| | Expert Q&A- Autodesk Mechanical Desktop Q&A: Users, Start Your Drawings
"When faced with a blank screen in Mechanical Desktop, where do I start?" - AutoCAD Q&A: The STRETCHing Truth and When Reinstalls Go Bad
Learn how to use the STRETCH command, and how to configure the Explode option of the UCS icon. - AutoCAD Q&A: Snap to Extension and Layer States
Learn how to use Snap to Extension, and how to change the layer state from the command line. - AutoCAD Q&A: Raster Image Import
"How can I screen a TIFF image in plots so that new work drawn will show up more clearly?" - AutoCAD Q&A: Put a Plot Stamp On a Drawing
"Where are the plot stamps in AutoCAD® 2000i? In AutoCAD Release 14, they were located in HPCONFIG." - AutoCAD Q&A: Inside the Hatch Command
"When hatching, AutoCAD attaches the boundary to the hatch pattern. I have to explode the hatching in order to do anything to the boundary, but then of course the hatching becomes individual segments. Only one of our workstations has this problem. Is there a setting that makes this happen?" - AutoCAD Q&A: How to Import Dimstyles and Viewing Unviewable Viewports
Learn how to import dimstyles, and to restore vanishing viewports. - AutoCAD Q&A: How Do I Remove a Fillet from a 3D Solid?
AutoCAD® software has some great 3D capabilities, which is why I've always been a proponent of AutoCAD 3D. - AutoCAD Q&A: How Do I Reference Specific Layers In Other Drawings?
If you work with very large AutoCAD® files, you start to look for ways to help speed things along. - AutoCAD Q&A: How Do I Create a Custom Arrowhead?
The basic method for creating custom arrowheads in AutoCAD® software—drawing the arrowhead and converting it into a block—hasn't really changed much over the years, but the commands for creating them have. - AutoCAD Q&A: How Do I Convert a 3D Model into a 2D Drawing?
Many AutoCAD® users who produce 3D models eventually convert views of their 3D models into 2D line drawings. - AutoCAD Q&A: Adding Raster Images to a Rendering
When you add a raster image to a rendering does it disappear? - AutoCAD Q&A: 3D Orbit Views and Simple Shading
"How do I determine where I want the center of the 3D Orbit when working in AutoCAD 2000i?" - AutoCAD Q&A: How Do I Make an Object in the Current Drawing Appear in the XREF Drawing?
They might sometimes feel cumbersome to work with, but xrefs are an excellent tool for organizing your drawings, and they can help maintain design consistancy when several people are working on the same layout. George Omura helps you make sense of xrefs in this AutoCAD® Q&A.
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