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AutoCAD and Civil 3D tips, guides and tutorials. 231 posts.

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

Grip Issue Editing Polylines and Labels Civil 3d 2018!

Grip problems in Civil 3D 2018, including misplaced label and arc grips and polyline grip menus, and the Autodesk fix to apply. January 23, 2018 · 1 min read

Working and Editing Grouped Objects in AutoCAD!

Edit grouped objects in AutoCAD with GROUPEDIT or -GROUP: add objects to a group, remove them and rename an existing group in a few steps. January 16, 2018 · 4 min read

Group Objects in AutoCAD (When you need them Separated!)

Group objects in AutoCAD with the GROUP command to edit them together yet separately. See how groups differ from blocks and how to ungroup. January 9, 2018 · 3 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

Microsoft Excel

Excel formulas are not working (8 Common Mistakes and Solutions)

Excel formulas not working? Check 8 common mistakes, including quoted numbers, wrong argument separators, parentheses, missing arguments and text formats. November 28, 2017 · 3 min read