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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

FATAL ERROR in AutoCAD!? How to Restore Drawing Data?

AutoCAD FATAL ERROR : unhandled access violation reading 0x01ff exception at 5c554951h or something like that. These Fatal errors in AutoCAD are our worst... March 16, 2017 · 4 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

Open or Edit In-place? How to edit our Referenced drawing?

Our journey across Xref possibilities continues with one little task many of drafters would neglect and won't spend time to learn more about it, but I... March 4, 2017 · 5 min read

Additional EXTRAS with Xrefs! What options do we have?

We already know why Xrefs are so useful but let's take a deeper look at what additional Extras they offer. Layers First and one of my favourite "Extras"... February 28, 2017 · 3 min read

Xref - choosing our Path Type

We discussed What is Xref? Why should we use it? And learned First step of How to attach Xref? It is time to continue learning how to use Xrefs... February 24, 2017 · 2 min read

Xref Attach or Overly? What is the difference?

As we continue to tear apart those Xrefs we come across Reference type . As promised in Using Xref first step! How to attach Xref? we will look at two... February 20, 2017 · 2 min read

Using Xref first step! How to attach Xref?

In the previous post about Xrefs we talked about the definition of external references and what are they used for. Here we will learn how to properly... February 16, 2017 · 3 min read

Layer States, EASY Job! What is Layer States and how to use them?

In my opinion Layer States are a bit more complex and are used by people who already had some project done with AutoCAD. So let's dive deeper in our... February 10, 2017 · 2 min read