AutoCAD Tips
Top 10 Bad AutoCAD Practices to Avoid! (Most Common AutoCAD Mistakes)
Avoid the 10 most common AutoCAD mistakes, from skipping OSNAP and messy layers to bloated drawings and sending files without eTransmit.
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How to Export objects to DXF (In just 5 Simple Steps!)
Export only selected objects to DXF in AutoCAD in 5 steps, using Save As and the Select Objects option, so other software can read your data.
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Rotate Crosshairs in AutoCAD (In just 2 Simple steps!)
Rotate the crosshairs in AutoCAD in two simple steps by changing the SNAPANG system variable, handy after rotating a viewport or getting a skewed file.
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Move, Copy and Rotate. All with one command!
Move, copy, rotate and scale objects in AutoCAD with the single MOCORO command, and save time on repetitive editing tasks.
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Can't Select More Than One Object (AutoCAD gone wild!)
AutoCAD only selects the last object or Shift will not deselect? The PICKADD system variable is the cause. Here are three ways to fix it.
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15 Shortcut Keys of AutoCAD, that will Accelerate your work!
15 AutoCAD shortcut keys worth memorizing, from Ctrl+1 Properties and F3 OSNAP to Shift+Space and QuickCalc, to draw faster every day.
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Coordinates of a Polyline in AutoCAD? But How and Why?
Get the X, Y and Z coordinates of polyline vertices in AutoCAD, from manual copying to the LIST command, and see which method is simplest and fastest.
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Edit Vertexes and use Linetype Polylines!
Add, delete or stretch AutoCAD polyline vertexes with the grip menu instead of PEDIT, and fix ugly linetypes with the PLINEGEN variable.
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How to Copy Multiple Text Objects from AutoCAD to Excel
Copy multiple AutoCAD text objects, such as point coordinates, into separate Excel cells as real text with a fast method that needs no add-ons.
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Auto-Rotate Multiple text Objects!
Turn upside-down text right side up in AutoCAD with the Express Tools TORIENT command, which rotates Text, MText and attributes in one go.
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Auto-Number Multiple Text Objects!
Number hundreds of text and MText objects in AutoCAD with the TCOUNT command, using prefix, suffix or overwrite and a custom start and increment.
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