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Michael’s Corner - July 2010

July Celebrations!

Have you ever noticed that CADTutor is much quieter during July and August? Well, it is and the statistics bear this out. That's because the students have finished their studies for the summer and many of our professional visitors are on holiday. So, there's time for a little reflection before the whole thing starts up again in September. Oh, and by-the-way, if you're interested in visitor statistics at this site, take a look at the statistics page - you may be surprised just how many people you share this experience with.

Of course, we don't stop just because things are a little quieter than usual, so this month's Corner from the august Michael Beall provides you with a good opportunity to pick up a few additional tips'n'tricks while your co-workers are away.

Michael's July Corner has an "independent" theme and demonstrates how to add some fireworks to the Explode command button. Other articles cover aspects of dynamic blocks, the Copy command and the Measuregeom command (Never heard of it? You are probably using it without even knowing…).

Video Tutorials - 14th August 2009

We've added a new Video Tutorials section to CADTutor! Some of our users have asked for video tutorials in addition to the text-based tutorials already on the site. Check them out and let us know what you think. Also, for those of you who prefer to watch your online video at YouTube, why not visit the CADTutor YouTube channel?

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Tip of the Day

Tab through commands

This tip works begining with AutoCAD 2006:

At the command line, type the first letter of the command you wish to start. Do not press (ENTER); instead, press the TAB key repeatedly and watch as AutoCAD runs through an alphabetical list of all commands, beginning with the letter you first typed. When the right command appears in the command line, press to start it.

This isn't a very efficient way to invoke a command but it's a great way of finding commands you never knew existed; try it yourself and you will discover that AutoCAD has a lot of commands…

Also, you can press SHIFT+TAB to walk back through the list.

Today's tip is by fuccaro

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