After downloading a file, it is often Blocked. You must right-click on it, pick Properties and then check the Unblock item: But doing a dozen or more files gets old, real fast. I just learned a way to Unblock a batch of files at once. It involves using PowerShell, a Microsoft tool that is a…
If you want to use a new type of hanger, or are a fab shop that gets a job from a contractor that uses a hanger type that you do not have, it is easy to add that new hanger type to your own machine. A hanger is an assembly, and an assembly is just…
Recently our previous blog service (Typepad) ended their business – so, we have a new home. It will take a bit to get images back and displaying properly, but we are working on it! Final pageview count of original Typepad blog: 387,232
Want to keep riser nipples from showing both center and cut length when plotting? Tried to freeze or turn off layers? AutoCAD has a newish feature that will help you do just this. Its call VP Freeze for Viewport Freeze. Open the Layer palette. Find the HPipesCGen layer. Click the Square Sun icon in the…
Many of us use Copy and Paste in AutoCAD. Often when using Paste, we try to eyeball and line up the block we are pasting, or use OSNAPS. But there are better ways! The Edit drop down menu in AutoCAD has more than one command to copy and paste: Cut is cut -but- Copy is…
