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AutoCAD 2014 Released by Autodesk

Co-written by Bethany Borsody and Eric Gates. To extend the functions of AutoCAD 2014 to access the cloud, you’ll need to sign into your Autodesk…

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Autodesk Civil 3D 2020 Tip: Block Palette

Autodesk Civil 3D 2020 ushers in the replacement of the INSERT command with an all-new Blocks Palette. The Blocks Palette introduces some new functionality…
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AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: Be Careful Mirroring Subassemblies

The Civil 3D command Mirror Subassembly is a handy tool and can be used to copy subassemblies from one side of an assembly to another. When a subassembly is…
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AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: Hidden Command – LayerOrder

We know we can use the AutoCAD DRAWORDER command to change the display order of objects in the drawing, but did you know in Civil 3D you can control…
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AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: Translating DWG to DGN Workflow Using Civil 3D 2018

This outlines the steps involved to translate an AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018 DWG file to MicroStation V8 DGN file format. The workflow is Civil 3D based and the…
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AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: Production Efficiency

Section Views and Sheet Layout Move section views between section view groups: The section views that you want to move and the destination section view group…
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Playing With Blocks – Attributes

Now that we have discovered the power of visibility states in my previous tip, let’s move forward with exploring other ways to enhance your blocks. This…
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Playing With Blocks – Visibility States

Blocks are a very powerful tool within Autodesk’s® Civil 3D. The utilization of blocks can assist in maximizing the efficiency, and uniformity of your…
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AutoCAD WS Now Supports Civil 3D Drawings

Written by Eric Gates. AutoCAD WS Now Supports Civil 3D Drawings Autodesk announces, “AutoCAD Civil 3D drawings are supported on all of AutoCAD WS platforms…
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AutoCAD Grips: Move, Copy, Paste as Block

Written by Bob Mecham. AutoCAD grip editing using the Right Click +Drag method Select an object Hover your cursor over a grip and pause Hold down the Right…
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Autocad Customization – Set System Variables

Written by Eric Gates. Using acad.lsp and acaddoc.lsp to set application variables, and drawing variables A good place to start with AutoCAD customization is…
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Drawing Cleanup & Duplicate Removal Tool – AutoCAD

Written by Eric Gates.  The OVERKILL command can be used to clean up your drawing by combining connected co-linear objects, optimizing polylines and…
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Reference AutoCAD to MicroStation and coordinates do not match

Written by Bob Mecham. We have taken this support call twice in the last month so I thought I would share a solution with everyone in case you have the… Read…
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Attaching Images in AutoCAD

Here is a simple tip to manage images in AutoCAD. It applies to images used frequently or when working with multiple images that need to be inserted into…
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Multiple Support File Paths with no changes to Civil 3D Path Settings

A simple way to make Civil 3d’s out of the box file and path locations use the files you need from various locations and or agency configured directory…
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How to Set the Number of Lines in the Command History

When pressing F2 to look at the command line history, is the number of lines shown less than you want to see. To set a new maximum number of lines… Read more…
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Civil 3D Interface Settings (Profiles)

Written by Bob Mecham. How to make a profile current when launching Civil 3D  About Profiles Profiles store drawing environment settings which can be set and…
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Load AutoCAD Faster with NoLogo

Written by Bob Mecham. When launching AutoCAD do you have to wait through the Logo-loading process?  Every time you start AutoCAD do you see what is in Figure…
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Save your Favorite Locations in AutoCAD

Save your Favorite Locations in the Places List When, Opening, Saving or creating a New drawing in AutoCAD, do you find yourself constantly maneuver through…
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Use BPOLY to create an AutoCAD Shrinkwrap entity

AutoCAD BPOLY command Instead of using commands such as Copy, Trim, Pedit with Join to create a closed polyline around multiple entities try using the BPOLY…