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If you hide an image boundary, the boundary can not be plotted or displayed and cannot be selected with the pointing device, which prevents that the image is accidentally moved or modified. Clipped images are still displayed to their specified... Read More

Scale Action can be matched with the Linear Parameter, Polar and XY Parameter to achieve various Dynamic effects. Linear Scale 1.Draw Finish drawing an access hole in a model space and define it as a block, as shown in the following picture.   2... Read More

Sometimes we need to add annotations to our drawings, it is more convenient to edit and manage annotations that are in one special layer. This function is based on this kind of circumstance, you can select one text annotation to be deleted , our... Read More

Trims objects with a block as a cutting boundary. Menu : Express>Blocks>Trim to Nested Objects Command Entry : BTRIM Command line prompts as follow: Select objects or <select all>: Select one or more blocks and press ENTER Select the... Read More

Imports block attribute values from an external, tab-delimited ASCII file. Menu : Express>Blocks>Import Attribute Information Command Entry : ATTIN Using ATTIN and ATTOUT together, you can quickly make changes to attribute values for selected... Read More

All DWG references (XREF) are updated automatically, when you open a drawing. You can also use the Reload option from the External References palette (EXTERNALREFERENCES) or dialog box. Notification of Changed Xrefs When you attach xrefs to a drawing... Read More

In the Block Editor (BEDIT), select the linear parameters, change the number of grips to "1" in the properties panel.   Save and exit the Block Editor, choose the Dynamic Block, you will find that one grip has disappeared, as shown below. In fact,... Read More

This command will convert sheets, composed by line/Spline and text/Mtext in CAD, to EXCEL. Menu : Express>Table Tools> CAD Table to Excel Command Entry : GC_CTE It will pop up a dialog box and you can specify the conversion ratio. Operation... Read More

Copy multiple objects with Repeat, Array, Divide and Measure options. Menu : Express tools>Modify>Multiple Copy Command Entry : COPYM Start the command and the command line prompts as follows: Select objects: Select the objects to be copied... Read More

Allows you to view, save, load and compare system variable settings. Menu: Express tools>Tools>System Variable Editor Command Entry : SYSVDLG System Variables Dialog Box Options: List Box : Displays a list of system variables. The edit field... Read More