AutoCAD Tricks
AutoCAD is one of the most used engineering programs across the world, and it's likely that you have come in contact with the program sometime in your career. Here are the top 50 AutoCAD tricks and shortcuts from around the web.
CHSPACE
Allows
you to move objects in a drawing from layout to model space by choosing a
viewport to push the text or objects into. This works in both directions.
BURST
BURST
allows you to explode a block/object without losing any of its attributes.
NCOPY
Copies
linework or objects from a nested object into your current drawing. Especially
useful for bringing XREF linework into current drawings.
OOPS
OOPS
does exactly what you think it does, it fixes your mistake (as long as it's a
delete) no matter how far back it was. Instead of using CTRL-Z, OOPS undoes
your last erase command without affecting any work you have done since then.
FILEDIA
Setting
this value to 1 allows dialog boxes to open in AutoCAD, setting it to 0 means
everything is done in the command line.
APPLOAD
Allows
you to set which application to load in conjunction with opening AutoCAD.
Work with Images
Instead
of scaling and rotating images each time, simply insert the image into a blank
drawing and set its position, scale, and rotation. After your image is how you
want it, save the drawing. This lets you insert that image as a drawing,
instead of the image, and all settings are kept the same. Especially useful for
images like company logos, etc.
R / REDRAW
Refreshes
the drawing in the viewport.
DIMBASELINE
Creates
a dimension that starts from a baseline of earlier dimensions that is linear,
angular or coordinate.
ID
Displays
point coordinates throughout your worksheet.
Autoscale Setting
You
can adjust your default scale factor by setting the Auxiliary scale factor to
Plot Scale or Dimscale.
OVERKILL
Deletes
any duplicate or overlapping items. Perfect for the AutoCAD perfectionists out
there.
QDIM
Quick
dimension creation after object selection.
RECOVER
Recovers
a damaged file.
Default NO PLOT Layer
Creates
a layer called DEFPOINTS. Anything on this layer will show up in model and
paper space, but won't plot. Perfect for adding notes.
TORIENT
Orients
text to a specified angle or most readable angle. Also works on Block
Attributes.
RULESURF
Quickly
creates a surface between two predefined curves.
Importing Block Definitions
After
the INSERT command and selecting the file, press the ESC key at your first
prompt. Definitions will be kept in your drawing to reference later.
SPELL
For
all those engineers out there that can't spell, use this to spell check all
your text. (Uses your computer language settings)
XCLIP
Trims
a block's visible area using a boundary line. Use the command first, then set
or draw the boundary.
U
A
quicker "undo" than CTRL Z.
Stop REGEN After PAN
For
drawings not created by you, AutoCAD can sometimes autoregen after you pan
around. To keep this from happening, use the VIEWRES command and type YES to
fast zooms, then set your zoom percent to 200.
MATLIB
Imports
and exports materials to a library.
WIPEOUT
Allows
you to set boundaries on top of lines and objects that "wipes out"
everything behind it. Like a reverse hatch. It's a good idea to put all your
wipeouts on one layer so you can turn them on and off as you wish.
DIMALIGNED
Creates a dimension aligned with an axis or a line.
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