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Drawing

AutoCAD Tutorial: Create a rectangle with an adjustable corner

Combine or subtract 2D shapes to create custom shapes

Working with linetype scales

How to create multicolored lines in AutoCAD

Create objects with transparency in your AutoCAD drawing

Add a solid fill to a closed object

Using the Geometric Center object snap

Guest Post: Draw a circle with radius tangent to two objects

Draw a donut (yum!) in AutoCAD

Know when unwanted layers creep into your drawing with layer notification

Label the scale of individual viewports

Autodesk 360 is a new cloud-based workflow for AutoCAD drawings

How to automatically display the plotting scale on your AutoCAD drawing

Get a head start with a customized template

Cover it up with the WIPEOUT command

How to break walls to insert a door

Choose a useful point style in AutoCAD

A different way to create an ellipse or oval

Create a circle tangent to a line

Create views in your AutoCAD drawing

Control the shape of objects when you edit them – Keep an equilateral triangle equilateral

Create shapes to insert over and over

Tutorial: Create a custom command for AutoCAD using AutoLISP

Insert a block in AutoCAD

Create a block in AutoCAD

Keep blocks accessible so you can insert them in any drawing–Part IV: A block library

Keep blocks accessible so you can insert them in any drawing–Part III: Content Explorer

Keep blocks accessible so you can insert them in any drawing–Part II: DesignCenter

Keep blocks accessible so you can insert them in any drawing–Part I: Tool Palettes

Measure almost anything with the MEASUREGEOM command

Draw a circle centered in a rectangle

Make hatching in AutoCAD easy

Fillets–another approach using AutoLISP

Tutorial: Create cool curves with splines in AutoCAD

Repeat an AutoCAD command automatically

Switching among open AutoCAD drawings

Keep your own styles, layers & blocks at the top of the list

Manage embedded shapes (islands) when hatching in AutoCAD

AutoCAD tutorial: Attach an xref

Autofill AutoCAD table data like you do in Excel

Dynamic blocks in AutoCAD–When and why?

Another way to align a rectangle with a line on the fly–using AutoLISP

How to create a quick polar array with the ROTATE command’s Copy option

Align a rectangle with a line on the fly

Tutorial: How to create a gradient fill

Access related files with search paths

Chain dynamic blocks in AutoCAD

Create a table on the fly from Excel data

Use Dynamic Input, or not

Speed up your display for more productivity in AutoCAD

Get notification when layers are added to your drawing—or not

Avoid drawing temporary construction lines

Make dimensions look orderly by aligning them

Spacebar Shortcuts

AutoCAD Tutorial: Create a dynamic block of a door

Find the midpoint between two points, the center of a triangle, and other unusual points

Use tool palettes to save and place user-defined hatch patterns

Quickly find out how many insertions of a block are in your AutoCAD drawing

Marking revisions with a revision cloud

Working with Blocks: The BASE command, the Basepoint option, and the Basepoint parameter

Tips for working with layers

AutoCAD Tutorial: Use parametric constraints to constrain models

AutoCAD tutorial: Save and use layer states to streamline your work

Create a rectangle with an adjustable corner, Part 2: Using a dynamic block

Tips on viewing your drawing

AutoCAD Tutorial: Create regions for mix-it-up, 2D/3D flexibility

Create a polyline from the boundary of existing objects

Find coordinates

Use the Shift key as a shortcut

AutoCAD tutorial: Create a simple sheet set

How to rotate the crosshairs and other techniques for drawing at an angle

Tutorial: Create attributes

Temporarily override object snap settings

Use the Dashboard to display a related tool palette

Select a block before a writeblock or edit

Control the display of tooltips

Repeat previous commands

Pre-specify an angle

Draw minor and clockwise arcs

Customize Polar Tracking Angles

Toggling the display of grips within blocks

Creating exponents using stacked text

Getting back the R14 full-screen cursor

Easy hatching

Ending the LINE command quickly

Tutorial: Use fields for titleblock text

Open a drawing to a named view

Keyboard shortcuts

Flip objects with dynamic blocks

Find coordinates

Draw with tiled viewports

Divide up a polyline or spline

Create a circle with a width

Control hatch origin

AutoCAD Tutorial: Calculate scale and sheet size

All the ways to open a drawing

Align a block to other objects with a dynamic block Alignment parameter

Editing

Combine or subtract 2D shapes to create custom shapes

Working with linetype scales

Slim down your drawings with the PURGE command

Update: Convert text to Mtext and back

AutoCAD 2016 – 30 releases young and still going strong – Part 2

AutoCAD 2016 – 30 releases young and still going strong – Part 1

Customize how the multi-functional grip menu works

Rename named objects–blocks, dimension styles, layers, and more

Old AutoCAD drawings? It’s time to update them!

