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AutoCAD LT® 2009
AutoCAD LT® 2008
AutoCAD LT® 2007
AutoCAD LT® 2006
AutoCAD LT® 2005
AutoCAD LT® 2004
AutoCAD LT® 2002
AutoCAD LT® 2009
Turn On In-Place Text Editor
Rename a Datalink
Customize the Dashboard
Automatically Inherit Annotation Scales
Quickly Isolate Layers
Copy with Base Point
Remove Objects from a Selection Set
Rotate and Copy Object
Change Precision of Individual Dimensions
Force Absolute Coordinate Entry Instead of Relative
Edit Hatches by Double-Clicking
RGB Values of AutoCAD Colors
Remove Objects from a Selection Set
Quickly Navigate Between Layouts
Maximize Screen Real Estate by Turning Off Viewport Scale Control
Lock Table Content or Format
Create Separate Hatches
Split Tables Into Columns
Purge Unused Registered Applications
Filter Drawings in Open Dialog
Quickly Cycle Through Open Drawings
Select Additonal Layers for Isolation
Rename Anonymous Blocks
Redefine Block in Current Drawing Using Design Center
Use Dynamic Blocks to Array Objects
Selecting Overlapping Objects with Selection Preview Off
Write to Excel from AutoCAD Tables
Quickly Duplicate Annotation Objects
Maximize Screen Real Estate by Anchoring Palettes
Quickly Switch Between a Layout and a Floating Viewport
Pan With Scroll Button
Maximize Screen Real Estate by Anchoring Palettes
Use Design Center to Import Drawing Standards
Select Multiple Grips
LISP Routine to Convert Imperial Values to Metric
Zoom Out Slightly Past Extents
Save Table Cell Formatting as Style
Maximize Screen Real Estate by Anchoring Palettes
Select Table Column or Row
Automatically Create Datalink
Zoom Extents With Scroll Wheel
Select and Edit Individual Block Attributes
Break Object at Point
Lock Viewports to Prevent Accidental Changes
Remove Viewport Overrides
Match Properties of Viewports
Use SETBYLAYER to Remove Layer Property Overrides
Store Settings for SETBYLAYER
Align Text to an Object
Macro To Lock/Unlock Viewports
Add Table To Tool Palette
Use Fractional Conversion Factor to Convert Between Metric and Imperial Values
Change Grip Mode With Spacebar
Create Revision Cloud From Object
Pan Orthogonally
Control Animated View Transitions
Switch Between Floating Viewports
Save Files Faster by Turning Off Visual Fidelity
Save Scale List with Template
Automatically Create Datalink
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AutoCAD LT® 2008
Rename a Datalink
Customize the Dashboard
Automatically Inherit Annotation Scales
Quickly Isolate Layers
Copy with Base Point
Rotate and Copy Object
Change Precision of Individual Dimensions
Force Absolute Coordinate Entry Instead of Relative
Edit Hatches by Double-Clicking
RGB Values of AutoCAD Colors
Remove Objects from a Selection Set
Quickly Navigate Between Layouts
Maximize Screen Real Estate by Turning Off Viewport Scale Control
Lock Table Content or Format
Create Separate Hatches
Split Tables Into Columns
Purge Unused Registered Applications
Filter Drawings in Open Dialog
Select Additonal Layers for Isolation
Rename Anonymous Blocks
Redefine Block in Current Drawing Using Design Center
Use Dynamic Blocks to Array Objects
Selecting Overlapping Objects with Selection Preview Off
Write to Excel from AutoCAD Tables
Quickly Duplicate Annotation Objects
Maximize Screen Real Estate by Anchoring Palettes
Pan With Scroll Button
Maximize Screen Real Estate by Anchoring Palettes
Use Design Center to Import Drawing Standards
LISP Routine to Convert Imperial Values to Metric
Zoom Out Slightly Past Extents
Save Table Cell Formatting as Style
Maximize Screen Real Estate by Anchoring Palettes
Select Table Column or Row
Automatically Create Datalink
Break Object at Point
Lock Viewports to Prevent Accidental Changes
Remove Viewport Overrides
Match Properties of Viewports
Use SETBYLAYER to Remove Layer Property Overrides
Store Settings for SETBYLAYER
Align Text to an Object
Macro To Lock/Unlock Viewports
Add Table To Tool Palette
Use Fractional Conversion Factor to Convert Between Metric and Imperial Values
Change Grip Mode With Spacebar
Create Revision Cloud From Object
Pan Orthogonally
Control Animated View Transitions
Save Files Faster by Turning Off Visual Fidelity
Save Scale List with Template
Automatically Create Datalink
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AutoCAD LT® 2007
Locking viewports
Speed up your commands
Using EXTEND
Reduce thick and blocky lines
Screen Revolution
What's the point?
