Getting shifty with Ortho
Did you know that the SHIFT key can be used to temporarily turn Ortho mode on and off? Here’s how…
Keeping Caps ON ALL THE TIME
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.
Turning raster image frames on and off
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 . . .
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.