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60 AutoCAD Tips in 60 Minutes

Vaisakh R Sarma

Becon ProjectTechnical ManagerAutodesk Inc.

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Objective:

Show you some tips and techniques that will increase your productivity and help you work smarter!

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User Interface Tips

1) Workspaces2) AutoComplete (Tab to cycle)3) Move Model space/Layout tabs 4) Easy Copy of Layout Tabs New!5) Drag and Drop to Sheet Set New!6) New 2D Dashboard New!7) Status Bar and Tray customization8) Anchored Palettes9) Clean Screen (or Ctrl 0)10) Taskbar to 111) Lock Toolbars 12) Double click toolbars to float13) Lock/Unlock Viewport on Status Bar New!14) VP Scale on Status Bar New!

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Quick Customizing Tips

15) CUI now customizes the Dashboard New!16) Drag and drop toolbars to the Dashboard New!17) Easier to Search and Create New Commands New!18) Get rid of F1!19) Quickly create a Tool Palette of your blocks in Design Center20) Customize the File dialog

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Layer Tips 21) Layer properties per viewport New!

Control of visual properties Easy reset to global properties

22) Customize your Layer Columns New!23) Deactivate the Status Column to save time24) Speedy Layer State Manager Access New!25) Applying Layer States per Viewport New!

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Misc. Layer Tips

26) SETBYLAYER New!27) Layer Isolate now fades layers New!28) LAYUNISO is back New!29) Layer Translater (LAYTRANS) Translates layers to a standard (dws, dwg or dwt) Force objects to bylayer

30) LAYWALK (View layers individually)31) LAYDEL (Delete even the most stubborn layers!)

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32) SCALELISTEDIT – Plot, Page Setup, Vport toolbar, Properties, etc.

33) JOIN Command (Glue)• works on plines, lines, arc, elliptical arcs

and splines• Use to turn an arc into a circle

34) LAYERFILTERALERT (Set to 3)35) FILTERS command36) PEDITACCEPT37) IMAGEFRAME38) JPGOUT, BMPOUT, PNGOUT, TIFOUT39) OVERKILL

TimeSavers!

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Text Tips

40) Word Docs maintain spacing, font, etc. New!

41) Text wraps automatically over multiple columns New!

42) Tab styles and paragraph line spacing control for selected lines New!

43) New Spell Checker Improvements

44) Multiline Attributes! New!45) Control the Text Sample string

(MTJIGSTRING)46) Click outside of the dialog box to

exit command quickly47) Control+Enter to exit command

MTEXT48) TEXTTOFRONT command

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Table Tips

49) AutoFill available in AutoCAD Tables50) Tables wrap automatically over multiple columns51) Insert blocks and text in same cell

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Dimensioning tips (all new)

52) Multiple Leaders Multiple segments Leading or trailing

position on text Options for placement

of leader with respect to text

53) MLEADERALIGN54) MLEADERCOllECT

55) DIMBREAK56) DIMJOGLINE57) DIMSPACE

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Misc. Tips in AutoCAD 2008

58) Inverse Xclip59) Layer control for attached DWF files60) Create smaller PDFs with DWF61) PUBLISHCOLLATE – multipage PDF 62) Import/Export DGN63) Recover for Xrefs

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Keys, Keys, Keys

64)Control+R to cycle through all of your viewports65)Control+A to select all the objects in your drawing66)Control to cycle through objects67)Tab to cycle through object snaps68)Navigate through layouts with Control+PageUp and Control+PageDown69)Hold down right mouse button to clear grips 70)Shift for more than one hot grip71)Arrow up and down through commands 72)Control+Tab to cycle through open drawings73)OSNAP Tracking to find the center of a box74)M2P or MTP to find the midpoint between two points

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Tip #75: Embed Drawings into PPT!

Insert menu – Object –> Autodesk DWF Viewer ControlRight click on image – Autodesk DWF Viewer Control ->Properties – Select DWF FileDWF will only display when the Slide Show is playing

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Tip #76 Autodesk Labs: labs.autodesk.com (commandcomplete)

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Supports viewing and plotting of DWG files, and publishing to DWFBatch converts drawings to previous releasesStand alone product – no need for ACAD to be installedSame fidelity as Save as in AutoCADConversion of pen widths to line weights and the addition of page setups.www.autodesk.com/trueview

PricingFREE

Tip #77: DWG TrueView (now includes True Convert)

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Autodesk Design Review 2008

www.autodesk.com/designreview

PricingFREE

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Tip # 78: Autodesk Design Review 2008

www.autodesk.com/designreview

PricingFREE

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Tip # 79: Autodesk Design Review – Drawing Version Compare Feature

Free Download: autodesk.com/designreview

Highlight additions/ deletions

1. Select Tools > Compare

2. Browse and load the DWF files

3. Select sheets to overlay and click OK

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Tip # 80: Introducing Autodesk Freewheel

Share designs online - Free

1. Publish DWF2. Upload & Email Link3. View & Print 2D & 3D

designs online without install software

4. Utilize for drawing catalogs and archives

freewheel.autodesk.com

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