Edit block attribute properties with BATTMAN

Editing the value of a block attribute

Use and control multifunctional grips for faster editing

Know when unwanted layers creep into your drawing with layer notification

Batch check multiple AutoCAD drawings against a standards file

Autodesk 360 is a new cloud-based workflow for AutoCAD drawings

Use a Standards file to bring an AutoCAD drawing into line

Fix old, messy AutoCAD drawings

How to undo almost anything in AutoCAD

Reverse a polyline in AutoCAD

How to break walls to insert a door

A different way to create an ellipse or oval

Create views in your AutoCAD drawing

Hyperlink to views in your drawing

Control the shape of objects when you edit them – Keep an equilateral triangle equilateral

Select similar objects and apply an editing command to them

Move an object the same displacement as previously by pressing Enter 3 times

Move objects between model and paper space

Keep blocks accessible so you can insert them in any drawing–Part IV: A block library

Keep blocks accessible so you can insert them in any drawing–Part III: Content Explorer

Keep blocks accessible so you can insert them in any drawing–Part II: DesignCenter

Moving objects in front of — or behind — other objects: DRAWORDER

Move block attributes in an AutoCAD drawing

Fillets–another approach using AutoLISP

Reduce mouse-clicks and increase productivity using AutoLISP

Squeeze or stretch single-line text to fit in a space with TEXTFIT

Select objects: prompt secrets

Avoid reselecting objects in editing commands that go wrong

Draw fast, accurate revision clouds

Dynamic blocks in AutoCAD–When and why?

How to trim objects quickly

How to merge layers in AutoCAD–move objects to another layer and delete the merged layer

