Forum: AutoCAD 2D Drafting, Object Properties & Interface

I draw alot of piping in 2D, then i go ahead and draw an isometric view of this 2d piping. Is there a way i can draw this piping once and make a view rotation of some sort to automatically convert...

Ok I got lots of help last time I posted a question, so I will try one more time with one more problem :) I have made some custom buttons in a new toolbar, know I want to transfer that toolbar to a...

:) Is There Any Way For Delete Unloaded Xref And Unrefranced Xref Automatically.

is it possible to select a number of objects and get the info for them. Such as a number of polylines forming areas and getting the total area or the very least a list of the individual areas. ...

Sorry to just dip in here for advice when I've not been around for a while, a bit leechy admittedly. Just trying to set up a new drawing block for my new company. What I want to do is to have a...

Hi all, is it possible to change the wheelspeed of the mouse so you can zoom faster? Rightnow I have to scroll like a fool to zoom into my drawing. And I've the impression this was different...

Hi All I have a problem that drives me mad and have no clue how to fix it. Basically when i set up the layout to an A1 size and want to insert a drawing frame, the frame (as a block) is much bigger...

Hi, I have created a macro command for my "dimaligned" so that every time i click on macro button and create a dimaligned it turns onto the good layers and i wanted to know if it is possible to...

Why do I get this when I try to use the bedit command? It also happens if I right-click a block and choose "Block Editor". Thank you/tutt

how can i convert any circle, rectangles or any shape to wipeout frame.

Hi all, To help set perspective, I have a viewport at 1:500m and another at 1:200mm. Using annotative scaling I can use the same bit of Mtext or dimension and have it show up in both viewports,...

Hi All, I'm new here and to AutoCAD. I'm having issues with a continuous arc segment that I created and then mirrored as part of a flourish on a headboard I'm designing. When I go to plot the...

I'm running AutoCad 2002 with an Nvidia Quadro FX 570 graphics card. I'm having issues with moving and scaling. When I attempt to move or scale certain geometry, parts of the graphics seem to update...

Hello: I created 2 pdf's in Illustrator. The both are of the letter C. They both use Arial font regular. One is size 12pt and the other is size 60pt. After saving these files, I reopen them...

I found a particular hatch pattern on a drawing that i wish to use. Although i can change the extents of the hatch, my autocad does not recognise the pattern. How can i inherit the properties and...

Civil 3d 2011. How do I change the precision of my annotation settings?? It's set to hundredth of a second for angles/bearings and thousandths of a foot for distance.

Hi, I'm wondering if there is a way, when i have exported my lighting calculation from dialux to an autocad drawing, to replace the light fitting blocks in the drawing with my own blocks....

Hi all Can anyone tell me why I am not able to set my HPS before I select Pick Points? The default is set to 1.000 and when I try input a different value it immediately resets to 1.000 again. ...

Hey folks, Has anyone tried (or have) AutoCAD (or MechCAD) 2011? I'm trying to make multiple copies of an object in model space on MechCAD 2011 and I can't seem to get it to work. I can only...