By Donnie Gladfelter on February 4, 2010
Many veteran users already know this tip, as it has been around for a while now. Still, for the uninitiated figuring out how to get text both above and below a dimension line (without breaking the line) can quickly resemble one of those puzzles where you have to get a metal ring off an [...]
Posted in AutoCAD | Tagged AutoCAD 2006, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2008, AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2010, Dimensions, Text Codes, Tips & Tricks
By Donnie Gladfelter on April 8, 2009
Here in Richmond, VA it’s spring break for the local schools, and with Helen being a school teacher I thought I’d take off a few days myself. Nonetheless, one thing that did hit my mailbox early this week was an e-mail from Mark Kiker, president of AUGI, letting me know Lynn Allen had agreed to [...]
Posted in AutoCAD 2010 | Tagged AutoCAD 2010, Impression, Lynn Allen, Tips & Tricks
By Donnie Gladfelter on April 7, 2008
Goodness, am I not the worst blogger ever? My apologies to all of my loyal readers; last week was quite a monumental week. As I have mentioned a few times before, The CAD Geek is something I do in my free time. Consequently the time I would have otherwise spent blogging, was spent putting [...]
Posted in AutoCAD 2009, Videos | Tagged AutoCAD 2009, Tips & Tricks, Video
By Donnie Gladfelter on March 12, 2008
My post titled “Quickly Link Excel Tables to AutoCAD” from last August continues to be one of my most popular posts to date. As a result I have received a number of e-mails from readers such as you asking about other ways to link Excel data with AutoCAD data. A popular variation has been asking [...]
Posted in AutoCAD | Tagged AutoCAD 2006, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2008, AutoCAD 2009, Blocks, Excel, features, Tips & Tricks
By Donnie Gladfelter on February 17, 2008
Many within the CAD industry (myself included) coined AutoCAD 2008 the “Wish List Release”. After many years of asking, we were finally given things like annotative scaling and multileaders. AutoCAD 2009 seems to continue that to some degree, but it’s true focus is the UI (User Interface) itself. Looking back, the last time we [...]
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