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How to View AutoCAD files on iPhone (iOS9)

This tutorial will show you how to view AutoCAD files on iPhone.

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How to Make Selections Based on Criteria in AutoCAD

While learning the basic know-how and understanding what is AutoCAD it might also be helpful to learn, based on a criterion, how to make selections in AutoCAD. This is helpful when you are working in a design and you wish to select in AutoCAD and maybe edit all objects containing a specific property. To know more about as to how to do this, follow the tutorial below.


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How to Work with Dimensions in AutoCAD

Different tutorials on AutoCAD explain the various functions and features of this software. AutoCAD is fairly easy to use once you understand its basic functions. Once your drawing is complete, you can add dimensions to it to state the measurements of the objects on the design. To learn how to show dimensions in AutoCAD, look at the tutorial given below.


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How to Work with Multileader in AutoCAD

Multileaders in AutoCAD drawing can be added so as to enter text whether they are letters or numbers. This feature comes in handy when you are working on a design and you wish to add notes at certain portions inside it.


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How to Use the Fillet and Chamfer Tools in AutoCAD

If you are new to this software then you can first get to know it better by using the free AutoCAD trial version. This software allows you to create accurately measured designs.
While working in AutoCAD it is useful to know that the edges of objects can be altered after you have already made them. They can either be curved using the “Fillet” tool in AutoCAD or chopped off using the “Chamfer” tool in AutoCAD.
To understand more about these tools look at the tutorial below.


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How to Mirror Objects in AutoCAD

The AutoCAD software allows you to create drawings that are accurate and measured. It enables you to create professional designs along with providing you with a set of tools that make your drafting and other designing on this software fairly easy.
This specific tutorial talks of how to create Mirror image in AutoCAD using the “Mirror” tool. To understand this better, follow the steps given below.


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How to Enter Text in AutoCAD

Text in AutoCAD software can be added along with other shapes and objects. Text however, is mostly used to label different portions of your drawing. For architectural drawings in AutoCAD the text tool can be used to define and label different rooms and areas of a building in the different plans and elevations.


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How to Use the Calculator in AutoCAD

An AutoCAD tool that can come in handy while measuring different distances, angles and other dimensions is the calculator. This tool in itself carries with it different sub-options that can be used for several purposes. In this tutorial, the basic functions of the calculator in AutoCAD are explained. To understand them better, follow the steps given below.


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How to Use the Clipboard in AutoCAD

AutoCAD also provides basic functions like Cut, Copy and Paste, which are required in any and every software. These options are present in the “Clipboard” in AutoCAD under the “Home” tab. However, pasting objects in this software is a little more advanced than others. There are various ways in which you can use the copy paste option in AutoCAD. To learn more about this follow the tutorial given below.


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How to Edit a Polylines in AutoCAD

A polyline can be altered after you have already made it. While editing a polyline in AutoCAD, the software provides you with a variety of options. From there on you can alter your already created object as per your design requirements. This way you do not have to remake or edit the polyline if you wish to make just a minor adjustment to it.


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