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As our our members know, RAM meetings are typically the last Wednesday of every month. We do occasionally shift the date due to holidays or severe weather – but we do strive to be as consistent as possible. It is always amazing how fast that last Wednesday sneaks up on you! So here’s a little [...]

Object Cycling has been around since R13, but isn’t a widely known ability, perhaps because it’s not a command. Whenever you are at the ‘Select Objects’ prompt and have overlapping objects, simply hold down the Ctrl key as you pick a location. AutoCAD will cycle through the objects at that location, highlighting each one until [...]

When you have two or more paper space viewports that overlap or are contained within another, it can be difficult to impossible to switch with the mouse pointer. Therefore the keyboard command for this can be indispensable.

The keyboard command sequence is Ctrl+R

This tip can be used in other places then offset, but for the purpose of an example the offset command is used. If offsetting around a centerline symmetrically, type at the offset distance prompt; 50/2. Click the centerline and click on a side to offset. The centerline will be offset 25.

Handy tip, but only works [...]

When prompted for pick point, type ‘CAL then MEE, then pick opposite corners of the rectangle. MEE is “midpoint between two endpoints” (CAL automatically grabs the endpoint when you pick corner of rectangle).

Of course if you are using AutoCAD 2006 you can just hit SHIFT+RIGHT CLICK and select Mid Between 2 Points.

Toggle between OSNAPS by pressing the TAB key. Example: At a ‘T’ intersection there is a end point, an intersection and possibly a mid point. Users can toggle between the three types by press the TAB key.

Note: You can only toggle through OSNAPS that are “active”. If you only have the intersection and midpoint OSNAPS [...]

Have you ever looked back on a web-based email, forum post or blog entry and been amazed/embarrassed at how many typos were in there? There is a solution and it’s free. You need to check out ieSpell. It works with both Internet Explorer and FireFox (I actually think it works better in FireFox). It does [...]

During our February meeting, Steve Johns demonstrated the CUI editor. Due to technical difficulties, the videos he planned to show were unavailable. So for those interested, here is the link Shaan Hurley’s original blog post where you can find the videos: http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/2005/05/autocad_2006_tu.html

It includes the following:

Introduction to the AutoCAD 2006 CUI Editor Link
Introduction to the [...]