Tip of the Week Archive 2003

12/29/03 - How to create complex viewport shapes. 12/22/03 - Adjusting the Pickstyle system variable. 12/15/03 - Cautions when using a  UCS. 12/08/03 - Turning 3D views into lines or polylines on a single plane. 12/01/03 - A Trim and extend trick. 11/24/03 - Opening drawings from the Design Center window. 11/17/03 - Organizing the Places area of any file open dialogue box. 11/10/03 - How to remove excess History shortcuts. 11/03/03 - How to use the Rememberfolders variable. 10/27/03 - More right click tips for the command line. 10/20/03 - Right click shortcut menu in the command line. 10/13/03 - How to accurately place hatch origins. 10/06/03 - Listing all of the accelerator keys mapped to your installation of AutoCAD. 09/29/03 - Editing objects by simply double clicking on them. 09/22/03 - Specialized Hewlett Packard Printer Drivers on AutoCAD installation CD. 09/15/03 - Problems with the Today window and how to repair it. 09/08/03 - How to use the hidden SSX filter in AutoCAD. 09/01/03 - PostalCAD text to file routine. 08/25/03 - PostalCAD shortcuts for setting unit type. 08/18/03 - Command line shortcuts to open Library Manager in AS504 directories. 08/11/03 - Hidden PostalCAD Layer codes in the Make PostalCAD Layer routine. 08/04/03 - Hidden PostalCAD helpers in Library Manager. 07/28/03 - Hidden PostalCAD Osnap settings. 07/21/03 - Using the PostalCAD Fillet shortcut. 07/14/03 - Hidden PostalCAD line command with Endpoint Osnap. 07/07/03 - Using the command line as a conversion calculator. 06/30/03 - Setting the default internet location in AutoCAD. 06/23/03 - Using the 3 point UCS creation tool. 06/16/03 - Creating a useful template file. 06/09/03 - Trimming and Extending dimensions. 06/02/03 - File naming and block insertion tricks for multiple versions of the same file. 05/26/03 - Establishing set distances for editing easily. 05/19/03 - Read the command line to reveal hidden options. 05/12/03 - Golden rules of using AutoCAD. 05/05/03 - Multiple tips for the Layer Manager dialogue box. 04/28/03 - Setting the actions associated to the middle button of your mouse. 04/21/03 - Making MTEXT visible when moving to a new location. 04/14/03 - Curing the jaggies using the VIEWRES variable. 04/07/03 - A listing of all transparent AutoCAD commands. 03/31/03 - Hidden system variable dialogue box. 03/24/03 - Several tips for using the Pan command. 03/17/03 - Creating multiple leaders from an existing MTEXT leader. 03/10/03 - Hidden MTEXT options. 03/03/03 - Repositioning hidden toolbars. 02/24/03 - Adjusting Paperspace Linetype Scaling. 02/17/03 - Inserting Excel spreadsheets into a drawing file. 02/10/03 - De-Selecting Objects. 02/03/03 - Faster Zooms with PostalCAD. 01/27/03 - How to change Metric dimensions into Imperial dimensions. 01/20/03 - How to continue DTEXT from the last string of text entered. 01/13/03 - Saving Express tool setups and printing a drawing in JPEG format.

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