If you ever experimented with adding, removing, or editing paths in the AutoCAD Options dialog on the Files tab, you may get into a state where you simply want to return a certain item to its default setting. You can…
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Whether you are new to AutoCAD, or a seasoned veteran, you might not be fully aware of all of the UI elements available to you. In this post, we will review the UI elements in AutoCAD 2018. Application Menu The…
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Today, Autodesk announces the new AutoCAD 2018 version. Once again, CAD Panacea is giving you a quick rundown of the new features in this new version. General The DWG file format is NEW for 2018. It had remained the same…
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As part of our visit to the Autodesk location in San Francisco last week, the AutoCAD Influencer Group was treated to a visit to Silver Oak Winery in Napa. Was this just a random location chosen for our group and…
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We are in the great city of San Francisco this morning, a guest of Autodesk, awaiting the activities of AutoCAD Influencer Day. We are here with a few colleagues such as David Cohn, Robert Green, Melanie Perry, Donnie Gladfelter, and…
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You are probably reading this because you have the title error in AutoCAD. I wanted to make a post on this because even though it seems to be pretty obscure, the solution took a while to find. The solution that…
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Depending on your needs, you may want fractions displayed as stacked horizontally or stacked on the diagonal. With AutoStack enabled, if you are entering fractions using the divide, or slash key “/”, then as soon as you complete the fraction…
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If you are attending AU2016, be sure to come check out out AutoCAD Family Feud. Yours truly will be fielding a team and going up against the Kung Fu drafter on Wednesday at 1PM. Don’t miss two AutoCAD legends, Lynn…
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A topic on the forums got us to thinking about how to draw lines in AutoCAD that fade from a single color to nothing, gradually. Of course that last word there is the key. Can we apply a gradient to…
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If you have the need or preference to work with locally installed HELP files for AutoCAD 2017, you can download and install the local help files fairly easily. The download is about 180MB in size. After you have downloaded it,…
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