AutoCAD: Tips & Tricks

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Take your CAD skills up a notch. Work smarter, not harder, with AutoCAD.

AutoCAD Tips & Tricks provides tips, techniques, and workarounds to make designers like you more effective and more productive.

Learn how to use AutoCAD features in exciting new ways, customize the workspace and shortcuts to save time, create more accurate drawings with the measurement and organization tools, and more.

Expert insights give you that competitive edge you can't get from a regular training manual. 

 

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Tips & Tricks

  1. Using ARRAY and ARRAYCLASSIC
  2. Using FIELDS in MTEXT
  3. Freezing layers in the current viewport
  4. Using WBLOCK to edit and replace blocks
  5. Using DesignCenter with AutoCAD blocks
  6. Using measure to obtain accurate drawing information
  7. Using layer properties for layer management
  8. Using the new centerline commands
  9. Using DIMREASSOCIATE to maintain dimension accuracy
  10. Using the QAT to set up a customized workspace
  11. Using markup tools to create a revision schedule
  12. Utilizing named views to manage the Model tab
  13. Using the AutoCAD calculator to your advantage
  14. Using Quick Select to speed up the selection process
  15. Using layer settings for effective layer control
  16. Setting AutoCAD point styles
  17. Setting multiple point objects
  18. Using the MEASURE command
  19. Using the DIVIDE command
  20. Creating different revision cloud types
  21. Creating a region from 2D objects
  22. Using EXTRUDE to create 3D solids
  23. Using visual styles to develop 3D views
  24. Using Match Properties effectively
  25. Using transparency in AutoCAD drawings
  26. Using Hide and Isolate to draw effectively
  27. Using the Group Manager to set up groups in AutoCAD
  28. Using LTGAPSELECTION in AutoCAD
  29. Using SELECTIONOFFSCREEN in AutoCAD
  30. Using PDFSHXTEXT in AutoCAD
  31. Using the DIMBREAK command
  32. Using the DIMSPACE command
  33. Creating a dimension jog line
  34. Using DesignCenter
  35. Working with insertion scales
  36. Creating a simple block palette
  37. Creating named views
  38. Working with batch plotting (PUBLISH)
  39. Working with BYLAYER
  40. Rotating with Copy and Reference
  41. Working with layer settings
  42. Using the OFFSET command
  43. Setting up a metric text style
  44. Setting up a metric dimension style
  45. Setting up a metric multileader style
  46. Using the STARTUP variable
  47. Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
  48. Adding your own AutoCAD workspace
  49. Working with the new AutoCAD 2018.1 XREF commands
  50. Working with the new AutoCAD 2018.1 view and viewport commands
  51. Demonstrating the hi-res monitor support in AutoCAD 2018.1
  52. Working with the 3D graphics support on the AutoCAD 2018.1 update
  53. Working with the PDFSHXTEXT command
  54. Converting text to MTEXT with the TXT2MTXT command
  55. Enclosing text with an object such as a circle slot or rectangle
  56. Developing and extruding a simple region in a 3D solid
  57. Using the layer controls in the Layers panel in the ribbon
  58. Adding blocks to a tool palette for design reuse
  59. Changing the INSUNITS variable when working with blocks
  60. Using the Sheet Set Manager to develop a sheet set
  61. Working with the interface panel and display options
  62. Using AutoCAD tools to fix broken reference paths
  63. Finding and replacing reference files
  64. Working with AutoCAD centerlines and adjusting their settings
  65. Working with the Named Views panel
  66. Using the PUBLISH command
  67. Using the ETRANSMIT command
  68. Working with the ARRAYPATH command
  69. Working with the FIELD command to display object data
  70. Creating tool palettes from drawings in AutoCAD DesignCenter
  71. Using the Markup Set Manager in AutoCAD with Autodesk Design Review
  72. Creating blocks with attributes for design content
  73. Working with the Enhanced Attribute Editor to enhance block attributes
  74. Using Quick Select to find and select objects quickly
  75. Using the SPELL command to check and review AutoCAD designs
  76. Interface: Editing Polar Arrays
  77. Interface: Editing rectangular arrays
  78. Content: Using DWG Compare
  79. Content: Working with DWG Compare results
  80. Content: Creating DWG Compare tables
  81. Management: Working with AutoCAD options
  82. Content: Calculating areas
