Greetings, For many years, drafters at our firm have used SHX fonts to make white outlines with text. The text is duplicated, the back text having a wider pen width or line-weight and set to white. This method provides high quality drawing presentation,…

Understanding backup (.bak), autosave (.sv$), and temporary (.ac$) files that AutoCAD creates, where they are located, and how to use them.

Dear C3D user,   Recently I had to export a file to 3D to create some 2D--plans. As clicked the Export C3D buttom, the command _EXPORTC3DDRAWING pops up in the command history, so it has been selected. But here's the thing: It does not do anything at all.…

Using Civil 3D 2018 we now have more choices when it comes to creating automated construction drawings. By leveraging the new viewport order setting we can easily create Plan over Plan, and Profile over Profile sheets. In this session we'll explore a workflow…

Hello  Does the AutoCAD (Map 3d)  supports import raster data in BigTIFF format? I have troubles importing it to the project.  Thank you for any information 

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When opening AutoCAD, The ribbon is blank or empty with a message "The Ribbon does not have any tabs or panels currently loaded".

How to remove Adobe Acrobat menu items in AutoCAD.

Can anyone enlighten me on some of the difference, pros, and cons between Map 3D and Civil 3D?   Only other post I can find related to the question are from 2007.   Thanks for any assistance!

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When you enter certain commands at the command line in AutoCAD, the program pauses or hangs for a moment before continuing to function. Example: Entering F invokes FASTSEL instead of FILLET. The delay may cause some of the letters you type to be missed so…

Windows Do one of the following: Click Manage tab Customization panel Edit Aliases (flyout) Edit Aliases. Find At the Command prompt, enter ai_editcustfile and press Enter. Then enter acad.pgp (AutoCAD) or acadlt.pgp (AutoCAD LT), and press Enter. Note: The…

Removes duplicate or overlapping lines, arcs, and polylines. Also, combines partially overlapping or contiguous ones. The following prompts are displayed. Select objects Specifies the objects that you want to modify. Ignore Ignores one or more of the following…

Is there a way to obtain the total area out of a parcel table?...Possibly adding a row at the bottom with the total?. Thanks

When panning a drawing in AutoCAD that has attached raster image files, the images disappear and show only an empty frame. After panning, the image will appear only when the frame is selected. Regenerating the drawing has no affect. Ensure the latest AutoCAD…