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By Ellen Finkelstein Tweet
The PUBLISH command creates the multi-page DWF, DWFx, or PDF files. You can also use the command to batch plot to a plotter. This command gives you a lot of flexibility to choose which drawings to output.
Be sure to save your drawing before using the PUBLISH command.
Choose Output tab > Plot panel> [...]
By Ellen Finkelstein Tweet
AutoCAD 2011 introduced the transparency property for objects. Transparency gives you the opportunity to create presentation-ready drawings. You can draw an object that is up to 90% transparent. Here you see some trees filled with a 60%-transparent solid fill.
As with other object properties, you should use the Layer Properties Manager to create [...]
By Ellen Finkelstein Tweet
If you have a big drawing that you want to present to others, you’ll probably create views, but how about a menu to each view?
You can create hyperlinks to drawing views to easily navigate your drawing. Once you go to a view, you can use the View Previous feature to return to your [...]
By Ellen Finkelstein Tweet
A hyperlink in an AutoCAD drawing can link any drawing object or objects to a URL, any file, or a location in a file (such as a named view in another drawing). If you haven’t been using hyperlinks, consider doing so, as they offer lots of possibilities. Examples of files you can link to [...]
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