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AutoCAD tutorial series: for beginners guide

This is a AutoCAD tutorial series for beginners. We are discussing the concept, so it will not be a step-bystep tutorial. However, this might be useful especially if you learn by yourself. 1. Introduction to AutoCAD: the Interface 2. The Basic of Using AutoCAD Drawing Tools 3. Using AutoCAD Navigation Tools 4. Using Template and Setting Your Unit 5. AutoCAD Precise Input: Specifying Point Coordinate 6. AutoCAD Precise Input: Drafting Tools
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9. Controlling UCS for Angled Drawing and Local Coordinates

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AutoCAD Whats New: New key features in AutoCAD

ADVERTISEMENT If you want to catchup with new key features in AutoCAD, find them here. Very useful if you are already familiar with AutoCAD, and want to update your knowledge. 1. Whats new in AutoCAD: the Interface 2. Whats new in AutoCAD: drawing and drafting tools 3. Whats new in AutoCAD: Annotations 4. Whats new in AutoCAD: Block and References 5. Whats new in AutoCAD 2013: Interface 6. Whats new in AutoCAD 2013: Object modification 7. Whats new in AutoCAD 2013: Working with files 8. Whats new in AutoCAD 2013: Autodesk 360 integration 9. Whats new in AutoCAD 2013: Create section and detail views 10. Whats new in AutoCAD 2013: New features roundup 11. Whats new in AutoCAD: a veteran guide 12. Whats New in AutoCAD 2014: The Interface (1) FEATURED 13. Whats new in AutoCAD 2014: System Enhancements 14. Whats new in AutoCAD 2014: Drawing and annotation enhancements
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1. Dynamic Block Tutorial #1: Creating Wall 2. Dynamic Block Tutorial #2: Creating Column 3. Dynamic Block Tutorial #3: Door 4. Dynamic Block Tutorial #4: Adding More Actions 5. Creating Your Own AutoCAD Palette 6. Preparing Your AutoCAD Template 7. Maintaining Your CAD Standard 8. Summary: The Magic of Defining Your Own Workflow 9. Creating Schedule from Your AutoCAD Drawing 10. Introduction to Annotation Scale 11. Controlling Annotation Scale Further 12. Dynamic Block Tutorial #5: Controlling Visibility 13. Understanding Geometric Constraint 14. Understanding Dimensional Constraint 15. Using Parametric Features in Dynamic Block 16. Introduction to AutoCAD: the Interface
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Sharing files and designs with Autodesk 360

More AutoCAD tutorials. Here you will learn how to use some key features in AutoCAD.

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17. The Basic of Using AutoCAD Drawing Tools 18. Using AutoCAD Navigation Tools 19. Using Template and Setting Your Unit 20. AutoCAD Precise Input: Specifying Point Coordinate 21. AutoCAD Precise Input: Drafting Tools 22. Exercise: Coordinate Input and Drafting Tools 23. Modifying AutoCAD Drawing Objects 24. Controlling UCS for Angled Drawing and Local Coordinates 25. Using named plot style table: less style to manage 26. How to: export custom rendering materials 27. Do you know how to use snap parallel? 28. Book review: AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 2012 Bible 29. linking Excel external data to AutoCAD data extraction 30. AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Sheet Set video 31. Exploring AutoCAD CUI: introduction (1) 32. Exploring AutoCAD CUI: Creating a command in tab (part 2) 33. Exploring AutoCAD CUI: working with ribbon (part 3) 34. Exploring AutoCAD CUI: Working with toolbar and menu (part 4) 35. How to Automate AutoCAD with command Macros 36. Exploring AutoCAD CUI: 5 more things you can do with CUI (part 5) 37. AutoCAD customization: 5 articles to learn about CUI 38. How to: add custom pattern to AutoCAD 39. Autodesk learning materials, get them for free! 40. Autodesk Official Training Guides: recommended books for learning 41. Training video: having personal instructor anytime, anywhere 42. 3 ways to move AutoCAD objects to other layer 43. 4 ways to modify block definition 44. AutoCAD dynamic block tutorial series 45. More AutoCAD specific skills training video 46. How to extract block attributes in AutoCAD LT

AutoCAD troubleshoot: From using AutoCAD to Installation

Have problem with AutoCAD? I logged some issues that I found here. See if these troubleshooting can help you. 1. When AutoCAD is not Accurate 2. File Dialog Box is Missing 3. Why I cant Use Formula in xls Created by Data Extraction? 4. Defpoints Layer
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5. What Caused Fatal Error Messages in AutoCAD? 6. When Its Freeze, Its Not Always AutoCAD Fault! 7. AutoCAD Performs Incorrect Calculation 8. Troubleshoot: Block Attributes Wont stretched 9. AutoCAD Plotting Problem 10. AutoCAD Installation Troubleshoot 11. AutoCAD Accuracy Issue: How Do You Deal With It? 12. AutoCAD dimensions are Missing in Other Viewport: How to Fix It? 13. I cant select objects then press del in AutoCAD! 14. How to install express tools after AutoCAD is installed 15. Some viewports turn off when reach certain numbers of viewports 16. Up and Ready: Boldly install, configure, & deploy Autodesk software 17. Working with shared contents: eliminating slow network performance 18. Is your computer free from AutoCAD/Medre.A Malware? 19. How to: disable graphic card hardware acceleration 20. Why reinstalling wont fix your AutoCAD problem 21. Troubleshoot: AutoCAD hangs on start 22. Unable to Install AutoCAD because its already installed 23. How to add AutoCAD DWG to PDF plotter 24. How to install AutoCAD 2014 without Autodesk 360 25. My dimensions show incorrect value in viewport layout! 26. Layer states are not saved in an AutoCAD session 27. How to set default program to open DWG file 28. How to uninstall updates or service packs 29. AutoCAD properties palette doesnt show objects properties

