AutoCAD Tips & Tricks of the Day

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February 19 2009

Command:EXTRIM

To see this command in action, draw a rectangle with LOTS of lines going through it. Then type EXTRIM and select the rectangle. You are then prompted to “specify the side to trim on: “. If you pick outside the box, it trims everything crossing the box around the outside and you are left with just the lines in the middle. If you select inside the box, it trims all the lines inside the rectangle and leaves the lines on the outside. Sounds a little confusing? Give it a try and it will make perfect sense.

Very cool!


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Jack n'd Box wrote:Question lng po sir oRangE.n.GreeN.... Sometimes kasi, layers or objects overlaying with each other are on different layers. When using overkill can I specify which layer is to be deleted and which layer is to keep?

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it will use the properties of the object that is drawn first.


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tnx for the OVERKILL tip...

How do I disable 2004 Drawing Passwords?

- February 23, 2009-

The password on 2004 (and higher) is a potential nightmare. One scenario is a disgruntled employee who decides to password protect important drawings on their way out the door.

When installing, consider choosing the Custom Install, and turn off the Drawing Encryption option in Special Features. After installation use this procedure.

1. Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel.
2. Choose Add/Remove Programs.
3. Find AutoCAD on the list.
4. Choose the [Change] button.
5. Choose 'Add or Remove Features'
6. Choose 'Drawing Encryption'
7. Choose 'Entire Feature will be unavailable'
8. Choose [Next] until complete.

thanks for the tips.
more tips pa.

1) on layout:
"MVSETUP"
- here, you can rotate the presentation of the dwg in the viewport by changing the 'Align' property. no need to rotate the dwg on model

2) use "ltscale"=1 in model space
use "psltscale"=0 in the layout viewports

- these variables are useful for hidden, centerlines...etc., with different scale...in order for them to appear "same" in model and layout...

3) there are times, kung maraming masyadong viewports sa layout, the objects inside some viewports do not show, u can select the viewports with objects shown, right click then choose the '...hide objects..'

4) using 'group' on layer manager, this helps a lot especially if u want to easily 'hide' or 'show' some layers for specific printing purposes...(structural/architectural/plumbing/elect'l...etc.)


sir render master ... ung dynamic block hihintayin ko...

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For some unknown reason, when you select a line segment using the PEDIT command, you get the following prompt:

Object selected is not a polyline
Do you want to turn it into one?

Is this a trick question? …if I didn’t want to turn it into a polyline, I wouldn’t have selected it using the PEDIT command. Why would you even ask?

To get rid of this irritating prompt, there’s a system variable called PEDITACCEPT. Not only did the programmers of Autodesk write a st***d prompt into the program, they wrote an additional command to get rid of it. They must have been bored.

Anyway, type PEDITACCEPT, set it to 1 and it will never ask you again.


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try this:

1. draw a Square
2. type C (circle) > M2P
3. click on the left edge of the square then on the opposite edge
4. set the diameter/radius of the circle



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ok 'to sir...na try ko na...slamat sir

sir pati ba sa 3d ganun din?

base sa experience ko sa display lang ng autocad mo..i mean, no need to regen para lang magsmooth ang arc & circle..i think sa solid modeling ganun din..

reggie0711 wrote:sir pati ba sa 3d ganun din?

nice one sir butch,,,dagdag kaalaman nanaman to,,

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- I suggest we make the color of the 'tips/tricks' in cyan para madaling makita.


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ayan n dre...kulay cyan n..thanks for info..

oRangE.n.GreeN wrote:.


- I suggest we make the color of the 'tips/tricks' in cyan para madaling makita.


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You correct dre..ctrl+r worked...easy to switch between viewports..

ERICK wrote:How do I switch between overlapping viewports?

When you have two or more paper space viewports that overlap or are contained within another, it can be difficult to impossible to switch with the mouse pointer. Therefore the keyboard command for this can be indispensable.

The keyboard command USED TO BE Ctrl+V, but since Windows knows this as paste, Autodesk changed the command. The new command sequence is Ctrl+R. Try it...

