1 60 AutoCAD Tips in 60 Minutes Lynn Allen Autodesk Technical Evangelist

© 2005 Autodesk2 Objective: Show you some tips and techniques that will increase your productivity and help you work smarter!

© 2005 Autodesk3 User Interface Tips 1) Workspaces 2) AutoComplete (Tab to cycle) 3) Move Model space/Layout tabs 4) Easy Copy of Layout Tabs New! 5) Drag and Drop to Sheet Set New! 6) New 2D Dashboard New! 7) Status Bar and Tray customization 8) Anchored Palettes 9) Clean Screen (or Ctrl 0) 10) Taskbar to 1 11) Lock Toolbars 12) Double click toolbars to float 13) Lock/Unlock Viewport on Status Bar New! 14) VP Scale on Status Bar New!

© 2005 Autodesk4 Quick Customizing Tips 15)CUI now customizes the Dashboard New! 16)Drag and drop toolbars to the Dashboard New! 17)Easier to Search and Create New Commands New! 18)Get rid of F1! 19)Quickly create a Tool Palette of your blocks in Design Center 20)Customize the File dialog

© 2005 Autodesk5 Layer Tips 21) Layer properties per viewport New!  Control of visual properties  Easy reset to global properties 22) Customize your Layer Columns New! 23) Deactivate the Status Column to save time 24) Speedy Layer State Manager Access New! 25) Applying Layer States per Viewport New!

© 2005 Autodesk6 Misc. Layer Tips 26) SETBYLAYER New! 27) Layer Isolate now fades layers New! 28) LAYUNISO is back New! 29) Layer Translater (LAYTRANS)  Translates layers to a standard (dws, dwg or dwt)  Force objects to bylayer 30)LAYWALK (View layers individually) 31)LAYDEL (Delete even the most stubborn layers!)

© 2005 Autodesk7 AutoCAD ) SCALELISTEDIT – Plot, Page Setup, Vport toolbar, Properties, etc. 33) JOIN Command (Glue) works on plines, lines, arc, elliptical arcs and splines Use to turn an arc into a circle 34) LAYERFILTERALERT (Set to 3) 35) FILTERS command 36) PEDITACCEPT 37) IMAGEFRAME 38) JPGOUT, BMPOUT, PNGOUT, TIFOUT 39) OVERKILL TimeSavers!

© 2005 Autodesk8 Text Tips 40) Word Docs maintain spacing, font, etc. New! 41) Text wraps automatically over multiple columns New! 42) Tab styles and paragraph line spacing control for selected lines New! 43) New Spell Checker Improvements 44) Multiline Attributes! New! 45) Control the Text Sample string  (MTJIGSTRING) 46) Click outside of the dialog box to exit command quickly 47) Control+Enter to exit command MTEXT 48) TEXTTOFRONT command

© 2005 Autodesk9 Table Tips 49) AutoFill available in AutoCAD Tables 50) Tables wrap automatically over multiple columns 51) Insert blocks and text in same cell

© 2005 Autodesk10 Dimensioning tips (all new) 52) Multiple Leaders  Multiple segments  Leading or trailing position on text  Options for placement of leader with respect to text 53) MLEADERALIGN 54) MLEADERCOllECT 55) DIMBREAK 56) DIMJOGLINE 57) DIMSPACE

© 2005 Autodesk11 Misc. Tips in AutoCAD )Inverse Xclip 59)Layer control for attached DWF files 60)Create smaller PDFs with DWF 61)PUBLISHCOLLATE – multipage PDF 62) Import/Export DGN 63)Recover for Xrefs

© 2005 Autodesk12 Keys, Keys, Keys 64)Control+R to cycle through all of your viewports 65)Control+A to select all the objects in your drawing 66)Control to cycle through objects 67)Tab to cycle through object snaps 68)Navigate through layouts with Control+PageUp and Control+PageDown 69)Hold down right mouse button to clear grips 70)Shift for more than one hot grip 71)Arrow up and down through commands 72)Control+Tab to cycle through open drawings 73)OSNAP Tracking to find the center of a box 74)M2P or MTP to find the midpoint between two points

© 2005 Autodesk13 Tip #75: Embed Drawings into PPT! Insert menu – Object –> Autodesk DWF Viewer Control Right click on image – Autodesk DWF Viewer Control ->Properties – Select DWF File DWF will only display when the Slide Show is playing

© 2005 Autodesk14 Tip #76 Autodesk Labs: labs.autodesk.com (commandcomplete)

© 2005 Autodesk15 Supports viewing and plotting of DWG files, and publishing to DWF  Batch converts drawings to previous releases  Stand alone product – no need for ACAD to be installed  Same fidelity as Save as in AutoCAD  Conversion of pen widths to line weights and the addition of page setups.  Pricing FREE Tip #77: DWG TrueView (now includes True Convert)

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© 2005 Autodesk18 Tip # 78: Autodesk Design Review Pricing FREE

© 2005 Autodesk19 Tip # 79: Autodesk Design Review – Drawing Version Compare Feature Free Download: autodesk.com/designreview Highlight additions/ deletions 1. Select Tools > Compare 2. Browse and load the DWF files 3. Select sheets to overlay and click OK

© 2005 Autodesk20 Tip # 80: Introducing Autodesk Freewheel Share designs online - Free 1. Publish DWF 2. Upload & Link 3. View & Print 2D & 3D designs online without install software 4. Utilize for drawing catalogs and archives freewheel.autodesk.co m

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