AutoCAD 2006 Hatch enhancements
* Specify Hatch Origin* Hatch Boundaries enhanced* Create Separate hatch objects* Hatch Areas* Streamlined Hatch and Gradient dialog* Renamed it from Boundary Hatch and Fill* Expandable to reveal more options
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AutoCAD 2006 Sheet Set Enhancements
Enhancements include:* Refresh sheet status* Display status icons for locked, missing, etc.* Rename associated dwg to match sheet name* Import sheets from multiple drawings* Open multiple selected sheets simultaneously* Open sheets as read-only* Import transmittal setup from one sheet set…
AutoCAD 2006 Offset Command Enhancement
In AutoCAD 2006 you can now Offset to a current layer. In the Offset command prompt there is a new option to set the offset to be on the current layer rather than the same layer as the entity being…
AUGI AutoCAD Product Community
Autodesk User Group International AUGI has announced a new AutoCAD Product Community with tips and tricks, gallery, and links. AUGI has free training courses, tips and tricks, fellow product users to network with and learn from, great publications and so…
AutoCAD 2006 Tip: How to get the old Mtext fixed editor back
AutoCAD 2006 has a 100% WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Multiline Text "Mtext" editing. Just in case you need the older AutoCAD 2002 Mtext editor in AutoCAD 2006 for some specific reason, you can use the following:…
AutoCAD 2006 Tip: None Osnap
Q: Need to toggle off OSNAP, POLAR & OTRACK to get the equivalent of the old "None" osnap override from R14 and earlier? A: In AutoCAD 2006, we’ve added a temporary override to disable all snapping and object tracking. Shift…
AutoCAD 2006 Tip: Changes to coordinate entry in Dynamic Input
Q: In AutoCAD 2006 I used the Move command to relocate an object from the current location to the coordinate of 0,0 for the second point. It keeps coming back as @0,0 to the command line and the object is…
AutoCAD 2006 Tip: Dynamic Block
Q: What happens to the dynamic blocks if you have to save your work back to a previous version? A: If you save back to a prior release you will get the last current set view of the block in…
Video Contest Winner Beau Turner
I held a fun contest for the best AutoCAD or Autodesk Viz video tutorials in January. Beau Turner has won hands down with his 4 submitted videos on Autodesk Viz 2005. Betsy Weber of Techsmith offered some prizes in this…
What does Lynn Allen say about AutoCAD 2006?
AutoCAD 2006 is beginning to be discussed by Lynn Allen in her blog. Now for another AutoCAD 2006 sneak peek. In Lynn’s blog she mentions how to find the area of a Hatch object. It was never really easy…