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		<title>Show or Hide Raster Image Boundaries</title>
		<link>http://2learncad.com/blog/2013/02/show-or-hide-raster-image-boundaries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The clipping boundaries of a raster image can be controlled in AutoCAD, whether you want to display or hide them in a drawing. To show or hide Raster Image Boundaries on your drawing: 1. Go to the Modify menu, on the drop menu select Object, &#62; Image &#62; Frame. 2. Enter &#8221; 0&#8243; to hide [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The clipping boundaries of a raster image can be controlled in AutoCAD, whether you want to display or hide them in a drawing.</p>
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<p>To show or hide Raster Image Boundaries on your drawing:</p>
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<div>1. Go to the <strong>Modify</strong> menu, on the drop menu select <strong>Object</strong>, &gt; <strong>Image</strong> &gt; <strong>Frame</strong>.<br />
2. Enter <strong>&#8221; 0&#8243;</strong> to hide the image boundaries<em></em>;  <strong>&#8220;1 &#8220;</strong> to show and plot the image boundaries<em></em>; <strong>&#8221; 2&#8243;</strong> to show image boundaries but not to plot them<em></em>.</p>
<div id="attachment_497866" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 250px"><a href="http://2learncad.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/image-boundaries-1.jpg" ><img class="wp-image-497866 " title="Image with boundaries" alt="image with boundaries" src="http://2learncad.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/image-boundaries-1-300x158.jpg" width="240" height="126" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Image with boundaries</p></div>
<div id="attachment_497867" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 250px"><a href="http://2learncad.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/image-boundaries-2.jpg" ><img class=" wp-image-497867  " title="Image without boundaries" alt="image without boundaries" src="http://2learncad.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/image-boundaries-2-300x155.jpg" width="240" height="124" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Image without boundaries</p></div>
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<p>3. You can also just type &#8220;<strong>Frame&#8221;</strong> at the command line.</p>
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		<title>Delete Layer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In AutoCAD, we will get the pop up dialogue box saying &#8220;Layer &#8211; Not Deleted&#8220;, if we go to the layer manager and try to delete a layer that contains objects. Sometimes there are so many layers and a lot of nested blocks going on a drawing that we cannot seem to find out easily [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In AutoCAD, we will get the pop up dialogue box saying &#8220;<em>Layer &#8211; Not Deleted</em>&#8220;, if we go to the layer manager and try to delete a layer that contains objects.</p>
<div id="attachment_497517" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://2learncad.com/blog/2013/01/delete-layer/delete-layer/"  rel="attachment wp-att-497517"><img class="size-medium wp-image-497517" alt="AutoCAD delete layer" src="http://2learncad.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/delete-layer-300x167.jpg" width="300" height="167" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Delete layer</p></div>
<p>Sometimes there are so many layers and a lot of nested blocks going on a drawing that we cannot seem to find out easily which object is on that layer. But here is a quick tip on how to delete a layer on AutoCAD even if it contains an object: Use the command &#8220;<strong>LAYDEL</strong>&#8220;. Select any object on that layer, hit enter or the space bar when done. When prompted &#8220;Do you wish to continue?&#8221; type Y, yes and you are done!</p>
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		<title>Show Partial XREF using XCLIP</title>
		<link>http://2learncad.com/blog/2012/11/show-partial-xref-using-xclip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many times we refer to an external drawing, but we only need to show part of it. Sometimes we use a viewport to show the area we need on paperspace. Now I will tell you how you can show partial xref using the XCLIP command. To achieve that do the following: Type XCLIP in the [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many times we refer to an external drawing, but we only need to show part of it. Sometimes we use a viewport to show the area we need on paperspace. Now I will tell you how you can show partial xref using the XCLIP command.</p>
<p>To achieve that do the following:</p>
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<li>Type XCLIP in the command line then select the <a href="http://www.2learncad.com/tutorials/xref.html" title="xref"  target="_blank">XREF</a> when prompted to select object.</li>
<li>For clipping options select NEW.</li>
<li>For boundary there are many options: Polyline, polygonal, rectangular, invert clip. I usually use rectangular, but choose the best fit for your needs.</li>
<li>Once you select one of the options, for example, if you choose rectangular, just draw a <a href="http://www.2learncad.com/tutorials/drawing-a-rectangle.html" title="rectangle"  target="_blank">rectangle</a> around the area you want to show from the <a href="http://www.2learncad.com/tutorials/xref.html" title="xref"  target="_blank">XREF</a> and that is it!</li>
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		<title>Expert cad 3d tutorials</title>
