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AutoCAD doesn't care if it's inches or mm (until you start dimensioning). 1 unit on the screen can be 1" or 1mm

In my previous job, my licence was on a network server in the states, whereas my colleagues were licenced on their stations. I experienced similar problems to yourselves. Very annoying, but at least...

Right click in the tool bar area and go to customise.
From the commands tab click on file, the options you require are shown in the window on the right. Left click, hold and drag to toolbar.

What do you mean by explode the text?

Do you mean parallel instead of horizontal. Katem is right but if you really have to draw the arrows on without using the "dim" commands then set object snap to quadrant (right click osnap tab at...

Got to modify dimstyle and look at text placement.
Sounds like vertical placement is set to "outside" try using "above"

Type mirrtext in the command line and adjust the setting to zero.

I suspect your grid display is too dense.
Right click on the grid button at the bottom and play with the settings.

Click on the "Modify Dim Style" Tool button
Select style to modify
Go to Primary units and set "Unit Format" to decimal, I suspect your using "Architectural"
Go to "Suffix" box and put the " sign...

Select the line
Call up the properties dialogue box
Have a play around with altering the value of the linetype scale factor

Should give you a feel for what's going on and how to change your...

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Why not use the AutoCAD tutorials that are built in to the program.
The more time you spend doing CAD the quicker you will pick it up. Just remember, practise doesn't make perfect, practise makes...

1. In the text editor box, type your fraction. 1/2
2. Press space, this should autostack if on correct setting
3. Right click on the fraction & change settings
4. Click Auto stack, this will give...

I agree, I think that it's down to the standard of education, or lack of it. It's all too easy (and a lot cheaper) to pull in a button presser off the street rather than a qualified engineer. I don't...

It would be better practise to dimension the radius and angle of the arc.

Can't you just draw them using the line command?

Have a look through the forum, There is a LISP routine somewhere that will return all Z coordinates to zero. I know because I've used it myself.
I think that it's something to do with opening...

Forgive my ignorance but what is the purpose of drawing an object using the defpoints layer?

Then you find that there are some variables you need which aren't there!

I would like for all my multiline text boxes to default to "No Wrap". Can I do it? No! Has Help topics/Autodesk helped? No!...

Top banana! cheers it works.......

........what a stupid variable, why would that be neccessary? Is there any time that someone may use this?