There was a change in AutoCAD 2016 with OSNAP. GeometricCenter is a new OSNAP type for centroid of closed polyline or spline. Thank you to AutoCAD Team member Tao Zheng for the heads up on this change.
Read MoreThe Autodesk Answer Days series will start with members of the AutoCAD team and is free. Join the first AutoCAD Answer Day online event on Thursday, May 7th from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM Pacific Time. If you have AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT questions that you’ve always wanted…
Read MoreA series of 11 videos in a showing the new features in the just released AutoCAD 2016 are now posted to YouTube as a playlist. If you are an Autodesk subscription customer you can download your AutoCAD 2016 today and kick the tires. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXEyem_18syOyJAMqxwetICD6xJALuHpW
Read MoreWe all want to get more done in less time so that we can go home early, Sorry – so that we can concentrate on value added tasks, such as Designing or Engineering 😉 The trouble is, experimenting with different ways of achieving the same task with AutoCAD…
Read MoreHere is a great list of recently published AutoCAD solutions by some AutoCAD Team Members: Date Article Author 10/8/2014 HP printers do not work with AutoCAD 2015 on Windows 8 Daniel Kuhmann 10/23/2014 Cannot import SketchUp files Karen Mason 10/23/2014 How to open AutoCAD without displaying a startup…
Read MoreRecently I republished a popular post about setting up your AutoCAD with the classic workspace (How Can I Restore the "Classic" AutoCAD Interface with Menus and Toolbars?) but the steps changed with AutoCAD 2015. Autodesk’s Dieter Schlaepfer recently published an AutoCAD Knowledgebase Article with the solution. AutoCAD…
Read MoreSo you would like to have AutoCAD look and feel like previous classic release. This is one of the powerful traits of AutoCAD and that is it can be customized seven ways from Sunday.
Read MoreSAVE is one of the most common AutoCAD commands; we all know what it does, but did you know there’s more to save than just the little floppy disk icon? Here’s a look at the ins and outs of saving files, and pass the savings on to others!
Read MoreWhen you have a large drawing to work it becomes necessary that you act smart in order to remain productive and reduce your drawing edit time there are many tools in AutoCAD which will help you in becoming more productive and efficient one such tool is Quick Select…
Read MoreOnion Layer Image credit Robert Couse-Baker on Flickr Guest post on AutoCAD by Michael Thomas of Design & Motion. Layers are a very important component of working with AutoCAD. They control the properties and visibility of your objects. Since layers organize your drawings, using layers inefficiently is a…
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