AutoCAD: Tips & Tricks
With Shaun Bryant
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Duration: 39h 55m
Skill level: Intermediate
Released: 10/5/2016
Course details
Take your CAD skills up a notch. Work smarter, not harder, with AutoCAD. iAutoCAD Tips Tricks provides weekly tips, techniques, and workarounds to make designers like you more effective and more productive. Learn how to use AutoCAD features in exciting new ways, customize the workspace and shortcuts to save time, create more accurate drawings with the measurement and organization tools, and more. Shaun Bryants insights give you that competitive edge you cant get from a regular training manual. Tune in every Wednesday for a new tip!
Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
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Contents
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Using the Markup Set Manager in AutoCAD with Autodesk Design Review8m 51s
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Creating blocks with attributes for design content8m 35s
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Working with the Enhanced Attribute Editor to enhance block attributes4m 48s
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Using Quick Select to find and select objects quickly6m 41s
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Using Auto Number with AutoCAD text objects3m 56s
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Enclosing text inside objects with the Enclose in Object command5m 21s
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Aligning your layout viewports with the Align Space command2m 56s
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Matching up layout viewports with the Synchronize Viewports command3m 15s
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Layout: Updating views created in the layout with the Update panel tools5m 5s
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Layout: Working with the Styles and Standards panel in the layout6m 40s
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Layout: Working with different types of viewports in your layouts4m 44s
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Layout: Adding named views to your layouts in your drawings6m 56s
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Blocks palette: Working with blocks in a current drawing3m 7s
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Blocks palette: Working with blocks from recent drawings3m 19s
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Blocks palette: Working with blocks from other drawings4m 34s
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Blocks: Using the Block Attribute Manager (BATTMAN); no cape needed!5m 42s
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Modify: Break objects at a single point (AutoCAD 2021)4m 15s
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Measure geometry: Working with the new Quick Measure option (only AutoCAD 2021)2m 48s
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Management: Managing DWG file history using DWG History support (subscription only)5m 14s
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System: The new RTREGENAUTO system variable (AutoCAD 2021)3m 51s
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Blocks: Syncing AutoCAD blocks in the Blocks palette (AutoCAD 2021), part 13m 29s
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Blocks: Syncing AutoCAD blocks in the Blocks Recent folder location (AutoCAD 2021), part 23m 37s
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Blocks: The new Blocks Libraries function (AutoCAD 2021)4m
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External references: XREF Compare function (AutoCAD 2021)6m 14s
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Collaboration: DWG Compare, working with snapshots (AutoCAD 2020)5m 53s
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Management: Working and saving back with older DWG file formats (AutoCAD 2020)4m 47s
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Annotation: Working with the DIMASSOC system variable allows for different types of dimension annotation6m 56s
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Annotation: Working with associative dimensions in your AutoCAD drawings6m 16s
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Annotation: Working with annotative dimensions in your AutoCAD drawings6m 26s
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Annotation: Working with some of the other useful tools in the Dimensions panel6m 43s
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Annotation: Working with subfamilies in your dimension styles in AutoCAD6m 29s
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Layers: Using layer states to enhance your AutoCAD drawings5m 48s
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Annotation: Using viewport scales to set your annotative scaling in your drawing6m 47s
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Annotation: Working with annotative object scales to add annotative scales to dimension objects in your drawings6m 58s
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Annotation: Using the DIMBREAK and DIMSPACE commands in your AutoCAD drawings6m 41s
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Annotation: Working with the MLEADER command to develop and use annotative multileaders in your drawings7m 12s
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Properties: Using the LTSCALE value in your object properties to enhance object display in your layout tabs5m 29s
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Management: Using the DWGCONVERT command to change the DWG file format of your drawings5m 53s
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Output: Using the PUBLISH command to print and plot multiple drawings and saving the settings for future output7m 24s
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210 Output: Setting up a simple titleblock with PDF page setup and viewports11m 43s
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211 Annotation: Using fields to occupy table data cells7m 41s
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212 Customization: Working with the AutoCAD cursor and UCS10m 16s
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213 Web App: Opening your web app DWG file in your AutoCAD desktop4m 27s
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214 Catalogs: AutoCAD Electrical, using the Catalog Browser5m 8s
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215 Interface: Using sticky panels and saving workspaces4m 35s
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216 3D Design: Generating a section plane and creating section views10m 34s
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217 3D Design: Applying materials to surfaces using the Materials Browser to enhance your renders12m 54s
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218 3D Design: Using visual styles to enhance your 3D model views8m 47s
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219 3D Design: Setting up a camera view and adding it to a layout titleblock7m 41s
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220 3D Design: Generating 3D solids using regions, Presspull, and Extrude10m 25s
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221 3D Design: Using Boolean functions In 3D AutoCAD7m 2s
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222 Interface: Using your file tabs in AutoCAD5m 2s
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223 Project: Developing a simple gasket plate with polylines and circles in 2D10m 26s
