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Michael’s Corner - March 2010

If it's almost Spring, ‘IT’ is almost here

Well it's spring here in the northern hemisphere and it's that time of year when things start growing again in the garden. It's also the time of year when the AutoCAD rumour-mill starts er… milling. Will there be a new version of AutoCAD this year and if so what will it be called and what new features will be included and will Autodesk have given the Layers palette a default place on the home tab of the 3D Modeling ribbon? Having taught AutoCAD 2010 this academic year, I know how much angst that has caused! We'll just have to wait to find out because, as usual, Autodesk are keeping things close to their chest.

Here at CADTutor we have the March edition of Michael's Corner to keep us occupied until any announcement from Autodesk and as usual, there's something for everyone, especially if you're keen to improve your productivity - and who isn't? There are articles on ribbons, toolbars, panels, tabs, title blocks and some information on that eternal phrase "to turn off or to freeze? That is the question."

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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Oops is your friend

Most AutoCAD users know about the undo command, which allows you to step back through the command sequence. This is useful if you make a mistake and need to retrace your steps. But what if you deleted something a while back and in the meantime you did some useful stuff that you don't want to lose in order to recover your deleted stuff. Oops to the rescue!

The oops command recovers the last deleted selection set, without undoing everything in-between. It can also be used to recover objects removed after using block or wblock.

Today's tip is by fahim108

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