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AutoCAD How To Automate Text using FIELDS – 4 Easy Time Saving Tricks! | 2 Minute Tuesday

May, 2021May, 2021 Brandon

Hey Everybody, Brandon here, back as usual with a new 2 Minute Tuesday for you all! In today’s video, we are taking a look at one of my favorite topics and productivity hacks drafting and using AutoCAD in general, Automation. In particular, automating text within AutoCAD by using fields to […]

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AutoCAD How To Delete a Block from a Drawing – Quick Drawing Clean Method! | 2 Minute Tuesday

May, 2021April, 2021 Brandon

Hey Everybody, Brandon here and we’re back with another 2 Minute Tuesday! This week we are taking a look at how exactly to Delete a Block from a drawing in AutoCAD. Surprisingly, or maybe not surprisingly, it’s not always straight forward or clear how to remove a block definition from […]

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AutoCAD How to Bring Back Missing Command Line, Ribbon & More – Quick Commands! | 2 Minute Tuesday

April, 2021April, 2021 Brandon

Hey Everybody Brandon here and it’s Tuesday, you know what that means, new video/post today! In today’s video I wanted to answer that super common question and issue, where did my command/ribbon/tool palette go!!?? In it, we walk through exactly how to quickly bring back the command line in AutoCAD. We […]

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AutoCAD How to Divide or Measure in Equal Parts – Lines & Curves! | 2 Minute Tuesday

April, 2021April, 2021 Brandon

Hey Everybody Brandon here, back again with another 2 Minute Tuesday Video and post for you all! Today we are taking a look at a really useful and often underused or completely forgotten pair of commands, Divide & Measure. These commands allow us to easily and quickly divide or split objects into […]

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AutoCAD How to Remove Border From Images – Plus PDFs & A Quick Trick! | 2 Minute Tuesday

April, 2021April, 2021 Brandon

Hey Everybody! Brandon here with yet another 2-Minute Tuesday, extending the continuous streak to somewhere over a dozen in a row! In today’s video we are taking a quick look at the various commands in AutoCAD to turn on / off or remove borders from images, ole objects, pdfs, and […]

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AutoCAD How To Link Excel Tables to AutoCAD – Super Easy & Dynamic | 2 Minute Tuesday

April, 2021March, 2021 Brandon

Hey Everybody! Brandon here as usual, and today we’ve got another new 2 Minute Tuesday! On a side note, I think this may be the longest run of continuous 2-minute Tuesday videos in a row! And there’s more coming so be sure to subscribe to the email list on the […]

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AutoCAD How To Add Superscript / Subscript Text and Symbols – 3 Quick Tricks! | 2 Minute Tuesday

March, 2021March, 2021 Brandon

Hey Everybody, Brandon here back with this week’s new 2 Minute Tuesday video! This week we’re taking a look at how to add superscript and subscript text in AutoCAD. Custom text like super/sub script is common in the design/drafting industry and a must-have when creating drawings. Everything from fractions, to […]

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AutoCAD How To Find & Open Autosave Backup Files! (.ac$ .bak) – 2 Minute Tuesday

March, 2021March, 2021 Brandon

Hey Everybody, Brandon here with this weeks 2 Minute Tuesday post! In this week’s video we are taking a quick yet detailed look at how to setup, find and open backup files (.bak) in AutoCAD. This also includes how to use and recover autosave files (.ac$) which can literally be […]

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AutoCAD How To Rotate Viewports – 3 Easy Methods! | 2 Minute Tuesday

March, 2021February, 2021 Brandon

Brandon here with another new 2 minute tuesday!   In today’s video we are taking a look at a staple of layout and viewport setup and customization. How to rotate a viewport in AutoCAD In the video, we walk through not just one but three different ways to rotate viewports […]

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DraftSight Tips, Tricks & Features to Speed up your Drafting! – An Affordable AutoCAD Alternative

March, 2021February, 2021 Brandon

Hey Everybody Brandon here back with the fourth and final installment of my series of videos/posts where we take a Look at the AutoCAD Alternative, DraftSight. In case you missed the previous posts, here is Episode #1 , here is Episode #2 & Episode #3 In this fourth installment, I wanted to focus on sharing some […]

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