Using PURGE
Setting up a custom ZOOM button
Switching between model space and paper space
Toggling between nested viewports in paper space
Quickly zoom extents
Switch between dimension styles
Using the Plot Stamp
Using MOVE
Using blocks in 3D to enhance performance
Using BOUNDARY
Rotating the UCS when working in 3D
Snapping while working in 3D
Take full advangtage of your screen space
Toggling ORTHOMODE
Restricting rollover highlighting to improve performance
Trimming and extending near text
Using coordinate filters
A tip for using rotate
Don't underestimate Tool Palettes (CTRL+3)
Joining lines to polylines
Demand load x-refs
Copy with a base point
Edit and Trim with one click
Having trouble while selecting objects?
Changing properites of objects
Convert units quickly
Creating groups in 3D
Controling the list order of layers
Effectively use BOUNDARY
Display 3D solid models with a minimum number of wirefream display lines
DWF Underlay Search Path
DWF Underlay
Changing the visual effects of selection and rollover highlighting
External References palette
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AutoCAD LT® 2006
Locking viewports
Speed up your commands
Using EXTEND
Reduce thick and blocky lines
Screen Revolution
What's the point?
Using PURGE
Setting up a custom ZOOM button
Switching between model space and paper space
Toggling between nested viewports in paper space
Quickly zoom extents
Switch between dimension styles
Using the Plot Stamp
Using MOVE
Using blocks in 3D to enhance performance
Using BOUNDARY
Rotating the UCS when working in 3D
Snapping while working in 3D
Take full advangtage of your screen space
Toggling ORTHOMODE
Restricting rollover highlighting to improve performance
Trimming and extending near text
Using coordinate filters
A tip for using rotate
Don't underestimate Tool Palettes (CTRL+3)
Joining lines to polylines
Demand load x-refs
Copy with a base point
Edit and Trim with one click
Having trouble while selecting objects?
Changing properites of objects
Convert units quickly
Creating groups in 3D
Controling the list order of layers
Effectively use BOUNDARY
Display 3D solid models with a minimum number of wirefream display lines
Changing the visual effects of selection and rollover highlighting
Ensuring good results when calculating the area of a hatch
Using BHATCH
Adding pull-down menus
Searching in Help
Creating workspaces for an Enterprise CUI file
Including object properties in table formula
Using trigonometic calculations in table formulas
Create an arc between two existing arcs
Checking your geometry
Improve the internal documentation of your drawing
Use the SHIFT key to extend objects within a trim operation
Aligning hatch patterns
Using Dynamic Input
Organize your tool palettes
Isolating layers using layer groups, layer filters (doing what the LAYISO Express Tool does):
Reduce visual confusion when using hidden line output.
Don't forget about font license agreements
Function keys
Using a wheel mouse to zoom
Using the equal sign in text in a table
Customize your tool palettes
Using the Help system
Fields with floating point values can be formatted in various ways
Using WIPEOUT
Using wildcards in the Find dialog
Controling linetypes for dimensioning
Viewing proceedures in the Help system
Dynamic Block icon
Ensuring drawing integrity and ease of construction
Using sysvars in table formulas
Stretch diagonal line vertically?
Fields with floating point values can be formatted in various ways
Flipping dimension arrows
Share your custom scales
Reporting errors in the Help system
A quick way to enter formulas for multiple rows
Having trouble selecting objects?
Increase processor power while running batch scripts
Using formulas in table cells
Rounding errors in QuickCalc
Converting menu files from prior releases
Finding the area of hatch entities
Hiding the table indicator
Cutting and pasting table cell formulas
Using cell references from other tables in table formulas
Using "pick points" when creating hatch entities
Changing the length of a line of text
Confirming joined geometries
Manage your drawings
Convert and arc into a full circle
Counting objects in a drawing
Aligning new hatch entities to existing hatch entities
Performing calculations
Using ZOOMFACTOR
Using the LENGTHEN command to set the radius of an arc
Using STRETCH
Using COPY WITH A BASE POINT
Using "Snap Between Two Points"
Using "clean screen"
Use Tracking to create precise Dimensions
Turning running Osnaps on and off
Trimming and extending
Switching between model space and paper space
Scaling blocks
Save time when using the TRIM and EXTEND commands
Quickly zoom to your extents
Quickly open the text editor or the attribute editor
Quickly move between multiple viewports
Quickly exit from Mtext creation and editing
Maximize a viewport
Fillet and chamfer a polyline
Extending to projected lines
Draw an arc clockwise as opposed to the default counter-clockwise
Draw a line between circles
Disable Mtext width
Cycle Through Multiple Drawings By Holding Control And Pressing Tab
Background plotting/publishing
A Handy button macro for creating a viewport in a layout
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AutoCAD LT® 2005
Locking viewports
Speed up your commands
Using EXTEND
Reduce thick and blocky lines
Screen Revolution
What's the point?
