Lynn Alan is coming to South West Florida!! The local user group, South West Florida AutoCAD Professionals will be sponsoring Lynn so that she can speak to us about the new and exciting additions to AutoCAD. If you can make it please come and learn. Get a jump start on everyone else in the area.
http://www.swfap.org/
http://lynn.blogs.com/lynn_allens_blog/
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
AutoDesk 2009 Releases - Coming Soon!
AutoDesk has begun announcing their 2009 line up. I will begin blogging about some of the new and or enhanced features coming our way in AutoCAD 2009 and in Impression 2. Come back soon to start seeing the future!!!
Monday, February 11, 2008
Quick RE-Hatching Tip
The hatching abilities of AutoCAD have come a long way sense I started with Release 10. Here is a quick tip for "redoing" hatches in release 2008.
I came across an unassociated hatch who's boundary had changed. There was a gap between the line and were the hatching ended. In the "old days" I would delete the hatch and create a new one. Not any more. I opened the Hatch Editor, selected the hatch pattern, then clicked the "REMOVE BOUNDARIES" button.
The screen highlights the boundaries of the selected hatch and instructs you to select the desired boundaries. Click the boundaries you want to remove. You can keep selecting as long as you want to.
Then, right click to ADD BOUNDARIES. The default setting is to "SELECT AREA" to hatch, but there are other choices too: select objects or remove boundaries. Either pick inside the area to rehatch, or select the object you want to hatch to. When done, right click or hit enter, then OK.
You have rehatched your hatch. In some cases it might be easier to delete the hatch then recreate it, but using this method allows you to keep the layer and pattern settings for the hatch.
I came across an unassociated hatch who's boundary had changed. There was a gap between the line and were the hatching ended. In the "old days" I would delete the hatch and create a new one. Not any more. I opened the Hatch Editor, selected the hatch pattern, then clicked the "REMOVE BOUNDARIES" button.
The screen highlights the boundaries of the selected hatch and instructs you to select the desired boundaries. Click the boundaries you want to remove. You can keep selecting as long as you want to.
Then, right click to ADD BOUNDARIES. The default setting is to "SELECT AREA" to hatch, but there are other choices too: select objects or remove boundaries. Either pick inside the area to rehatch, or select the object you want to hatch to. When done, right click or hit enter, then OK.
You have rehatched your hatch. In some cases it might be easier to delete the hatch then recreate it, but using this method allows you to keep the layer and pattern settings for the hatch.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
AutoDesk University 2008 - announced
AU 2008
Autodesk has announced the dates for Autodesk University 2008.
16th Annual Autodesk University
December 2–5, 2008
The Venetian Resort Hotel
Las Vegas, U.S.A.
Click on the link above for more information.
Autodesk has announced the dates for Autodesk University 2008.
16th Annual Autodesk University
December 2–5, 2008
The Venetian Resort Hotel
Las Vegas, U.S.A.
Click on the link above for more information.
Overlapping Selections
Have you ever had the need to select an object in AutoCAD that was "underneath" another object? There is a way to toggle overlapping objects.
Start your command, then start picking objects. When you come to the overlapping objects, place your cursor over the object, press and hold the "SHIFT" key while pressing the space bar. While holding the SHIFT key down, press and release the space bar to "toggle" through the overlapping objects until the one you want is highlighted. Presto!! You can pick the proper object.
Start your command, then start picking objects. When you come to the overlapping objects, place your cursor over the object, press and hold the "SHIFT" key while pressing the space bar. While holding the SHIFT key down, press and release the space bar to "toggle" through the overlapping objects until the one you want is highlighted. Presto!! You can pick the proper object.
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