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