Have you ever wanted to move and rotate objects in AutoCAD all in one command? That is exactly what the ALIGN command does, and it can optionally scale the objects too. Basically you specify a pair of source points and…
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When AutoCAD 2016 was announced this week, we bypassed our normal “What’s new” post and linked you to over a dozen other similar reviews. Now that the dust has somewhat settled, let’s review the top 10 new features in AutoCAD…
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This post is for information only. We are not trying to make suggestions or recommendations on how to share data. You work that out between you and your clients, partners, etc. This information is also nothing new. We didn’t invent…
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AutoCAD comes with several attributed blocks in various shapes, but they are sort of hidden. If you create or edit an MLEADER style, you can see these blocks. Of course if you need blocks like this often, you can add…
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Here is a menu macro that will open Windows Explorer to the directory of the current drawing in AutoCAD. ^C^C(startapp “explorer” (strcat “/e, “(getvar “dwgprefix”))); Create a new command in the CUI, add this macro, give it a name and…
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Autolisp was introduced as a programming language for AutoCAD back in 1986, and it is still a valuable tool today. For certain, especially repetitive, tasks you can create functions to save a lot of time and frustration compared to performing…
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Have you ever wanted to run a script file on one or more drawings, without having to use the overhead of the entire AutoCAD application? Starting with AutoCAD 2013, you can. AutoCAD 2013 and later comes with a tiny application named…
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With regard to Civil 3D Cogo Points, you probably know that the point labels include a “Dragged State”, the properties of which take over when you drag the point label away from the point location. But did you know…
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AutoCAD 2011 introduced the command ADDSELECTED which allows you to create a new object based on the object type and properties of a selected object. For example, if you have a circle on layer “Geometry” whose color is hard set…
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Do you ever find yourself drawing lines to get a starting point for the object you really want to draw? You might refer to these as construction lines, and you have to go back and erase them, right? What if you…
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