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The attached PDF Booklet can be downloaded and printed for quick reference.
Download Quick-Reference-AutoCad-2D and 3D Command List -Booklet-Land-Surveyors-United booklet.pdf
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Did you know that AutoCAD 2014 now has a built-in Geolocation feature, allowing users to create and enhance their designs with Bing Maps geocoding and map data.Ā Bing Maps inside AutoCAD 2014Ā brings in location context and r
Read moreā¦New Tools To Draw Bearing And Distance For Points Or Lines On Your CAD Drawing With Option.
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This isĀ newly made, not yet tested. Please send your comments. Let me know if there is any problem, I will rectify that.
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Read moreā¦This Dummies Guide to AutoCAD 2011 may come in handy one day when you are in a jam. Feel free to read it here online or download it.
If your job has your plotting a lot of deeds on a daily basis, i found this to be useful
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http://www.typeonline.co.uk/number_pad_lesson1.html
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after a few hours on this website i am up to almost 40 words per minute, and i have a missing middle finger,
Read moreā¦type in the command line LAYISO to isolate a clicked layer, when you want to turn them back on type LAYUNISO
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type in the command line LAYFRZ to freeze a clicked layer and LAYTHW to that
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you can also try these useful commands
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laylck, layoff, layulk
Read moreā¦Need to rotate your drawing in paper space but dont want to disturb your model space?
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type dview into the command line choose twist and give it a rotation angle
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VIOLA!
Read moreā¦need to convert text to mtext?
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type in the command line TXT2MTXT
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and BEHOLD! you have Mtext
Read moreā¦type flatten in the command line
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select your schizofrenic polylines and hit enter, when it asks "remove hidden lines" say no (u can delete later if you find some)
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still giving you problems?
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type pe then enter, then m for multiple (if this is the case
Read moreā¦In the command line: Ā enter qselect into the command line to isolate layers by
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color
layer
line type
line type
scale
plot style
line weight
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Read moreā¦type align in the command linepick object you would like to align, pick first base point, then target point, then second base point, then target point hit enter if finished or pick another pointbe sure to watch the command prompts for the scale optio
Read moreā¦draw a 4 sided closed figure using the line command
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type bpoly in the command line
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click in the center of the figure you just created
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VIOLA! if it was closed it is now a polyline
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i use this alot when plotting deeds to check closure, if it isnt close
Read moreā¦The underutilized AutoCAD MULTIPLE command
When you need to repeat a command several times, consider the MULTIPLE command. At the command prompt type MULTIPLE followed by the command. Take the POINT command for example. Without the multiple prefix you
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