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Page 1: AutoCAD Tips & Tricks for Civil Engineers Lynn Allen Cadalyst columnist & Autodesk Technical Evangelist

AutoCAD Tips & Tricks for Civil Engineers

Lynn Allen

Cadalyst columnist & Autodesk Technical Evangelist

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Autodesk Civil 3D 2005

The New Sheet Set Manager (SSM) organizes for You!

Simplified:• Drawing organization• right click plotting• Transmittal sets• Archiving

Standards compliance Everyone stays in sync with the project New DST file format

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Keys, Keys, Keys

Clean Screen (Control+0)

Double click on the toolbar handles to float

Control+R to cycle through all of your viewports

Control+A to select all the objects in your drawing

Control to cycle through objects

Tab to cycle through object snaps

Navigate through layouts with Control+PageUp and Control+PageDown

Hold down right mouse button to clear grips

Shift for more than one hot grip

Shift to remember distances and angles in gripmode

Arrow up and down through commands

Control+Tab to cycle through open drawings

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Everyday Timesavers

New OSNAP (keyboard modifier) – Midpoint between two points (M2P/MTP)

Zoom to Object(s)

Maximize Viewport

Revcloud – new Calligraphy Option

Delete Named Layer Filters

Right Click Customization

Trim/Extend Shortcut (enter to select cutting edges/boundaries)

‘CAL – Geometric Calculator

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Secret System Variables

SYSVDLG – friendly dialog box for your system variables

MAXSORT – maximum number of named objects AutoCAD will sort

MTJIGSTRING – MTEXT sample string MBUTTONPAN – Third button accesses OSNAP

menu OSNAPHATCH – controls OSNAPS with hatch

patterns PEDITACCEPT – turns off extra prompt in PEDIT PLINEGEN – Tells Linetypes to traverse across

vertices TASKBAR – Open drawings appear on the taskbar UCSFOLLOW – tells the UCS icon to change to the

plan view whenever the UCS is modified XREFTYPE – set attachment or overlay as default

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Bhatch Tips

With Bhatch, you can:• Assign draworder to hatch objects• Hatch an area with a boundary gap • Trim a hatch to a new boundary

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MTEXT Tips

Supports a background mask

New Symbols

Click outside of dialog box to exit command quickly

MTJIGSTRING System Variable

TEXTTOFRONT command

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Awesome Express Tools

• Reset Dim Text Value

• SuperHatch

• Layer Walk

• Burst

• Make Linetype

• Edittime

• Flatten

• Overkill (Deletes Duplicate Objects)

• Layer Delete and Layer Merge

• Change Space/Align Space

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Embed Drawings into PPT!

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Powerpoint Steps:

Insert Object

Right Click on Control Icon

• DWF Viewer Control =>Properties

Select the DWF

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Startup switches

Target - "C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2005\acad.exe“

/b run a specific script file/t template file/p profile/v view name/nologo starts AutoCAD without logo screen/layout displays a specific layout in a

specified drawing file/nossm turns off the Sheet Set Manager/set displays a specific sheet set

For more info: look up “Customize Startup” in help file or visit www.cadalyst.com

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Easter Egg

Shift+Ctrl+pick

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AutoCAD 2005

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