AutoCAD Productivity

My students probably get really tired of me saying how important layers are when working in AutoCAD®. Well… they are. So incredibly important. Layers are so simple yet so powerful. Layers will save you time. Layers give you the opportunity to have countless versions of drawings all within one file. Layers will make your drawings […]

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Designs, Drafters, Engineers, and other technical professionals using AutoCAD® are always looking for new tips and tricks that can help them become more productive and efficient. I have been writing CAD tips for many years as a way for me to document my findings on how commands work and what is the industry best practice. This 127 page pdf document is a collection of my tips that I have come up with over my career as a CAD Drafter, Civil Designer, and CAD Manager. This book is designed to...

To begin, I hope you and your families are healthy and safe. This post is taken from my article in AUGIWord. If you are not a member of AUGI join today it’s free. In many software programs su…

The use of AutoCAD blocks have a number of advantages over individual entities in a drawing. AutoCAD has two commands to edit drawing blocks without exploding them. The "Refedit" command (Edit Block in Place) has been around for a long time and the "Bedit" (Block Editor) introduced later make editing a block, without exploding, very easy. Both these commands are available from the right click context menu after selecting a block in your drawing. In this article I want to present AutoCAD...

What do I mean by a creating a blank space or a non-breaking space using a field in AutoCAD? Entering data using fields in AutoCAD is an extremely efficient way to connect the data and keep consis…

A lot has changed in the World in the last couple months. I just want to say I hope this post finds you and your loved ones healthy and well. With all the changes occurring from working remote to r…

AutoCAD's Purge command dialogue

AutoCAD Block creation Tips, Tricks and Trouble shooting

As a CAD Manager and Senior Civil Designer I frequently get the request saying “Sam, can you convert this drawing I don’t have AutoCAD 2020?” My answer is simple, “Sure, I can do that”.…

When I was teaching a class at Autodesk University 2016 someone asked me a question and started the question by saying “Sam, we have some very creative users”. I laughed and still think…

After teaching a at Autodesk University 2014 and having my hands on lab class navigate to project folders was something I did not anticipate taking much time. With all those long names and paths we…

Hatch Pattern Custom Tab

Using the Layer Walk command to create quick layer states in AutoCAD