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How to Fix Linetype Error: Bad definition of at line of file.

You got this message "Bad definition of at line of file..." when loading a Linetype into AutoCAD? Don't worry today we will go through the most probable... November 3, 2020 · 2 min read

How to Quick Select objects by Color! (AutoCAD trick)

Quick select objects by Color or by any other object property in that matter, is a crucial knowledge that every AutoCAD drafter needs to know. The... October 20, 2020 · 2 min read

Civil 3D Guides

How to Create Surface from Text in Civil3D (Also Assign Elevations to Text!)

Often times we receive exported files from other surveyors that we need to use in our drawings. At this time, it is great that AutoCAD Civil 3D gives us... October 6, 2020 · 3 min read

How To Raise or Lower Multiple Feature Lines in Civil 3D

It is quite a common task, to raise or lower the elevations of all vertexes of a feature line in a drawing. The reasons can be anything, from using the... September 8, 2020 · 1 min read

How to add Fonts to AutoCAD (a 30 Seconds read!)

No matter what drawings we are creating there always will be the need for Text and with it a text Font. Windows and AutoCAD provide us with many Font... August 4, 2020 · 2 min read

Make a Single page Landscape in Microsoft Word (2 Simple Methods!)

Have you ever tried to create a great report with eye catching graphics, charts or tables? I am sure you did! it would even look better if the said... July 14, 2020 · 2 min read

How to Split Dimensions in AutoCAD? (No Lisp Required!)

One of the most important parts of any drawing are Dimensions, however, some times we could create a mistake or two while using them. Or not even a... June 30, 2020 · 2 min read

Fix Missing Ruler in Microsoft Word! (Missing Vertical Ruler)

Your Microsoft Word grips are missing? Missing ruler in Microsoft word? What to do now? How to show Microsoft Word ruler? How to set up the sheet margins... June 16, 2020 · 2 min read

Best Free Online AutoCAD Viewers (Online Drawing-DWG Viewers)

AutoCAD drawing files are everywhere, they are used by engineers, drafters, architects, surveyors, and field workers. To read them, one will need specific... June 2, 2020 · 4 min read

Make Multiple Blocks Annotative or Non-Annotative in AutoCAD

To make multiple blocks annotative at once could be a challenge even for the most skilled AutoCAD draftsman. On the other hand it is a commonly occurring... May 19, 2020 · 1 min read

Rotate Multiple Objects Around Their Base Point in AutoCAD

Hundreds of times I needed to Rotate multiple Objects around each object's base point and every single time I hated it! It is a time consuming and... May 5, 2020 · 1 min read

Add/Subtract a constant Number to Multiple Text Entities in AutoCAD!

Adding or subtracting constant to a number of different Text objects in AutoCAD was a task I used to hate not so long ago. There is nothing worse than... April 21, 2020 · 1 min read