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110 newest tips
from year 2016

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FAQ

Question

CAD

% platform category

A useful Toolbox in Autodesk Fusion 360.

Tip 11232

Fusion360

*CAD

21.12.2016

Can I use AutoCAD LT for Mac 2015/2016 on MacOS Sierra?

Tip 11230

ACLT2017ACLT2016ACLT2015

MacOSCAD

20.12.2016

How to find the Revit version used to save a RFA/RVT file?

Tip 11228

Revit

*CAD

18.12.2016

Mass rename (string replace) of Fusion 360 components.

Tip 11226

Fusion360

*CAD

18.12.2016

Copy multiple DWG drawing texts to the Windows Clipboard.

Tip 11223

ACAD

*CAD

15.12.2016

Directional copying of AutoCAD drawing objects.

Tip 11222

ACAD

*CAD

15.12.2016

Mass change of units in the whole Inventor assembly.

Tip 11211

Inventor

*CAD

6.12.2016

Largest number of versions among Vault documents.

Tip 11210

Vault

*CAD

6.12.2016

Justified attribute text in mirrored blocks (AutoCAD)

Tip 11198

ACAD

*CAD

2.12.2016

How to download and install an update of Autodesk software - e.g. Revit 2017.1?

Tip 11195

RevitACADInvMaxVaultCivil

*CAD

1.12.2016

Mass rename of spaces (Revit MEP) from rooms in an underlaid architecture model.

Tip 11189

Revit

*CAD

30.11.2016

How to reassociate all dimensions in a DWG?

Tip 11188

ACAD

*CAD

30.11.2016

Can I use two versions of Dynamo on the same PC?

Tip 11182

RevitDynamo

*CAD

23.11.2016

Suddenly cannot run Dynamo in Advance Steel.

Tip 11181

Steel2017Dynamo

*CAD

23.11.2016

Select objects in negative elevation or in a given 3D octant.

Tip 11179

ACAD

*CAD

22.11.2016

Which Workplane was this Sketch defined in?

Tip 11175

Inventor

*CAD

19.11.2016

Total number of layouts as a field (e.g. "Page 3 of 7").

Tip 11171

ACADACADMPlantCivil3DACADEA...

*CAD

15.11.2016 FAQ

Be an expert in saving of drawings.

Tip 11170

ACADACLT

*CAD

14.11.2016

Dynamic display of layer/block/text style/linetype properties.

Tip 11160

ACADACLT

*CAD

3.11.2016

How to load an ECW v3 format image in AutoCAD?

Tip 11159

ACADADTMapCivil

*CAD

3.11.2016

Metric linetypes by ISO and complex linetypes for utilities.

Tip 11146

ACADACLTCivilMapADT

*CAD

23.10.2016 FAQ

AutoCAD: Customization file load failed.

Tip 11145

ACADACLT

*CAD

23.10.2016

Which Autodesk applications can open a .3DM (Rhino) file?

Tip 11139

ACADInvRevitFusion360

*CAD

16.10.2016

How to convert lines forming a text to a text entity.

Tip 11128

ACADCivilPlantACAD2017ACLT20...

*CAD

7.10.2016

How to insert framed (boxed) text into Inventor drawings?

Tip 11122

Inventor

*CAD

3.10.2016

3D PDF published from Inventor 2017 come out empty.

Tip 11113

Inventor2017

*CAD

30.9.2016

Inventor drawing diplays flipped, mirrored (as from underside)

Tip 11111

Inventor

*CAD

27.9.2016

Displaying IfcSpace in Autodesk Navisworks.

Tip 11106

*CAD

26.9.2016

My school was not found when registering a student account.

Tip 11094

ACADInvCivilRevitmaxSuitec...

*CAD

16.9.2016

Inventor: No preview in Place Constraints (grayed out)

Tip 11093

Inventor

*CAD

16.9.2016

Wrong license cascading on Inventor in Product Design Suite 2017.

Tip 11082

Inv2017PrDS2017

*CAD

6.9.2016

Reading and displaying 3D point matrix from a CSV file.

Tip 11076

ACAD

*CAD

1.9.2016

How to convert a 2D polyline to 3D or vice-versa?

Tip 11074

Civil

*CAD

31.8.2016

How to make an interference line from 3D Faces?

Tip 11072

ACAD

*CAD

30.8.2016

Unknown icon in an AutoCAD Civil 3D project.

Tip 11068

Civil

*CAD

29.8.2016

AutoCAD installation prompts to "Insert Disc 1".

Tip 11063

ACADACLTACADM

*CAD

24.8.2016

Difference volume (3D solid) between two TIN surfaces (sets of coordinates)

Tip 11054

ACADCivil

*CAD

21.8.2016 FAQ

Can I use the default parameter URL to reference a relative link?

Tip 11053

Revit

*CAD

19.8.2016

How to add your own chain type to the roller chain generator?

Tip 11052

Inventor

*CAD

19.8.2016

How to convert font and shape files SHX back to SHP?

Tip 11041

ACAD

*CAD

10.8.2016

How to hatch area defined by border points, not geometry?

Tip 11037

ACADACLT

*CAD

5.8.2016

Mass property depending on the current LOD in an Inventor assembly.

Tip 11034

Inventor

*CAD

3.8.2016

How to create an axis of two curves? (average curve)

Tip 11025

ACAD

*CAD

29.7.2016

How to map properties from an imported STEP file to Inventor?

Tip 11018

Inventor2017

*CAD

26.7.2016

How to select a DWG object by its internal ID, its "handle"?

Tip 11017

ACAD

*CAD

26.7.2016

How to copy Revit custom colors to another PC?

Tip 11016

Revit

*CAD

26.7.2016

AutoCAD forgets window-selected objects when zoomed off screen.

Tip 11004

ACADACLT

*CAD

8.7.2016

Autodesk Fusion 360 - dragging components in imported models.

Tip 10997

Fusion360

*CAD

6.7.2016

Autodesk Fabrication templates - JOT files.

Tip 10996

Fabrication

*CAD

6.7.2016

FATAL ERROR: Unhandled Access when displaying a layout with rendered view

Tip 10986

ACAD2017ACAD2016ACLT

*CAD

28.6.2016

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