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Text in Linetypes the Super Simple Way

July 22, 2010

Before signing off to get married I started a series entitled Linetypes the Super Simple Way. So far I’ve covered creating a simple dashed linetype, creating shapes, and complex linetypes with shapes. To continue that series, today I’m going to take a look at creating linetypes with text contained within them. Chances are, by reading [...]

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FROM: The Forgotten OSNAP

July 6, 2010

To say it’s been an memorable few weeks would be an understatement. The last time I posted it was to say I was signing off to get married. Well I’m incredibly happy to say the wedding went off incredibly well, and despite a brief appearance from then tropical storm Alex, the honeymoon was equally wonderful. [...]

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Complex Linetypes with Shapes the Super Simple Way

June 4, 2010

So far my “Linetypes the Super Simple Way” series has covered creating a simple dashed linetype and creating shapes for a linetype. In this post I’m going to continue the series by exploring how to create a linetype using the shape we created earlier. Although the actual linetype is still defined within a .lin file; [...]

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Save $480 on AutoCAD LT 2011 until July 16, 2010

May 21, 2010

Catching up on some unread blog posts in Google Reader this morning, I came across a post R.K. McSwain made on his CAD Panacea blog (a personal favorite) earlier this week titled AutoCAD LT rebate. AutoCAD LT 2011 retails for $1,200, but Autodesk is running a promotion on their own site until July 18, and [...]

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Shapes for Linetypes the Super Simple Way

May 20, 2010

Last week I started a discussion about creating Custom Linetypes the Super Simple Way. Today I’m going to continue that discussion by talking about yet another component to creating custom linetypes – shapes. As this post will outline, linetypes cannot contain Blocks, but may contain a lesser known object known as Shapes. AutoCAD Shapes are [...]

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AutoCAD 2011 No Experience Required named as an Autodesk Official Training Guide

May 13, 2010

The announcement came late last week, but just in case you missed it Wiley publishing will provide Autodesk Official Training Guides for Autodesk’s 2011 products. Ten titles from Sybex, an Imprint of Wiley, will be exclusively designated as “Autodesk Official Training Guides”. I’m excited to announce my upcoming book AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: [...]

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