#AUTOCAD 2007 TUTOR HOW TO#
And then I have been remiss in not letting you all know how to lock the viewport display so you don't obliterate the plot scale when you roll your wheel mouse in a viewport. Autodesk decided to make it a bit like rubbing your belly and patting your head you'll see what I mean if you look over the Odd Spot. Then I wanted to follow-up an article from a couple years ago on cycling through stacked objects. Not rocket science, just eliminating the aggravation we encounter every now and then.
Then in the Power Tool I propose a method to get the same arc length(s) for a revision cloud every time on any drawing life throws at you - and on the proper layer, even if the layer isn't in that drawing.
For example, if you want to populate all the title blocks on the various layout tabs with the project name automatically, how would you do that? Take a look at the opening article. I'm not talking about anything fancy like Lisp routines or VBA, just using the features that are available to tweak a few more RPM's out of this thing. DWLĬustomizing AutoCAD is not really that difficult. Hyperlinked Block on a Tool Palette Custom Button #3: Automating UCS Object & UCS World Viewports Purpose Served: The. For the Basics this month I wanted to bring your attention to some "system management" issues you may be able to handle on your own having to do with the backup and autosave files.Īlso, I just want you to know that I will be taking a break in January and will be back in February with a new collection of insights for 2008 (the year, not necessarily the version). The Viewports dialog box brings some interesting to the table, especially when you're doing 3D-views in a layout tab. The customized palette button this month is one that incorporates a few other features that I have covered in these pages having to do with the UCS, so I think you'll really appreciate the boost you get when you add it to a button or two. This month there's a curve in associating a hyperlink with a block on a palette that I thought you should be aware of. With all the Windows-compliant procedures, I just think the hyperlink is a wonderful feature to help keep track of other documents. December - Five of 25… and No End In SightĪ quarter century is a long time to be in the CAD training profession, but it's been a fantastic ride and for 1/5th of that time I've totally enjoyed bringing AutoCAD insights to you from Michael's Corner.
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