How to get the infered line in Autocad? How do you get the inferred line when sketching in AutoCAD? When sketching in Inventor a dotted line shows up between a snap point and the curser loaded with a command. Most every other cad package I have used has this feature so that...
Step 7:You can select any line or object by clicking on it. The selection will show in blue color with some dots. These dots are snapping points of that line or object, i.e. center point of the line, endpoint of the line, etc. Snapping makes drawing easy in AutoCAD software. How t...
Open the Properties window in AutoCAD. Use Quick Select or the QSELECT command to select objects by type (see Use Quick Select to select objects in your AutoCAD drawing). In the Properties window, find the values for Start Z, End Z, and Center Z (for certain shapes); change to any who...
If the S=1, then you will want to offset Y=.5 to center the line. Tip: You may want to place a line of text with mtext first and use the distance command to check the character height. Some fonts adhere to standards which may cause the center to be off. In AutoCAD, create...
In many AutoCAD drawings, paragraphs of text may actually be single lines of text. Ideally, these lines of text would be managed easier if they were one text object. So how does one modify the text to be one single entity? The solution...
This article describes how to work with the MSLTSCALE and PSLTSCALE system variables. This can be the result of the MSLTSCALE and/or PSLTSCALE system variables not being set properly. Starting with AutoCAD 2008, linetype scaling in model space is control
How to migrate settings from an older version of AutoCAD to a newer version. All parts in the option will be migrated beside of those settings in the options, which shows a blue-yellow symbol. Those options with the blue-yellow windows are saved in the d
1. Command Line 2. Shortcut Key 3. View Ribbon 4. DesignCenter How to Create a New, Blank Tool Palette in AutoCAD How to Add Tools to Tool Palettes What Are Palette Groups and How Do You Make Them? How to Customize an Existing Palette? Customization #1: Delete the Tool or Tool Palet...
To load a program using this method, typeVLIDEat the AutoCAD command line. In the window that subsequently appears, go toFile » Open File(alternatively,Ctrl+O), and select the previously saved file. Now go toTools » Load Text in Editor(alternatively,Ctrl+Alt+E) ...
This article outlines the process for controlling the line thickness property when creating AutoCAD DWG or DXF files using Export to CAD. Note:The following process does not change the display of the lines in ArcMap. To display the line thickness property in AutoCAD, settings must be...