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The SOLID Command

Hatching is one of the easiest, least irritating, and straightforward commands in AutoCAD. Not. But there are quite a few other commands that can help with the little things – for example, it can be...

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Copy Layers to Excel

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...

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Export To AutoCAD

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...

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The SETBYLAYER Command

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 they...

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AutoCAD Groups

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...

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The PICKSTYLE System Variable

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...

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Identifying System Variable Differences

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 drawing...

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The BCOUNT Command

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 –...

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HowToAutoCAD Competition

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...

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Introduction to managed VB.NET code for AutoCAD

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...

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Speed up Trim and Extend

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 and...

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Free Download of AutoCAD 2014

Hi all, Autodesk have extended to us their usual kindness of downloading the latest version of AutoCAD 2014, for free. The download link is at the bottom of this post. But, as you’d expect, it’s free...

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AutoCAD® Civil 3D® Survey Fix 2013 & 2014

Hi folks, A number of you have asked for an updated version of my Survey Fixing utility for Civil 3D®. So due to popular demand, creating an updated version of this tool has become my top priority. I...

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AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2015 Survey Fix Utility

Hi all, I have created a new version of my survey fix which should now be compatible with new versions of AutoCAD®. I’ve tested this with AutoCAD® 2015, and it should work with previous versions as...

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Funny Autodesk errors

Hi everyone, It has been a while, but I’m still here. I had to laugh the other day when I happened across this error: Not exactly the most useful message in the world! And, it’s not the first time I’ve...

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Free Download of AutoCAD® 2016

As they do every year, Autodesk are giving away their latest version of AutoCAD® for free. The download link is at the bottom of this page. It’s free for a limited period of time though – 30 days....

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Your Favourite CAD Peripherals

Hi everyone, I spotted the most amazing looking CAD mouse on Amazon the other day – look at all those buttons you could bind macros to! For just $30,99, how can you go wrong with something like this?...

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