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How to create PDF from AutoCAD drawings 22 Aug 2013 | 01:43 pm
Somehow I got many questions about creating PDF from AutoCAD drawings. From DWG to PDF. I’m not sure why suddenly many people are trying to create PDF files this week. So how do we do this? There ar...
Layer states are not saved in an AutoCAD session 20 Aug 2013 | 12:31 pm
© Igor Dutina – Fotolia.com Do you work with external reference (XREF)? You probably found this issue. You turn off or freeze layers, save and close the file. When you open the file again, you see th...
Activation problem for Autodesk 2014 products 12 Aug 2013 | 12:36 pm
Apparently there are some issues when activating Autodesk 2014 products. I never experience the issue, but there are two issues I found about this. Both are hardware related. Image source: Autodesk k...
Revit basic tip: Selecting objects 5 Aug 2013 | 02:03 pm
Selecting objects is one of the basic tools you should know. You will use it a lot. You may need to select many objects at once. Or probably all objects in the same category. I see in one of my train...
4 ways to modify block definition 29 Jul 2013 | 07:30 pm
Block is very useful as reusable contents. And when you need to create similar objects in your drawing. One of the most popular benefit is when you need to modify all instances, you only need to modif...
More 2014 training video is available 22 Jul 2013 | 02:45 pm
Infinite Skills has released more training video titles for Autodesk 2014 products. Interestingly, they released more titles for BIM. As you can see below, there are Civil 3D and Revit in the list. N...
How to: change plotter when publishing with AutoCAD 18 Jul 2013 | 02:17 pm
Using publish command is very useful. It allows you to batch plot dozens your drawings, even to multiple plotters at once. The problem is, it relies on page setup definition. One thing that is define...
Open AutoCAD drawings as read only using right click from Explorer 16 Jul 2013 | 02:11 pm
There are many ways to open AutoCAD drawings. You can use open from AutoCAD menu/command. You can double click a DWG file. Or you can drag and drop the drawing to AutoCAD shortcut/Window. This time H...
I can’t modify Revit Visibility/Graphics! 9 Jul 2013 | 02:00 pm
You want to override your view visibility/graphics, but when you open the dialog box you see all options are greyed. You can’t modify them. The reason why you can’t modify them is because you use a v...
My dimensions show incorrect value in viewport layout! 4 Jul 2013 | 01:38 pm
Do you find dimensions are showing incorrect value when you work on AutoCAD layout? There are two system variable that may affected this. Let’s see what they are, and what they do. DIMLFAC If you dr...
