May 25, 2021
Fillet, Chamfer, & Blend Curves with AutoCAD – Part 3
This is the third part of our three-part series that explains how to use the Fillet, Chamfer, and Blend Curves tools in AutoCAD. This section focuses on the Blend Curves function. Drawing tangential and smooth curves is easy with the Blend Curves command. It can switch between both types of curves. The tangential curve draws…
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Ariel Rejtman
May 25, 2021
Fillet, Chamfer, & Blend Curves with AutoCAD – Part 2
This is the second part of our three-part series that explains how to use the Fillet, Chamfer, and Blend Curves tools in AutoCAD. This section focusses on the Chamfer function. The Chamfer command has options and settings that are similar to the Fillet tool. It allows us to specify two distances from the possible intersection…
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Ariel Rejtman
May 25, 2021
Fillet, Chamfer, & Blend Curves with AutoCAD – Part 1
This is the first part of our three-part series that explains how to use the Fillet, Chamfer, and Blend Curves tools in AutoCAD. This section focusses on the Fillet function. We can use the Fillet command to “cut corners” and “round” our edges without doing any math. Once we specify our corner’s radius, the command…
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Ariel Rejtman
May 6, 2021
Converting Polylines into Arcs with AutoCAD
Instead of creating arcs manually, we can make polylines and use their vertexes as the start and end points of arcs that can be connected to form one object. AutoCAD’s polylines can be easily converted into arcs by simply hovering our cursor over the grips on our polylines and changing individual segments into arcs. If…
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Ariel Rejtman
May 5, 2021
Editing Polylines in AutoCAD
Creating lines in AutoCAD is a common function that we utilize daily. We can use our lines in sophisticated ways by converting them into polylines. Our polylines can have multiple segments, and each segment can be modified to meet our standards. By using the “PEdit” command, we can edit our polylines and assign specific settings…
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Ariel Rejtman
March 3, 2021
Draw Order in AutoCAD
After we place several objects onto our drawings in AutoCAD, we can determine which objects are in front or behind other objects. The “Bring to Front” and “Send to Back” functions allow us to do this, and we can use similar functions to place objects in-between other objects. We also have specific functions to change…
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Ariel Rejtman
January 19, 2021
New Changes to Trim & Extend in AutoCAD 2021
The Trim and Extend commands are two of the most commonly used functions in AutoCAD. They save us time and allow us to modify our objects automatically. These invaluable tools have been updated in AutoCAD 2021 with a “quick” mode. Quick Trim and Quick Extend are very intuitive and allow us to either (a) quickly…
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Ariel Rejtman
December 2, 2020
Drawing History in AutoCAD
NOTE: This article should be reviewed alongside our “XREF Compare” post: https://ddscad.com/xref-compare-in-autocad In order to keep track of milestones, we can make copies of our drawings and date them. Instead of having to open two drawings and compare them, we can use the “Drawing History” (Also known as DWG History) function to compare a drawing…
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James Cuervo
December 2, 2020
XREF Compare in AutoCAD
NOTE: This article should be reviewed alongside our “Drawing History” post: https://ddscad.com/drawing-history-in-autocad AutoCAD 2021 has several new features that give us more insight into our drawings. One of these features is the XREF Compare function. It allows us to compare two drawings with one another, and with special colors and controls, we can identify the…
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James Cuervo
November 12, 2020
Layer States with AutoCAD
AutoCAD’s layers allow us to categorize objects and organize them into groups. We can take this concept and use it on a larger scale by utilizing Layer States. Instead of associating objects with each other, we can group layers together into Layer States. Thus, we can switch between different states that have specific layers turned…
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