Comments(2) Autodesk Design Review is free software that you can use to view, print, markup, and measure AutoCAD drawings. I am going to show you how to compare design changes with it. Read more »
Comments(1) The VIEW command has been around for a while. Ever since Autodesk introduced Sheet Set Manager named views have become even more important. Read more »
Comments(1) Murph has written an excellent post on creating contours from shape files with elevations. I have been using this method for a while now. In fact I have written scripts and macros to automate importation of contour data into my drawings. Read more »
Comments(3) For this tip, it is best if you sit down and try it on your own. It is one of those things that is better demonstrated than written out. Read more »
Comments(0) Ok, so I broke down and created a Twitter account. I set it up so the feed from this blog does the Twittering for me (along with random updates sent from my phone). Check it out:
Comments(10) Recently I received a question from Carrie from Slaggie Architects about sharing workspaces in AutoCAD. She asked, “…in the spirit of being lazy, my co-workers and I have been trying to find a way to put our workspace profiles onto our network so that when we use a laptop, or a remote computer we can easily import the workspace and begin working. I have not been able to succesfully import a workspace profile using the CUI dialog. We are working in ’06 by the way! If you have any suggestions or tips on this can you plese send them our way?” Read more »
Comments(6) Recently I was looking on the web for a way to flip an arrowhead of a dimension and found this blog posting on JTB World. Apparently a command for this has been out since AutoCAD 2006, but there isn’t much documentation on it. Read more »
Comments(4) Rotating text inside a table cell is easy, but not exactly how you might think. I searched and searched (right-clicking, double-clicking, text formatting, etc.) for a way to rotate text inside a table cell but nothing turned up. That is until I asked a coworker. Read more »
Comments(0) One of the most powerful features of AutoCAD is the ability for multiple people to work concurrently a project. A typical way this is done is by using XREFs. One person can be working on details, while another is working on the base map, while another is working on the preliminary design, and so on. Read more »
Comments(0) I learned about the system variable OSNAPZ from Lynn Allen’s Circles and Lines blog.
When snapping to 3D points AutoCAD will grab the x, y, and z. However there are times when you don’t want it to grab the z value. To do this, type OSNAPZ on the command line and set it to 1. Read more »
Comments(3) Earlier I wrote about the NOTES command in Civil 3D 2008. This time I want to take it a step further. Read more »
