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Simplify AutoCAD Layer Manager List with Layer Filter

November 11, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 7 Comments

Have hundreds of layers in your drawings? Use layer filter to simplify it, and quickly change properties of layers in a group!

Using AutoCAD Action Recorder to View Specific Area Quickly

November 4, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 2 Comments

The idea of this post came up after I saw this thread in CAD Tutor: How to zoom to a point quickly?. It makes me think is there any easy way to do it in vanilla AutoCAD without programming knowledge? Then I remember action recorder. I decided to give it a try. If you are not […]

Preventing AutoCAD Ribbon Panels to Collapse

November 3, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 2 Comments

Do you use AutoCAD ribbon? One annoying thing about AutoCAD ribbon for me is when I have to work with low screen resolution. I do set it quite high on my computer and feel comfortable with it. However, when I have to do presentations, sometimes I have to set my screen resolution to 1024×768 pixels, […]

Creating Revit Elements by Face

November 2, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 4 Comments

We have created a conceptual mass with Revit. Now after we can show the project owner how the building will looks like, show the mass schedule, how can we finish the Revit building model? How can we convert the mass to building elements? It is very simple. You can do it in few minutes to […]

Quick and Dirty Tip: Resolving AutoCAD XREF Path

October 28, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 17 Comments

Receiving AutoCAD files with XREF can give us headache. You probably already familiar with this warning: It means that AutoCAD can’t find the reference files, because the file location on your computer is not the same with the sender’s computer. If you open the file references palette, you will see warning that the files are […]

10 Reasons to Use AutoCAD Layout

October 27, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 20 Comments

AutoCAD layout brings many benefits. It simplify, represent, manage and automate your drawings. See 10 reasons why you should use it here.

Changing Revit View Title Appearance

October 27, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 2 Comments

I have posted a tip how you can control Revit view title appearance. I made a big mistake by mentioning this: Now the question you probably want to ask: can we change the text appearance or change the circle symbol? As far as I know, no. It’s not external family, so you can’t edit it […]

Controlling Revit Viewport Title

October 25, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 5 Comments

When we place a Revit view into a sheet, we will always see the view title placed at the bottom of the view. Some of us can be annoyed by this view title, especially when we have only one view in our sheet. When we have only one sheet, maybe we only want to show […]