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Here’s a trick you can use in AutoCAD 2012 to fill an area with any objects you like. It’s not actually hatching, but it has several advantages over the real thing: You aren’t restricted to straight line segments as you are with real hatching. Circles, splines, even solid objects, you name it, you can [...]  30 May 2011, 4:32 pm |  9 comments | Tags: Array, Block, ClassicArray, Express Tools, Hatch, Minsert, Tip, Xclip | Category: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2012, ClassicArray, Tip In a recent comment, I was asked how to make Ctrl+C perform a Cancel. Before I get onto that, here’s a bit of history. Back in the Dark Ages of DOS, the way to cancel a command was by holding down Ctrl and pressing C. The last release to work like this by default [...] 27 May 2011, 11:33 am |  Leave a comment | Tags: Control C, Crtl+C, CUI, DOS, Keyboard Input, Release 13, Windows | Category: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2012, Customisation, Nostalgia, Tip Lynn Allen produces a handy tips booklet for each new release of AutoCAD, giving an easy-to-read summary of the main new features. She has made the AutoCAD 2012 online version available on her blog here. 13 May 2011, 4:04 pm | 3 comments | Tags: Lynn Allen | Category: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2012, Autodesk, Other Blogs, Tip If you download AutoCAD or other Autodesk products from either the trial or Subscription sites, the executable you get (e.g. AutoCAD_2012_English_Win_32bit.exe) is actually a self-extracting archive rather than a real installer. When you run it, you are prompted for a destination folder, with a default location such as this: C:\Autodesk\AutoCAD_2012_English_Win_32bit The actual installer (setup.exe) and [...] 13 May 2011, 12:01 pm | 5 comments | Tags: Bloat, Installation, Tip | Category: AutoCAD, Other Autodesk Products, Performance, Tip |
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