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Replace all instances of a standard block with an xref. Unbind xrefs that are bound. Menu: Express>Blocks>Convert Block to Xref Command Entry: BLOCKTOXREF BLOCKTOXREF searches the entire drawing for references to a specified block name and... Read More

The location and orientation of dimension text can be changed or replaced it with new text when you create it or after created. You can rotate the existing text, after you have created a dimension or replace it with new text. The text can be moved to... Read More

Menu : Express tools>AutoXlsTable>Create Table Command Entry :_CAOT_AUTOXLSTABLE_CREATE Operation steps: 1. In the AutoXLSTable pull-down menu, click Create Table. 2.Create an Excel spreadsheet or open an existing Excel spreadsheet in Excel. 3... Read More

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

You can turn on and off Lineweights in a drawing use the LWT on the status bar . The plotting of lineweights is not affected by this setting. In model space, a 0-value LWEIGHT is displayed as one pixel. Regeneration time increases with lineweights... Read More

For easier viewing or special effects, you can change several display properties of raster images in a drawing. You can adjust brightness, contrast and fade for the display of an image as well as for the plotted output. To darken or lighten an image,... Read More

We use the Polar Stretch function of Dynamic Blocks to draw the section symbol in this section. 1.Draw Graphics Drawing includes the attribute text which can be modified as you need as below:   2.Mirror graphics   3. Define blocks Define all the... Read More

All text objects can be moved (MOVE) , rotated (ROTATE), deleted and copied (COPY) just like any other objects. You can also edit the contents of the created text objects. Modify single line text There are two ways for the singe line text... Read More

If you open the ORTHOMODE  , cursor movement is restricted to horizontal and vertical, then you can create and modify drawings more accurately and conveniently. You can turn the Ortho mode on or off by Ortho button on the status bar or press F8 key... Read More

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