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What is the text box that appears beside my cursor? [beta]
GE 09.06.2009- There is reference to an image which doesn't seem to have been added? Also I'm still of the belief that the quickest route to the settings is via right click on the button then settings...
My settings have changed
...n; double- clicking the middle button does not ZOOM- EXTENTS. IMAGEFRAME - The frame on the raster image is showing, or not. For a complete list of system variables in AutoCAD, under Express menu &g...
How do I draw in AutoCad? [beta]
...ommand UNITS to set up the required drawing units. Select the unit features required. The following image sets up the units for Civil Engineering and Surveying. Ensure the “Clockwise” box is ticked, o...
Setting up a drawing and using scales [beta]
...to suit a plot scale of 1:500:
Next, double click inside the viewport, and pan the image of model space that is displayed, until that section of model space that is required is displaye...
How do I create a toolbar button? [phi]
...^C<command>. For more complex macros refer to the FAQ What is a
macro?
Images
Small
image – It is highly recommened to create a custom icon for the custom toolbar button. To do this, i...
How do I enter coordinates in AutoCAD?
...3 April 2008 (and light blue...) Tiger added paragraph on 24 April in Red .......AKC 27 April 08....images resized and Tigers extra text added and reworded slighltly. Also text added to each image. **...
How do I make a PDF drawing?
... drawing, not an actual hardcopy paper plot of the
drawing. Since a PDF file is generally a raster image file, it can be
modifed by any clipart application, and because of that a PDF file
should ne...
How do I remove the frame around my image?
...s, depending on the type of file inserted: IMAGEFRAME or OLEFRAME. The frame surrounding a raster image (e.g. JPG, BMP, GIF) is controlled by the variable IMAGEFRAME. To alter this variable, ...
What is the difference between AutoCAD (full) and AutoCAD LT?
AutoCAD LT primarily differs from AutoCAD (full) in that it does not have 3D capability*, Lisp customization, or Express Tools.
As new versions of AutoCAD have been released, and some Express Too...