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 »

Earlier I wrote about table wrapping but I have a few more tips and tricks to add. Read more »

One of the things about AutoCAD that I learned early on was to right-click on everything to see what options are available to me. Right-clicking reveals more information about the tools I want to use. Instead of learning to recognize a picture on a button, I can quickly see the name of the command I want.

Here are a few right-click tips that I would like to share. Read more »

In AutoCAD 2008 they introduced “table wrapping” (AKA table breaks), as I call it. Read more »

I’ve been using tables (command: TABLE) ever since we upgraded to AutoCAD 2007 (we went from AutoCAD 2002 to 2007). After we upgraded I saw how useful they were and immediately setup standard table styles in our AutoCAD template.

In the coming days I will post more about using Tables. Stay tuned…

Previously I talked about Linking Excel Spreadsheets to AutoCAD Tables but this time I am going to show you an even simpler way to get Excel data into an AutoCAD table. Read more »

You may have heard about how you can link Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to a table in AutoCAD 2008 and have them stay in sync with each other. It is easy to do but it’s not as straight-forward as you might imagine. Here is how to do it in a few easy steps. Read more »