If you have a Block with an Attribute Text that you want to hide, don’t worry you don’t have to delete the attribute, there is a simple way to turn the text invisible. Also, if you receive a drawing with blocks that must have text attributes but they are not visible, or your own drawing … Read more
In a previous post Create Separate Hatches Fast and Easy! We have discussed, how to create Separate Hatch objects as easy as possible. But what if, we or someone else has created Separate hatches and now we have to Join those hatch objects into one? This can be applicable for example when there are lots of … Read more
Have you ever been stuck in a situation doing the same boring sequence of moves in AutoCAD over and over again? I definitely have! For example, when a client or colleague sends me drawings and I have to clean them up before using them as external references (What is Xref? Why should we use it?). … Read more
Stretch is one of the most important commands in AutoCAD. I just can’t imagine drawing without stretching numerous times a day. However, there is one great command that is included in full AutoCAD versions in the Express Tools pallet called Multiple Object Stretch. This is a Great tool that gives us the opportunity to stretch … Read more
As a European, who is often working on US projects, it is hard for me to imagine the scale of the work in different units. Ahh… I Hate this imperial system, there are so many numbers for remembering. Hopefully, I found that tiny app that is built in the AutoCAD and converts tons of units in … Read more
Since AutoCAD 2010, PDFs have layer information included in them. This is great in most of the cases but what if we want to send our pdf to a client or colleague, and we would rather hide the layers from them?Let’s see how to not include (or how to hide) your Layer table in your PDF … Read more
We discussed how to Find and Remove Duplicates in Excel! What if we are not sure if the data won’t be needed later on. This is why a good rule of thumb will be to first Filter and Highlight the Duplicate data and Remove it when we are sure this is the result we want. … Read more