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A tutorial to make non-continuous linetypes smoothly in AutoCAD.

"When hatching, AutoCAD attaches the boundary to the hatch pattern. I have to explode the hatching in order to do anything to the boundary, but then of course the hatching becomes individual segments. Only one of our workstations has this problem. Is there a setting that makes this happen?"

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The Options dialog box is certainly a handful. Nine different tabs filled with countless settings can intimidate even the experienced AutoCAD user. It`s not so complicated when you break it down into bite-sized pieces—but where do you begin?

It`s not uncommon for us to need to update our block definitions from time to time. Enter the REFEDIT command to save the day.

What happens when you use 2D commands on 3D objects? Ellen Finkelstein says you may be surprised. Simple commands such as COPY and MOVE are intuitive enough, but have you ever used EXPLODE on a curved body?

This article reviews extracting block attribute data from a drawing to a text file for processing.

This article reviews the retrieval and use of the Mtext AutoStack Properties dialog windows..

Use AutoCAD solid modeling to create a glass in AutoCAD.

Import existing drawing layouts as sheets to create a new sheet set in AutoCAD.

Last lesson, we were introduced to AutoCAD`s hatch patterns and how they work. We created a simple pattern on-the-fly with the Hatch command. This lesson, we dig into the contents of the Acad.Pat file to get a better understanding of how a pattern is constructed.

Over the last few weeks I have been fixing over 100 drawings for a customer and in so doing, have come across several features that I€™d like to share with you all. If you do repetitive procedures, having a €˜button€™ or tool to hit can be very efficient, especially if that tool combines several commands. This month I€™ll introduce custom toolbar fundamentals and we€™ll see where we go from there.

Tutorial illustrates how to add a background image to shaded viewports.

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