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…
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A customer called today asking how to enter a 1″ black plastic underground pipe for the calc. This particular situation sounded unique enough that I did not tell him to add that pipe type to our database, as I would have if he expected to see this pipe type used repeatedly. I told him to…
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Sometimes after you AutoList you might find that your listing tags look rather underfed. The main reason for this is that the Style BOLD has been redefined (or was defined differently in the first place). The solution is to define BOLD using the STYLE command, make it look like below and pick Apply:
A common complaint from users of the newer versions of AutoCAD is that hitting the Up and Down arrows now show coordinates instead of the last distance typed in. If this bugs you as much as it does me, try this: Type in INPUTHISTORYMODE and Enter 0 – You will now be able to recall…
Many of you have been setting a Viewport scale in Paper Space using the Zoom XP option. While valid, there is a much easier way. 1. Click on the Viewport to highlight it, then right-click and pick Properties.2. Find the Misc section in the palette that shows up3. Find the Standard scale item in the…
A customer just called and said he wanted to copy some of the layout tabs from another drawing into his new drawing. I didn’t know how to do this so I asked Alan here what to do. Here is how you do this: 1. Start a New drawing using our template2. Use the AutoCAD INSERT…
This is the first in a series of articles on how CAD Managers can more easily manage their users machines. Further articles will include discussion of the CUI menu files and how to customize them so that you can easily maintain menus for an an entire company. Ever sit down at a user station to…
I was creating a new toolbar button yesterday and tried to alter an existing button image (known variously as icon or bitmap). When I did this in the CUI, I got a cloud picture and had to resort to a backup plan. The same happens if you create a custom toolbar and want to use…
A Question today from a customer: Where do I switch from plotstyles ending with *.stb to *.ctb? Answer, from Greg here at Hydratec: The normal HydraCAD template is set to use “ctb” files. Load this template for ctb The “Hydracad_stb” template is set to use “stb” files. Load this template for stb Next, there is…
As promised, the second installment of our exciting series. This will cover up to AutoCAD 2000i. For later releases and more on all releases check out the Unofficial AutoCAD History Pages for all the info! Release 12 June 1992 AutoCAD Release 12 drawings are compatible with AutoCAD Release 11 This was a big deal. It…
I am sure many of you that are new to AutoCAD take many of the features of AutoCAD for granted, but those feature weren’t always there. Just like things that will come in the future are here yet. If you know what I mean. For example – some milestones that look pretty primitive right now:…
AutoCAD’s FIND command is pretty handy in way you might not expect. Here’s an example: Say you want to change a bunch of hangers from #11 to #16 – 1. Turn off all but the Hangers layer2. Type in Find3. Type in 11 in the Find text string field (do not enter the # sign…
The H-Factor 