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Edit DTEXT changes VP color
Is it a bug, or am I missing something? If you have a VP color asigned to a layer and you edit single line text on that layer by going into modelspace thru the viewport, the text reverts back to its...
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Layer filter: "This but NOT that"?
I have in the past needed to create filters that had both a positive AND a negative in the parameters. One of my most common examples: Layers in a specific XRef with names that do not contain specific...
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"Insert Field" from the name on the paper space tab
I know I can create text and use "Insert Field" to have the filename automatically update in the title block. Is there a way to do the same thing with layout names when there are multiple layouts in...
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Partial Arc Lengths are impossible sometimes
This bug happens all the time when I try to do partial arc length dimensions. I will click the arc, hit "P" for partial, and then my two points. When it shows the measurement, I hover it over to a good...
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Lisp Routine Needed for Alerting you to overlapping Dimension LInes?
Hi Everyone, I hope I can discribe this well enough... sometimes someone dimensions a floor plan and starts one direction and then "goes back " the other way over the top of the dimension they just...
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Deleting a Header from the Insert Sheet Lists Table
I have successfully created a table style named Index that uses only a Title and Data and leaves off any Header.However, when I try to use this table as a style for createing the Insert Sheet Lists...
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Plot styles for different scales?
I've been using Autocad for over 20 years. Any office I've ever worked in never used custom plot styles.Can custom plot styles control lineweights of objects at different scales? For example, I have...
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image attach lisp
i am working on a lisp to attach an image with (command "-image" "attach" path "0,0" "1" "0") where 'path' is the prefix and image name set from a dialog box. how can i get the program to error if the...
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Rendering / Materials
I haven't ever really used AutoCad's rendering capabilities. I've played with it in the past but my work load usually prevents me from really getting into it. I know how to attach materials but after...
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autocad 2013 overly huge file size
Hi, I am a student who started using autocad about a year ago.Last month, I was drafting a simple 2d floor plans for my school assignment but the cad file size became huge and started to crash. After...
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Get current layer state
Can anyone point me in the right direction as to how to obtain the current layer state? Thanks!
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Open Web Joists
I'm using AutoCad Mechanical 2013 and would like to know if there's an add-on for Content Manager for Open Web Joists (OWJ). I have all of the other Structural Shapes, but on occasion I need to use an...
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VB.NET SelectionFilter Twice
I would like to select all layers with a filter then check if the insertion point is the same on anyother layer without a filter. So i do 2 promptselectionResults. The first does great but the second...
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Attribute alignment never updates
In Autocad I'm programmatically settign the alignment of an attribute to MiddleCenter. Looking at the attribute I can see that the alignment is set properly. However, the alignment does visually...
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Weld Symbol generator
Doe s anyone know a a weld symbol generator that will allow stacked fractions for the size?
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Changing the Anchor Point of Dynamic Blocks
I have a interesting problem with Dynamic blocks that have been created in AutoCAD 2007. The issue that I have is with the anchor point that is set by AutoCAD when creating the block, and whether or...
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Select multiple objects
I have a lot of polylines that are all over a drawing from an outside source. Unfortunately the only unique properties about them are:AREA = .14 sq inPERIMETER = 1-11/32"Everything is on the same...
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Problem with Dimension Style
Having a problem with dimensions in paperspace with Autocad LT 2013 for mac. I've used Autocad LT for windows for several years, and prefer to do dimensions and annotations in paperspace. When I use...
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zoom
Using 2014AutoCAD. Sometimes when zooming in using the mouse wheel by 1 click it the view will go from being zoomed out to zooming past the object in my drawing. this is happening in different drawings.
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