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207 newest tips
from year 2004

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CAD

% platform category

How to select only closed polyline objects?

Tip 4186

ACADMapADT

*CAD

27.12.2004

What are the DWX files from AutoCAD?

Tip 4184

ACADACLTADTMap

*CAD

27.12.2004

"No room to add heap list entries" when opening large drawings or assemblies.

Tip 4180

Inventor9

*CAD

22.12.2004

Which version of Inventor has saved the file?

Tip 4172

Inventor

*CAD

20.12.2004

What is the difference between the (command) and (vl-cmdf) LISP functions?

Tip 4170

ACAD

*CAD

17.12.2004

Does AutoCAD support multi-part solid bodies?

Tip 4163

ACAD

*CAD

8.12.2004

How to create a dormer in Revit?

Tip 4161

Revit7

*CAD

7.12.2004

Entering "x" in Inventor dimension text displays "dp".

Tip 4159

Inventor

*CAD

6.12.2004

Transparent raster images in AutoCAD.

Tip 4158

ACAD2000ACAD2005ACLTMDTADT

*CAD

6.12.2004

The difference between XRef Overlay and XRef Attach.

Tip 4155

ACADACLTADTMapMDT

*CAD

3.12.2004

Projected round edges from SOLPROF are too rough.

Tip 4151

ACADADTMapACADM

*CAD

1.12.2004

How to make a hypertext link from a drawing to another drawing or document?

Tip 4148

ACADMapADTACADM

*CAD

29.11.2004

How to create a 3D model from 2D views.

Tip 4145

ACADACADM

*CAD

29.11.2004

I cannot select some construction lines and axes in Inventor sketch.

Tip 4142

Inventor9

*CAD

26.11.2004

How to explode the 2D SOLID entities.

Tip 4138

ACADMap

*CAD

23.11.2004

How to add thousands separators in AutoCAD numbers?

Tip 4136

ACADADTMapACADMMDT

*CAD

23.11.2004 FAQ

How to keep AutoCAD hatch boundary visible?

Tip 4130

ACADACLTADTMap

*CAD

16.11.2004

Extend and Trim commands display the message: "Edge is perpendicular to UCS XY plane."

Tip 4126

ACADACLT

*CAD

15.11.2004

Which export formats are supported in Autodesk Revit?

Tip 4125

Revit6Revit7Revit8Revit9Revi...

*CAD

15.11.2004

How to make standard 2D drawings from AutoCAD 3D solids?

Tip 4123

ACADACADMMDTInventor

*CAD

15.11.2004 FAQ

Freeing memory in 3ds max.

Tip 4118

max6

*CAD

12.11.2004

Part of raster background is missing on printed DWF file.

Tip 4114

DWFVolo

*CAD

11.11.2004

After changing a view in Revit, the view disappears.

Tip 4100

Revit

*CAD

5.11.2004

Filled region in Revit 7 does not cover the underlying geometry.

Tip 4097

Revit7

*CAD

2.11.2004

How to batch-rename a group of layers? (translate table)

Tip 4095

ACAD

*CAD

1.11.2004

Creating a tangent polyline segment.

Tip 4090

ACAD2004ACAD2005ACLTADTADT20...

*CAD

27.10.2004

No dynamic display while picking the second corner when drawing a Rectangle.

Tip 4086

ACADACLT

*CAD

26.10.2004

Can I run the FlexLM license server on Windows 2003 Server?

Tip 4084

ACADADTMDTMap

Win2003CAD

25.10.2004

Rubik's cube in Inventor.

Tip 4078

Inventor9

*CAD

18.10.2004

Extensive library of 3D DWG models.

Tip 4076

ACADADTMDTInventorRevitmax...

*CAD

18.10.2004

How much more expensive is color plotting compared to black-and-white?

Tip 4073

*CAD,PLT

14.10.2004

How to find the polyline direction/orientation?

Tip 4068

Map5Map6Map2004Map2005

*CAD

11.10.2004

How to make rotated texts and block attributes "readable"?

Tip 4066

ACAD

*CAD

11.10.2004

QLEADER command no longer starts the MText editor dialog.

Tip 4063

ACADACLTADTMap

*CAD

8.10.2004

How to change Text/Dtext objects into MText objects?

Tip 4059

ACADADTMapACADM

*CAD

8.10.2004

Error: "Portable License Utility: ???????????????JC?B"

Tip 4056

ACAD2004ACAD2005ACLT2005ADTM...

Win98,WinME,Win95CAD

7.10.2004

"Invalid field specification" trying to ATTEXT a SDF/CDF file

Tip 4053

ACADACLTADTMap

*CAD

6.10.2004

How to suppress non-critical dialogs during batch plotting and scripts?

Tip 4045

ACADACLTADTMapMDT

*CAD

3.10.2004

Not able to select more objects.

Tip 4044

ACADACLTADTMapMDT

*CAD

3.10.2004

How to draw an arc symbol in arc length dimension?

Tip 4041

ACADACLTACADMADTMap

*CAD

27.9.2004

How to embed a raster image with a DWG drawing?

Tip 4038

ACADADTMap

*CAD

27.9.2004 FAQ

Centered dimension text after parametric changes of geometry.

Tip 4035

Inventor9

*CAD

24.9.2004

Where to download Czech fonts for AutoCAD?

Tip 4034

ACADACLTADTMapInventorRevit

*CAD

24.9.2004

Slow mouse motion in Revit and Inventor.

Tip 4032

InventorRevit

*CAD

23.9.2004

How to suppress units (kg/lb) in a PartsList?

Tip 4031

Inventor9

*CAD

22.9.2004

How to make a 'numeric keypad' toolbar for AutoCAD?

Tip 4027

ACADACLTADTMap

*CAD

21.9.2004

A layout copied with DesignCenter from another drawing is not added.

Tip 4025

ACAD2000ACLT2000ADTMDTMap

*CAD

20.9.2004

"NN were not able to be exploded" while exploding blocks - can't explode block.

Tip 4023

ACADACLTMapADT

*CAD

17.9.2004

Undocumented AutoCAD system variables.

Tip 4020

ACADACLTADT

*CAD

16.9.2004

Simple CAD network license borrowing for mobile users.

Tip 4019

ACAD2010ACAD2005ADT2005Map200...

*CAD

15.9.2004

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