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AutoCAD Tips

Auto-Rotate Multiple text Objects!

Rotate manually? We have multiple text objects aligned to a specific object. However, when we go to layout rotate the view and our text is turned upside... April 20, 2017 · 1 min read
AutoCAD Tips

Auto-Number Multiple Text Objects!

It is absolutely normal for us to add numbers in AutoCAD. Sometimes there are hundreds of numbers and if we have to renumber them (which happens very... April 15, 2017 · 2 min read
AutoCAD Tips

OVERKILL! Or how to erase duplicate objects Easy and Fast!

Duplicate objects!? A lot of times we have some lines, polylines, arcs, etc. placed on top of each other. This is very irritating and often we make... April 10, 2017 · 2 min read
AutoCAD Tips

Automatic Block Count with 1 Click!

Bill of quantity We all have to take care of the quantity of different materials in our projects. After all, everyone's first concern is the price. This... April 5, 2017 · 2 min read
Civil 3D Guides

How to create Longitudinal Profile from Feature Line? Easy!

The Task! So what do we want to do? We want to create a longitudinal profile (Profile view and profile) from Feature line which we can use as a surface... March 30, 2017 · 2 min read
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What is the better choice Xref or Block in AutoCAD?

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... March 8, 2017 · 3 min read
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Open or Edit In-place? How to edit our Referenced drawing?

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... March 4, 2017 · 5 min read
AutoCAD Guides

Xref - choosing our Path Type

We discussed What is Xref? Why should we use it? And learned First step of How to attach Xref? It is time to continue learning how to use Xrefs... February 24, 2017 · 2 min read
AutoCAD Tips

Layer States, EASY Job! What is Layer States and how to use them?

In my opinion Layer States are a bit more complex and are used by people who already had some project done with AutoCAD. So let's dive deeper in our... February 10, 2017 · 2 min read
AutoCAD Tips

How to Turn off Annotation scale Preview

Here we are going to talk about Annotative objects , they are great! If you are wondering how to turn off Annotation preview of the object you would... February 8, 2017 · 1 min read
AutoCAD Tips

Change multiple objects to ByLayer Effortlessly!

Today we will look at one really interesting and very useful command that i recently found about. It's called SetByLayer and what this command does is... February 6, 2017 · 1 min read
AutoCAD Tips

Use your own TEMPLATE! (Create your own CAD standards!)

Why do I need a template? The Title says it all, use your own Template ! I hate when we at the office receive drawing with only one layer Layer 0 , Aahhh... February 4, 2017 · 2 min read