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Coordinates of a Polyline in AutoCAD? But How and Why?

Coordinates of polyline. Coordinates are one of the most important properties in our drawings. Unless you are an architect, architects don't like... May 20, 2017 · 2 min read

Edit Vertexes and use Linetype Polylines!

This will be a very short post about some really, really basic stuff. More especially how to edit our Polylines. Polyline A polyline is a connection of... May 15, 2017 · 2 min read

How to Copy Multiple Text Objects from AutoCAD to Excel

The task? Have you ever tried to copy AutoCAD text objects to Microsoft Excel? Usually, when you copy multiple text objects from AutoCAD and paste those... May 10, 2017 · 2 min read

Create Separate Hatches Fast and Easy!

Separate hatches in AutoCAD? Everyone knows that! This week we had in our office some engineering students from Architectural University who wanted to see... April 30, 2017 · 1 min read

Auto-Rotate Multiple text Objects!

Rotate manually? We have multiple text objects aligned to a specific object. However, when we go to layout rotate the view and our text is turned upside... April 20, 2017 · 1 min read

Auto-Number Multiple Text Objects!

It is absolutely normal for us to add numbers in AutoCAD. Sometimes there are hundreds of numbers and if we have to renumber them (which happens very... April 15, 2017 · 2 min read

OVERKILL! Or how to erase duplicate objects Easy and Fast!

Duplicate objects!? A lot of times we have some lines, polylines, arcs, etc. placed on top of each other. This is very irritating and often we make... April 10, 2017 · 2 min read

Automatic Block Count with 1 Click!

Bill of quantity We all have to take care of the quantity of different materials in our projects. After all, everyone's first concern is the price. This... April 5, 2017 · 2 min read

Fake Dimensions in AutoCAD? (Correct all Dimension text at Once!)

Fake Dimensions in AutoCAD? Where? A lot of times we have received drawings from colleagues that have some "fake" Dimensions. The Dimension Text shows one... March 25, 2017 · 1 min read

From CAPITAL to small Letters with 2 clicks in AutoCAD!

CAPITAL letter text? Today we are going to look at one really simple task writing text in capital letters . There are many people who prefer writing text... March 20, 2017 · 2 min read

Learn How to properly Send AutoCAD Drawings!

How many times have you forgotten to send a referenced drawing, .ctb file, font, or image? I personally a lot, of course after that there is an angry call... March 12, 2017 · 3 min read

What is the better choice Xref or Block in AutoCAD?

Block or Xref what should we use? Blocks and Xrefs they look so similar if a person is new to AutoCAD. However, there are a lot of experienced users who... March 8, 2017 · 3 min read