Lazy Drafter

I’m lazy so I like less keystrokes. For example when I am running the PEDIT command on an object that isn’t a polyline, I don’t want to be prompted with this every time: Do you want to turn it into one? <Y> ...

I love that you can link an Excel spreadsheet to an AutoCAD table. This is a very powerful tool, but I quickly discovered a problem: you can’t use .shx fonts an Excel spreadsheet. ...

Civil 3D has some great tools for creating 3D models of ponds and swales. This document will show you how to use many of the tools provided in Civil 3D to create ponds/swales in 8 basic steps. Download Tutorial (PDF - 3.66 MB)

For all you lazy drafters out there, CompliCAD offers, “a few tools to help make CAD & BIM a little less complicated.” These tools are some useful unit-conversion & scale factor tools. Check them out… Share

At the request of Murph, I will show you how to create a block that will display the bearing in degrees, minutes, and seconds (DMS) using an AutoCAD Field. It’s actually very simple. Let’s get started. Type BEDIT to create a block: Give your block a name and hit OK. Ty...

Recently I was asked to create a grid that labels the Northings & Eastings on a map. There are a couple of ways you could do this: 1) If you have Civil 3D, create a point style that labels the Northing & Easting. 2) If you have AutoCAD create a block that displays the Northing & Easting with fields...

You may have noticed that when you attempt to delete a layer that is being used by entities in your drawing you will be denied. There is, however, an easy way to delete layers that are being used by entities. The command is LAYDEL...

This just in: “It is time to cast your votes for your favorite Autodesk product improvement wishes for the February 2009 cycle. ...

I just found out from @MisterAU on Twitter that Autodesk has a channel on YouTube. Looking over a few of the videos it looks like a lot of marketing promos and videos showing overviews of various Autodesk software...