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Month: March 2020

Ways to insert blocks from other drawings to the current drawing
March 30, 2020April 10, 2020

Ways to insert blocks from other drawings to the current drawing

CAD provides many ways to insert blocks, one way is to use I (INSERT). Actually, we don’t have to open another drawing in order to insert the blocks from it.

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How to display the exact coordinates of a point
March 27, 2020April 10, 2020

How to display the exact coordinates of a point

With ID command, we can display the coordinates of the specified UCS position.

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How to switch between absolute coordinates and relative coordinates input in GstarCAD
March 25, 2020April 10, 2020

How to switch between absolute coordinates and relative coordinates input in GstarCAD

Sometimes we need to input absolute coordinates while sometimes we need relative coordinates. How can we conveniently switch between them?

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How to create a solid 3D box with BOX Command
March 23, 2020April 10, 2020

How to create a solid 3D box with BOX Command

The BOX command is used to create solid 3D boxes, that is to say, cubes. By using BOX Command, we can directly create boxes very conveniently.

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How to use Region command
March 20, 2020April 10, 2020

How to use Region command

The REGION command is used to convert closed objects such as polylines, polygons, circles, ellipses, closed splines, and donuts into two dimensional regions. After we create a region, we can then modify it using various three dimensional tools.

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How to use extrude command to create 3D objects
March 18, 2020October 9, 2020

How to use extrude command to create 3D objects

The EXTRUDE command is used to create 3D solid or surface by extruding the dimension of selected object. For example, a circle can become a cylinder, a line can become a 3D plane, and a rectangle can become a box.

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FAQs about object selection in CAD
March 16, 2020April 10, 2020

FAQs about object selection in CAD

The system variable that controls the cumulative selection is PICKADD, the initial value for PICKADD is 2, which means the PICKADD is on; when the value is 0 or 1, the PICKADD is off, which means the previously selected objects are removed from the selection set.

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GstarCAD tutorial for beginners: ways to select objects
March 13, 2020April 10, 2020

GstarCAD tutorial for beginners: ways to select objects

Imagine that we have selected some objects and are ready to edit them but cancel the selection by mistake. Can we get the selection back? Just execute the CHANGE command, and when we are prompted to select object, type P and then press Enter, we will get the canceled selection back.

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How to set up color preference in GstarCAD
March 11, 2020April 10, 2020

How to set up color preference in GstarCAD

The background color of different versions of CAD system doesn’t remain unchanged over the years. However, the settings of different colors may be confusing for some beginners, so let’s explore the settings of color in your CAD system together.

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How to use GstarCAD Express Tool: Drawing Lock
March 9, 2020April 10, 2020

How to use GstarCAD Express Tool: Drawing Lock

Drawing Lock is a useful tool that makes your drawing safer by turning a drawing into a whole block. People can’t explode it or modify the objects of the original drawing, thus we can prevent others from modifying the drawing.

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