Working with block references that represent symbols are essential in some industrial application drawings like electrical schematics, piping, etc. But a headache comes when try to place these blocks accurately overlapping or even breaking other... Read More
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Select entities by color and layer. Menu : Express>Selection Tools>Get Selection by Layer/Color Command Entry : GETLAYCOLSEL Operation steps: 1.Start the command. 2.Specify an entity which is in the target layer. 3.Specify region. 4.System will... Read More
Using the Visibility Parameter function, you can control the display and hide a certain view in Dynamic Block. 1. Prepare view. Prepare a three cars view and define as block. 2. Add Parameter of Visibility Enter into Block Editor by Double... Read More
This function can split single line texts to single text one by one, because the English word is a combination of several letters, this function only make sense for Chinese Characters. Menu : Express>Text Tools>Others>Chinese Characters... Read More
This command will not change the lines of the whole table, but just move the side line of a cell. Menu : Express>Table Tools>Drag Segment Command Entry : BGJT Operation steps: 1. Start the command. 2. Specify the line of the table for dragging.... Read More
This function is similar to merge cells in Excel. Menu : Express>Table Tools>Merge Cells Command Entry : BGH Operation steps: 1.Start the command. 2.Specify the borderline of the form to merge or the first cell, as shown below. 3. Merging... Read More
Update table whose original Excel spreadsheet was modified. Menu : Express tools>AutoXlsTable>Update Table Command Entry :_CAOT_AUTOXLSTABLE_UPDATETBL Operation steps: 1.Click Update table. 2.Select the table to update then the table will... Read More
You can save and restore model viewport arrangements by name. Viewports and views don't need to be set up every time. Viewport arrangements can be saved and later restored with command VPORTS . Available viewport arrangements can be listed,... Read More
This function is similar to split cells in Excel. Menu : Express>Table Tools>Split Cells Command Entry : BGFG Operation steps: 1.Start the command. 2.Specify the cell which needs to be split. As shown below. 3. Move the cursor, when the rows... Read More
You can select an object to HATCH or fill, or specify an internal point to define a boundary. A hatch boundary or enclosed area can be formed with any combination of objects like LINE , ARC , CIRCLE and polylines (PLINE). Only objects that are in... Read More