I was asked the other day about how to draw an arc with a specified length. Well, CAD provides many ways to draw an arc using point, center, and angle. Using arc command will not specify the arc length, but we can use fixed-points, radium and so on to draw an arc with approximate length and use LENGTHEN command to modify the arc length.

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There are two methods to select boundaries when using Hatch in CAD: Pick Points and Select Objects. Many people can’t tell the difference and most of them choose Pick Points.

 So when to use Pick Points and when to use Select Objects? I made a simple comparison using a couple of examples, I guess you’ll have some idea after reading this.

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Collaboration is not a new concept for most of us who work in the CAD industry, it became well-known when topics on BIM (Building Information Modeling) began to prevail in recent years and it has become increasingly important especially for large companies with many projects and complicated drawing files. Collaboration usually involves two or more people working together in a project to accomplish a common goal.

For better productivity or efficiency and less time?

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Mline is not a commonly used command, there are two main reasons for this, one reason is that professional CAD software can be easily used and there seems to be no need to learn Mline; another reason is that there are many restrictions when using Mline, for example, we can only draw line segment with Mline command. Anyway, let’s explore more about Mline in CAD.

Mline is abbreviation for Multiple line, we can draw multiple parallel line with this command.

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One question that I have been frequently asked is should I use free CAD or paid CAD instead of which CAD should I use. So I decided to talk about my opinions about this. I’m not gonna make a long list of all the factors that you need to take into consideration when choosing your CAD. Just a few factors that really matters here.

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People don’t think too much about the difference between subscription and perpetual before 2015 when Autodesk announced they’d go subscription-only. Autodesk may not be the first software company to implement the subscription licensing approach, but it’s among one of the most successful ones without much doubt with its unrivaled leading position in the industry.

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AutoCAD’s unrivaled leading position in CAD industry starts to change when it stopped selling permanent licenses. Users pay yearly subscription fee without receiving significant updates, but if they don’t, the software just stops working. In addition to this, there are many other reasons why you should look for AutoCAD alternatives. These reasons have already made many CAD managers rethink the continuation with AutoCAD.

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