Tips & Tools Weekly (Vol. 12 No. 24)
8 Jul, 2007AEC Quick Poll: What Are Your CAD Standards of Choice? Cadalyst July Print Content Now Live Online Cadalyst' s Exclusive AutoCAD Tutorials for July Now Live Online Cadalyst Daily Update
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This Week's Software Tips Send us your tip, code or shortcut for your favorite CAD software. If we publish your tip, we'll send you a "Cadalyst: CAD the Way You Want It" T-shirt, and each month Cadalyst editors will randomly select one published tip and send a $100 gift card to its author. Please submit only code and other tips that are your original work (or provide the original source so we can include proper credit) and tell us which software version you use. By submitting code, you grant Cadalyst the right to print and distribute your code in print, digitally and by other means. Cadalyst and individual authors retain all rights to the code; published code is not to be used for commercial purposes. We Will Miss You, Don Get the Code! Attention Hot Tip Harry Fans Break Perpendicular Lines NOTES FROM CADALYST TIP PATROL: One patroller likes this routine because it takes the current Dimscale into account. He adds, "A suggestion for further code: Allow the user to modify the length of the center marks or have the length match the DIMCEN system variable." Another patroller points out that this code doesn't work at certain zoom levels. For example, draw two perpendicular lines that are 10,000 units long and you'll see that it doesn't work in this case. Get Distances NOTES FROM CADALYST TIP PATROL: Note that this also works in AutoCAD 2007. And, our patrollers add that it only works when object snaps are toggled On. If you select points without using osnap, it gives you paper space distances. Chspace Reminder NOTES FROM CADALYST TIP PATROL: Our Patrollers remind users that Chspace was an Express Tool until AutoCAD 2007, when it was finally added to AutoCAD. One comments, "This is an oldie but a goodie -- it's a very helpful and powerful command." Follow-Up: Toggle TileMode with F4 MicroStation Tip: Linking to Database Records
Tips & Tools Weekly software tips for AutoCAD are reviewed by Cadalyst staff and the Cadalyst Tip Patrol before publication. Use tips at your own discretion, please, and watch later editions of this newsletter for updates and corrections. Many thanks to our volunteer Cadalyst Tip Patrol members: Brian Benton, Don Boyer, Mitchell Hirschklau, R.K. McSwain, Kevin Sawyer, Ivanhoe Tejeda and Billy Wooten. |
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