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AutoCad 2008 Block Editor

Hi all Can someone explain the block editor in 2008 please? In 2005, double clicking a block allowed you to modify a bl...

2 comments posted 18yrs

posted by phil

2 comments posted 18yrs posted by phil

Newbie question - how to see different drawings within one .dwg file

I do not have AutoCAD, but I need to tell a friend in another city how to see the different drawings contained within t...

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posted by misenplace1

2 comments posted 18yrs posted by misenplace1

need help writing a lisp to calculate slope

hi, i'm still pretty new to lisp writing, so this is a little out of my league. i am wondering if i can get any help. w...

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posted by alanjt

2 comments posted 18yrs posted by alanjt

Text in ACAD? Please HELP!

Is it possible and what's the best way of having vectorized text from typing in ACAD. Is it doable in ACAD itself or do...

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posted by f

2 comments posted 18yrs posted by f

The phantom of the solids

Say I wish to show an item in 3D but with some of the solids hidden and others shown as wireframe in phantom lines. I k...

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posted by NOSPAM

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Zoomed out as far as possible? What?

I came across something new to my experience. I was zooming OUT, when suddly I could no longer. It said "already zoomed...

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posted by NOSPAM

5 comments posted 18yrs posted by NOSPAM

Possible to select all elements of a layer?

Hi, I need to select all elements of one layer and i don't know how to do that...Let's say i have bunch of text (label)...

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posted by musa.biralo

2 comments posted 18yrs posted by musa.biralo

Autocad 2008

I would like to learn more about Autocad 2008. cheers, Yam

2 comments posted 19yrs

posted by yam.reshmi

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by yam.reshmi

AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Printing Problems

Hi! I have a client who recently upgraded his laptop to one that runs Windows Vista and who then decided to go the whol...

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posted by mgroarty

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by mgroarty

AutoCAD Units

Hi, This may be a very simple question but... We have a number of drawings from 3rd parties that have different unit se...

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posted by andy.thelwell

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by andy.thelwell

Spiral in 3D

Anyone know how to generate a spiral in 3D in ACAD? I want to model a spring. I figure the first step will be generating...

5 comments posted 19yrs

posted by NOSPAM

5 comments posted 19yrs posted by NOSPAM

terminal server

I know AutoCAD is not supported on terminal server. I see that there are other CAD like programs that work on TS. Has a...

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posted by shawn

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ACAD2008 3D tutorial - where can i find it?

hello everybody i am searching for acad2008 3D tutorial. i know how to draw in 2D (i am making house plans-student) but...

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posted by zaboravio

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by zaboravio

Sheet set plotting with page set-up override

Most of the time when I use Sheet Sets I have the option "publish using page set-up override" so I can select one of a...

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posted by no spam ple

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by no spam ple

Large paper sizes for designJet 650C

Hello everybody, Using Autocad 2006, I have to print large drawings ~3 meters long and ~0.8 meters wide) I cannot do it...

3 comments posted 19yrs

posted by Coat

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by Coat