Tutorials & Tips'n'Tricks

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1. Contribute a tip, become famous 1 2 3 4 17

   By CADTutor, February 11, 2007
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   • Paul Li
   • September 9

2. An Onscreen Video - How to Upload Files freely, on Cadtutor

   By Mr T, March 1, 2005
   • 15 replies
   • 33k views
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   • ReMark
   • December 8, 2012

3. Title Block

   By monk, July 20, 2010
   • 4 replies
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   • HLC
   • September 15, 2025

4. Car engine assembly video

   By rocket, November 29, 2017
   • 1 reply
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   • HLC
   • June 11, 2025

5. Tutorial | How to design a safe deck? (design kit included)

   By Sirine, June 30, 2022   

   • zwcad
   • architecure
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • zwcad
     • architecure
     • house plans
   • 6 replies
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   • ReMark
   • February 4, 2025

7. Creating Machine Drawing Projections

   By Drafting Teacher, January 28, 2025
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   • Drafting Teacher
   • January 28, 2025

8. Is There Any Way To Export All Layers Separately Into Pdf Format?

   By Shahtaj Bhutto, June 6, 2023   

   • autocad
   • lisp
   • (and 7 more)

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     • layers
     • export
     • pdf
     • batch
     • batch export
     • layers to pdf
     • (defun c:exportlayerstopdf (\users\useer\desktop\pdf layers) (setq dwgname emerald hills mp (2007) 25 01 2023) ; (setq dwgpath f:\shahtaj ahmed bhutto\autocad) ; (setq layname ) (while (setq layname (tblnext layer layname)) (and layname (/= layname 0) (/= layname defpoints) (/= (logand (cdr (assoc 70 (tblsearch layer layname))) 1) 1) (progn (setq pdfname (strcat dwgname _ layname .pdf)) (setq pdffullpath (strcat dwgpath pdfname)) (command -plot yes model dwg to pdf.pc3 a0 portrait inches fit center no no no yes no no yes yes pdffullpath) t ) ) ) (princ) )
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   • Joakin1
   • October 18, 2024

9. Font Smoothing in AutoCAD

   By fahim108, May 21, 2010
   • 8 replies
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   • vauxhall21
   • June 8, 2024

10. Convert table from AutoCAD to Excel - BlockTable to Excel

    By lemanhhung0302, April 22, 2023   

    • excel
    • excel to cad
    • 4 replies
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    • SLW210
    • May 31, 2024

11. Convert bunches of text to mtext

    By CyberAngel, March 28, 2023   

    • text; mtext
    • convert
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    • CyberAngel
    • April 10, 2023

12. Viewportmaster (new edition)

    By halam, January 9, 2016
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    • BIGAL
    • December 23, 2022

13. Tips for drawing and outputing an electronic system diagram in ZWCAD

    By Sirine, June 14, 2022   

    • cad
    • design
    • (and 2 more)

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      • cad
      • design
      • cad tips
      • zwcad
    • 5 replies
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    • BIGAL
    • June 17, 2022

14. How to find out scale of plan and profile from a print out.

    By Ish, January 27, 2021
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    • Jonathan Globerson
    • February 26, 2022

15. Fire Protection Training

    By Jim Clayton, March 3, 2021
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    • Jim Clayton
    • March 5, 2021

16. YouTube channel GIS/BIM for DWG

    By halam, May 15, 2020
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    • halam
    • May 15, 2020

17. How to create photorealistic materials in AutoCAD (2011)

    By Oppie, February 11, 2011
    • 6 replies
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    • SLW210
    • April 20, 2020

18. Autodesk 3D Concepts Video

    By RetroCAD, December 7, 2019
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    • RetroCAD
    • December 7, 2019

19. AutoCAD v2.5 video

    By RetroCAD, November 12, 2019
    • 4 replies
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    • Jack_O'neill
    • November 26, 2019

20. AutoCAD 2.62 Video

    By RetroCAD, November 25, 2019
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    • RetroCAD
    • November 25, 2019

21. AutoCAD for Beginners Tutorial

    By TheBuildingMan, January 5, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 5.1k views
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    • Cad64
    • January 7, 2019

22. How to use ARRAY command in AutoCAD 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

    By lemanhhung0302, February 15, 2016   

    • array in autocad
    • how to use
    • 2 replies
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    • ketxu
    • December 19, 2018

23. polyline and fillet lisp

    By KARDOLITO89, April 23, 2018
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    • BIGAL
    • April 23, 2018

24. Adding global width to a circle

    By BOB'27T, July 3, 2008
    • 18 replies
    • 90.3k views
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    • Cad64
    • March 23, 2018

25. Free CAD video tutorials aimed at absolutel beginners

    By Toonfabricator, September 17, 2017
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    • 8.5k views
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    • Toonfabricator
    • September 17, 2017