We’ve previously discussed the enormous benefits of using Layouts in AutoCAD Layouts (8 Reasons to Start Using them!). One of the benefits was that we can use different Viewports in one layout, which is great! However, we can stumble upon a very annoying issue – having different LineType scales in differently scaled viewports. Making the … Read more
Reshaping Hatch objects is usually pretty straight forward process when we want to edit an associative hatch we modify the boundary object. To edit nonassociative hatch we modify the hatch object itself. Check Edit Vetexes of polylines! and Remove Polyline Vertexes for more on Editing polyline objects using Grips. There might be a small problem … Read more
In the previous Basics post, we discussed How to Draw a Tangent Line in AutoCAD, today we are going to expand on that topic and take a look at How to Draw a Tangent circle. The concept is pretty easy, just drawing a circle between two lines/objects. Another drawing task might be to create circle … Read more
Learn the fastest way to draw a Tangent line to a Circle or between two circles.
When working on a big project, or even on a small one when you have different Specialists working on it, often there are some revisions and updates on the drawings. In my field (Civil engineer) those updates usually come from the Architects, they really love to make small changes every other day. If there are … Read more
Often times we need to show two sets of units on our Dimensions, especially when working with Imperial units. For example, some US governments require both metric and Imperial. In our example, we will set our Main (Primary) Units at feet-inch and our Secondary (Alternate) Units to mm. Set Alternate Dimension Units (Secondary Dimension Units) … Read more
