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72 newest tips
from year 2001-1

CAD: OS: Categ:
Text:	FAQ glossary

Question

CAD
% platform category

	Will Inventor run faster on a multiprocessor PC?
	Tip 991

Inventor

WinXP,Vista,Win7,Win8,Win10 CAD

31.1.2001 FAQ

	What is the maximum number of layers in a AutoCAD drawing?
	Tip 982

ACAD

* CAD

30.1.2001

	Fourth button of Wacom tablet does not work.
	Tip 973

ACAD2000

Win98 CAD

29.1.2001

	AutoCAD does not work after year 2037?
	Tip 972

ACAD

* CAD

29.1.2001

	Some drawing texts are plotted thinner or thicker (after editing).
	Tip 962

ACADMDTLDDTADT...

Win2000,WinXP CAD

25.1.2001 FAQ

	How to draw en ellipse containing four arcs in each quadrant?
	Tip 957

ACAD2000

* CAD

24.1.2001

	How to enforce setting of certain iProperties in Inventor?
	Tip 954

Inventor

* CAD

23.1.2001

	How to show complete two-sided 3D model during 3D Orbit?
	Tip 948

ACAD2000MDT

* CAD

23.1.2001

	Undocumented commands in Architectural Desktop.
	Tip 943

ADT2ADT3ADT2004...

* CAD

22.1.2001

	How to speed up Mechanical Desktop R4?
	Tip 942

MDT4

Win2000 CAD

22.1.2001

	Insufficient memory when working in CAD Overlay.
	Tip 939

CO2000

* CAD

22.1.2001

	How to explode a block immediately after insertion?
	Tip 934

ACAD

* CAD

21.1.2001

	How to copy layer properties to a new layer?
	Tip 933

ACAD14ACAD2000

* CAD

21.1.2001

	How to find localized name of an AutoCAD command?
	Tip 929

ACAD

* CAD

18.1.2001 FAQ

	Can I load LISP ar ARX program directly from a Web page?
	Tip 928

ACAD2000

* CAD

18.1.2001

	How to change the center point for 3DORBIT?
	Tip 921

ACAD2000

* CAD

16.1.2001

	How to batch convert AutoCAD 2000i DWGs to DWF format?
	Tip 919

ACAD2000iMDT5ADT...

* CAD

16.1.2001

	Which font should we use for drawing text containing european accented characters?
	Tip 918

ACAD

* CAD

16.1.2001

	Where to find additional russian (cyrillic) SHX fonts for AutoCAD?
	Tip 917

ACADLT

* CAD

16.1.2001

	How to start AutoCAD, not Mechanical Desktop by double-clicking on the DWG? How to start different versions of AutoCAD by double-clicking on the DWG?
	Tip 914

ACAD14ACAD2000MD...

Win CAD

16.1.2001

	Can I use 2D and 2.5D osnaps in 3D Studio VIZ R3 like in 3DS MAX?
	Tip 913

VIZ3

* CAD

16.1.2001

	How to draw arcs in AutoCAD multilines?
	Tip 912

ACAD

* CAD

16.1.2001

	My 3D model in a viewport doesn't print with hidden lines even when a check the Hideplot option in the Plot dialog.
	Tip 911

ACAD2000ACAD2000i

* CAD

16.1.2001

	I don't like the new UCS icon. Can I change the symbol?
	Tip 910

ACAD2000iLT2000i

* CAD

16.1.2001

	An undocumented option of the ZOOM command.
	Tip 904

ACAD

* CAD

14.1.2001

	How to set length units in MapGuide Viewer to kilometers?
	Tip 903

MapGuide

* CAD

14.1.2001

	Warning: "An unnamed file contains an invalid path"
	Tip 902

MapGuideInventor

* CAD

14.1.2001

	How to set rendering options from LISP?
	Tip 897

ACAD

* CAD

11.1.2001

	AutoCAD doesn't respect the Start in folder defined in desktop shortcut.
	Tip 896

ACAD2008ACAD2004...

* CAD

9.1.2001

	How to import .CIT raster image into AutoCAD?
	Tip 895

ACAD14ACAD2000AC...

* CAD

9.1.2001

	How to read or write DGN files in AutoCAD?
	Tip 893

ACADMapADTLTCi...

* CAD

9.1.2001 FAQ

	What type of media should be selected on the plotter panel when using an unlisted new media?
	Tip 892

* PLT

9.1.2001

	How to add parametric features to a AutoCAD 3D solid?
	Tip 891

MDT4MDT5

* CAD

9.1.2001

	How to place an unprintable entity in a drawing?
	Tip 890

ACADLT

* CAD

9.1.2001

	How to transfer 2D drawing created in Mechancial Desktop to plain AutoCAD (or LT)?
	Tip 889

MDT

* CAD

9.1.2001 FAQ

	Trying to export ACIS Mechanical Desktop reports that no solids have been selected.
	Tip 888

MDT3MDT4MDT5

* CAD

9.1.2001

	New dimension does not behave as one block but as individual entities.
	Tip 887

ACAD

* CAD

9.1.2001

	Can I combine AutoCAD R14 and 2000 on the same PC?
	Tip 886

ACAD

* CAD

9.1.2001

	How to run an external application (EXE) in AutoCAD LT?
	Tip 879

LT98LT2000LT2000...

* CAD

8.1.2001

	How to move (flatten) entities with varying Z-coordinates to Z=0?
	Tip 872

LT98LT2000LT2004...

* CAD

8.1.2001 FAQ

	How to insert a raster image in AutoCAD LT?
	Tip 871

LT2011LT2010LT20...

* CAD

8.1.2001 FAQ

	AutoCAD displays two colors with the same shade (hue)?
	Tip 870

ACAD2000MDTADT

* CAD

8.1.2001

	Transparent background in WMF.
	Tip 869

ACAD14ACAD2000AC...

Win CAD

8.1.2001 FAQ

	How to find drawings coming from a given version of AutoCAD?
	Tip 868

ACADLTADTMapMD...

* CAD

8.1.2001 FAQ

	How to plotstamp a printout from AutoCAD 2000? I have used HPCONFIG in R14.
	Tip 867

ACAD2000ACAD2000i

* PLT,CAD

8.1.2001 FAQ

	My dialogs for entering file names and PLOT command stopped to work.
	Tip 866

ACADLT

* CAD

8.1.2001 FAQ

	How to burn CDs under Windows 2000?
	Tip 865

Win2000 HP

8.1.2001

	How to transfer an Architectural Desktop drawing to AutoCAD LT?
	Tip 864

LTADT2ADT3ADT20...

* CAD

8.1.2001 FAQ

	How to change scale of a dashed line?
	Tip 863

ACAD

* CAD

8.1.2001 FAQ

	Can I stand my 21" monitor on HP Vectra case? Will it hold?
	Tip 862

* HP

8.1.2001 FAQ

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