		<link>http://2learncad.com/blog/2012/07/expert-cad-3d-tutorials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The use of CAD program in films has become increasingly more prevalent over recent quite a few years, culminating in the present-day plethora of 3D videos like Despicable Me plus Megamind. It&#8217;s also utilized for 2D movies to build characters within live actions movies, not just computer animated ones. If you&#8217;ve seen Lord from the [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The use of CAD program in films has become increasingly more prevalent over recent quite a few years, culminating in the present-day plethora of 3D videos like Despicable Me plus Megamind. It&#8217;s also utilized for 2D movies to build characters within live actions movies, not just computer animated ones. If you&#8217;ve seen Lord from the Rings, for example, Golem is fashioned using a sophisticated type of CAD software.</p>
<p>The general public may use this software within a rather less sophisticated manner as nowadays there are several free packages to choose from online to download you can use to create impressive 2D and also<a rel="nofollow" href="http://revit-help.blogspot.com/" title="3D Models"  target="_blank"> 3D models</a>.</p>
<p>Paid for software is likewise available and, of tutorials, offers a bit far more power and versatility, though unlike the commercial packages employed by big business and sector.<br />
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Another Parliamentary session will include no less than three separate Bills relating to major changes or attempt involving planning-related legislation. The Government&#8217;s draft legislative program for your Parliamentary session 2008/09, just published includes proposals to help with making Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) planning authorities, reform the existing historical protection system and set up a new marine planning program.</p>
<p>As part of the energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), April 2008 signals the start of the legal requirement to experience in your possession a power Performance Certificate for business buildings (classed as non-dwellings) for you to construct, lease or offer.</p>
<p>With the now undeniable decline from the housing market, there might be plenty of people deciding to increase their homes rather as compared to dip their toes within a unstable housing market.</p>
<p>The consequences of all of the above will be an increased demand on the preparation departments of Local Authorities of which this will necessitate an market place standard, affordable and easy to understand and use CAD system at the center of the planning department.</p>
<p>It is important the fact that CAD system chosen is able to read all the main file formats even though many extra ones as you possibly can, as plans submitted via the Planning Portal comes into play many different formats. Also, existing records may always be stored in little applied file formats. As long as this CAD package is versatile in its support of a number of file formats, then swapping files with others, authorities, agents or architects do not throw up any difficulties. The system chosen must read and also save in all DWG types, both new and old together with DXF.</p>
<p>With the increase using of Google Sketch Up, a free of charge download, it also makes sense for you to open and edit most of these files.</p>
<p>Being able to save as PDF permits anyone to send layouts to those without his or her CAD package and to be able to bring in PDF, rescale and read down measurements from those submitted will be an extremely useful instrument, saving time on both sides with the planning application process.</p>
<p>The application needed to fulfill these requirements does not want to be &#8216;top heavy&#8217;, needing long stretches of expensive training or contain a great deal of top end features that happen to be not needed and which simply make the responsibility in hand more complicated than it be. This will reduce processing projects adding spare expense, but giving basically no benefit.</p>
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		<title>An Introduction to Paper to CAD Conversion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsexton1127</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before CAD became a drafting industries standard train Drafters would draw every single line by hand currency a drafting board, and many hand held tools. This method was much more cumbersome, and for isometric drawings(3D) it could possibly take days or weeks to complete complicated renderings. Over the third ten years, several software companies get [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Before CAD became a drafting industries standard train Drafters would draw every single line by hand currency a drafting board, and many hand held tools. This method was much more cumbersome, and for isometric drawings(3D) it could possibly take days or weeks to complete complicated renderings. Over the third ten years, several software companies get made advancements to CAD software making the project of drafting more user friendly on the pc.</p>
<p>If your not no stranger to CAD or CADD it&#8217;s typically the acronym for Computer Aided Drafting. Sometimes its categorised as Computer Aided Drafting Type also. 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional drawings manufactured when the draftsmen enters information to a CAD software program. Lines are drawn around the X, Y, and Z axis to produce 3 dimensional models. When designing 2D drawings only your X, and Y axis are utilized which represent the kept, right, up, and decrease directions. The Z axis used to create 3D varieties and represents the interesting depth.</p>
<p>I can remember being child my Father illustrating me to draw collections, and to write my A, B, C&#8217;s with a drafting board he manufactured for my room. These boards enjoy a sliding ruler which allowed someone to create lines in a fabulous straight fashion, and these people were covered with a slick material. This allowed rulers, along with tools to slide effortlessly along its surface without catching to barefoot. The task was additional daunting, and you must be extremely careful when drawing lines because kept in mind however an eraser mistakes could possibly be seen easily. I enjoyed drafting something like this as a kid, but since I&#8217;ve been exposed to CAD I would never return.</p>