Use Quick Select to select objects in your AutoCAD drawing

Use Dynamic Input, or not

Using hyperlinks

Match properties

Stretch a circle with grips and specify the radius or change in radius

Easily hide and isolate objects in AutoCAD 2011

Tips for working with layers

The flexible CHANGE command

Tips on viewing your drawing

Precisely scale an object when you know before and after dimensions

How to control what you see by clipping xrefs and blocks

Replace one block with another

Remove duplicate and overlapping objects

Break objects quickly in AutoCAD

Tutorial：Use groups for flexibility

Rotate One Object to Match Another

Tutorial: Create a page setup for plotting

Use the DXF format to edit drawings

XPlode a block

AutoCAD tutorial: Create a cell style for a table

AutoCAD tutorial: Extract attributes

Tutorial: Override a dimension

Add formulas to a table

Change the scale of blocks and hatches in tool palettes

AutoCAD tutorial: Create a complex selection filter

Properties palette: Work smarter by undoing changes within the palette

Use all of your selection options

Another Break Objects Quickly AutoLISP routine

Extend lines to make corners with chamfer

Write blocks to save them as separate files

Dealing with gaps

Temporarily override OSNAP, ORTHO, and other drafting settings

Substitute one block for another

Zoom to objects

Close an arc to make a circle or ellipse; connect splines

Return to previous view in pan or zoom realtime, or in 3D Orbit

Copy as you stretch, move, rotate, or scale & create multiple leader arrows

Setting a system variable on the tool palette

Redefining a block without losing your insertion point

Breaking a line into two

Joining Two Lines Into One

Drag and drop moving and copying

Tutorials：Convert text to Mtext and vice versa

Tutorials: Copy objects between drawings

Divide up a polyline or spline

Text & Dimensions

AutoCAD 2016 – 30 releases young and still going strong – Part 2

Replace text in AutoCAD

Create stylish leaders with a multileader style

Easily import text and dimension styles from other drawings

Batch check multiple AutoCAD drawings against a standards file

Insert data from an Excel worksheet

Label the scale of individual viewports

Use a Standards file to bring an AutoCAD drawing into line

Fix old, messy AutoCAD drawings

Editing text with DDEDIT

Change the line spacing of Mtext

Dimensioning basics, Part IV: Create accurate baseline and continued dimensions

Dimensioning basics, Part III: Create accurate dimensions for angles

Dimensioning basics, Part II: Create accurate dimensions for circles and arcs

Dimensioning basics, Part I: Create an accurate linear dimension

Move objects between model and paper space

Moving objects in front of — or behind — other objects: DRAWORDER

Measure almost anything with the MEASUREGEOM command

Move block attributes in an AutoCAD drawing

Defining alternate dimension units in AutoCAD

Change the font of a text style using AutoLISP

Keep your own styles, layers & blocks at the top of the list

Understanding how dimensions are associated with objects

How to create a text style for a dimension

Use DIMEDIT to edit a dimension

Create a table on the fly from Excel data

Speed up your display for more productivity in AutoCAD

Specifying and changing line spacing

Tutorial: Create attributes

Create text in columns

Which font to use?

Tutorials：Dimension in paper space

Tutorial: Create an architectural dimension style

Tutorial: Automate annotation scaling with annotative objects

The many ways to import text

Changing the MText string to your login name

Quickly format dimensions

How to print a list of text styles

How to print a list of dimension styles

Precisely control the size of OLE text and objects

Place a dimension a fixed distance from an object

Secret mtext options: Remove formatting, combine paragraphs, change case

Let AutoCAD do the math

How to format fractions

Automatically follow a linear dimension with a continued dimension

Dimensions and associativity

Dimension an arc length

Creating fields that update automatically (for 2000-2004)

Create invisible supporting notes

Create a dimension style on the fly

Tutorial: Use fields for titleblock text

MTEXT-how to get a better clue of text size

3D

Viewing 3D objects with Isometric View in AutoCAD

Tutorial: Create a 3D model

3D AutoCAD Tutorial: Create a 3D piston

Making an animated walkthrough video in AutoCAD

3D video tutorial: Create a 3D wheel with cylinders

AutoCAD 2016 – 30 releases young and still going strong – Part 3

Guest Tutorial: Make a 3D speaker in AutoCAD

3D tutorial: Draw a fancy square glass bottle cap in AutoCAD

Change the color of almost any AutoCAD screen feature

Create a custom UCS (User Coordinate System) in AutoCAD

Use spherical coordinates in 3D AutoCAD drawings

Use cylindrical coordinates in 3D AutoCAD drawings

Automate the creation of details and sections on a layout

Use AutoCAD’s VIEWBASE command to create 2D views of your 3D model

Tutorial: Create cool curves with splines in AutoCAD

How to cut out a groove to fit a tongue in a 3D model with the INTERFERE command

3D viewing tips for AutoCAD

Switch to plan view when you change the UCS

Create 3D shapes with the 3D command

Tips on viewing your drawing

AutoCAD Tutorial: Create regions for mix-it-up, 2D/3D flexibility

Tutorial: Draw a 3D threaded bolt – video tutorial

Using 3D orbit for one object

Use dynamic UCS to speed up 3D drawing

Tutorial: Draw a 3D threaded bolt

Tutorial: Create a visual style

Tutorial: Create a custom visual style in AutoCAD

Tutorial: Convert a 3D solid to a 3-view 2D drawing in model space

Transparently enter 3D Orbit in 2007

How to separate solids

Do objects with thickness have tops and bottoms?

Create contours from elevation points

Converting 3D drawings into 2D drawings

Convert a 3D solid to a 2D drawing with a hidden view

Carve a solid with a surface

AutoCAD tutorial: Draw 3D walls with polysolids

AutoCAD Tutorial: Create a mesh solid jar

3D Tutorial: Draw a glass

Presentation

Create objects with transparency in your AutoCAD drawing

AutoCAD 2016 – 30 releases young and still going strong – Part 2

Track the time you spend on a drawing

Plot to a scale from model space

Batch check multiple AutoCAD drawings against a standards file

Create mass output with the PUBLISH command

Hyperlink to views in your drawing

Using hyperlinks

Troubleshooting

Slim down your drawings with the PURGE command

Find drawings by specifying drawing properties

AutoCAD 2016 – 30 releases young and still going strong – Part 3

Rename named objects–blocks, dimension styles, layers, and more

Old AutoCAD drawings? It’s time to update them!