Using PURGE
Setting up a custom ZOOM button
Switching between model space and paper space
Toggling between nested viewports in paper space
Switch between dimension styles
Using the Plot Stamp
Using MOVE
Using blocks in 3D to enhance performance
Using BOUNDARY
Rotating the UCS when working in 3D
Snapping while working in 3D
Take full advangtage of your screen space
Trimming and extending near text
Using coordinate filters
A tip for using rotate
Don't underestimate Tool Palettes (CTRL+3)
Joining lines to polylines
Demand load x-refs
Having trouble while selecting objects?
Changing properites of objects
Convert units quickly
Creating groups in 3D
Controling the list order of layers
Effectively use BOUNDARY
Display 3D solid models with a minimum number of wirefream display lines
Searching in Help
Create an arc between two existing arcs
Checking your geometry
Improve the internal documentation of your drawing
Use the SHIFT key to extend objects within a trim operation
Isolating layers using layer groups, layer filters (doing what the LAYISO Express Tool does):
Reduce visual confusion when using hidden line output.
Don't forget about font license agreements
Function keys
Using a wheel mouse to zoom
Using the Help system
Using WIPEOUT
Viewing proceedures in the Help system
Ensuring drawing integrity and ease of construction
Reporting errors in the Help system
Having trouble selecting objects?
Changing the length of a line of text
Confirming joined geometries
Manage your drawings
Counting objects in a drawing
Performing calculations
Using ZOOMFACTOR
Using the LENGTHEN command to set the radius of an arc
Using STRETCH
Using fractions in text
Using COPY WITH A BASE POINT
Using "Snap Between Two Points"
Using "clean screen"
Use Tracking to create precise Dimensions
Turning running Osnaps on and off
Trimming and extending
Switching between model space and paper space
Scaling blocks
Save time when using the TRIM and EXTEND commands
Quickly zoom to your extents
Quickly open the text editor or the attribute editor
Quickly move between multiple viewports
Quickly exit from Mtext creation and editing
Maximize a viewport
Interchangeable menus between AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT
Fillet and chamfer a polyline
Extending to projected lines
Editing text in the "Multiline Text Editor" window
Draw an arc clockwise as opposed to the default counter-clockwise
Draw a line between circles
Disable Mtext width
Cycle Through Multiple Drawings By Holding Control And Pressing Tab
Background plotting/publishing
A Handy button macro for creating a viewport in a layout
Enabling associative dimensions
Using the Communication Center
Updating associative dimensions
Associating legacy dimensions
Restore Used Layer States Without Undoing Geometry Edits or Zoom Operations
Text scaling with SCALETEXT
Change Text Justification Without Moving the Text Position with JUSTIFYTEXT
Synchronize scale in modelspace and paperspace
Quickly start a new drawing
Display Order for Overlapping Objects
FILLET and CHAMFER multiple sets of lines
Accepting Previews of a Hatch or Gradient Fill
Panning and Zooming in Windows XP
Polyline Edit
Move Quickly Between Layout Tabs
Customizing the Status Bar
Building Custom Menus and Icons
Specifying a rotation angle when inserting a selection set
Removing Grips
Drag and drop text files
Using DWF Composer
Changing Cell Properties in Tables
Populating Many Table Cells at the Same Time
Dragging Tables
Copying Viewports and Xrefs
Node snapping for Mtext in AutoCAD 2005
Using Zoom in AutoCAD 2005
Using the new M2P to get the Mid Between 2 Points
Setting the Default Reference Type with XREFTYPE Variable
Using DDEDIT in AutoCAD 2005
Using TASKBAR
Using VPMAX
A Quick Way to Populate Table Cell Contents
Saving Your List of Published Sheets for Future Use
Publishing Layouts from Multiple DWG Files
Multi-sheet DWF Publishing
Some UK Road Linetypes for Your ACAD.LIN File
Tool Palettes
Scrolling Selection Windows
Fun with Mtext
Edit Circle Radii with Grips
Digital Signatures
DesignCenter
Command Line
Clean Screen
Positioning Math Symbols in Text Using Stacking
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AutoCAD LT® 2004
Locking viewports
Speed up your commands
Using EXTEND
Reduce thick and blocky lines
Screen Revolution
What's the point?
