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AutoCAD Solutions

Help yourself to these valuable tips:

DVIEW - 3D Camera View

Can't seem to get DVIEW  to do what you want?

Click here to view the AutoCAD DVIEW page.

Fonts

European Font  -

Here’s a ROMANS font based on AutoCAD’s original (available through AutoCAD Help) that has a few European characters already added to it including Greek, Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian:

Click here to download the ROMANEUR.SHP file

Just type COMPILE at the AutoCAD command line to convert it to SHX.  Copy it to your AutoCAD fonts directory.  It should appear on the list in the MTEXT and STYLE dialog boxes.

How do I get this foreign font to appear on the command line, in the Modify Properties dialog, and in the editing dialog boxes?

Click here to see how to fix your Windows and AutoCAD settings.

Isometric Tricks

Can't figure out how to draw isometrics in AutoCAD?

Click here to view our Isometrics page.

Leader Tips

Ever wondered how to get those crazy qleaders to work easier? 
I’ve always thought leaders should be 1,2,3,type,DONE!!

Find the answers to the following questions in our document:
"Using LE Qleaders More Effectively.pdf".  

• How do I change the way AutoCAD draws my leaders?

• How do I stretch the horizontal part of a leader?

• How do I align a new leader with a previously drawn leader?

• How do I break a leader that crosses a dimension?

• When I'm in a rotated view in a Civil or 3D drawing, the horizontal segment is at the wrong angle.

• How do I copy the style of one leader to others?

• How do I get the QLEADER command to stack fractions automatically?

• When creating a left leader, why is the leader shorter than the lines above?

• When creating a left leader, why do the leader lines not attach to the "middle of bottom" line of text?

• When mirroring a leader, it changes the leader shape.  Why?

• How do I get the MText Dialog during the QLeader program?

Click here to download the QLeader.PDF file.

Piping Symbols (3D)

Need to draw Piping, but don't want to invest thousands in a Piping Program?

Use these symbols in AutoCAD Design Center to get you started:

Example - 3D Piping Symbols

Steelcase Inventory Solution

This Solution takes you step-by-step through the process
from AutoCAD to the Project List.

Example - Steelcase Inventory

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