  83. Content: Layer and panel tools
  84. Content: Invisible block attributes
  85. Content: Editing block attributes
  86. Plotting: Simple batch plotting
  87. Interface: Automatic dimensioning
  88. Interface: Using edge extensions
  89. Interface: Editing path arrays
  90. Using the DWG Compare command
  91. Working with your Autodesk Account
  92. Saving your files to AutoCAD web and AutoCAD mobile
  93. Setting up model space viewports with a 3D model
  94. Using named views to navigate your AutoCAD drawings
  95. Using a DWS file to check standards in your AutoCAD drawings
  96. Working with the Page Setup Manager in AutoCAD
  97. Exporting your DWG files to DWF and PDF file formats
  98. Using the DIMREASSOCIATE command
  99. Working with the Layer States Manager
  100. Setting up an effective METRIC dimension style
  101. Setting up an effective IMPERIAL dimension style
  102. Working with annotative dimensions in your AutoCAD drawings
  103. Using shared views in AutoCAD
  104. Using the Autodesk Viewer
  105. Using Arc Aligned
  106. Converting text to MTEXT
  107. Using the Modify Text drop-down menu tools
  108. Using the Move/Copy/Rotate command in Express Tools
  109. Using Auto Number with AutoCAD text objects
  110. Enclosing text inside objects with the Enclose in Object command
  111. Aligning your layout viewports with the Align Space command
  112. Matching up layout viewports with the Synchronize Viewports command
  113. Using the Merge Layout command to merge layout viewports
  114. Using the Save to Web & Mobile command
  115. Taking a DWG file in to AutoCAD web app
  116. A brief introduction to using DWG files in AutoCAD web app
  117. Using the drawing utilities provided by AutoCAD in a DWG file
  118. Use layer states to highlight objects in drawings
  119. Use the LAYISO and LAYUNISO commands in your drawings
  120. Use auto constrain and add and remove other constraints
  121. Work with constraints in your drawings
  122. Work with dimensional constraints in your drawings
  123. Convert dimensions to dimensional constraints in your drawings
  124. Add parameters and expressions to dimensional constraints
  125. Show and hide constraints in your AutoCAD drawings
  126. Develop PDF page setups using the Page Setup Manager
  127. Use the new blocks palette in AutoCAD 2020
  128. Work with the WBLOCK command in AutoCAD 2020
  129. Use DWG Compare in AutoCAD 2020
  130. Use the QDIM command for quicker dimensioning
  131. Fast data response with the new Quick Measure tool in AutoCAD 2020
  132. Work with geometric constraints in an AutoCAD drawing
  133. Work with dimensional constraints in an AutoCAD drawing
  134. Use the Parameters Manager to manage constraints in a drawing
  135. Use the calculator provided in AutoCAD
  136. Use Quick Select for easy object selection in drawings
  137. Generate 2D views from a 3D object in the layout tab
  138. Scale the 2D views generated in the layout tab
  139. Use the enhanced PURGE command in AutoCAD 2020
  140. Design reuse: Working with insertion options in the BLOCK command
  141. Drafting: The advantages of using polylines
  142. Drafting: Enjoying your donuts
  143. Drafting: Working with regions
  144. Drafting: Aligning objects in 2D
  145. Layout: Adding named views to a layout
  146. Annotation: Generating an annotative dimension style
  147. Web: Saving a drawing to use in the AutoCAD web app
  148. Design Reuse: Using PDFs in your drawings
  149. Layout: Freezing layers in the current viewport
  150. Interface: Working with the Interface panel
  151. Annotation: Spell-checking your drawings
  152. Annotation: Reassociating your dimensions
  153. Parametric: Using the Parameters Manager
  154. Human interface: Using MBUTTONPAN, ZOOMWHEEL, and ZOOMFACTOR
  155. Human interface: Customizing the right-hand mouse butto
  156. Drafting: Running object snaps (OSNAPs)
  157. Interface: Using the QUICKCALC command in AutoCAD
  158. Drafting: Working with the snap overrides in AutoCAD
  159. Drafting: Using the REGION command to your advantage
  160. Interface: Using the Visual Effect Settings dialog in AutoCAD
  161. Selection: Using selection settings in AutoCAD
  162. Selection: Working with GRIPS and grip editing in AutoCAD
  163. Drafting: Working with OFFSET and its command options
  164. Layers: Using the LAYTRANS command in AutoCAD
  165. Layers: Using the LAYWALK command in AutoCAD
  166. EXPRESS TOOLS – Using The SUPERHATCH command from the Express Tools tab
