What could be more simple than the Zoom command, right? Many people I see primarily use the center mouse wheel for zooming and rarely use other zoom options. However, there may be times when you want to zoom to a…
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Back in the day of R13 and earlier, AutoCAD used to come with enough hard copy manuals to stack 7 or 8 inches high. I’ve still got more than one R13 box, although not all the books. Nowdays you receive…
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Here are some posts on the new features in AutoCAD 2010 from some of my co-participants at the AutoCAD 2010 launch last week. Ellen Finkelstein – AutoCAD 2010 new features Brian Benton – New Features in AutoCAD 2010 David Cohn –…
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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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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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If you have not already heard by now, Autodesk has released “Bonus Pack 2” for AutoCAD 2009. This update includes two PDF enhancements. The first gives you the ability to attach PDF files as underlays. The second includes enhancements to…
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The Cadforum has published some tips regarding ‘hidden commands’ in DWG Trueview 2009. Using this, I created this list of all of the available commands. Some of the interesting ones that add a bit of capability to Trueview are… You…
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If you try to open a dialog in AutoCAD but nothing happens, there is a chance that the dialog is open but it’s just “off your screen”. If you cannot proceed until you press ESCAPE, then this is almost certainly…
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“What is the difference between AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT?” Autodesk provides a comparison matrix that highlights some of the differences. (That particular document compares the 2008 versions). But there really doesn’t seem to be a comprehensive comparison of what the…
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I just ran across another drawing viewer application called Myriad 3D/2D Viewer. I’m not trying to do a full review here, I just wanted to comment on some of its features with regard to viewing, printing and measuring 2D drawings….
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