Texting the grid, and gridding the text
Here is a tip about a truly useful application of the grid feature in AutoCAD–for organizing text objects in a column.
Fill it up! The screen, that is.
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.
Looking at the keyboard — Part 1
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.
Handle with Care
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.
Point A and Point B and how to set them accurately
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).
The Good, the Bad, and the AutoCAD Trim Command
Here is a tip that will make one of the most common CAD tasks, trimming two lines, go quicker and easier. There are three basic AutoCAD trim commands you can use to trim two lines: TRIM, FILLET, or CHAMFER.