Have you ever wanted to print a portion of, or even an entire drawing with a black background? It’s not hard, just follow these steps. Working in model space, if your background color is black, change it temporarily to something…
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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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CAD Career Observations and Sage Advice — (In other words…Been there, done that…and what not to do!) Looking back over my 22-year career, I realize that I have not ended up where I planned to go. I graduated from tech school…
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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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We want to say THANK YOU to all the readers of CAD Panacea which turns 10 years old this week. We’ve been through 2 hosting vendors and 3 blogging platforms and plan to keep writing for you for years to…
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AutoCAD 2016 will be available for download on March 23, 2015. More details coming soon here, meanwhile check out some of our peers:
As mentioned in an earlier post after AU2014, Autodesk Subscription Center is due to be retired soon (March 13) and replaced by Autodesk Account. Even though Subscription Center is still available, Autodesk Account is live and ready for you to…
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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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Ever wanted to know the differences between AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, and the AutoCAD Design Suite? Or maybe the differences between AutoCAD for Windows and AutoCAD for Mac OS? Check out the links below. Compare AutoCAD vs. AutoCAD for Mac OS…
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