Archive for AutoCAD 2008
You are browsing the archives of AutoCAD 2008.
Update Block Attributes Using Excel
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 […]
Popularity: 98% [?]
Introduction to AutoCAD Script Files
Although each release of AutoCAD translates to bigger and arguably better features one thing has never changed; its malleability. In fact some would argue the malleability of the software as being its best feature. Be it the CUI command, LISP routines, or even VBA and .NET applications. Each of these features is included in the […]
Popularity: 100% [?]
Bring All Text To Front and a Wii Tip
This time last week I was at the beautiful Snowshoe Mountain in West Virginia. Slope conditions were rather nice for the entire weekend, so myself and the group I was with got some great runs in! In the evenings when we were not skiing we ended up playing Nintendo Wii.
Of course the Nintendo Wii […]
Popularity: 48% [?]
Commas in Sheet Set Manager
Sheet Set Manager has certainly made it much easier to create, manage, and plot drawing sheets. Even still, SSM is not without it’s flaws. Perhaps one of my all-time SSM annoyances is the fact you cannot insert a comma in a SSM field. So how did I put a comma in the illustration above?
Popularity: […]
Popularity: 45% [?]
Adding LISP, VB apps, and more to Tool Palettes
By now Tool Palettes have probably become a staple of your workspace. We can put all sorts of things on Tool Palettes; lines and blocks being the most common. While lines and blocks on tool palettes add a degree of sanity for many, wouldn’t it be nice if we could say add a LISP […]
Popularity: 37% [?]
