If you have any object which needs to be rotated at an unknown angle then there are a couple of ways with which you can do it. The most obvious way is the use of reference option of Rotate command. To explain this tip, I will use this 2D drawing…
If you have any object which needs to be rotated at an unknown angle then there are a couple of ways with which you can do it. The most obvious way is the use of reference option of Rotate command. To explain this tip, I will use this 2D drawing…
In AutoCAD, you can make simple points using the POINT or PO command, these points are also called nodes. To make the point simply type PO press enter and then click at a point on the drawing area or specify the coordinates of the point where you want to make…
There are many ways of making a selection in AutoCAD like a simple window or manual selection by clicking on objects. But there are also many other ways of making a specific type of selections using different tools like Quick Select, Filter and other selection sets. In this article, I…
Using reference option of the Scale and Rotate commands you can modify their shapes or position with respect to some pre-existing points or geometries of the drawing. This article explains the method of using Reference option in the context of Scale and Rotate commands. Scaling with reference Scaling an object…
LOFT is one of the most basic 3D commands which is generally used for making complex and even organic shaped geometries with relative ease. This command works in a little different way and you need to be fully aware of AutoCAD UCS related tools to take maximum advantage of the…
AutoCAD generally supports two type of fonts TrueType with TTF extension and shape font with SHX extension. TrueType is Windows native font type which comes ready-made with your windows installation but shape fonts are AutoCAD specific fonts which are installed along with AutoCAD. In this article, I will explain methods…
In this massive list of AutoCAD commands, I have tried to include some of the most useful commands which every AutoCAD user must know. Some of the commands in this list are very basic commands which are used very frequently and also there are commands which are not often used despite their…
AutoCAD Sheet set manager is just like any normal palette of AutoCAD but it also has very powerful features in it. With the help of Sheet Set, you can organize layouts of your project in meaningful subsets. You can plot multiple sheets or entire project files with just a few…
In AutoCAD, you can easily add custom symbols using the text editor and windows character map. For most of the situations the symbols of character map are enough but if you need any special symbol then you can create one using Private Character Editor tool of windows OS which is…
One of the most powerful features of AutoCAD is dynamic blocks. I mostly use this feature to create dynamic symbols that can be used on drawings, like Section arrows, 2D Pipe ends, North Arrows, etc. A Dynamic block allows you to dynamically change 2D Objects in various ways, like rotate,…
