There is a point where you become familiar enough with a software that you no longer feel like a beginner, but want to make that transition to being an intermediate or even an advanced user. Mike discusses the most fundamental command within AutoCAD. The Line Command.
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What’s the first step towards selecting an Enterprise Resource Planning Solution? Knowing you need an ERP system! Before choosing an ERP system evaluate your business first. Where do you excel? Where are you inefficient? Where do you want to be be in 3, 5, or 10 years? Once you have answered these questions you’ll be better prepared to make your selection.
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Mike wraps up his latest AutoCAD Deep Dive series, explaining that Xrefs & Blocks are close cousins as they behave almost identically. Did you know an xref can be easily converted to a block?
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As we’ve seen in previous posts, Dynamic Blocks open a whole new world of building smart, configurable, and flexible blocks. In a previous life I was involved with a company that reduced their block library from over 10,000 items to just below 500. You might be thinking “Whatever Mike”
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AutoCAD’s Dynamic Input is a Heads-Up Display (HUD) type mechanism that moves your focus from the command line to your cursor. All the action is happening at the cursor anyways, why not be a part of the dance instead of hanging out along the wall waiting for someone to ask you to dance?
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Sketching is not always the most exciting part of creating your models but it is so important to robust models. Here are many tips, tricks, and time-savers that I have collected over the years…. tips that will make you more productive and get you building more robust models.
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