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Layout Tab Displays no Colors in AutoCAD (One Click Solution!)

Layout tab showing no colors in AutoCAD? Turn off the Display plot styles option in Page Setup to bring the layer colors back in four simple steps. April 24, 2018 · 2 min read

Bring Back Original Xref Colors (One Simple Command!)

Restore the original Xref layer colors in AutoCAD without detaching the reference by temporarily setting the VISRETAIN system variable to 0. April 10, 2018 · 1 min read

Remove Polyline Vertexes (Remove Multiple Vertexes at Once!!)

Three ways to remove polyline vertexes in AutoCAD, including the PLD polyline diet LISP that cuts many vertexes at once. February 27, 2018 · 3 min read

Draw Order Shortcuts! (Bring to Front and Send to Back)

Get keyboard shortcuts for Bring to Front and Send to Back in AutoCAD with a free LISP: DF and DB for faster draw order control. February 20, 2018 · 2 min read

Multiple Text to MText Without Moving! (Convert Text to Mtext Without any Formatting!)

Convert multiple single-line Text objects to Mtext in AutoCAD without moving them and without extra formatting, using the T1MJ LISP. February 13, 2018 · 2 min read

Change The Layer of Multiple Blocks to Layer 0! (Using one simple command!)

Move the objects inside many AutoCAD blocks to Layer 0 at once with the SETNESTEDOBJECTSBYBLOCK command, so block colors follow the layer. February 6, 2018 · 2 min read

How to Automatically Set Elevations to Polyline in AutoCAD

Set elevations on AutoCAD polylines such as flattened contours using Properties, Civil 3D tools, incremental values or text and Mtext elevations. January 30, 2018 · 4 min read

Copy to Xref (As Easy as Possible!!)

Copy objects into an Xref in AutoCAD without leaving your drawing, using Edit Xref in-place. A step by step example with a site plan. December 19, 2017 · 2 min read

AutoCAD Opens Drawings in new Window (Every drawing opens in new Session)!

AutoCAD opening every drawing in a new session? Fix it by changing the TASKBAR and SDI system variables to work with multiple drawings in one window. December 12, 2017 · 2 min read

Fillet is Not Working? (4 Simple solutions!)

Fillet not working in AutoCAD? Check four common causes, including different elevations, the TRIMMODE variable and polyline direction. December 5, 2017 · 2 min read

Dot Leader having gap? ( 3 Quick solutions)

Fix the gap between a leader line and its dot arrowhead in AutoCAD with three quick solutions, including the Dot small style and editing the Dot block. November 14, 2017 · 1 min read

Selecting Block in AutoCAD Having too Many Grip Points!

Fix an AutoCAD block that shows too many grips by turning off Show grips within blocks in Options or by setting the GRIPBLOCK variable back to 0. November 7, 2017 · 2 min read