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Dynamically Aligning Your Blocks

August 6, 2008

I was just looking back upon some of the topics I have covered in my 100+ posts here at The CAD Geek.  Naturally I have covered a lot of topics, but one topic I was embarrassed to see virtually unexplored here was Dynamic Blocks. Over the last several years I must say I have become [...]

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Update Block Attributes Using Excel

March 12, 2008

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 [...]

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Introduction to AutoCAD Script Files

March 2, 2008

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 [...]

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Introduction to the AutoCAD 2009 Ribbon

February 13, 2008

Last Tuesday MSNBC, CNN, and every other American news outlet dubbed February 5, 2008 as “Super Tuesday”.  Seeing that Virginia (where I live) wasn’t included in the Super Tuesday primaries; Super Tuesday wasn’t much different than any other Tuesday.  Fast-forward a week to February 12, 2008, and you get what I call a Super Tuesday!  [...]

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