Sunday, September 25, 2011

Tweets this week

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we cover linking, archiving sheetsets and underlays.
  • DIMANGULAR Command Creates an angular dimension: http://ow.ly/1wVkMS  Note: You can create baseline and continued angular dimensions relative to existing angular dimensions. Baseline and continued angular dimensions are limited to 180 degrees or less. To obtain baseline and continued angular dimensions larger than 180 degrees, use grip editing to stretch the location of the extension line of an existing baseline or continued dimension.
  • DATALINK Command Displays the Data Link dialog box: http://goo.gl/DmXgf  Note: Microsoft Excel must be installed to use Microsoft Excel data links. To link to the XLSX filetype, Microsoft Excel 2007 must be installed.
  • BOUNDARY Command creates a region or a polyline from an enclosed area: http://ow.ly/1wVkxX
  • BATTORDER command specifies the order of attributes for a block: http://ow.ly/1wVksK Note: If a multiple-line attribute makes a round trip to an earlier release of AutoCAD LT, the differences between these two types of attributes might result in truncating very long lines of text and loss of formatting. However, before any characters are truncated, AutoCAD LT displays a dialog box that lets you cancel the operation.
  • ATTACH command Inserts an external reference, image, or underlay (DWF, DWFx, PDF, or DGN files) in the current drawing: ow.ly/1wViNN Note: Although underlay files are reproductions of their source drawing, they are not as precise as drawing files. Underlays may show slight discrepancies in precision.
  • BASE command sets the insertion base point for the current drawing: http://ow.ly/1wVkbo
  • LT2012 Tip - ARCHIVE command packages the current sheet set files for archive: http://ow.ly/1wVjIR and http://goo.gl/1tT5r
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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Tweets this week: commands and variables

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we are adding links at the end of each tweet topic that take you to AutoCAD/LT's Online help files for additional information and tips. Feel free to give us feedback on this new approach to command tips and tricks.We post daily on the topic of AutoCAD/LT and features/abilities of interest to users:
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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Tweets this week: how well do you know HELP in LT?

Below is a summary of topics we covered these last two weeks on Twitter, including many well written pages from HELP available to you in LT and other sources.

  • Kate Morrical: Dimension Across Viewports http://bit.ly/oK6hvm
  • User's Guide - Use Windows Cut, Copy, and Paste: ow.ly/1wD1Gk
  • User's Guide - Correct Mistakes: ow.ly/1wD1Ew
  • User's Guide - Modify Complex Objects: ow.ly/1wD1AX
  • LT2012 Patch #1 adds two new commands: ARRAYCLASSIC for the old dialog; SNAPGRIDLEGACY for access to snap with no command active.
  • AutoCAD LT 2012 Service Pack 1 available now: ow.ly/1wMt3e
  • User's Guide: Trim or Extend Objects: ow.ly/1wD1vF
  • User's Guide - Break and Join Objects: ow.ly/1wD1ob
  • User's Guide: Resize or Reshape Objects ow.ly/1wD1hX
  • HPBACKGROUNDCOLOR variable controls the background color for hatch patterns.
  • HPCOLOR variable, saved inside each drawing, Specifies a default COLOR for new hatches and fills.
  • HPLAYER variable, saved inside each drawing, Specifies a default other layer for new hatches and fills instead of the Current Layer.
  • Vladimir Michl: New CAD tip- How to convert an existing hatch to associative? bit.ly/o0K36g
  • Not a user of Layer Filters? Try this simple quirky workaround using prefixed names “@EFinkelstein @tenlinksnews bit.ly/opZhcs
  • Use MATCHPROP to match up scale factors, annotation scales and layer settings between viewports cadalyst.com/video
  • Right click on the Layer drop-down to add to the Quick Access toolbar in AutoCAD/LT: yfrog.com/h6d6nvj CUI command to change the width.
  • Kean Walmsley: Increasing the size of AutoCADs command line history: Ever been frustrated when scrolling up in the AutoCAD.
  • RENAME command and it's many abilities: http://ow.ly/1wmIiZ

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