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Why my AutoCAD objects are shown as boxes?

February 26, 2013 by Edwin Prakoso 1 Comment

You receive AutoCAD drawing, and when you open it you see text are only shown as boxes. Or hatches are not shown. Or some viewports’ contents are missing. What could be wrong?

How to speed Up AutoCAD: configuring AutoCAD (part 2)

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AutoCAD has many new features that can make it very heavy for old computers. See what you can turn off to gain better performance!

How to Speed up AutoCAD: optimize your computer (part 1)

December 5, 2012 by Edwin Prakoso 9 Comments

Do you feel your old computer runs AutoCAD slowly? Let’s optimize your computer to have better performance! This is the 1st part: optimizing computer.

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