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AutoCAD and Civil 3D tips, guides and tutorials. 228 posts.

Stretch Multiple Objects in AutoCAD (Stretch like a PRO!)

Stretch multiple objects at once in AutoCAD with the Express Tools MSTRETCH command, instead of repeating Stretch on every copy of a design. October 23, 2018 · 1 min read

Convert Units directly in AutoCAD! (Fastest Unit Conversion tool!)

Convert length, area, volume and many other units inside AutoCAD with the free CONVERTUNITS app from CAD Studio, handy for metric and imperial work. October 16, 2018 · 2 min read

Hide Layer data when DWG to PDF! (3 Simple Steps!)

Hide layer data when exporting a DWG to PDF. Turn off Include Layer Information in the Export to PDF options or in the PLOT dialog in 3 steps. October 9, 2018 · 1 min read

Microsoft Excel

Find and Filter unique Values in Excel (Only 4 Simple Steps!)

Find and filter unique values in Excel with the Advanced Filter in 4 steps, using X, Y, Z coordinate data. Filter in place or copy to a new range. October 2, 2018 · 1 min read

Civil 3D Guides

Profile View through COGO Points. (8 Simple Step Guide!)

Set up a Civil 3D profile view through COGO points in 8 steps, using custom profile bands and station labels to match the stations. September 25, 2018 · 2 min read

Civil 3D Guides

Alignment Stations Through COGO Points! (Civil 3D Stations On COGO POINT!)

Place Civil 3D alignment stations exactly at COGO points using a Station Offset to Points report, Excel and sample lines. September 18, 2018 · 3 min read

OSNAP Tricks! (Shift Shortcuts to Master AutoCAD!)

Speed up AutoCAD drawing with Shift keyboard shortcuts for OSNAP, OTRACK and ORTHO that temporarily switch object snaps on or off without clicking. September 11, 2018 · 2 min read

How to Set Elevations to Polyline in an Increment! Automatically!

Assign elevations to contour polylines in AutoCAD at a set interval with the ACE LISP, picking a start and end point to apply them. September 4, 2018 · 1 min read

How to Delete Layers in AutoCAD (Works for Every Layer!)

Delete AutoCAD layers that will not go away. Learn why layers resist deletion, then clean up with PURGE or the LAYDEL command and its Name option. August 28, 2018 · 2 min read

Microsoft Excel

If This AND/OR That (A Quick Excel Tip)

Test multiple conditions in Excel by combining the IF function with AND and OR, with simple examples for checking different cells or a single cell. August 21, 2018 · 2 min read

Microsoft Excel

IF This Then That? (Quick Excel Tip!)

Use the Excel IF function with a simple Cut or Fill elevation example, from basic syntax to nested IF statements for testing several conditions. August 14, 2018 · 3 min read

Accelerate Your Work with AutoLISP! (Only 3 Easy Steps!)

Start using AutoLISP in AutoCAD with no programming skills. Download a .lsp file, load it and run it in three easy steps to speed up your work. August 7, 2018 · 2 min read