I added a section on Xref Overlays versus Attachments to the Best Practices guide.
Archive for December, 2007
Overlays vs. Attachements Best Practices
Posted in autocad, best practices on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Classic Xref
Posted in autocad, old school on December 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Since AutoCAD 2007, the Xref Manager has changed from this:
to this:
Personally, I prefer the old-school version, for two reasons. One, it loads faster, and two, it is easier to change an xref from Attachment to Overlay.
AutoCAD Blog Roundup
Posted in autocad, blog roundup on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
CAD Digest offers a number of new pointers to various tips around the web:
Erhan Toker gives us a tip on how to use Polar Tracking.
Ellen Finkelstein espouses on the benefits of using Layer States.
Burak ÖzdemIr shows us the great TCASE command.
Ward Romberger tells us how to delete duplicates with OVERKILL.
Eren Pala explains how [...]
Best Practices: Object Snaps
Posted in autocad, best practices on December 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I put up a section on Object Snaps in the Best Practices guide.
Best Practices: Callouts
Posted in autocad, best practices on December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I added a small piece about callouts to the Best Practices Guide.
