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February 25th, 2008 at 12:03 pm

AutoCAD tip - persuade Open to highlight your drawing

in: AutoCAD, Tip

In AutoCAD, when you have a drawing open and you go to open another, does Open automatically scroll down and highlight your current drawing?

This can be very handy when you’re working your way though a set of drawings. If this isn’t happening for you, here’s how to make it do so.

In Explorer, go to Tools > Folder Options > View tab and turn off the toggle for Hide extensions for known file types. (Windows XP shown). This is the first thing many people do when setting up a new Windows system. If you fit into this category, you have probably never seen this problem yourself, but you may still be able to use this knowledge to help others.

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    You’re my hero! I likes me file extesions. We are living in a brave new world where few even know what they are, or are good for.

    David Saenz on February 29th, 2008

 

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