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Speed up Trim and Extend 13 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Hi Everyone, I’ve had a quick tip forwarded to me for speeding up using the Trim and Extend commands. To speed up Trim and Extend, edit the commands in the CUI to include a space and a semi colon an...
Introduction to managed VB.NET code for AutoCAD 28 Apr 2013 | 11:00 am
Hello everyone. Over the years of running HowToAutoCAD.com I have found that hundreds, if not thousands of you are very keen to get into writing your own tools for AutoCAD. However, you can create to...
HowToAutoCAD Competition 4 Mar 2013 | 11:00 am
In the interest of trying to get as many top tips on HowToAutoCAD.com as possible, I’ve decided to hold a competition, and there will be a cash prize for the winner in the amount of £25. All you have...
The BCOUNT Command 28 Feb 2013 | 11:00 am
BCOUNT is a very simple and quick command for extracting information from your drawing, namely, a count of the number of blocks in your drawing, categorised by their type. It’s really simple to use –...
Identifying System Variable Differences 25 Feb 2013 | 11:00 am
I’ve often been in a situation where a certain command or entity seems to behave differently in one drawing compared to another. Things such as how drawing units are handled are controlled on a drawin...
The PICKSTYLE System Variable 20 Feb 2013 | 11:00 am
Very quick tip to supplement the last post I wrote on Groups, which comes to us thanks to one of my subscribers named Santiago. I mentioned that the behaviour when selecting a group is controllable u...
AutoCAD Groups 18 Feb 2013 | 11:00 am
Blocks are very useful, and you might be tempted to ignore the existence of groups and just always use blocks instead. However, groups actually work differently to blocks, and in many cases it is actu...
The SETBYLAYER Command 13 Feb 2013 | 11:00 am
As of AutoCAD 2008, we have a new command for dealing with the layering properties of objects en-masse. The SETBYLAYER Command. As you’d expect, this is used for setting properties to ByLayer (as the...
Export To AutoCAD 11 Feb 2013 | 11:00 am
Hi everyone, Quick tip for all of you using AutoCAD verticals such as Civil 3D. You’ll no doubt have noticed that if you open drawings created in an AutoCAD vertical will have it’s native objects dis...
Copy Layers to Excel 6 Feb 2013 | 11:00 am
Hi everyone, Recently someone showed me a really simple, and rather obscure tip that I thought was pretty neat. I must admit, I’m yet to find a practical use for it, but I’m sure as with many other o...
