a [...] |
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