You can right-click on an object in AutoCAD and pick Select Similar to select all the objects in a drawing with shared, or similar, properties. You can also enter SELECTSIMILAR at the command line. However, you might be wondering what AutoCAD considers “similar”. This is controlled in the command settings. Enter SELECTSIMILAR at the command …
“Add Selected” is an often overlooked tool that can save you time in AutoCAD. How often have you needed to create a new object that is just like one you already have in the drawing (same object type, color, layer and so on), but with new geometry? How did you do that? How many steps …
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 This last November was my 12th consecutive year teaching at AU and I was honored to win another speaker award this year. This time the award was for …
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This year was my 10th consecutive year teaching at Autodesk University and a very busy one for me teaching an all-time high of 5 classes and assisting in another. It was another great year for AU with roughly 10,000 CAD professionals in attendance eager to learn; it not only had quantity but the quality of …
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We have all probably received a drawing at one time or another that contains 3D faces representing a surface. Now your job is to convert these 3D faces into a Civil 3D surface that you can use for creating Profiles, Sections, Contours, and a variety of other things. The best way to translate a surface from …
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Lets look at scaling points based on data in a point file. You may have scaled points in LDT but how is it accomplished in Civil 3D 2007? First though lets clarify what I mean by scaling points. What I mean when refereeing to scaling points is having a value in the point file that …
The 2008 version of AutoCAD Civil 3D has been available for some time now. With another version comes more to learn. This means more tools and features that will help you do your job more efficiently. For those of you that haven’t ventured into Civil 3D yet as you may be aware it’s going to …
If you have been working with larger drawings in Civil 3D you may have wished for a way to speed up the drawing. There are some things you can do with styles to assist in speeding up your drawing. If you haven’t used the following tips before you might want to give them a try. …
While Section Views are dynamic and will reflect the changes to the corridor model they are also dynamic to the location of the Sample Lines. As an example, let’s say you sampled your lines with a swath width of 70’ left and 90’ right. After doing this you realized that at a certain Sample Line …
With Civil 3D 2007’s use of Styles to control the display of objects it’s a great idea to create various Styles that incorporate the CAD standards your organization has developed. The easier you make it for the users to apply your organizations standards as they work the more compliance with standards you should have. My …
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