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224 Project: Converting a 2D gasket plate to AutoCAD regions11m 54s
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225 Project: Using 3D Boolean functions to tidy up AutoCAD regions7m 47s
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226 Project: Using EXTRUDE and PRESSPULL in 3D to convert a 2D region to a 3D solid11m 35s
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227 Project: Developing a title block with four viewports7m 41s
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228 Project: Working with 3D views and visual styles7m 41s
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229 Project: Adding annotation styles for text and dimensioning13m 23s
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234 Project: Working with eTRANSMIT to publish project drawings8m 1s
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235 Project: Working with Design Review to check and review design intent6m 45s
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236 Markup: Working with the WIPEOUT command in your drawings5m 1s
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237 Markup: Working with the REVCLOUD command in your drawings6m 38s
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238 History: Using DWG History to maintain a DWG audit trail6m 31s
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239 Mobile: Saving your drawings to the web and mobile apps6m 48s
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240 Express tools: Replacing blocks in your AutoCAD drawings5m 22s
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241 Interface: Working with the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) and workspaces5m 30s
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242 Interface: Creating your own AutoCAD workspace with sticky panels4m 53s
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243 MANAGEMENT - Working with and optimizing your AutoCAD options8m 3s
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244 Customization: Setting up the AutoCAD Status Bar to suit your drafting needs5m 47s
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245 Utilities: Using MEASURE to calculate distances and areas in your drawings6m 17s
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246 Utilities: Using Quick Select to work smarter and faster in your AutoCAD drawings4m 58s
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247 Content: Using the COUNT command to calculate the number of blocks in your drawings (AutoCAD 2022 only)6m 3s
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248 Collaborate: Using the TRACE function in AutoCAD for markup and review (AutoCAD 2022 only)8m 23s
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249 Interface: Working with the floating drawing tabs in AutoCAD (AutoCAD 2022 only)4m 3s
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250 Collaborate: Sharing your current drawing to the AutoCAD web app (AutoCAD 2022 only)4m 23s
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251 Collaborate: Sending drawings to Autodesk Docs (AutoCAD 2022 only)6m 34s
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252 Collaborate: Creating shared views in your AutoCAD drawings6m 58s
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253 Modify: Updating associative arrays in your AutoCAD drawings4m 36s
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254 Content: Using the Blocks palette to centralize your block libraries7m 27s
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255 Modify: Using the STRETCH command to move openings in your AutoCAD drawings4m 58s
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256 Measure: Using the Measure tools in AutoCAD to calculate room areas8m 44s
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257 Measure: Tabulating polyline areas using the FIELD command8m 35s
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258 Annotation: Using annotative text labels in the Model tab8m 39s
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267 Drafting: Drafting different drawing views using drafting standards6m 28s
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268 3D Modeling: Creating 3D primitives7m 44s
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269 3D Modeling: Using TABSURF to generate a mesh from a line or a curve4m 39s
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270 3D Modeling: Using PROJECTGEOMETRY in your 3D models4m 38s
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271 Collaboration: Using the cloud to store your DWG files, using web and mobile folders and Microsoft OneDrive5m 9s
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272 Design reuse: Developing a cloud-based blocks library6m 8s
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273 Design reuse: Setting up your Blocks palette to use your block libraries (AutoCAD 2022)5m 19s
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274 Design reuse: Working with the Blocks palette and blocks libraries (AutoCAD 2022)5m 34s
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275 Tool palettes: Setting up a simple tool palette for your AutoCAD blocks8m 14s
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276 Tool palettes: Customizing your tool palettes with a block library drawing13m 14s
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277 Tool palettes: Getting tool palettes out to your team7m 50s
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278 Tool palettes: Creating a command tool palette10m 34s
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279 Design reuse: Working with AutoCAD DesignCenter7m 7s
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280 Design reuse: Quick tool palette creation from DesignCenter4m
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281 Design reuse: Setting up multiunit tool palettes with blocks13m 32s
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282 Design reuse: Reusing blocks with the INSUNITS setting6m 34s
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283 Design reuse: Counting blocks in your drawings6m 45s
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284 Automation: Using the command macros palette to automate design processes in AutoCAD 20235m 51s
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285 Layout: Joining viewports in the Model tab6m 15s
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286 Output: Developing your own transmittal style for eTransmit5m 32s
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287 Utilities: Using the Quick Measure and Measure Area tools5m 52s
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288 Annotate: Working with center marks, centerlines, and their associated settings7m 45s
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289 Annotate: Working with multileaders, and their associated styles and settings7m 53s
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290 Annotate: Working with regular leaders such as QLEADER, and their associated styles and settings7m 1s
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291 Standards: Working with CAD standards in your AutoCAD designs6m 12s
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292 Layers: Translating layers in your AutoCAD drawings6m 51s
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293 Drafting: Working with the Selection Cycling and Hide and Isolate tools in AutoCAD6m
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294 Automation: Using the Action Recorder to automate repetitive tasks in AutoCAD5m 51s