  167. INTERFACE – Using the scale list In viewports and annotation
  168. BLOCKS – Using DesignCenter and palettes for blocks in AutoCAD
  169. DRAFTING TECHNIQUES – Working with orthographic projection in AutoCAD
  170. DRAFTING TECHNIQUES – Using first angle projection in AutoCAD
  171. LAYOUT – Using third angle projection in AutoCAD
  172. LAYOUT – Working with the Create View tools in the Layout tab
  173. LAYOUT – Working with the Modify View tools in the Layout tab
  174. LAYOUT – Updating views created in the layout with the Update panel tools
  175. LAYOUT – Working with the Styles and Standards panel in the layout
  176. LAYOUT – Working with different types of viewports in your layouts
  177. LAYOUT – Adding named views to your layouts in your drawings
  178. Blocks palette: Working with blocks in a current drawing
  179. Blocks palette: Working with blocks from recent drawings
  180. Blocks palette: Working with blocks from other drawings
  181. Blocks: Using the Block Attribute Manager (BATTMAN); no cape needed!
  182. Annotation: Working with fields to add useful data to AutoCAD tables
  183. Annotation: Using the DIMENSION command for quick annotation
  184. Modify: Streamlined Trim and Extend (AutoCAD 2021)
  185. Annotation: REVCLOUD enhancements (AutoCAD 2021)
  186. Modify: Break objects at a single point (AutoCAD 2021)
  187. Measure geometry: Working with the new Quick Measure option (only AutoCAD 2021)
  188. Management: Managing DWG file history using DWG History support (subscription only)
  189. System: The new RTREGENAUTO system variable (AutoCAD 2021)
  190. Blocks: Syncing AutoCAD blocks in the Blocks palette (AutoCAD 2021), part 1
  191. Blocks: Syncing AutoCAD blocks in the Blocks Recent folder location (AutoCAD 2021), part 2
  192. Blocks: The new Blocks Libraries function (AutoCAD 2021)
  193. External references: XREF Compare function (AutoCAD 2021)
  194. Collaboration: DWG Compare, working with snapshots (AutoCAD 2020)
  195. Management: Working and saving back with older DWG file formats (AutoCAD 2020)
  196. Annotation: Working with the DIMASSOC system variable allows for different types of dimension annotation
  197. Annotation: Working with associative dimensions in your AutoCAD drawings
  198. Annotation: Working with annotative dimensions in your AutoCAD drawings
  199. Annotation: Working with some of the other useful tools in the Dimensions panel
  200. Annotation: Working with subfamilies in your dimension styles in AutoCAD
  201. Layers: Using layer states to enhance your AutoCAD drawings
  202. Annotation: Using viewport scales to set your annotative scaling in your drawing
  203. Annotation: Working with annotative object scales to add annotative scales to dimension objects in your drawings
  204. Annotation: Using the DIMBREAK and DIMSPACE commands in your AutoCAD drawings
  205. Annotation: Working with the MLEADER command to develop and use annotative multileaders in your drawings
  206. Properties: Using the LTSCALE value in your object properties to enhance object display in your layout tabs
  207. Management: Using the DWGCONVERT command to change the DWG file format of your drawings
  208. Output: Using the PUBLISH command to print and plot multiple drawings and saving the settings for future output
  209. Output: Setting up a simple titleblock with PDF page setup and viewports
  210. Annotation: Using fields to occupy table data cells
  211. Customization: Working with the AutoCAD cursor and UCS
  212. Web App: Opening your web app DWG file in your AutoCAD desktop
  213. Catalogs: AutoCAD Electrical, using the Catalog Browser
  214. Interface: Using sticky panels and saving workspaces
  215. 3D Design: Generating a section plane and creating section views
  216. 3D Design: Applying materials to surfaces using the Materials Browser to enhance your renders
  217. 3D Design: Using visual styles to enhance your 3D model views
  218. 3D Design: Setting up a camera view and adding it to a layout titleblock
  219. 3D Design: Generating 3D solids using regions, Presspull, and Extrude
  220. 3D Design: Using Boolean functions In 3D AutoCAD
  221. Interface: Using your file tabs in AutoCAD
  222. Project: Developing a simple gasket plate with polylines and circles in 2D
  223. Project: Converting a 2D gasket plate to AutoCAD regions
  224. Project: Using 3D Boolean functions to tidy up AutoCAD regions
  225. Project: Using EXTRUDE and PRESSPULL in 3D to convert a 2D region to a 3D solid