Using PURGE
Setting up a custom ZOOM button
Switching between model space and paper space
Toggling between nested viewports in paper space
Quickly zoom extents
Switch between dimension styles
Using the Plot Stamp
Using MOVE
Using blocks in 3D to enhance performance
Using BOUNDARY
Rotating the UCS when working in 3D
Snapping while working in 3D
Trimming and extending near text
Using coordinate filters
A tip for using rotate
Don't underestimate Tool Palettes (CTRL+3)
Joining lines to polylines
Demand load x-refs
Having trouble while selecting objects?
Changing properites of objects
Convert units quickly
Creating groups in 3D
Controling the list order of layers
Effectively use BOUNDARY
Display 3D solid models with a minimum number of wirefream display lines
Searching in Help
Create an arc between two existing arcs
Checking your geometry
Improve the internal documentation of your drawing
Use the SHIFT key to extend objects within a trim operation
Reduce visual confusion when using hidden line output.
Don't forget about font license agreements
Function keys
Using a wheel mouse to zoom
Using the Help system
Using WIPEOUT
Viewing proceedures in the Help system
Ensuring drawing integrity and ease of construction
Reporting errors in the Help system
Having trouble selecting objects?
Confirming joined geometries
Manage your drawings
Counting objects in a drawing
Performing calculations
Using ZOOMFACTOR
Using the LENGTHEN command to set the radius of an arc
Using STRETCH
Using fractions in text
Using COPY WITH A BASE POINT
Use Tracking to create precise Dimensions
Turning running Osnaps on and off
Trimming and extending
Switching between model space and paper space
Save time when using the TRIM and EXTEND commands
Quickly zoom to your extents
Quickly open the text editor or the attribute editor
Quickly move between multiple viewports
Quickly exit from Mtext creation and editing
Fillet and chamfer a polyline
Extending to projected lines
Editing text in the "Multiline Text Editor" window
Draw an arc clockwise as opposed to the default counter-clockwise
Draw a line between circles
Disable Mtext width
Cycle Through Multiple Drawings By Holding Control And Pressing Tab
A Handy button macro for creating a viewport in a layout
Enabling associative dimensions
Using the Communication Center
Updating associative dimensions
Associating legacy dimensions
Restore Used Layer States Without Undoing Geometry Edits or Zoom Operations
Text scaling with SCALETEXT
Change Text Justification Without Moving the Text Position with JUSTIFYTEXT
Synchronize scale in modelspace and paperspace
Quickly start a new drawing
Display Order for Overlapping Objects
FILLET and CHAMFER multiple sets of lines
Accepting Previews of a Hatch or Gradient Fill
Panning and Zooming in Windows XP
Polyline Edit
Move Quickly Between Layout Tabs
Customizing the Status Bar
Building Custom Menus and Icons
Specifying a rotation angle when inserting a selection set
Removing Grips
Drag and drop text files
Saving Your List of Published Sheets for Future Use
Publishing Layouts from Multiple DWG Files
Multi-sheet DWF Publishing
Some UK Road Linetypes for Your ACAD.LIN File
Tool Palettes
Scrolling Selection Windows
Fun with Mtext
Edit Circle Radii with Grips
Digital Signatures
DesignCenter
Command Line
Clean Screen
Positioning Math Symbols in Text Using Stacking
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AutoCAD LT® 2002
Side Button Mouse Customization for the OSNAP Menu
Some UK Road Linetypes for Your ACAD.LIN File
Suppressing the Suffix on Angular Dimensions
Renaming Nested Attributes Without Exploding Blocks or Groups
Set the PELLIPSE Option for Ellipse Type
Erasing Multiple Options
Putting Dimension Text Below the Dim Line
Positioning Math Symbols in Text Using Stacking
Move and Reposition Block Attributes
Methods for Creating 3D Objects from 3D Objects
Instant Access to New Command Aliases
Drawing a Foundation Piling Plan
Dividing a Circle into Equal Parts
Dimension Styles in Template Drawings
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