At one point or another, we are all faced with the tedious prospect of breaking or trimming a large number of drawing objects on different layers. There are two great commands for automating this that are hidden away in AutoCAD Map 3D. Now that AutoCAD Map 3D is included for free with AutoCAD to anyone […]
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In this installment of our look at Dynamic Blocks in AutoCAD, we are going to add the alignment grip to a block. It is a very simple process, but the results are very powerful. Just in case you haven’t used an alignment grip yet, let’s first take a look at how it works. If you
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I am going to start a series of posts demonstrating the creation of dynamic blocks in AutoCAD. If you haven’t worked with dynamic blocks yet, hopefully this series will give you the confidence to jump in and create your own. If you are already creating dynamic blocks, hopefully you will learn something new that
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The most common way to select an image in AutoCAD is to pick the image frame. This works well most of the time. However, if there are other lines over the frame or if you have turned the image frame off it can be difficult to select the image. The good news is there’s an
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In Civil 3D you can delete styles one at a time by right-clicking on them, or even purge large numbers of styles all at once with the Purge Styles command. But what about those styles that Civil 3D will not let you delete or purge? If they can not be deleted that is typically because
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Divide and Measure are two often forgotten but very useful commands — they don’t actually separate objects into segments; they place points at set intervals along them, based on a specific distance or partition value. In addition to lines, these commands will place points, or blocks, along arcs and polylines, and even spline curves. These
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Have you ever needed to find the shortest distance between two objects in your drawing? Civil 3D has a command for just that. Personally, I think this command should be in AutoCAD as almost anyone in any industry could benefit from it, but that’s another topic. You will find this command on the Analyze tab
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Outer, Show and Hide boundaries have the option to be created as non-destructive breaklines. When this option is enabled it trims the TIN lines at the boundary. When it is not used it erases all the TIN lines that touch the boundary. This can be a good option if you have good surface data on
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When you drag a Point Label away from it’s default position and into the Drag State it typically adds a leader from the Label back to the Point. (Unless you have turned the leader off in the Label Style) Upon closer examination you will most likely see that the leader stops short of the actual
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CADapult Software Solutions will be involved in several events around the US that you will want to check out if they are in your area. Autodesk University The week before Thanksgiving has become the annual time for Autodesk University and AU 2020 will be my 15th consecutive year teaching at the conference. Autodesk University will
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