Archive for the 'AutoCAD 2008' Category

How to dimension an Arc

dimarc1Two years ago, when I was still using AutoCAD version 2002 in my work. I always encounter an arc portion of a drawing that need to be measured. The problem that was is, AutoCAD version 2002 was not capable of dimensioning an arc.

How to Rotate your Drawing in Paper Space

There are times when you’re almost done, on finishing your drawing, but the only hindrance in doing so are some of the details on your drawing that can’t seem to fit all inside in one paper. And the only solutions you might think is whether you separate it on another paper or just re arrange it.

View Transitions

I’ve been using AutoCAD for more than a decade now,  starting from Rel. 13 up to now AutoCAD 2008, Since the time I’m using AutoCAD I haven’t encountered these animation “thing” whenever I am using zoom command on AutoCAD 2008.  At first I thought I should be impressed with it but I felt otherwise,  in short I always got annoyed with it. Other user might agreed with me with these as some of my colleagues do when they encountered it by themselves.

ACAD.PGP where art thou?

Sometime ago I’ve posted about modifying command aliases by changing it in ACAD.PGP, and also where to look for it. As what I have post, ACAD.PGP can be found on the support folder of the AutoCAD program folder. But that is applicable if your still using the previous version of AutoCAD, say AutoCAD 2002, AutoCAD LT or 2004.

Missing Express Tools on AutoCAD Architecture 2008

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I had recently installed thexpress toolsexpress toolse AutoCAD Architecture 2008 formerly known as Autodesk Architectural Desktop (ADT) on my PC.  At first I thought I haven’t encountered any problem while installing it, only to found out that there was some important tools missing.