If you are importing ESRI SHP files that contain closed objects using the MAPIMPORT command, and you end up with filled MPOLYGON objects instead of plain old closed polylines, read on…. First, you can instruct MAP to import closed polylines…
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In certain situations, it can be helpful to know the order in which AutoCAD’s startup files are loaded. Autodesk documented this about 8 years ago and I wanted to check and see if it is still valid. Read more below……
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If you are running Norton 360 3.0 and AutoCAD 2010, chances are your OPEN and SAVE dialog boxes do not work, among other problems. Here is the Autodesk KB article on the issue, and here is a direct link to…
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The AutoCAD 2010 system requirements say that IE7 or later is required. However, I created a 32-bit deployment for AutoCAD 2010, and unchecked the IE requirement box, then installed on a machine with IE6, and AutoCAD 2010 runs just fine. I know,…
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There are a number of ways to convert splines to polylines. Here are some of them. Flatten – if you have Express Tools installed, run the flatten command and select the splines. They will be converted to LWPOLYLINES regardless of…
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If you run the OPEN or SAVEAS command and you don’t get the expected dialog box, but instead receive an invitation to provide the path on the command line… don’t worry, you just need to change a system variable. Type in…
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One of the new hatch features is the ability to grip edit non-associative hatch objects. Not only do you get vertex grips, but you also get intermediate grips. Pressing the CTRL key gives you more options. Follow along with the example…
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Well, here we are once more, it’s February and it’s time for the next version of AutoCAD, named as you might expect, AutoCAD 2010. Below is a quick preview. File Format AutoCAD 2010 brings with it, a new DWG and…
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I have seen a few people recently inquire about “exploding linetypes”… If you have a non-continuous linetype and you want to “explode” it into its component parts, you can do this by using WMFOUT and WMFIN. Use WMFOUT and select…
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Confused about the various polyline types that you see in AutoCAD? From the end user perspective there are 3 polyline types listed in the PROPERTIES command, even though there are only two “entity” types. polyline – this is an LWPOLYLINE…
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