Workflow

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

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

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

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

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

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

There are many methods to generate duplicates of objects in your drawing, such as COPY , OFFSET , MIRROR and ARRAY . Copy Objects Duplicates of objects can be generated at a specified distance and direction from the originals. Use coordinates,... Read More

The Change Block Color function Modify the block color quickly. Menu: Express>Blocks>Change Block Color Command Entry: bchgcol Operation steps: 1.Start the command. 2.Input new color number, here we input 30 for example. 3.Select block objects... Read More