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[Updated 09 Dec 2022]
3D
How do I project a 3D drawing onto a plane so that all points have a Z coordinet of 0?
All block previous with the same name were renamed to different names hence I can't use Bcount
How to convert 3D view to 2D line work?
ATTRIBUTE
How to remove an attribute from a 3rd party block and Battman doesn't work?
How to update the property of all existing attributes in one operation?
How to update same attribute value across multiple layouts?
BLOCK
How to creat new block definitions by copying existing block quickly?
COLOR
How to make current color in Color Control the same as the color of an object? [2014-11-12]
DIMENSION
How to make dimension text all underline? [2021-04-21]
How to draw an arc with arrowhead at both ends? [2021-11-19]
EXPRESS TOOLS
How to turn on Express Tools? It disappeared from the menu for some reason [2014-06-12]
HATCH
The Plan hatch direction is not per the direction of the wall but the direction of the drawing
Why doesn't the hatch background display? [2020-03-14]
IMAGE
Unable to reload imgae? [2011-11-15]
Image prints out as a black solid [2016-03-03]
INSTALLATION
Install AutoCAD 2014 on Windows 8.1 [2014-06-18]
LAYER
How to only display non-xref layers?
How to save the layer state of a attached Xref file, even after you detach it?
LAYOUT
How to copy a layout from an existing drawing?
Xref lines becomes thinner or bold?
LICENSE
License checkout timed out. [2021-10-10]
LINE
How to draw a line with a certain gradient?
How to draw a line tangent to two circles?
LINETYPE
Why the linetype scale does not as same as xrefed source file even after reloading it?
MTEXT
The auto-list options is disabled in Mtext editor, how can I bring it back?
MLEADER
How to remove all Mleader property overrides and change them to "ByStyle"?
When I print the PDF file there are some "black blocks", they should be the wipeouts in AutoCAD.
How to rotate multiple pdf files? [2010-10-29]
How to get the correct scale of pdf file? [2021-10-12]
Why my pdf file printed too large? [2021-10-14]
PGP
Why my acad.pgp doesn't work in new computer?
POLYLINE
How to add additional nodes to existing polyline?
How can I print a lot of drawing layouts at one go?
PUBLISH
How to plot multiple views in one layout one time?
PURGE
Some layers doesn't have any objects. But that Layers cannot be purged. Why? [2010-06-19]
RENAME
How to rename multiple files with "find and replace" function? [2016-03-03]
SELECT
How to select green colored objects and ByLayer colored objects on green layer at the same time? [2011-12-08]
SHEETSET
SheetSet Field doesn't show in one layout block attributes [2016-03-03]
TOOLBAR
How to make a Purge-All button in a customized toolbar? [2016-03-12]
VIEW
Blocks are missing in viewport?
How to change scale and viewscale in multiple viewports at the same time? [2016-03-03]
WBLOCK
How to batch wblock part of drawing to new files and pick the file name from texts in the drawing? [2010-06-19]
WORD
How to copy objects in AutoCAD and paste it into MS Word with preferred width and height?
XREF
Attach or Overlay? [2016-03-03]
How to keep original xref structure in a new computer? [2014-06-18]
Unable to detach xref [2016-03-03]