<p>It seems like each year advancements in computer technological innovation go farther and quicker compared to the year before it. When I first commenced using CAD software all the lines would have to be put in manually with commands over the keyboard. They would tell animoto to create the lines place to begin, length, and what opinion to direction it. This process seemed to take forever when compared to way lines are generated nowadays. With the CAD software currently you can perform a myriad of commands in a 3D habitat. For instance, if you wanted incorporate a radius to a corner that had been created, all you have to do is click the command for a fillet. It will then ask you in a dimension on the radius, and as you enter the dimension it&#8217;s going to create a perfectly clean and rounded corner.</p>
<p>CAD drafting technology becomes tough one every year with the actual introduction of updated software package. For now, and I feel for evere ? to come, CAD software will the drafting industries traditional practice for creating design, mechanical, civil, electrical, water lines, and any other variety design work. The times of using hand software, and drafting boards has ended. These techniques will hardly ever disappear, but for now will stay more of a hobby to many draftsmen.<br />
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Becoming a 3D CAD designer normally requires time, and an understanding of ways to manipulate the commands at your disposal within CAD software. With a number my very own trade secrets I will allow you to design 3D models within half the time it requires most CAD designers.</p>
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		<title>Benefits Of CAD Design Software In Interior Design</title>
		<link>http://2learncad.com/blog/2012/07/benefits-of-cad-design-software-in-interior-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lorenwarren1128</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This saves a ton of your time since the projects is often shared instantly and end up being edited by multiple designers. Previously, this process required many scanning or faxing between with everyone making their unique changes. Today, all of this is certainly done instantly, in a person place. Another way that this technology makes [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This saves a ton of your time since the projects is often shared instantly and end up being edited by multiple designers. Previously, this process required many scanning or faxing between with everyone making their unique changes. Today, all of this is certainly done instantly, in a person place. Another way that this technology makes the plan process more efficient happens because designing often requires numerous images to be used consistantly. CAD technology allows one to store and use these folks whenever and wherever you should have them.</p>
<p><strong>Where to Start Learning CAD to further Your Career</strong></p>
<p>Since you are thinking about learning CAD to further a current career, taking a full undergraduate or graduate course-load is probably unthinkable. Plus, you don&#8217;t really need all of those extra, unrelated courses. Quite often, your ideal choice is an online program and / or certification course. These courses range anywhere from several months to a year, which compared to traditional education isn&#8217;t an time at all. Not alone is this path considerably quicker, but it also lets you focus on CAD technology rather than bunch of unrelated programs.</p>
<p>CAD Drafting will be new standard for developing technical drawings for construction, mechanical, civil, electrical, pipe joints, and more. The CAD software on the market from companies like Autodesk have new built-in features that allow CAD designers to make <a rel="nofollow" href="http://revit-help.blogspot.com/" title="3D Models"  target="_blank">3D models</a> in half the amount of time it once took. If you&#8217;re able to take advantage of these kind of commands, and mix that having a few secrets of this trade, it&#8217;s a recipe for precise design in half the time. If you listen to a lot of the hints I give you will here, and put the crooks to practice it&#8217;ll be not enough available time before your designing being a pro.</p>
<p>When first learning a skill of CAD drafting you understand <a href="http://www.2learncad.com/tutorials/drawing-line.html" title="create lines"  target="_blank">how to create lines</a>, <a href="http://www.2learncad.com/tutorials/draw-circle.html" title="circles"  target="_blank">circles</a>, <a href="http://www.2learncad.com/tutorials/creating-a-fillet.html" title="create radius or fillet"  target="_blank">radius</a>, and even<a href="http://www.2learncad.com/tutorials/creating-a-fillet.html" title="create arcs or fillet"  target="_blank"> arcs</a> at certain <a href="http://www.2learncad.com/tutorials/dimension-style.html" title="create dimensions"  target="_blank">dimensions</a>, to create 2D paintings. If you take a look at the commands within it you can design things whether it&#8217;s architecture, or mechanical much quicker. Offset is one for the commands that comes in useful nearly all time. This will help you to spread out a single line or multiple lines to whatever measurement everyone input. Copy when used correctly can save large volumes of time. This will allow for the CAD Drafter to help you basically copy any objects drawn and place him or her wherever. Mirroring is one in every of my favorite commands. Most designs have lines besides other objects equidistant from a point in the center of the design. If you split the form in half, draw it again, and perform the mirror command along with the point of mirror with the center point we mentioned, you can getaway with only drafting 50 % of the design.</p>
