CAD Mirror Command
The Mirror (MI) command is used to create mirror copies of selected objects and remains one of the least used commands for years.
Basics about CAD layers
CAD users can put different geometric objects on different layers and control the color, linetype, lineweight and other properties by customizing the layer properties. The properties of some CAD objects are set bylayer by default and putting those objects on the specific layers will save you time and there is no need to customize them respectively.
How to create a new layout viewport
Creating a new layout viewport can be done by entering Viewport and then press Enter key or clicking….
How to deal with drawings encrypted with MINSERT block？
How to deal with drawings encrypted with MINSERT block？
Tips for COPY command in CAD
There are lots of commands in the Modify bar, you may think that COPY command is one of the most easy-to-use commands, but this may not be the case for some newbies, so the following tutorials are for the newbies as how to better use the COPY command.
How to add transparency to graphics objects?
In lower version of CAD, when graphics objects cover each other, we’ll need to set sequence for them and make text, dimension and some graphics objects show on top and make other objects show in the bottom. Higher version of CAD provides transparency settings, so we can add transparency to graphics objects when they cover each other and we can see through the intersection part.
Tips for CAD Stretch command
The Stretch command is a simple and special command: on one hand, it’s as simple and easy-to-operate as the Move command, on the other hand, it has different ways from other commands in selecting objects. Why is that? When using other commands, we need to either select the whole object such as the commands of Move, Rotate, Copy, Mirror, Zoom, or click on the part that we want to edit such as the command of Extend, Trim, Lengthen and so on.
How to deal with low switch between layout tabs and why this happens?
To solve the problem of low switch between layout tabs, users need to know what has caused this. There are two main reasons for slow performance between layout tabs: the drawings are very complex and contains many data and graphics; there are too many viewports on the layouts and the viewports have used different settings.
What is Current Layer and Current Style in CAD and how to switch between them?
Layer is an important concept in CAD and to better understand layer and the related concepts such as current layer. The CAD program has not only current layer, but also current color, current linetype, current text style, current dimension style, current table style, etc.
