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Questions tagged [autocad]

Questions specific to AutoCAD, as opposed to general computer-aided drafting and design issues.

This tag should be used to categorize questions that pertain specifically to Autodesk's AutoCAD and (preferably) no other CAD tool.

Questions about using CAD tools in general, or where the asker's use of AutoCAD is entirely coincidental to the problem at hand, should use the more general computer-aided-design tag. In some cases, both of these tags can be applied to the same question.

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How do I batch plot drawings in monochrome without editing DWG?

I'm using AutoCAD 2015, and I run into this all the time. I'm given a group of DWG drawings, and I want to plot them into one monochrome PDF, but they do not have monochrome.ctb selected as the plot style. Is there any way in Batch Plot to publish…
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How do I change the text alignment in a radius annotation with AutoCAD?

I have two files open in AutoCAD. One uses horizontal text in radius annotation (see the first picture). The second uses a straight line in radius annotation (see the second picture). I cannot find any difference in the settings of the two files.…
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Understanding AutoCAD plugin files by Example

I am interested in developing an AutoCAD plugin and am trying to understand the relationships between several different types of AutoCAD plugin files: Managed DLLs that ship with AutoCAD plugins ARX files that ship with AutoCAD plugins CUIX files…
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DWG specification document for parsing a DWG file?

I am extending the Apache Tika parser for DWG files so that I can parse text out of DWG files. Currently someone else has written some basic metadata parsing which is great. But the newer versions of DWG are not yet supported. I would like to add…
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NumPad shortcut keys in AutoCAD 2018

I'm using an engineering software based on Autodesk AutoCAD 2018 OEM and I need to assign keyboard shortcuts to NumPad keys directly, without any modifier (SHIFT, CTRL, ALT). On older version of Autocad this was possible, but now even though it's…
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How to remove unwanted line from 2d trimming?

I have a problem when I'm extruding a trimmed surface, it's look alright in isometric view, but in 2d view it shows unrelated line due to the trimming of the circle as show in the photo below, any idea to remove it so that the 2d view looks normal…
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How to create a buffer along a curve in Rhinoceros 5?

Say I have a line (0,0)<--->(1,0) and I want to make a rounded "buffer" along it (or any curve, just keeping it simple) in such a way that I now have a closed curve with radius 0.5 so that I end up with a rectangle with semi-circles on each end that…
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How do I set the default coordinate system for the line tool in Autocad?

On my laptop, I set a variable that makes it so the line tool defaults to Cartesian coordinates. On my desktop, I can't seem to find the variable name. I have been searching for hours.
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How can I join a assortment of points kind of forming an ellipse but not a perfect one

I have already tried spline lines and polyline. I just want to join the points so that they form a curve, its not a perfect ellipse therefore I am not able to get the desired result from the ellipse tool. I have attached the image, I want connect…
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I have 3D model ready in Autocad. I would like to color it and extract a 2D png file from it to use

I am new to the AutoDesk AutoCAD drawing software. I would be really appreciated it if someone could help me out. I will attach the image of the content. I found 3D drawing from the internet, which is STP file extension. I imported the 3D content…
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Tan Tan Radius in AutoCAD doesn't put circle on right side

I've been struggling to this for some time now and can't really find the answer on the web, but: sometimes when I want to set circle inside of an angle, it just throws it out on the wrong side. Like on the photo below: I wanted to insert circle…
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Why in paper space of AutoCAD 3D are colors of object shade not displaying

I am using AutoCAD 2016. In model space, I draw a colored 3D object. Then I made an isometric view of that object in the paper space (layout page). In the 'Appearance' section of 'Drawing View Editor' I selected the 'Shaded with visible lines'…
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How to scale a 3D object on 2 dimensions only?

How can I scale a 3D object only on 2 dimensions with Autocad? For instance, I would like to scale a complex object whose maximum dimensions are 50x30x10 (on axes x, y and z, respectively) obtaining an object whose maximum dimensions are 75x45x10,…
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Assign Object Data to Geometrie Data in Autocad Map3D or Civil 3D

I have lines in my Drawing. All of them has Start Z and End Z geometry-values. In the Object Data every line has variables named Start_z and Ende_Z. I want to copy all Start_Z-Values to the Start Z Geometry-Value and all Ende_Z-Values to the Ende Z…
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Is there a way to get the overall dimensions of an object in AutoCAD (2018)?

I have some DXF/DWG files that I imported into illustrator, but the dimensions seem off by about 5mm. I don't know how to use anymore (last used more than 15 years ago) and I can see two tools, measure and dimension tool, but neither of these are…
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