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By Ellen Finkelstein Tweet
Sometimes you need to hide your dirty laundry. The WIPEOUT command lets you do just that. You can create a polygonal outline that is filled with the drawing area’s background color. Everything behind the wipeout is covered up.
You might cover up part of your drawing that represents unapproved designs, confidential data, or anything [...]
By Ellen Finkelstein Tweet
AutoCAD 2011 has three new commands that help you hide selected objects or isolate them (hide everything except the selected objects).
The ISOLATEOBJECTS command hides all objects except those that you select. After selecting objects, right-click in the drawing area and choose Isolate> Isolate Objects. The HIDEOBJECTS command hides selected objects. Select the objects, [...]
By Ellen Finkelstein Tweet
Do you need to know which objects are on which layers? Count your layers? Hide objects on other layers? Layer Walk (the LAYWALK) command does all this and more. It was once part of Express Tools, but has become part of core AutoCAD.
Layer Walk is quite a powerhouse and pulls together capabilities from [...]
By Ellen Finkelstein Tweet
Sometimes people have trouble displaying a toolbar that isn’t visible, or a toolbar seems to disappear for no apparent reason. Here are some tips for displaying toolbars.
1st method
The easiest way to display a toolbar is to right-click any visible toolbar. This displays the list of all your toolbars, as you see [...]
By Ellen Finkelstein Tweet
This tutorial will create a drinking glass. I used the measurements of one that I had in my kitchen. I recommend using the 3D Drafting workspace
Draw a circle with a radius of 1.25. On the View tab, click the Views drop-down and choose SE Isometric. Start the EXTRUDE command. Select the circle and [...]
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