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What is AutoCAD Used For?

If you ever wondered what is AutoCAD used for, read on...

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Viewport turns black

I was giving a dog file to work on, and when I try to insert a north arrow into layout viewport, the viewport turn black when I move my cursor into the

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Converting .pdf's to .dwgs

I get a LOT of plans from clients where they used some cad program that will only create .pdf files or they found a plan on a site and it came to them

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What's in YOUR Acad.lsp file??

I've been working on mine for over 20 years. Some of the commands were project specific, some I use all the time. I basically keep my left hand on the

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Free Landscape Design Software

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Find the best free landscape design software to use for your backyard project.

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Free AutoCAD LISP Routines

A great collection of resources of free AutoCAD LISP routines.

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Download Free Boat Plans

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Should you use free boat plans to build your vessel? Check out these boat blueprints and decide for yourself.

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Become a CAD Freelancer and Work for Yourself

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Discover the tools of the trade you will need to become a CAD freelancer.

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CAD Drafter Jobs

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How to start a profitable home based CAD business that attracts tons of CAD drafter jobs.

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Free Fashion Design Software

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Download these free fashion design software programs that will help you create clothing, garments and a wide range of accessories.

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Free Trailer Plans

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We've developed this page of free trailer plans resources to give you a list of sites containing various types of trailer plan sketches, drawings, pictures and "how to's" for do it yourselfers.

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5 Simple 8X12 Shed Plans

Free plans for a 8x12 shed

5 easy to use 8X12 shed plans. How to use free blueprints to construct your very own storage shed.

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Easy Garage Conversion: How to Make Space for Your Home Office

Easy Garage Conversion

An easy garage conversion to a home office is a great way to add useful square footage to your house without major structural changes.

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Fashion designing

I'm just starting to do my own designs

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Lines are not appearing while drawing them; objects do not follow the curser when moved

Normally when drawing lines, I pick a start point and while dragging the line to another point I have always seen the line before picking the 2nd point.

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Can't detach reference file in autocad 2016

I have reference files attached that I can't detach the normal way (highlight, right click, select detach, file is removed)

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Selection Box in AutoCAD 2011

I am using AutoCAD 2011 and must have hit a wrong combination of keys that has brought up the Selection box that appears when I am picking a line to fillet,

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Design your own clothing - BrikL

Online fashion design app

Online fashion design software that makes creating fashion designs, tech packs and line sheets much simpler. Makes use of modular designs that you can

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CAD Work from Home

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Part one article on CAD work from home jobs.

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AutoCAD Fonts

Is there a font that gives a clear definition between a capital O and the number 0? I use both in serial numbers of items and it would be helpful if a

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Free AutoCAD Hatch Patterns

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Great resource for downloading free AutoCAD hatch patterns.

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Create Your Own Website Online

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Learn how to create your own website online to sell your services, products or information.

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Custom cabin coop

We started out with a chicken showing up in our front yard we feed it and it started laying eggs so I decided to build a coop for it I ended up going all

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Command ribbon for Autocad Lt 2014 version disappeared.

Friend was using my program and in the process somehow removed the command ribbon. Can now only get generic command ribbons from earlier versions... any

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Save a drawing as another drawing

Something happened to my drawings as I am unable to use the command save as. If I open up my autocad that works fine but when I go to the file command

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Autocad release 2016; Browse Box

At the Open, Save as or Wblock command; AutoCAD won't open the browse box. Meaning I have to type in the whole path required. This has recently occurred;

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AutoCAD Free Download

Get the latest version of the number one CAD software with an AutoCAD free download.

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Contract AutoCAD Drafter Jobs - Getting Paid What You Are Worth

CAD drafter

When you first set out to become a CAD freelancer, and are looking for AutoCAD drafter jobs with new clients, it is always a smart idea to...

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21 Essential Architectural Symbols Everyone Should Know About

Architectural Symbols

Learn how to read and understand what architectural symbols on drafting blueprints mean.

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Digital Fashion Pro

Simply put, I have been trying to find a way to buy DFP for years. Every time I'm close it seems like something happens and all that money has to go somewhere

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Converting Lines Into Polygons

How do you convert individual lines (such as a rectangle) into a polygon?

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open file

When I click on The A at top left hand corner, looking to open a file from the window explorer menu with all my computer files, it does not pop up, instead

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AutoCAD Settings Changed How to Restore

For some reason when I choose save as rather than the window popping up - the command line now asks me to choose the format and name the drawing. The

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Copying in Furniture with Attributues

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When I copy and paste any AutoCAD furniture with attributes from another drawing or from a website, the attributes come in as large X's all over the furniture.

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Curser crosshair settings

Youll see the red circles, they appear immediately after he clicks every time

I was watching a YouTube video and the instructor had his curser set to do what I'm calling a red explosion after every click. After he would click his

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Snap settings?

I installed windows 7 and re-installed my Autocad10. When drawing a line or moving the aperture in paper or model space it has a jerky motion to it.

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Relayering AutoCAD Drawings

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Relayering AutoCAD drawings is the best way to save a lot of time redrawing a CAD file from scratch, and in a fraction of the time.

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insert a space in title block tab

How do I insert a space in the text of a title block tab (autocad 2004)?

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Unable to use icons in menu bar

The menu bar icons do not work on one of our machines, however, you can type in the command an get results. How can I turn the icons back on so they will

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A Simple DXF Reader, Free from Google Docs

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Sharing AutoCAD drawings with your clients has become a little easier with the free dxf reader now included in Google Docs.

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Best CAD Software Reviews

Unbiased reviews of the best CAD software used by drafters and designers.

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How to Build a Chicken Coop

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Learn how to build a chicken coop using the proper plans, materials and tools.

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AutoCAD MEP 2015 HVAC Duct Disappeared on Drawing!

Has anyone ever experienced this issue? After finishing the duct runs for a project, using the MEP tool palette, I started to create section cuts utilizing

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2016 AutoCAD problem

In AutoCAD 2016, when I draw a line, circle or anything else it leaves some kind of a tracer or shadow. Not sure how to turn it off.

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Annotation Scale Issues With AutoCAD

Annotation Scale Issues With AutoCAD

Hi, I have never posted before but use these all the time. Essentially, in every drawing I open, if I click on an existing block/room tag etc., then

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Making Dimension and Text Styles Current

Generally we can make a layer current by using the make object's layer current tool pallet. Are there any commands to make the dimension style & text

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37 Free Pole Barn Plans that Save You Money

pole-barn-plans

Looking for a set of free pole barn plans? Now you can build a pole barn even if you're not a contractor.

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Garden Shed Building Plans

free storage shed plans

Free do it yourself garden shed building plans for the perfect backyard design.

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Free CAD Software

Free CAD software downloads available for your use.

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    Jan 27, 23 07:50 PM

    If you ever wondered what is AutoCAD used for, read on...

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  3. Converting .pdf's to .dwgs

    Oct 29, 21 09:31 AM

    I get a LOT of plans from clients where they used some cad program that will only create .pdf files or they found a plan on a site and it came to them

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