In this week’s video I wanted to build on the viewport/site plan drawing we made a few weeks ago and share some awesome, somewhat hidden/secret tools in AutoCAD to make your Site Plans better and easier to create!
Category: AutoCAD
AutoCAD How To Insert Drawings – 3 Simple Tricks To Import, Add & Reference DWGs
we’re going over 3 simple methods and tricks for inserting or importing DWGs into our drawings!
Depending on your situation and the type of drawing you’re creating, each of these different methods of bringing drawing data into our drawing can be super helpful. Whether you just want bits and pieces of a drawing inserted, a live linked reference of say a floor plan, or you just want to insert everything to make changes, today’s video has you covered with all the options!
8 Must-know AutoCAD Viewport Tips & Tricks – How to Create, Scale, and Master Viewports!
Hey Everybody! I hope your week is going well so far and you’ve been able to enjoy some of the nice weather lately! Around here it’s been hot and luckily not too smoky from forest fires, and we have some rain in the forecast which is much needed. A few weeks ago […]
AutoCAD Scaling Tips & Best Practices!
Arguably one of the more confusing topics in AutoCAD to newer designers and those that learned prior to paper space/annotative text is scaling within AutoCAD. I can’t remember how many times I’ve been asked about setting up scales, fixing viewports, annotative text, what size to draw things in model space, and […]
AutoCAD Text Arrows/Leaders Tips, Tricks & Styles! Multi Leader Tutorial
Hey Everybody, Brandon here and this week we are looking at how to work with and use MultiLeaders or MLeaders in AutoCAD. Whether you’re new to AutoCAD or just looking for a refresher, this video will help get you up to speed when adding arrows or leaders to our text. […]
3 AutoCAD Tricks to Search Layers, Styles, Blocks & More in Drawings! | 2 Minute Tuesday
Hey Everybody, Brandon here back with a new post for you all, this week we are taking a look at 3 easy ways to help speed up working with Layers in AutoCAD. Specifically, how to search for layers in AutoCAD, whether you need to find out which layer an object […]
5 Simple AutoCAD Tricks To Save You Time! – Must Know Productivity Hacks! | 2 Minute Tuesday
Hey Everybody, Brandon here back with a new post and I’m excited to get back to writing here and in general after a few months of focusing on the Youtube Channel and video tutorials. Depending on when you’re reading this, you may have just finished enjoying the Long weekend (May […]
AutoCAD Hatch Problems & Tips – Boundary Errors + Time Saving Tricks | 2 Minute Tuesday
Hey Everybody! I hope you’re ready for this weeks new video and post. In it we are taking a look at the hatch command and in particular, some of the most common issues and errors we encounter when hatching in AutoCAD. Before we jump into today’s post, I wanted to thank […]
Plex-Earth 5D: Taking the guesswork out of civil design
Hey Everybody! I hope you’re all doing well and were able to enjoy some summer before this fall/winter weather started to set in, at least up here in BC, Canada… Today I wanted to share an update from our friends over at Plex-Earth! I’ve previously demoed their software as well as […]
AutoCAD How to Copy & Create Layouts: 3 Quick Tips! – 2 Minute Tuesday
Hey Everybody, I can’t believe it’s already August! I hope you’ve been able to enjoy your summer and aren’t working too hard. Even with all of the fires/smoke around here, my family was able to get out and do some camping and hiking this last weekend. It was really nice […]