Tips & Tools Weekly (Vol. 13, No. 22)
15 Jun, 2008This Week's Software Tips $100 Drawing Winner Get the Code! Architectural Desktop Weld Leader NOTES FROM CADALYST TIP PATROL: Good job, MJH! Even when using Architectural Desktop 2006 with a slightly different setup, we achieved the results that you stated. Using a leader line instead of a polyline allows more flexibility with placement and sizing of the weld symbols. Autodesk should include this in its next release of Architectural Desktop as well as other releases of AutoCAD and its verticals. Disappearing Express Tools Menu Custom Hatch Pattern for Associative Rail Pickets Note: These follow-up tips have not been tested by the Cadalyst Tip Patrol. Follow-Up: Move Objects Using Grips Follow-Up: Windows Temp Directory Clean-up Here is Edward's method for dealing with these: "I have always created a Temp Directory on each of my hard drives. I keep AutoCAD on my D: drive and tell it in the Options / Files to put temp files there. I change the Windows environment to default to C:\Temp so I don't have to search all over my hard drive for the temp directories used by Windows, and I change the default directory for Internet Explorer to be directly off the C:\ root directory. This way I can see how much junk is being collected and destroy it at will. I also open the Internet Properties dialog box and delete all the temp files immediately after I leave the Internet." MicroStation Tip: MultiSnap and Setting Priority Today's MicroStation tip courtesy of The Envision Group.
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