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Easily hide and isolate objects in AutoCAD 2011

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, right-click in the drawing [...]

April 25th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Editing | 7 comments

Manage layers with LAYWALK

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 [...]

April 13th, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: layers | Leave a comment

Display lost toolbars in AutoCAD

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 here on the right. [...]

May 3rd, 2007 | Tags: , , | Category: Customization, General AutoCAD tip | 5 comments

3D Tutorial: Draw a glass

This tutorial will create a drinking glass. I used the measurements of one that I had in my kitchen.

Draw a circle with a radius of 1.25.
Start the EXTRUDE command. Select the circle and end selection.
Enter 5.5 for the height of the extrusion
Enter -5 for the taper angle. You use a negative number to taper outward.
Use [...]

January 19th, 2000 | Tags: , , | Category: 3D | One comment