Tip of the Week Archive 2010

12/27/10 - Closing multiple drawings with one command. 12/20/10 - Using the drawing coordinates box for distances. 12/13/10 - Easy method to minimize the Ribbon for extra drawing window space. 12/06/10 - Renaming your long shortcuts in the Favorites area of the Select File dialogue box. 11/29/10 - Adding your shortcuts to the Favorites are of the Select File dialogue box. 11/22/10 - Making the Quick Properties more useful by changing the settings. 11/15/10 - Selecting all the common blocks in a drawing with the Select Common tool. 11/08/10 - Changing block names with the RENAME tool. 11/01/10 - Adding toolbars from the Menu Browser. 10/25/10 - How to check your spelling when in the DTEXT editor box. 10/18/10 - Setting text height with mouse picks instead of numerical entry. 10/11/10 - Useful everyday tools in right-click pop-up menu's. 10/04/10 - How to toggle the command line on and off. 09/27/10 - Why grips may not show up in the drawing window. 09/20/10 - Hidden tools in the Layer Properties Manager palette. 09/13/10 - Stretching grips using relative cartesian coordinates. 09/06/10 - Adding an underline to DTEXT. 08/30/10 - Opening AutoCAD toolbars. 08/23/10 - Accessing the classic layer dialogue box. 08/16/10 - Keeping the Quick Properties palette expanded all the time. 08/09/10 - The crossing polygon option for selection of objects. 08/02/10 - New minimized layer filters pop-up button. 07/26/10 - New roll-over popup for objects in the drawing window. 07/19/10 - Adjusting the fade percentage for locked layers. 07/12/10 - How to filter out a block definition for flashing on the screen. 07/05/10 - Using the BURST command to explode attributes to text. 06/28/10 - Menu Browser keyboard shortcuts. 06/21/10 - How to show the Quick Properties palette expansion listings. 06/14/10 - A really quick way to make a new layout using another as a template. 06/07/10 - Setting a template file for the QNEW command. 05/31/10 - Quick Object Snap settings by right-clicking on the OSNAP button. 05/24/10 - Grip snapping features. 05/17/10 - Quick shortcuts for setting a single running object snap. 05/10/10 - Aligning objects in two different viewports. 05/03/10 - Panning in Ortho mode. 04/26/10 - Finding viewport scales. 04/19/10 - Quick and easy ways to move or copy. 04/12/10 - Anchoring the Layers palette to the original position. 04/05/10 - What to do when the Layers palette disappears. 03/29/10 - Switching between Model space and Paper Space mode in viewports. 03/22/10 - Saving and setting running object snap settings quickly. 03/15/10 - Changing the Monochrome property in DWF underlay's for better visual clarity. 03/08/10 - Adding the Layer toolbar to work with layers in addition to the Layer Properties palette. 03/01/10 - Finding keyboard shortcuts in tool tip pop-ups. 02/27/10 - Adjusting the locked layer settings in the PostalCAD 2009 ribbon. 02/15/10 - Adjusting the locked layer settings in the Layer Settings dialogue box. 02/08/10 - Setting the fade percentage for locked layers using the command line. 02/01/10 - Layout tab previews in PostalCAD 2009. 01/25/10 - Opening AutoCAD toolbars. 01/18/10 - Working with Dynamic Input. 01/11/10 - Setting line weights for printing. 01/04/10 - What to do when the Drawing Recovery Manager appears.

Return to the Main Tip's & Tricks Archive