Reduce file size and eliminate unwanted drawing settings with the WBLOCK command

Batch check multiple AutoCAD drawings against a standards file

Fix problems with the way AutoCAD looks (the user interface)

Get a list of all the objects in your drawing with DBLIST

Keep track of what you’ve done with COPYHIST

Troubleshooting problem drawings

How to stay up to date with AutoCAD

Select all instances of a block

Get lots of information about your drawing–all in one place–with this command

Find all named objects in a drawing

Organize files in Windows to mimic the Today file listing

Find where xrefs are hosted

Customization

Customize how the multi-functional grip menu works

Zoom quickly and more by controlling your mouse’s wheel

Add a new tab to the AutoCAD ribbon

Change the color of almost any AutoCAD screen feature

Fix old, messy AutoCAD drawings

Get a head start with a customized template

How to get rid of the Welcome window and grid when you start AutoCAD

Create a custom command and add a keyboard shortcut for a real time saver

Create shapes to insert over and over

Easily share tool palettes with colleagues

Tutorial: Create a custom command for AutoCAD using AutoLISP

Keep blocks accessible so you can insert them in any drawing–Part I: Tool Palettes

Ditch dialog boxes with the command-line form of commands

Open AutoCAD with a specific template

Get rid of the default grid in AutoCAD

How to lock AutoCAD’s user interface

Reduce mouse-clicks and increase productivity using AutoLISP

Change the font of a text style using AutoLISP

Understanding how dimensions are associated with objects

How to load an AutoLISP program

Another way to align a rectangle with a line on the fly–using AutoLISP

Access related files with search paths

“AutoCAD Block Best Practices,” an e-book by Edwin Prakoso

Create a custom keyboard shortcut

Productivity boost ideas

Tutorial: Create a command alias (keyboard shortcut)

Extract data from objects in AutoCAD 2008 and later

Tutorial: Use fields to automatically label dynamic blocks

Record macros with the Action Recorder

How do I get all my AutoLISP routines to load themselves?

Tutorial: Create a custom workspace in AutoCAD 2006 and later

Tutorial: Create a custom command

Search for templates in multiple folders

Quickly Find Files in Support File Search Path

Tutorial: Create a custom simple linetype

Display lost toolbars in AutoCAD

Tutorial: Use fields for titleblock text

Use the command line to launch programs

Tutorial: Automate tasks with a script file

Tutorial: Add a button to the ribbon in AutoCAD

Switch between Imperial and metric measurements

Speed up your work with command aliases

See current settings on the status bar

Options you should change

Manage the user interface–the ribbon and the menu bar

Loading AutoLISP programs quickly

Creating Custom Toolbar Buttons

Creating custom hatch patterns

Create a shortcut to a template and workspace

Create a custom toolbar in AutoCAD 2006 or later

Convert slide libraries/image tile menus and tablet menus to tool palettes

Changing the Multiple options of AutoCAD commands (or sometimes you feel like a multiple option, sometimes you don’t)

Add commands to tool palettes from the CUI dialog box in AutoCAD 2007

Tutorial: Create a custom visual style in AutoCAD

Work faster with AutoCAD keyboard shortcuts

MTEXT-how to get a better clue of text size

Layers

Working with linetype scales

Slim down your drawings with the PURGE command

Rename named objects–blocks, dimension styles, layers, and more

Know when unwanted layers creep into your drawing with layer notification

Batch check multiple AutoCAD drawings against a standards file

Create layer overrides to create plot variations

Use a Standards file to bring an AutoCAD drawing into line

Maintain standards by returning objects to ByLayer settings

Get your layers in line with the layer translator

Make an object’s layer the current layer

Use layers from existing drawings so you don’t have to recreate them

Keep your own styles, layers & blocks at the top of the list

Tips for working with layers

AutoCAD tutorial: Save and use layer states to streamline your work

Manage layers with LAYWALK

Tutorial: Filter the layer list

Make a layer current — for sure

On which layers should you create blocks?

Print or share a list of layers

Working faster with layers