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One of the best ways to start maximizing the power of the AutoCAD program is by learning the tips, tricks and shortcuts that are used by more experienced CAD professionals.
 

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Automatic Text Numbering in AutoCAD 
We have all been nearly finished with a floor plan only to find out that we have missed a door number or a room number.

Automatic Text Numbering is ...

Cleaning Up Third Party AutoCAD Drawings with the Export Command 
Have you ever received an AutoCAD file from another office that is bogged down information you don't need.

Every discipline imaginable has been added ...

Custom AutoCAD Button Design 
The robust and open architecture of the AutoCAD platform enables the user to customize each command.

Right clicking on any button, will allow the user ...

AutoCAD Isolate Object Command 
I do quite a bit of 3D work and one of the handiest tools I've found if you have a lot of congestion where you are working is the isolate object tool ...

AutoCAD Snap to Mid Between 2 Points  Not rated yet


AutoCAD's Snap to Mid Between 2 Points is a snap option that I use all the time.

I love this option.

Before AutoCAD had this snap option, I ...

The EXPLODE TEXT feature in AutoCAD's Express Tools  Not rated yet
The EXPLODE TEXT feature in AutoCAD's Express Tools, is a nifty little tool when it comes to creating 3D text.

There have been times when I'm in need ...

Does F1 really help in AutoCAD?  Not rated yet
Does F1 really help in AutoCAD?

Have you ever been just cruising along in a drawing; you know in a groove making great progress but you issue the ...

The CONVERTPSTYLES Command in AutoCAD  Not rated yet

What does the CONVERTPSTYLES Command in AutoCAD do?

In our office we use a “Color Dependent” plot style when plotting. “Color dependent” is just ...

AutoCAD Change Space  Not rated yet
I enjoy working in Paper Space. I know some don't but I think that is just because for some it is a hard concept to grasp (but once you get it you will ...

AutoCAD "Last Entity"  Not rated yet
When you want to refer the last entity on the visible area of AutoCAD, you usually use "last" ("l" as a shortcut). For example, when you give "move" command ...

AutoCAD - Border Poly or bpoly command  Not rated yet
If you have several segments with overshoots as shown in the image attached and you want to clear the overshoots and make a closed polygon, you will probably ...

AutoCAD - Importing Texts  Not rated yet
If you have a file with extension "txt" which contains text strings which you want to import in AutoCAD as text entities, just don't bother to open the ...

Command Line Input by Copy Paste  Not rated yet
If you have coordinates and parameters of any geometry in some formats like a csv file, Microsoft Excel or Access and if you want to create that geometries ...

AutoCAD Quick Select Command  Not rated yet
QSELECT is an AutoCAD command that I started using a few versions back.

It is a command that lets you filter specific items out of the whole drawing ...

Send AutoCAD Hatching to Back  Not rated yet
Our office uses the AutoCAD 2004 program. We work in the landscape industry and make use of various hatches constantly.

There are times when I hatch ...