Fake Dimensions in AutoCAD? Where? A lot of times we have received drawings from colleagues that have some “fake” Dimensions. The Dimension Text shows one thing but the real geometry is different. The reason is that a lot of people would prefer to edit dim text, then edit the real geometry of the object. This … Read more
CAPITAL letter text? Today we are going to look at one really simple task – writing text in capital letters. There are many people who prefer writing text in drawings in capital letters. There are also people who like writing with small letters. Why do we even have to read about something like this we … Read more
AutoCAD FATAL ERROR: unhandled access violation reading 0x01ff exception at 5c554951h or something like that. These Fatal errors in AutoCAD are our worst nightmare. They come without warning and cause great irritation and anger among the users.In most cases, AutoCAD gives us the opportunity to save One of the currently opened drawings before it collapses entirely. However, … Read more
How many times have you forgotten to send a referenced drawing, .ctb file, font, or image? I personally a lot, of course after that there is an angry call from a client who can’t see the attached files or images. It is very depressing to make such a mistake, especially for young professionals.There is a … Read more
Block or Xref what should we use? Blocks and Xrefs they look so similar if a person is new to AutoCAD. However, there are a lot of experienced users who are so used to blocks that they don’t even try to learn what a Xref is. The main difference between Block and Xref is that … Read more
Our journey across Xref possibilities continues with one little task many of drafters would neglect and won’t spend time to learn more about it, but I personally think it is important to know When and How to edit your referenced drawings. Of course as most of the things in AutoCAD, editing can be done in … Read more
We already know why Xrefs are so useful but let’s take a deeper look at what additional Extras they offer. Layers First and one of my favourite “Extras” is freedom to change reference’s layers in current drawing without affecting the reference drawing. When we open Layer Properties we see all layers coming from references with xref’s … Read more