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Keyboard Shortcuts Part 1

CTRL+0 Toggles Clean Screen
CTRL+1 Toggles Properties palette
CTRL+2 Toggles DesignCenter
CTRL+3 Toggles the Tool palettes window
CTRL+4 Toggles Sheet Set Manager
CTRL+5 Toggles Info Palette
CTRL+6 Toggles dbConnect Manager
CTRL+7 Toggles Markup Set Manager
CTRL+8 Toggles the QuickCalc calculator
CTRL+9 Toggles the command window


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Great! thanks for sharing this command. it will help alot. more power

oRangE.n.GreeN wrote:.



When you insert an image, it has a frame around it so you can select it. When you go to plot your drawing, if you do not want to see the frame, simply type the command “IMAGEFRAME” to set its visibility as follows:

Setting 0 - Image frames are NOT displayed and NOT plotted

Setting 1 - Image frames are BOTH displayed and plotted (default).

Setting 2 - Image frames are displayed but NOT plotted




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Thanks po for this command. problema ko na ito noon pa ganito lng pala yon hehehe

oRangE.n.GreeN wrote:.


try this:

1. draw a Square
2. type C (circle) > M2P
3. click on the left edge of the square then on the opposite edge
4. set the diameter/radius of the circle
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Waaaaaa!!! ang saya nito ang kulit. dami kung matututunan dito. more tricks pa!

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CTRL+A Selects objects in drawing
CTRL+B Toggles Snap
CTRL+C Copies objects to Clipboard
CTRL+D Toggles coordinate display
CTRL+E Cycles through isometric planes
CTRL+F Toggles running object snaps
CTRL+G Toggles Grid
CTRL+H Toggles PICKSTYLE
CTRL+J Repeats last command
CTRL+L Toggles Ortho mode
CTRL+M Repeats last command
CTRL+N Creates a new drawing
CTRL+O Opens existing drawing
CTRL+P Prints current drawing
CTRL+R Cycles layout viewports
CTRL+S Saves current drawing
CTRL+T Toggles Tablet mode
CTRL+V Pastes data from Clipboard
CTRL+X Cuts objects to Clipboard
CTRL+Y Cancels the preceding Undo action
CTRL+Z Reverses last action

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COMMAND: GATTE

THIS COMMAND IS VERY USEFUL IF YOU ARE WORKING WITH MULTIPLE LAYOUTS WITH ATTRIBUTE ON TITLE BLOCK OR ON DRAWING ITSELF.
Just type in the command promt GATTE, then select the attribute on the title block or on the drawing, then type in the new
[color=cyan]value of the attribute you want. and then look for the other layouts they were changed simultaneously in one command.

Very useful ito kung gumgawa kayo ng mga drawings n maraming layouts tapos may title block sya na naka attribute. hindi mo n
sya edit isa isa, GATTE mo lang s isang layout lahat sila magbabago na..

Hope this one helps

bokkins wrote:hindi kaya LISP ito bro? anong version? we tried it pro unknown command. Thanks sa idea of this, sana magwork.

sa express tools galing yang extrim sir, sa autocad 14 nagsimula yan. sa bonus tools nila o express tools na ngayon. sarap nga gamitin ang bilis ng pag trim nya. konting trivia lang po.

thanks for this bro vamp...musta?

Stryker wrote:COMMAND: GATTE

THIS COMMAND IS VERY USEFUL IF YOU ARE WORKING WITH MULTIPLE LAYOUTS WITH ATTRIBUTE ON TITLE BLOCK OR ON DRAWING ITSELF.
Just type in the command promt GATTE, then select the attribute on the title block or on the drawing, then type in the new
[color=cyan]value of the attribute you want. and then look for the other layouts they were changed simultaneously in one command.

Very useful ito kung gumgawa kayo ng mga drawings n maraming layouts tapos may title block sya na naka attribute. hindi mo n
sya edit isa isa, GATTE mo lang s isang layout lahat sila magbabago na..

Hope this one helps