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295 Recovery: Making sure you can recover your drawings when things go wrong5m 42s
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296 Annotation: Working with dimension style families5m 23s
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297 Collaboration: Using the Trace function in the desktop app (AutoCAD 2023)7m 3s
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298 Collaboration: Using trace management tools (AutoCAD 2023)5m 27s
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299 Markup: Working with the import and markup tools (AutoCAD 2023)7m 15s
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300 Collaboration: Developing a simple revision path using Trace (AutoCAD 2023)6m 25s
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301 Content reuse: Working with the new Count features (AutoCAD 2023)5m 42s
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302 Interface: Working with some of the newer features (AutoCAD 2023)5m 7s
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303 References: Distinguishing between Insert and Bind when using External References (XREFs)7m 15s
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304 3D Design: Using the REGION command, part 17m 15s
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305 3D Design: Using the REGION command, part 27m 28s
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309 Annotation: Working with dimension-style overrides5m 31s
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310 Annotation: Setting up dimension-style families5m 49s
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311 Annotation: Working with center marks and centerlines7m 21s
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312 Interface: Using the ribbon floating panels and workspaces in AutoCAD to your advantage6m 33s
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313 Interface: Utilizing floating drawing windows (AutoCAD 2023)4m 30s
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314 Content reuse: Setting up a simple blocks library from the Blocks palette (AutoCAD 2023)7m 57s
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315 Content reuse: Working with the Group command to reuse drawing content9m 44s
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316 Properties: Using object transparency in your drawings to your advantage5m 11s
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317 Annotation: Working with the QLEADER command7m
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318 Properties: Calculating simple areas from polylines7m 27s
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321 ANNOTATION - Adding field data to AutoCAD tables7m 35s
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322 INTERFACE - Working with Model Viewports in 3D6m 14s
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323 ANNOTATION - Developing an effective table style for your drawings10m 42s
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324 ANNOTATION - Adding blocks and formulas to an AutoCAD table10m 21s
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325 ANNOTATION - Calculate areas with polylines, boundaries, and hatches19m 59s
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326 INTERFACE - Updating the status bar from default settings15m 2s
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327 ACCURACY - Using POLAR, OSNAP, and OTRACK for accurate design9m 7s
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328 ACCURACY - Working with 3D Object Snaps when modelling in AutoCAD9m
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329 NAVIGATION - Working with Named Views in AutoCAD10m 9s
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330 LAYERS - Working with Property and Group Filters in the Layer Properties Manager7m 46s
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331 LAYERS - Working with the settings in the Layer Properties Manager7m 16s
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332 PROPERTIES - Working with the Match Properties tool in AutoCAD5m 35s
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333 CONTENT REUSE - Working with the Clipboard in AutoCAD8m 52s
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334 ANNOTATION - Editing text using the AutoCAD Express Tools5m 15s
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335 ANNOTATION - Modifying text using the AutoCAD Express Tools5m 10s
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336 ANNOTATION - Creating effective text labels with Express Tools7m 13s
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337 ANNOTATION - Masking text with the AutoCAD Express Tools7m 55s
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338 CONTENT REUSE - Synchronizing block attributes in your drawings (ATTSYNC command)4m 46s
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339 CONTENT REUSE - Managing block attributes in your drawings (BATTMAN command)4m 58s
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340 ANNOTATION - Creating itemized lists with the TCOUNT command5m 51s
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341 INTERFACE - Working with display settings in the AutoCAD Options dialog9m 15s
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342 ANNOTATION - Working with tools on the Text Ribbon panel7m 30s
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343 LAYERS - Working with the layer translator5m 36s
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344 INTERFACE - Working smarter with the Properties palette6m 26s
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345 ANNOTATION - Working with multileaders in your drawings7m 24s
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346 DIMENSIONS - The difference between dimension associativity, associative dimensions, and annotative dimensioning7m 47s
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347 PARAMETRIC - Working with geometric and dimensional constraints in drawings10m 6s
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348 INTERFACE - Using the new tabs in AutoCAD 20245m 10s
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349 CONTENT REUSE - Using the COUNT command to tabulate the block count in a drawing7m 8s
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350 CONTENT REUSE - Using the block replacement tool in AutoCAD 20245m 22s
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351 MARKUP - Working with wipeouts and revision clouds8m
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352 CONTENT REUSE - Using the block placement tool in AutoCAD 20244m 49s
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353 ANNOTATION - Dimension Text Editing and the DIM command8m 18s
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354 ANNOTATION - Working with the DIMBREAK and DIMSPACE tools6m 50s
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355 NAVIGATION - Using Named Views in larger drawings6m 57s
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373 CONTENT REUSE - Smart Blocks to search and convert [AutoCAD 2025]4m 42s
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374 CONTENT REUSE - Smart Blocks for object detection [AutoCAD 2025]4m 11s
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375 INTERFACE - Autodesk Assistant [later AutoCAD versions]4m 12s
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376 MANAGEMENT - Activity Insights in AutoCAD4m 16s
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377 DRAFTING - HATCH command tools [AutoCAD 2025]6m 20s
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