AutoCAD tutorials for Advanced users

Key Settings For New Dimension Styles

The changes you make in custom dimension styles will depend on the type of drawings that you want to create. some settings may be dictated by accepted drafting standards. other…

Overriding Dimension Styles

Why? You will probably want to create dimensions that deviate only slightly from an existing dimension style. it can be inefficient to define a completely new style for only a…

Learning More About Dimension Style Settings

You can set up sub styles (family styles prior to AutoCAD 2000) so certain dimension types use slight variations of the current style. For example, you might want radial dimensions…

Sub Styles For Specific Dimension Types

You can set up sub styles (family styles prior to AutoCAD 2000) so certain dimension types use slight variations of the current style. For example, you might want radial dimensions…

Overview working effectively with layouts

You will use layouts in this module to prepare for three different plots of a simple architectural plan. Each layout will be organized on separate tabs that you can easily…

Creating New Layouts From Scratch

You can create a new layout from scratch by right-clicking on theModel or a Layout tab and picking New layout from a shortcut. Creating a New layout does NOT make…

Creating & Using Layouts In Templates

You should customize your template drawing files to include the most common page setups as layouts. you can have a different layout for each sheet size you use. then the…

Creating Rectangular Viewports

You can use Vports to create a variety of viewport configurations in paper space or model space. this is particularly useful to set up top, front, right andIsometric viewports for…

Setting & Locking Viewport Scale

The standard approach is to Plot layouts at a scale of 1:1. you have already set up your A Size – Portrait layout to use a Plot scale of 1:1…

Managing Layout Tabs

You can quickly generate many layouts in the same drawing so you must learn how to Delete layouts Copy layouts Move layouts Rename layouts Delete Right-click on the desired layout…

Freezing Layers In Specific Viewports

You can Freeze layers in some viewports while leaving them Thawed at the same time in other viewports. first make the desired viewport the active viewport (the MODELbutton will be…

Using DesignCenter To Import Layouts

You have already seen how you can import a layout from a template drawing file with little effort. you can also use DesignCenter to search for layouts in any (closed or…

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