<p>Those commands just might help you achieve your design faster for 2D designs, but when <a rel="nofollow" href="http://revit-help.blogspot.com/" title="3D Modeling" >3D modeling</a> there&#8217;s a couple more you need to know about. The first and quite a few well know 3D command is extrude. This would be the process of transforming any polyline(combination of lines that connect) perfectly into a three <a href="http://www.2learncad.com/tutorials/dimension-style.html" title="create dimensions"  target="_blank">dimensional object</a>. One thing most families don&#8217;t realize is that it is known to cut out areas likewise. Once you&#8217;ve mastered this command the following on the list is revolve.</p>
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		<title>Turn off multiple annotative text display</title>
		<link>http://2learncad.com/blog/2012/06/turn-off-multiple-annotative-text-display/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 21:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever felt annoyed by the multiple annotative text displayed on your model space drawings? It gets really crowded when you have a lot of different annotation scales on the list.  To turn off the multiple annotative text from displaying, use the command: SELECTIONANNODISPLAY and set the value to 0. That should hide the [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever felt annoyed by the multiple annotative text displayed on your model space drawings? It gets really crowded when you have a lot of different annotation scales on the list.  To turn off the multiple annotative text from displaying, use the command: <strong>SELECTIONANNODISPLAY </strong>and set the value to 0.<strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2learncad.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Annotative-Text-with-multiple-scales-display.gif" ><img class=" wp-image-496572  aligncenter" title="Annotative-Text-with-multiple-scales-display" src="http://2learncad.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Annotative-Text-with-multiple-scales-display.gif" alt="Annotative-Text-multiple-scales-display" width="508" height="306" /></a></p>
<p>That should hide the multiple annotation scales from displaying<strong>.<br />
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		<title>Layer Isolate</title>
		<link>http://2learncad.com/blog/2011/06/layer-isolate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 02:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To quickly isolate a layer or layers type in the command line: LAYISO. When the AutoCAD cursor asks, select the layer or layers to be isolated. That will automatically lock all layers except the one you have selected. To restore the layer state just type: LAYUNISO.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To quickly isolate a layer or layers type in the command line:<strong> LAYISO. </strong>When the AutoCAD cursor asks, select the layer or layers to be isolated. That will automatically lock all layers except the one you have selected. To restore the layer state just type: <strong>LAYUNISO</strong>.</p>
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		<title>Line type</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To edit or create your own line type: a)    Type LINETYPE in the command line. b)    When the Linetype manager dialogue comes up, click on the load button (on top right of the menu). click on file. c)    Select the browser arrow down to find out the location of your acad.lin file. d)    Open notepad [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To edit or create your own line type:<br />
a)    Type <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>LINETYPE</strong></span> in the command line.<br />
b)    When the Linetype manager dialogue comes up, click on the <strong>load button</strong> (on top right of the menu).<br />
click on file.<br />
c)    Select the browser arrow down to find out the location of your acad.lin file.<br />
d)    Open notepad or notepad++ and browse for the <strong>acad.lin</strong> file location.<br />
e)    Follow the format below. Once you are done save the file as a <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>.lin</strong></span> extension.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://2LearnCAD.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/line-type.png" ><img title="line type" src="http://2LearnCAD.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/line-type.png" alt="line type" width="500" height="172" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Line type Definition Format</p></div>
<p>1- Line type name. (You can use underscore but no spaces).<br />
2- Line type description. (It is limited to 47 characters in length).<br />
3- Line type symbol appearance.<br />
4- Length between each symbol.<br />
5- Drawing unit space length before the symbol.<br />
6- Line type symbol.<br />
7- Type of line type (complex).<br />
8- Line type scale<br />
9- Angle of rotation for the line symbol.<br />
10- X-coordinate position.<br />
11- Y-coordinate position.<br />
12-Drawing unit space length after the symbol.</p>
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		<title>Converting 3D to 2D</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[3D to 2D]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you have 3D solids and regions drawings you can flat them to 2D views by using the command FLATSHOT. It will create 2D representations of the current view that you have on your screen at execution of the command. The new 2D entities will be generated as a block projected onto the XY plane. [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you have 3D solids and regions drawings you can flat them to 2D views by using the command <strong>FLATSHOT</strong>. It will create 2D representations of the current view that you have on your screen at execution of the command. The new 2D entities will be generated as a block projected onto the XY plane. You can always modify the block later since it is comprised of 2D geometry.<br />
That is very helpful, especially when you are working with 3D or dxf files. I know a lot of manufacturers have their online catalog cut drawings in 3D format. So that would save you some time and trouble.</p>
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