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Text in a box that will partially cover other text in R14 or 2000

I would like to be able to create text in a box, and when that box is placed over existing text, it will cut off the te...

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posted by gobigjohn111

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Simple Tutorials for my Son?

Howdy Folks, My son has expressed some interest in doing CAD work, and I've been trying to dig up some simple tutorials...

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posted by steve

9 comments posted 20yrs posted by steve

fatal error when opening dwg files

When opening some of my dwg files (not all files, some work noramlly), i get this fatal error message : "Unhandled Acce...

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posted by <nico>

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Dimension Arrowhead Blocks

If you are using "by layer", you add some dimensions to a drawing, then change some of those dimensions to a layer whic...

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posted by walker7729

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inventor

I need to make an extrusion and i have the shape in an DWG file is it possible to import a contour fron acad 2000 to inv...

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posted by taico

2 comments posted 20yrs posted by taico

Esri Shape files causing unhandled exception error

I am using a program called flo-2d to do some flood modeling. The ouput from flo-2d are esri shape files. I am importin...

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posted by whitten.alan

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Say what ??? "MIssing parameter on line 3702" hatch command error

It's been a while since I last used AutoCAD (r 2005) and I was making a quick sketch while critting a drawing and wante...

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posted by Eigensinn

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customize mouse

I'm using a 4 button with a wheel microsoft optical mouse and would like to know how to program it so that one of the b...

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posted by don

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Autodesk Revit

How hard is this to learn for someone who is used to using Autodesk Arch. Desktop 3.3 (Acad 2002). We used the Details...

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posted by forts17

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Anyone else use the _track command?

It's something that's just been kept present in all the new versions of Autocad, I don't know the original version it a...

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posted by forts17

15 comments posted 20yrs posted by forts17

plotstamp

Am I the only one having difficulty finding the "Plotstamp" "on" user field? I'm using 2007. help menu refers to the pl...

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posted by nobledesndraft

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How to use Entity Data for labeling ?

Hi, Included in my drawing are 500 circles as Entitys with Data attached. Each Entity has 7 text felds. I need to label...

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posted by Carlito1

6 comments posted 20yrs posted by Carlito1

How to set "z"

coordinates to "0" globally in a dwg? TIA Klif

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posted by ckbiker

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How to use Block attached attributes for labeling ?

Hi, Included in my drawing are 500 circles as blocks with attributes attached. Each block has 7 text attributes. I need...

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posted by Carlito1

2 comments posted 20yrs posted by Carlito1

Sharing tool palettes in 2006

Hi all....In sharing tool paletts with the rest of the company, I have come across and issue. I created lots of specifi...

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posted by cgv_2000

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