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AutoCAD Tips & Tricks for Civil Engineers

Lynn Allen Cadalyst columnist & Autodesk Technical Evangelist. AutoCAD Tips & Tricks for Civil Engineers. The New Sheet Set Manager (SSM) organizes for You!. Simplified: Drawing organization right click plotting Transmittal sets Archiving Standards compliance

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AutoCAD Tips & Tricks for Civil Engineers

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  1. Lynn Allen Cadalyst columnist & Autodesk Technical Evangelist AutoCAD Tips & Tricks for Civil Engineers

  2. The New Sheet Set Manager (SSM) organizes for You! • Simplified: • Drawing organization • right click plotting • Transmittal sets • Archiving • Standards compliance • Everyone stays in sync with the project • New DST file format

  3. Keys, Keys, Keys • Clean Screen (Control+0) • Double click on the toolbar handles to float • Control+R to cycle through all of your viewports • Control+A to select all the objects in your drawing • Control to cycle through objects • Tab to cycle through object snaps • Navigate through layouts with Control+PageUp and Control+PageDown • Hold down right mouse button to clear grips • Shift for more than one hot grip • Shift to remember distances and angles in gripmode • Arrow up and down through commands • Control+Tab to cycle through open drawings

  4. Everyday Timesavers • New OSNAP (keyboard modifier) – Midpoint between two points (M2P/MTP) • Zoom to Object(s) • Maximize Viewport • Revcloud – new Calligraphy Option • Delete Named Layer Filters • Right Click Customization • Trim/Extend Shortcut (enter to select cutting edges/boundaries) • ‘CAL – Geometric Calculator

  5. Secret System Variables • SYSVDLG – friendly dialog box for your system variables • MAXSORT – maximum number of named objects AutoCAD will sort • MTJIGSTRING – MTEXT sample string • MBUTTONPAN – Third button accesses OSNAP menu • OSNAPHATCH – controls OSNAPS with hatch patterns • PEDITACCEPT – turns off extra prompt in PEDIT • PLINEGEN – Tells Linetypes to traverse across vertices • TASKBAR – Open drawings appear on the taskbar • UCSFOLLOW – tells the UCS icon to change to the plan view whenever the UCS is modified • XREFTYPE – set attachment or overlay as default

  6. Bhatch Tips • With Bhatch, you can: • Assign draworder to hatch objects • Hatch an area with a boundary gap • Trim a hatch to a new boundary

  7. Supports a background mask New Symbols Click outside of dialog box to exit command quickly MTJIGSTRING System Variable TEXTTOFRONT command MTEXT Tips

  8. Awesome Express Tools • Reset Dim Text Value • SuperHatch • Layer Walk • Burst • Make Linetype • Edittime • Flatten • Overkill (Deletes Duplicate Objects) • Layer Delete and Layer Merge • Change Space/Align Space

  9. Embed Drawings into PPT!

  10. Powerpoint Steps: • Insert Object • Right Click on Control Icon • DWF Viewer Control =>Properties • Select the DWF

  11. Startup switches Target - "C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2005\acad.exe“ /b run a specific script file /t template file /p profile /v view name /nologo starts AutoCAD without logo screen /layout displays a specific layout in a specified drawing file /nossm turns off the Sheet Set Manager /set displays a specific sheet set For more info: look up “Customize Startup” in help file or visit www.cadalyst.com

  12. Easter Egg Shift+Ctrl+pick

  13. AutoCAD 2005 lynn.allen@autodesk.com www.autodesk.com/lynnallen

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