Category AutoCAD Tips

AutoCAD Classic Workspace with AutoCAD 2015

Recently I republished a popular post about setting up your AutoCAD with the classic workspace (How Can I Restore the "Classic" AutoCAD Interface with Menus and Toolbars?) but the steps changed with AutoCAD 2015. Autodesk’s Dieter Schlaepfer recently published an…

Making Property Selection Filters in AutoCAD

When you have a large drawing to work it becomes necessary that you act smart in order to remain productive and reduce your drawing edit time there are many tools in AutoCAD which will help you in becoming more productive and efficient one such tool is Quick Select which can be used not only for making selection filters but it can also be used to count number of objects of a particular type in AutoCAD.

8 Ways to Simplify Your AutoCAD Life with Effective Layer Management

Onion Layer Image credit Robert Couse-Baker on Flickr Guest post on AutoCAD by Michael Thomas of Design & Motion. Layers are a very important component of working with AutoCAD. They control the properties and visibility of your objects. Since layers…

15 Top CAD Tips from the Best of the Best

Paul Munford of the CAD Setter Out blog wrote a great blog post combining 15 tips from CAD bloggers. I am sure you are bound to learn a tip or two from this resource. Thank you Paul! 15 Top CAD…

AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Webcast Videos

Recently Volker and Shawn of Autodesk Support have been holding free AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT webinars. They have posted the recordings of their recent webinars for everyone to benefit from. Introduction to DesignCenter (part 1 of 2) Introduction to DesignCenter…

Change AutoCAD Layout Background Color to Black

So you want you AutoCAD Layout to be black just like you model space background for whatever reason or preference you have? Simple to do and here is how to do it. I this video Autodesk Screencast  you can see…