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AutoCAD: Select objects before running the Command

This is a common problem after having FATAL ERROR crashed. The settings go wrong and you can't select the object first. No worries, it h...

AutoCAD: PEDIT Command Without Confirmation

A trick to speed up the PEDIT command Català - Castellano - Deutsch PEDIT is a command that allows us to edit Polylines. It also allows us t...

AutoCAD 2010: New System Variable to Fade XREFs

AutoCAD 2010 has a new system variable to fade XREFs. Català - Castellano - Deutsch New versions come sometimes with some nice surprises. On...

AutoCAD: SaveAs 2004 Script

A script to save your drawings on a previous AutoCAD version. Català - Castellano - Deutsch As I promised on a previous post about Running S...

AutoCAD: Get Back the Menus and Toolbars - aka Ditch the Ribbon

Do you hate the ribbon? Do you want to get back your old menubar structure with toolbars? Easy and simple Català - Castellano - Deutsch I ha...

AutoCAD: PREVIEWFILTER system variable

Control which objects are highlighted in the selection preview Català - Castellano - Deutsch The selection preview is very useful to know be...

AutoCAD: Updating Fields Automatically

A system variable controls how fields are updated, play with it if you are having trouble. Català - Castellano - Deutsch My post about using...

AutoCAD: Select all Connected Geometry.

Wonder how to select with a single click all connected geometry? AutoCAD can do it, you just need to know the right command. Català - Castel...

AutoCAD: Using Annotative Scale for Texts

Annotative Scale Texts are an awesome way to speed the annotation process when a drawing needs to be shown in different Scales. Català - Cas...

AutoCAD: Control How You Mirror Texts

Do you want to Mirror Text but AutoCAD keeps it the same way? There is a system variable for that. Català - Castellano - Deutsch The System ...

AutoCAD: How to Modify the XCLIP Frame Without Redrawing it

You can easily edit which part of an XREF is clipped without redrawing a new polyline. Català - Castellano - Deutsch A few months back a wro...

AutoCAD: EDGEMODE System Variable

Why are the lines being trimmed using the extension of the existing lines? Català - Castellano - Deutsch The TRIM and EXTEND commands can be...

AutoCAD: Single or Multiple Windows

You might want to keep all open files in a single window or have multiple ones. There is a system variable to tweak this. Català - Castellan...

AutoCAD: Dealing with Ellipses

Ellipses are necessary but troublesome. Learn to deal with them appropriately. Català - Castellano If you have a Boss like mine who loves el...

AutoCAD: Missing "Open", "New" and "Save As" Dialog Boxes

What happened to the Save As Dialog Box? How do you get it to appear again if it is missing? Català - Castellano More solutions found thank...

AutoCAD: Avoid sending the whole file path when plotting

Control if you send to the plotter/printer the whole path of your file or just its name to make it easier to deal with plotting cues. Català...

AutoCAD: PROJMODE system variable

Control the projection mode for TRIM and EXTEND commands. Recently a colleague asked me: "When I am unable to trim lines, because “EDGE...

AutoCAD: Showing the XClip Frame

Sometimes is important to find out the frame that was used to clip an XREF. There is a system variable for that. If you want to know the fra...

AutoCAD 2009: New System Variables

A full list of the new system variables available for AutoCAD 2009. As mentioned on the previous post the guys of www.hyperpics.com have ...

AutoCAD: List of system variables

We´v been commenting on many system variables. Discover them and get a link for the full list. Català - Castellano The list of system variab...