by Mark | Feb 26, 2012 | Basics---Better, Featured, Settings and Options
If you want to make a setting that forces all letters typed in multitext objects to be capital letters, just open a multitext object, and while you are in the multitext editor, right-click to get the shortcut menu, and click on AutoCAPS.
by Mark | Feb 26, 2012 | Basics---Better, Featured, Info Transfer, Settings and Options
Raster images such as JPEGs and TIFFs can be imported into AutoCAD easily using the Attach tool in the Insert tab/ Reference panel. When you import an image file, it has a frame around it. This frame can be turned on or off . . .
by Mark | Feb 25, 2012 | Basics---Better, Featured
Here is a tip about a truly useful application of the grid feature in AutoCAD–for organizing text objects in a column.
by Mark | Jan 22, 2012 | Basics---Better, Featured, The Interface
Today’s AutoCAD tip is to always maximize your AutoCAD window so that it completely fills the monitor screen. I recommend that you do this, or verify that it is automatically done, immediately each time you open AutoCAD.
by Mark | Jan 14, 2012 | Basics---Better, Featured, The Human Side, The Interface
A “key” part of the AutoCAD user’s hardware, and a vital part of the CAD interface, is the keyboard. The computer keyboard is, in many ways, an archaic piece of equipment. Look at it and you can almost imagine little steel levers coming down from the underside of each key, like in the antique Remington typewriters.
by Mark | Jan 7, 2012 | Basics---Better, Featured, Quality Control
This CAD tip comes from working with some of the best CADDsters around, and will not be found in any AutoCAD textbook. It involves creating a temporary “handle” object for a Move or Copy operation, in order to ensure that the base and destination points are placed exactly where you intend them to be.
by Mark | Dec 27, 2011 | Basics---Better, Featured, Settings and Options
Here is a list of CAD tips about one of the most frequent tasks a CAD drafter encounters: specifying a base point (let’s call it Point A) and a destination point (called Point B in this post).
by Mark | Dec 20, 2011 | Basics---Better, The Interface
This map of the AutoCAD interface from the Autodesk website is a good reference when we talk about the various parts of the screen.