a Quick CTRL+A and then CTRL+SHIFT+U slams everything into capitol letters. I don't know how many times I start typing to realize that later on I didn't have my CAPSLOCK key on. I have Ctrl Q mapped to 'Normal' (easy to reach), I use this in lieu of Ortho, not perfect but much faster and more certain than Temporary Tracking. If you're moving a selection in Ortho and you pick a point as a reference it immediately overrides the Ortho. I personally consider the Ortho mode in AutoCAD to be the most inane implementation of this universal CAD function. Note you can also press space up to three times after a Move command to alter it in different ways, most useful is pushing it twice to get Rotate. One of the single best features in AutoCAD! Surprisingly a lot of people don't know about using TRIM and pressing the space bar twice to have AutoCAD stay in Trim mode, hold the Shift down while in this mode to Extend lines. Do not click, simply leave the cursor over the grip, you will see its coordinates displayed on the status bar. You can use the ID command or look at a line's coordinates in the properties palette for example.īut the easiest method is to hover your mouse on a grip that appears after you selected the object. There are several methods to find the X,Y and Z coordinates of a particular point. If CTRL+C does a copy clip, CTRL+SHIFT+C does a copy clip, with a base point. (*Unless you have hands the size of Chewbacca) You can create your own keyboard shortcuts by editing the Acad.pgp file.įor example, I like to change the shortcut for copy 'CP' to 'CC' (Take a look at your keyboard.) This tip can save hours in accumulated time. – CivilGuyKeyboard commands are the fastest way to interact with AutoCAD, but some of the command shortcuts may not be as convenient as they could be*. This way when you are in the layer manager and a particular layer property and create a new layer AutoCAD will let you remain in that layer property without kicking out. When you create a new layers property always add in a wild card layer* to each one. However, neither of this approaches gives you the visibility of your data the Xref palette does. I was surprised to find a lot of AutoCAD users didn't realize this can permanently used the Vault ribbon tab or typed all their commands. You can check your files and its references or attachments In or Out from the Xref browser. The familiar AutoCAD External References palette mimics the Inventor Vault browser once you have logged into Vault within AutoCAD.
The AutoCAD Vault Browser? What? yup, there is one. Somewhat harder prank: change plotstyle to plot all with dotted linetype. Įasy prank: draw a wipeout and hide frames. Here is a conversation I started on this topic, with quite a few nice suggestions from seasoned users. Little more sinister: UNDEFINE a few often used commands like move, copy etc. Go to Bob's machine and set MTJIGSTRING to "Hi Bob!" That got a few good reactions.
Shift + D (or Shift + L for the left-handers.) – Shaan HurleyĪllow you to edit an attribute (including multi-line attributes) in place.Ĭhange someone's MTJIGSTRING to say something weird. Use a temporary override to disable all snapping and object tracking. Need to toggle off OSNAP, POLAR & OTRACK to get the equivalent of the old "None" OSNAP (Object Snap) override from AutoCAD R14 and earlier? Post your tip, trick or AutoCAD prank to the comments or email me and I will post them all to the body of this post.ĪutoCAD Tips, Tricks & Pranks (Updating constantly from emails and comments): You may not get fame or fortune but you will be read and I might find some prizes to send out. Mention your AutoCAD blog, Twitter, user group, website, book, training videos, company or a shout out to your kids and family. Perhaps your favorite trick most AutoCAD users are not aware of is how easy it is to locate the middle of a rectangle or a location fast and accurately by using temporary tracking points and Object Snap Tracking (Otrack F11) and Object Snaps ( OSNAPS F3.)īut I know you have many tricks and tips you tell your fellow users or just have not shared but deep down you really want to, so in the spirit of sharing and making us all better AutoCAD users please share your tips with the fellow daily Between the Lines blog 20,000 readers.
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