  226. Project: Developing a title block with four viewports
  227. Project: Working with 3D views and visual styles
  228. Project: Adding annotation styles for text and dimensioning
  229. Project: Working with annotative dimensioning
  230. Project: Setting up page setups for your title block
  231. Project: Working with page setups to plot drawings
  232. Project: Working with PUBLISH to batch plot drawings
  233. Project: Working with eTRANSMIT to publish project drawings
  234. Project: Working with Design Review to check and review design intent
  235. Markup: Working with the WIPEOUT command in your drawings
  236. Markup: Working with the REVCLOUD command in your drawings
  237. History: Using DWG History to maintain a DWG audit trail
  238. Mobile: Saving your drawings to the web and mobile apps
  239. Express tools: Replacing blocks in your AutoCAD drawings
  240. Interface: Working with the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) and workspaces
  241. Interface: Creating your own AutoCAD workspace with sticky panels
  242. MANAGEMENT - Working with and optimizing your AutoCAD options
  243. Customization: Setting up the AutoCAD Status Bar to suit your drafting needs
  244. Utilities: Using MEASURE to calculate distances and areas in your drawings
  245. Utilities: Using Quick Select to work smarter and faster in your AutoCAD drawings
  246. Content: Using the COUNT command to calculate the number of blocks in your drawings (AutoCAD 2022 only)
  247. Collaborate: Using the TRACE function in AutoCAD for markup and review (AutoCAD 2022 only)
  248. Interface: Working with the floating drawing tabs in AutoCAD (AutoCAD 2022 only)
  249. Collaborate: Sharing your current drawing to the AutoCAD web app (AutoCAD 2022 only)
  250. Collaborate: Sending drawings to Autodesk Docs (AutoCAD 2022 only)
  251. Collaborate: Creating shared views in your AutoCAD drawings
  252. Modify: Updating associative arrays in your AutoCAD drawings
  253. Content: Using the Blocks palette to centralize your block libraries
  254. Modify: Using the STRETCH command to move openings in your AutoCAD drawings
  255. Measure: Using the Measure tools in AutoCAD to calculate room areas
  256. Measure: Tabulating polyline areas using the FIELD command
  257. Annotation: Using annotative text labels in the Model tab
  258. 3D Modeling: Using FLATSHOT to create 2D snapshots of your 3D model in your drawing
  259. Interface: Working with your file tabs
  260. Annotation: Working with the DIMENSION tool in AutoCAD
  261. Interface: Using your tooltips in AutoCAD
  262. Graphics: Working with Windows and GRAPHICSCONFIG
  263. Interface: Mouse customization and MBUTTONPAN
  264. Express Tools: Working with the Layout panel in Express Tools
  265. 3D Modeling: Working with section tools and your 3D model
  266. Drafting: Drafting different drawing views using drafting standards
  267. 3D Modeling: Creating 3D primitives
  268. 3D Modeling: Using TABSURF to generate a mesh from a line or a curve
  269. 3D Modeling: Using PROJECTGEOMETRY in your 3D models
  270. Collaboration: Using the cloud to store your DWG files, using web and mobile folders and Microsoft OneDrive
  271. Design reuse: Developing a cloud-based blocks library
  272. Design reuse: Setting up your Blocks palette to use your block libraries (AutoCAD 2022)
  273. Design reuse: Working with the Blocks palette and blocks libraries (AutoCAD 2022)
  274. Tool palettes: Setting up a simple tool palette for your AutoCAD blocks
  275. Tool palettes: Customizing your tool palettes with a block library drawing
  276. Tool palettes: Getting tool palettes out to your team
  277. Tool palettes: Creating a command tool palette
  278. Design reuse: Working with AutoCAD DesignCenter
  279. Design reuse: Quick tool palette creation from DesignCenter
  280. Design reuse: Setting up multiunit tool palettes with blocks
  281. Design reuse: Reusing blocks with the INSUNITS setting
  282. Design reuse: Counting blocks in your drawings
  283. Automation: Using the command macros palette to automate design processes in AutoCAD 2023
  284. Layout: Joining viewports in the Model tab
  285. Output: Developing your own transmittal style for eTransmit
  286. Utilities: Using the Quick Measure and Measure Area tools
  287. Annotate: Working with center marks, centerlines, and their associated settings

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