AutoCAD Tips: Some productivity tips from CAD Notes

Learn to use AutoCAD is easy. But become productive in using AutoCAD is another thing. See some tips here to increase your productivity. 1. Creating Your Own AutoCAD Line Type 2. Quickly create palettes from block libraries 3. 6 SHIFT Key Combination You Might Not Know 4. AutoCAD Startup Dialog Box 5. AutoCAD Match Properties Settings 6. AutoCAD Layer Walk 7. 4 Reasons to Love AutoCAD Dynamic Input 8. Pack Your Files With eTransmit 9. Optimize Your Palette Placement
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10. 10 Features to Boost Your AutoCAD Productivity 11. Create a Report Table with Data Extraction 12. Enable Object Snap to Hatch 13. AutoCAD Solid History 14. Creating Angular Dimension Larger than 180 deg 15. Use BURST for block with attributes instead of Explode! 16. How to: Cycle AutoCAD commands 17. 10+ Ways to Use AutoCAD Object Selection 18. How to: Set a previous file version as default 19. Why I cant Use Formula in xls Created by Data Extraction? 20. A Simple Guide: 12 steps to Master AutoCAD 21. Using DWF and PDF as Underlay 22. How to: Get Hi Res Image from AutoCAD? 23. Creating Sketch From Your AutoCAD Drawing 24. Set All Your Objects Properties Back to ByLayer 25. Layer 0, ByLayer and ByBlock 26. How to: Modify Objects With Non-Uniform Scale 27. Creating New Command in AutoCAD 28. Adding Command to Your Right Click 29. Block vs XREF 30. Where Can I See AutoCAD Command Alias List? 31. 5 Steps Preparing Your AutoCAD Plot 32. Ribbon Shortcut Key on Autodesk Products 33. How to: See Your Complete AutoCAD System Variable List 34. Using Info Center to Notify RSS Update 35. Isometric Drawing in AutoCAD 36. AutoCAD Isometric Text and Dimension 37. Isometric Dimension Arrow 38. Cool way to Open Your Drawing: Drag n Drop! 39. Creating Different Drawing Representation 40. SubObject Selection Filter 41. AutoCAD 2010 Sticky Ribbon Panels 42. DWG TrueView: Open and Save to Any Version of DWG 43. 10 AutoCAD Layer Tools (You Might) Forgotten 44. How to: Reference Objects to File/URL in AutoCAD 45. AutoCAD Quick Select 46. 10 AutoCAD Ribbon Tips You Should Know 47. How to: Label Coordinate in AutoCAD 48. Maximize Your Screen and Speed Up with Ribbon Shortcut 49. Using AutoCAD Filter 50. AutoCAD Contextual Ribbon Tab 51. Using Lookup Table in Dynamic Block
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52. Reporting Multiple Coordinates in A Block using Attribute Extraction 53. Dynamic Block Action vs Dynamic Block Parameters 54. Selecting Object Like in Windows Explorer 55. Shaan Hurleys Best of AutoCAD 2007 to AutoCAD 2010 56. Autodesk Project Butterfly 57. Troubleshoot: Block Attributes Wont stretched 58. Can I Render Wireframe Image from AutoCAD? 59. 25 Readers Most Favorite AutoCAD Tips 60. Community Command for AutoCAD 61. AutoCAD Tips Updates 62. How to: Set Local Help File as Default in 2011 Version 63. How to: Draw an Arc with a Specific Arc Length? 64. Using XREF: Attachment vs Overlay 65. Controlling Linetype Scale is as Easy as 1,2,3! 66. Enforcing Dimension Styles Across Your Drawings 67. The Best, the Rest, the Rare: 100 AutoCAD Tips You Should Know 68. Saved Views: Quickly switch between view configuration 69. Backup and Restore AutoCAD System Variables 70. How do You Secure Your Design Files? 71. Using Multiple Hyperlinks with Block Attributes 72. How to: Keep Attributes at Dynamic Block Center 73. How to: Select All Horizontal or Vertical Lines in a Drawing 74. 4 Viewport Tips: Configurations, Irregular, Clip, and Scale 75. Need Batch Plot Your AutoCAD Drawings to Several Plotters at Once? 76. How to: Hide some parts of blocks 77. Quick and Dirty Tip: Resolving AutoCAD XREF Path 78. Preventing AutoCAD Ribbon Panels to Collapse 79. Using AutoCAD Action Recorder to View Specific Area Quickly 80. Simplify AutoCAD Layer Manager List with Layer Filter 81. How to Convert AutoCAD Drawing Units from One to Another? 82. Hide Unnecessary AutoCAD Dimension Input Fields 83. Using AutoLISP Program to label point coordinate 84. Labeling Coordinate with Easting and Northing in AutoCAD 85. Showing Common AutoCAD Information in Title Block 86. How Can We Protect AutoCAD Tool Palettes? 87. Masking with AutoCAD Hatch 88. Annotative Block Cant be Dragged Because of Alignment Parameter 89. AutoCAD Forgotten Tool: Pan by Points 90. Disabling F1 Key 91. Find mid point between two points in AutoCAD 92. How to: remove hatch contextual tab ribbon 93. Control blipmode in AutoCAD 2012
