AutoCAD

As I use autoCAD professionally, I run into little annoyances from time to time. If they bug me enough, or I am happy with something new, I post things over here:

AutoCAD 2013 for Mac Documentation

AutoCAD 2013 for Mac documentation: AutoCAD 2013 for Mac users guide AutoCAD 2013 for Mac command re

Rotating autoCAD paperspace viewport

Sometimes, when you are working with real world coordinates for instance, it makes sense to rotate y

Moving objects to 0,0,0 in AutoCAD

When drafting in modelspace, especially when you have a whole batch of drawings to be made, it makes

AutoCAD WS – Design Feed

Autodesk recently updated it’s AutoCAD WS app to include the new feature ‘Design Feed

AutoCAD drawing scales: Imperial and Metric

Pretty much all of the work I do in AutoCAD (which I use every day) is done using the metric system.

AutoCAD command aliases / cheat sheet

Below a useful document containing often used keyboard shortcuts/command aliases. Most of the comman

AutoCAD support on Mac OSX 10.8 (Mountain Lion) [Update]

This past week Apple released OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion). The news that AutoCAD for Mac 2012 and 2013

Interesting AutoCAD posts

Below some interesting autoCAD related articles I came across. FUN with BASE.DCL “A big part o

Manipulating the UCS icon in AutoCAD 2012

A little while ago, I wrote a post about the UCS and WCS systems in AutoCAD. CADLearning.com on thei

Tips & Tricks for AutoCAD 2012

Handy little booklet about AutoCAD 2012. Just click the picture to be directed to source.  

UCS and WCS in AutoCAD

Understanding the World and User Coordinate systems in AutoCAD The World Coordinate System is based

Flatten CAD drawings in AutoCAD for Mac

At work I have come across many drawings that were supposed to be 2D drawings, but turned out to be

Merry Christmas!

Have the next week of! Merry Christmas everyone!

AutoCAD: Multi-line dimension text

It is really easy to add multiple text lines above or under your dimension line in AutoCAD. You jus

AutoCAD 2012 for Mac Documentation

The official AutoCAD 2012 for Mac documentation can be downloaded directly from here: - AutoCAD 2012

AutoCAD for Mac 2012: My review after first use

Okay, so I had been meaning to review AutoCAD for Mac 2012 much earlier, but as I just started a new

Associative arrays in AutoCAD 2012 for windows and Mac

Associative arrays are really handy and can save a ton of time. Below a few clips explaining how it

AutoCAD for Mac 2012 released

So, AutoCAD for Mac 2012 has been released. Will test drive it here shortly, when I have some time.

Plotscale dashed lines paperspace (AutoCAD)

At my previous job (just started at a new engineering firm) I used model space to create my plot lay

Creating and managing Plot Styles on Mac

Here I was, happily using AutoCAD for mac, and I seem to come across problem after problem. This one

 

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