Sunday, October 28, 2012

Twitter Posts Revisited

Below is a summary of topics we covered recently on Twitter. Click on the links at the end of each topic and explore the command or feature in more detail in AutoCAD/LT's HELP.
  • STATUSBAR controls the display of the application and drawing status bars http://dld.bz/as872
  • STARTUP controls what displays when the application is started, or when a new drawing is opened http://dld.bz/as873 .
  • LTisACAD Blog: AutoCAD Abilities You Can Control in LT http://dlvr.it/1dC6Zr
  • STATUSBAR controls the display of the application and drawing status bars http://dld.bz/as872
  • SHOWPAGESETUPFORNEWLAYOUTS specifies whether the Page Setup Manager is displayed when a new layout is created http://dld.bz/as87m
  • SHOWLAYERUSAGE displays icons in the Layer Properties Manager to indicate whether layers are in use http://dld.bz/as87h
  • SETBYLAYERMODE controls which properties are selected for the SETBYLAYER command http://dld.bz/as87g
  • Selection Modes control how you create selection sets http://dld.bz/as87d
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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Autodesk Care: Tweets and Blog

The Voice of Autodesk Customer Service and Support, Follow the blog (http://autodeskcare.com), or find the team on Twitter (http://twitter.com/AutodeskCare).
  • Kate Morrical New blog: AutodeskCare http://bit.ly/LoIV8t
  • AutodeskCare: Check out our Login Tips & Tricks ?#carevideo?! http://autode.sk/Oktggz  Your login issues dealt with In under 5 minutes. ?#autodesktip?
  • AutodeskCare: Ever get an ?#autodesk? ?#autocad? error message? Well we rounded up a few repeat offenders on @pinterest http://ow.ly/bM7KF  - send us yours?
  • AutodeskCare: Have an ?#Autodesk? Subscription and want a backup copy of ur 2013 product or previous version? http://autode.sk/udElQt  ?#autodesktip?
  • AutodeskCare: http://autode.sk/ylaB3W  From our tech pros to you: How to prepare your system for a smooth installation ?#autodesktip?
  • AutodeskCare: Graduating to a commercial license? Don’t forget to study our senior thesis solution before you go! http://autode.sk/IlWtTu
  • AutodeskCare: Hello Subscription Customers! Visit http://autode.sk/udElQt  if you need software on CD/DVD/USB media.  ?#autodesktip?
  • AutodeskCare: Customers may be experiencing difficulties while trying to access the Education Community. We're on it:) Pls RT if possible. ?#autodeskalert?
  • AutodeskCare: http://autode.sk/udElQt  Still waiting for your 2013 product in the mail? Take matters into your own hands with this walkthrough ?#autodesktip?
  • AutodeskCare: Have an ?Autodesk? Subscription and want a backup copy of ur 2013 product or previous version? http://autode.sk/udElQt  ?#autodesktip?
 

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Commands for Creating Leaders

Use these commands to create leaders for notes and labels.
  • MLEADERALIGN Aligns and spaces selected multileader objects.
  • MLEADERCOLLECT Organizes selected multileaders that contain blocks into rows or columns, and displays the result with a single leader.
  • MLEADEREDIT Adds leader lines to, or removes leader lines from, a multileader object.
  • MLEADERSTYLE Creates and modifies multileader styles.
  • MLEADER Creates a multileader object.
  • PROPERTIES Controls properties of existing objects.
  • QLEADER Creates a leader and leader annotation.

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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Twitter Posts Revisited

Below is a summary of topics we covered recently on Twitter. Click on the links at the end of each topic and explore the command or feature in more detail in AutoCAD/LT's HELP.
  • SELECTSIMILARMODE controls which properties must match for an object of the same type to be selected with SELECTSIMILAR http://dld.bz/as87c
  • SELECTIONANNODISPLAY controls whether alternate scale representations are temp displayed in a dimmed state when annotative object selected.
  • SUBTRACT command combines selected regions by subtraction http://dld.bz/as869
  • SKETCH creates a series of freehand line segments http://dld.bz/as86w
  • SETBYLAYER changes the property overrides of selected objects to ByLayer http://dld.bz/as855
  • SELECTSIMILAR adds similar objects to the selection set based on selected objects http://dld.bz/as85m
  • SCALETEXT enlarges or reduces selected text objects without changing their locations http://dld.bz/as844
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Commands for Publishing Settings

Use these commands and system variables to set options for publishing.
  • PLOT Plots a drawing to a plotter, printer, or file.
  • PUBLISH Publishes drawings to DWF, DWFx, and PDF files, or to printers or plotters. Note that -PUBLISH command is not available in LT.
  • SHEETSET Opens the Sheet Set Manager.
  • VIEWPLOTDETAILS Displays information about completed plot and publish jobs.

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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Twitter Posts Revisited

Below is a summary of topics we covered recently on Twitter. Click on the links at the end of each topic and explore the command or feature in more detail in AutoCAD/LT's HELP.
  • RIBBONSELECTMODE command in more detail: http://dld.bz/as83T
  • RIBBONSELECTMODE determines whether pickfirst selection set remains selected after ribbon contextual tab is invoked and command is completed
  • RIBBONCONTEXTSELLIM limits the number of objects that can be changed at one time with the ribbon property controls http://dld.bz/as83B
  • RIBBONCONTEXTSELECT controls how ribbon contextual tabs are displayed when you single- or double-click an object http://dld.bz/as839
  • REMEMBERFOLDERS controls the default path displayed in standard file selection dialog boxes http://dld.bz/as834
  • RECOVERYMODE controls whether drawing recovery information is recorded after a system failure http://dld.bz/as83z
  • REVERSE reverses the vertices of selected lines, polylines, splines, and helixes, which is useful for linetypes with included text and more.
  • RECOVERAUTO controls the display of recovery notifications before or after opening a damaged drawing file http://dld.bz/as82F
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Commands for Text Styles and Fields

Use these commands and system variables to use fields and styles in text notes and labels.

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