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94. AutoCAD tip: remove alternate unit bracket in dimension 95. How to: add action recorder macro to tool palettes 96. How to use the AutoCAD status line to provide real time reporting 97. Insert block without being asked to input value 98. Do you know that you can plot using TrueView? 99. Enable block attribute dialog during insertion 100. Autodesk Seek: get real world BIM models for free! 101. Disable shift+mid button as transparent orbit 102. AutoCAD tip: Turning off multifunctional grips 103. How to: embed image to AutoCAD drawing 104. AutoCAD tip: Text Alignment Technique 105. AutoCAD tip: exaggerating drawing scale 106. AutoCAD 2012: Legacy Snap to Grid 107. AutoCAD tip: Working with different measurement unit 108. Brians Tip: Why should we use template? 109. How to: Publish AutoCAD layouts to multiple pdf file with single sheet 110. AutoCAD tips: quickly switching between drawings 111. How to load AutoLISP program 112. Plugins to switch between AutoCAD drawings quickly 113. How to find and replace text in AutoCAD 114. AutoCAD tip: renumber text automatically 115. When Rotating objects, use NEWS 116. Using AutoCAD UNDO: Its more than just one step back 117. Working with shared contents: eliminating slow network performance 118. AutoCAD Block Cant be Inserted Using Non-uniform Scale 119. Command line only express tools: Have you used them? 120. Eleven Killer Tool palette Macros for working with AutoCAD Viewports 121. The killer tool palette macros, download it here! 122. Set default system variables in acaddoc.lsp 123. 3 Construction or Reference Objects We Rarely Use 124. How to: trim and copy objects within a boundary 125. AutoCAD tip: rotate multiple texts at once to readable orientation 126. What will went wrong if I use imperial template for my metric drawing? 127. Learn how to write command scripts for AutoCAD and automate your plotting 128. How to Automate AutoCAD with command Macros 129. Load AutoCAD with defined profile and template 130. Another AutoCAD accuracy issue problem 131. Using multiple layer states in multiple layouts 132. AutoCAD 2013: how to choose which customization to sync 133. How to show AutoCAD hidden messages back? 134. How to add AutoCAD layer information in PDF file? 135. Keep AutoCAD block layer after exploding
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136. How to: Explode block to other layer 137. Having problem viewing layer manager palette? 138. So you want to apply different rendering materials to different faces? 139. How to: render sunlight in Autodesk cloud rendering 140. How to: convert dynamic block to regular block 141. Why reinstalling wont fix your AutoCAD problem 142. Do you need to see detailed DWG properties in Windows Explorer? 143. CadTempo: Automatic time tracking tools for CAD users 144. Adding AIA standard layers with LISP 145. Search command in AutoCAD application menu 146. How to: add more fonts for AutoCAD 147. How to: Change referenced file layer properties in master file 148. 5 benefits of using AutoCAD saved views 149. Disable ghost/dimmed annotation during annotation scaling selection 150. How to: fix my AutoCAD drawing to correct drawing unit 151. How to Speed up AutoCAD: optimize your computer (part 1) 152. How to speed Up AutoCAD: configuring AutoCAD (part 2) 153. How to: create DWF/PDF automatically when you save AutoCAD drawing 154. How to: Transfer AutoCAD settings to different computer 155. AutoCAD how to: search objects within drawings 156. How to pass Autodesk Professional certification 157. AutoCAD Tip: Your template doesnt have to be complicated 158. Why my AutoCAD objects are shown as boxes? 159. How to save AutoCAD DWT template to lower version 160. Convert AutoCAD units using -DWGUNITS 161. Can you Purge, Audit, and Overkill with one click? 162. How to: Edit block attributes in Microsoft Excel 163. Do I have options to control OFFSET result? 164. How to edit palette properties using text editor 165. Open AutoCAD drawings as read only using right click from Explorer 166. How to: change plotter when publishing with AutoCAD 167. How to create PDF from AutoCAD drawings 168. Working faster with AutoCAD hatch 169. How to add more locations in file dialog box 170. AutoCAD Select Similar mode 171. How to: Create polygon in isometric drawing 172. These are what you can do to make your AutoCAD files smaller 173. Automatic AutoCAD dimension spacing using double click action 174. AutoCAD macros allows you to do these easily

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