BCT Website is Clean Again
Our Best CAD Tips website was hacked, but we are clean as a whistle again. And we’ve taken serious steps to ensure that we won’t get hacked again.
“The Falcon has landed”
Entrepreneurial genius Elon Musk (CEO of Tesla Motors) and his team at SpaceX successfully launched a super-powerful rocket with a payload of satellites, and then safely landed the booster rocket back on Earth.
Sculpture designed using AutoCAD
This is a sculpture and remote control holder that I designed in 3D using AutoCAD. I also had a plastic prototype made using 3D printing.
Classic post for Thanksgiving: The Joys of a CAD Career
I’m Re-Posting this post from 2011, since it’s time to give thanks again, and we have much to be thankful for!
Controlling AutoCAD Line Weights
As CAD artists, we all want our drawings to look professional and appealing. Well-managed line weights play a crucial role in making your AutoCAD drawings look professional and beautiful. Line weights can also improve a drawing’s legibility. . .
Rotating and Scaling a Raster Image
How to rotate and scale a raster image in AutoCAD using Scale Reference and Rotate Reference. This prepares the raster image for use as an underlay in CAD. Includes video tutorial.
Using a Raster Sketch as an Underlay for CAD
How to attach a raster image file, such as a photo of a sketch, as an underlay for use in creating a CAD drawing.
Convert Paper Drawing to Image File for Cadding
A CAD drawing often begins life as a paper drawing, print, or sketch. I’m sure you’ve seen this scenario. Your boss comes to you with a piece of paper in hand. The paper has information in hand-sketched form which needs to be “cadded” . . .
Linetype Scale Matrix Tutorial, Part 2
Part 2 of 2 This is a continuation of our tutorial in which we shared the Best CAD Tips Linetype Scale Matrix. CLICK HERE to read Part 1 of the tutorial. Why are my dotted and dashed lines not showing up dotted and dashed? You can get a free download of the Best CAD...
Linetype Scale Matrix Tutorial, Part 1
One of the most confusing and frustrating problems for many AutoCAD users is making dotted and dashed lines appear correctly, consistently, regardless of the scale of the drawing. Now there is a way to always have your linetypes show up properly. It involves the use of a simple matrix . . .
