The rollover tips tool in Autocad gives you information about your drawings on the worksheet. You can find out the basic properties of every object that you draw by simply going to that object. The rollover tooltips feature is a great way to get information in autocad right at your fingertips.
Follow the step by step guide and learn how to find the general properties of objects in AutoCAD.
Like any architectural drawing software, AutoCAD also allows you navigate through your design from various angles.
The navigation panel on the right side of the screen allows you to navigate and view AutoCAD drawings from different perspectives so that you can modify your drawing accordingly.
In AutoCAD there are quite a few options and settings that you can alter in your workspace according to your preference.
However, a useful tool here is that you can change the layout that is your workspace in AutoCAD. You can change the shortcut keys, move around the toolbars and change the settings of profiles so that you can navigate easily through the software. You can even save the preferences and changes you make in AutoCAD.
This comes in handy and saves you time as you do not have to alter your settings every time you open a new document in AutoCAD.
While understanding the CAD software it is always useful to know different features of it when working on a design. One such feature is cycle in AutoCAD to cycle between different stacked entities, select and edit one out of the lot.
Probably one of the best features of Autocad is its accuracy. Different tools in this software allow you to make objects by specifying different dimensions and/or distances. You can even convert measure units by choosing a different scale than the default one. To understand more as to how to measure in Autocad look at the tutorial below.
In Autocad the area of an object can be easily calculated or found out. To do this, simple tools and features of this software can be used and applied. To understand more as to how to calculate area in Autocad follow the tutorial given below.
Polylines in Autocad are irregular objects that can be created manually according to your own design preference. The polyline tool allows you to create different linear and curved structures all in one shape which otherwise cannot be formed with any other inbuilt shape. To further understand the workings of this tool follow the tutorial given below.
Autocad2011 consists of a lot of tools serving different purposes. The toolbar menu at the top allows you to work efficiently by presenting you with a range of working tools to choose from and work with.
Follow this tutorial to understand more about the tools in AutoCAD present in your workspace.
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How to edit text in AutoCAD
In this Autocad tutorial you will be explained as to how to edit already existing text in your workspace. Once text has been entered, then like other features of Autocad, it can also be edited. In the steps below you will learn how to edit the default styles and create your own text styles in this software.
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