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2020 was an unprecedented year for all of us. For the new CAD Manager Wishlist: The 2020 Hindsight Edition at the first digital Autodesk University 2020, Christie McAllister from Autodesk, Jisell...

In the Have You Tried for this month, we cover coordinate entry specifically using Dynamic Input.  Coordinates are one of the fundamental pieces of information required by most commands in AutoCAD...

To say our way of working over the past year has changed is quite an understatement. Many of us began and are still working from home, which presents its own set of challenges. With it, some...

The importance of working where and how you want is paramount. You now have more choice in the way you work with the AutoCAD web app available in the same 14 languages as AutoCAD: English, Czech,...

This week I’m excited to share another time saving and helpful tip with all of you. Today, we’re going to look at the XClip command within AutoCAD. The XClip command allows us to clip/crop an...

Have you ever wanted to create a new drawing and have all your text styles, dimension styles, layers, units, and other drawing settings already setup and ready to go? Templates in AutoCAD can help...

Seven specialized toolsets included with your AutoCAD subscription offer a world of time savings and new ways to automate your work. Recent studies show an average productivity gain of up to 63%*...

We are excited to share that within Autodesk, we are improving the AutoCAD and AEC workflows. Available now, in the Autodesk App Store, the Autodesk Docs Extension for AutoCAD plugin allows you to...

I have often been asked if it is possible to make changes to large quantities of blocks at one time or to export their attributes in some way out of AutoCAD. The answer lies within the Export and...

Maybe you have a co-worker that created a custom ribbon panel with all their favorite commands and thought to yourself, “Wow, that’s handy.” Here’s how you can have one, too! Our latest Have You...

Autodesk University 2020 is just around the corner, running November 17-20. As the first global, digital AU, there are so many opportunities to take part in both live and on-demand AutoCAD classes...

In the first two parts of our series, we’ve looked at the skills you’ll need to be get started using AutoLISP as a beginner and what will elevate you to a higher, intermediate level. In this post,...

In today’s article I have another time saving and underutilized feature within AutoCAD that I’m excited to share with you. AutoCAD actually has quite a few features—just like word processing...

In part one of our series, we talked about some of the basics you should know when beginning with AutoLISP and what kinds of things you can automate with that knowledge. Today’s post assumes...

For this month’s Have You Tried, we’re going to take you step-by-step in order to create a stretchable dynamic block.  To start with, we’ll go over: Creating a block Making it stretchable by...

Instead of traveling to Las Vegas for Autodesk University 2020, AU 2020 is coming directly to you as a global, digital conference. The best part? It’s completely free. (Hey, at least there is one...

I’ll admit it. I just love AutoLISP, and I consider it my “home” language. But I also understand that my love of the language isn’t universal. You may not consider yourself a programmer, or it...

The AutoCAD OFFSET command has been around for a long time. No doubt, you’re familiar with two tried-and-true methods of creating a new entity with Offset. You can select a through point or...