Loyal readers of Shaan Hurley's blog may have noticed
that recently he has taken to adding the line (no direct
links, please) to some of the content he posts on his
pages.
No direct links, for those of you who are not Internet-
savvy, means that some bloggers, websites, etc. may
find content on Shaan's blog that they like and then
post a direct link to that content. So, you go to their
website, select the link and go directly to the content
with no idea that Shaan (and Autodesk) is the source.
Shaan's objection, I presume, is 1) he isn't getting
proper credit as the source of the material; 2) others
are getting "free" content for their
blogs/websites/whatever with no work on their part and
3) the point of his blog is for you to read his version
of "the truth" and if you just go direct to the content
without reading the editorial whatever, you are getting
the content out of context which is not fair to him or
to you - the user.
Of the objections, I think the "free content" is probably
the most understandable. As the Internet has
proliferated, poaching content from one site to another
has also increased exponentially. I find articles I have
written on sites I never knew existed. There is a huge
hunger for content and people don't want to pay for it
(or can't afford to).
I have told resellers, user groups, etc. I don't care if
they pass on my tutorials, tips, articles, etc. I
understand the need for content and the urge to
poach. I only ask that the poacher acknowledge me as
the author and let folks know they can come to my
website, etc. if they want more.
My biggest concern is the loss of content. I can't
tell you how many routines, tutorials, shareware
programs, etc. have been lost because the webhost
went belly up. So, I tend to download the content and
store it on my website. I try to give people credit for
their efforts when I can.
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Use SCALELISTEDIT to customize your Scale List |
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You can add, delete and modify items on the scale list
for your viewports.
Simply type SCALELISTEDIT on the command line.
Then use the dialog to make the needed modifications.
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Undo Zoom and Pan |
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By default, when you use the Zoom and Pan and then
press UNDO, any previous zoom or pan commands are
combined. This can be annoying to some users who
would like to use undo (instead of Zoom Previous) to
back up a display.
To un-combine the Zoom and Pan undo, go to Options.
Select the User Preferences tab. Then disable the
Combine Zoom/Pan Commands option on the bottom
right of the dialog.
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OSNAPZ - new System Variable introduced in 2006 |
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OSNAPZ controls whether object snaps are projected
onto a different plane parallel to the XY plane of the
current UCS based on the current elevation.
0: The Z-value is used from the specified point
selected with the object snap
1: The Z-value is substituted with the current
value in the ELEV system variable for the specified
point selected with the object snap
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Why the Layer Dialog Loads so Slowly |
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When opening a drawing in AutoCAD and starting the
Layer Manager, the dialog box can take a long time ( up
to a few minutes) to load. In previous releases of
AutoCAD, with the same drawing, the Layer Manager
opened instantly.
A large drawing file or a drawing file with a lot of layers
can cause the Layer Manager to display slowly. The
Layer Mananger scans every layer in the drawing to
determine if there are objects on the layer so the
correct icon is displayed.
You can speed up the amount of time it takes for the
Layer Manager to load by disabling one of the options
on the dialog.
In the lower left corner, uncheck the Indicate layers in
use option.
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How the Layer Filter Alert Works |
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Users with alot of layers often will define layer filters to
make it easier for them to navigate around their
drawing.
The LAYERFILTERALERT system variable controls the
behavior of removing layer filters out of a drawing
automatically. If a drawing contains over 100 layer
filters and the number of layer filters exceeds the
number of layers the system helps to improve
performance by dealing with this excessive number of
layer filters.
Set LAYERFILTERALERT to 3 and you will have the best
option.
The 3 setting displays a dialog when opening a drawing
with more than 100 layer filters, allowing the user to
select from a list which layer filters should be deleted
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The FILTERS command |
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The FILTERS command brings up a dialog that allows
the user to select what layer filters should be retained
in order to speed up the loading of the Layer Manager.
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The DIMARC Command |
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2006 introduced the new DIMARC tool that allows user
to dimension the length of an arc.
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What is Shrink Wrap? |
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During an ADT presentation at the March CAD Camp, a
user asked "What is Shrink Wrap?"
I thought that was an inspired question. Shrink Wrap is
the object used for the sectional plane when you
create elevation or sectioned views. So, say you are
slicing through a building - how do you want the wall to
appear on the cut edge?
You can control the appearance of the shrink wrap
outline and hatch in different display representations
using the Display Manager and by editing the Object
Display.
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