60 Autocad Tips in 60 Minutes

I’m a bit busy right now for exploring, training and implementation of the new software. The software is not actually for drafting & designing but it is for material takeoff, estimating and bidding. It is the On-Screen Takeoff Software, a software that lets the estimator takeoff a drawing in pdf, tif, jpg, dwg, bmp and other supported files right from their screen.

Anyways, this post is not about that takeoff software but about the quick presentation of Lynn Allen, a Cadalyst columnist and a worldwide Autodesk Technical Evangelist, entitled 60 Autocad Tips in 60 Minutes.

The 21 slides presentation talks about tips and techniques that will increase productivity in Autocad. From user interface tips, Customizing, Layers, dimensioning tidbits that for sure you will love. A recommended reading for Autocad users.

Here is the link, go check it out. Read & Learn.

AutoCAD MEP 2009 Electrical Panel Schedule Table Style

Lately I observed that I’m receiving visitors looking for information on the new Electrical Panel Schedule. So for those who arrive here checking for the update on the MEP Electrical Panel Schedule feature for the new realease of Autocad MEP or just trying to find an article where you can have additional knowlege regarding this electrical schedule then here it is I have an additional information for you.

It appears that this feature cannot be accessed via Autocad MEP Style Manager as I expected. Toby Smith of autodesk confirmed this in the discussion that the panel schedule wass created in Autocad table and since Autocad has no capacity of Style manager like the Autocad Architecture and Autocad MEP the electrical panel schedule will not appear in Style Manager.
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Convert muliple circles to autocad blocks

A friend ask me if there is a quicker way to insert Autocad blocks in replacement to the circles in his drawing instead of inserting the block one by one manually. I answered him, “Yes, there is.”

Instead of inserting the new block one at a time, why don’t we create a lisp and automate the tedious block insertion process. By using the center point of the circles, we can create a lisp routine that will make a block and insert it in the specific center point of the circle auto-magically! This will save you many hours of drafting time compare to doing it the traditional way. If you have 3-4 circles to be replaced by block then that is tolerable but what if you have thousands of circles – that will surely be a tough job.

Here let me share you how to shortcut this long traditional method of inserting block on the centerpoint of each circle.

How to Remove Autodesk Educational Stamp in Drawing

As promised, here are the methods you can use to remove the ”Produced by an Autodesk Educational Product Stamp”that is appearing in your drawing.

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