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Faking a Door With Material Texture

August 4, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 6 Comments

Imagine this: you are an interior designer, and one day your client show you a brochure or a catalog. “I want my front door like this. Can you put it in your model and render it for me? And make the rendered model nice.” What do you think if your client want a door like […]

Creating Your Own AutoCAD Rendering Materials

August 2, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 2 Comments

We have discussed how we can apply AutoCAD rendering materials from available Autodesk library. The next problem is, what if what we want doesn’t exist in the library? We have to create our own! But don’t worry. It is not that difficult. It does need several trials and errors, and rendering it. The nice thing […]

AutoCAD Accuracy Issue: How Do You Deal With It?

July 26, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 19 Comments

I had several interesting responses regarding AutoCAD is loosing it’s accuracy article. The last discussion was with Jon, is kind of make me think that I should update this article. Thank you for your info Jon. You can read Jon response in comment section of 100 AutoCAD tips I compiled. Let us forget the hatches […]

Design Collaboration in Revit: Preparing Worksets

July 26, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 4 Comments

When you start to work on a large project, you probably start to think about design collaboration. You need several users work simultaneously on a project. And not having the others wait while you work. You can use Revit link, which is pretty similar with AutoCAD XREF. But Revit link works best if you have […]

Using Autodesk Material Library in AutoCAD

July 20, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 3 Comments

In this article, we are going to attach materials to our model. We are going to skip the artificial lighting and save it for later. However, we already have sunlight for now and it’s enough to create a photorealistic rendering. You probably now can’t wait to see how your model looks like when we render […]

Setting Up AutoCAD Sun Light is Easy!

July 18, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 43 Comments

Do you think setting up lighting for your AutoCAD rendering is difficult? try this tutorial to easily get compelling result!

Defining AutoCAD Camera

July 14, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 13 Comments

I had a couple questions about creating a photorealistic rendering in AutoCAD. Probably after seeing the rendering sample I made. I’m not a rendering guru, but I think it would be interesting to write something about it. Setting up rendering environment is not difficult. But you need to do trial and error before finally get […]

Isometric Drawing in MicroStation

July 11, 2010 by Edwin Prakoso 3 Comments

If you need to create isometric drawing in MicroStation, you are probably wondering how to do it easily. We are not talking about drawing the isometric in 3D model, but isometric diagram in 2D DGN. Open your MicroStation. Try to find the lock symbol in status bar, and click it. It is the active lock […]

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6 Things AutoCAD Command Line Can Do for You (Infographics)

AutoCAD Command Line is the most important feature in AutoCAD. Veteran users can use two hands (one on the keyboard and the other using mouse) and draw very quickly. It is faster than relying on the GUI only.

The new users probably using GUI more than older users like me. They prefer the Ribbon and use the Command Line less. 

In this post, you can see 6 things AutoCAD Command Line can do to make your life easier. You don’t have to use them all, but at least you know it can be done. If you think it’s good, use it. But if you don’t like it, leave it.

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