CAD-e-Corner

Here's a clever little tip sent in from a user in one of our remote offices. Select multiple pieces of Mtext and use the Properties Pale...

Have you ever needed to add a splash of color to your otherwise black and white drawing? Let's say that you have a plan drawing that p...

Straw poll: Ever heard of Groups in AutoCAD? Do you use Groups? Most people are familiar with Blocks where multiple instances of a collectio...

OVERKILL Have you ever had a drawing (from an outside source of course) with lines atop lines, or multiple line segments used where a single...

SAVEALL (AutoCAD Express Tool) This command will attempt to save all open drawings (without having to flip through each one), leaving the...

What's wrong with this picture? These two AutoCAD plots were made with all the same settings: Plotter, pen table, scale, etc. from the ...

Here's a little tip that borders the edge of extreme AutoCAD nerd: the ByBlock property. First, some background: The default property...