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Setting up drawing to plot is like an artist making a reproduction of a painting; the two paintings will look very similar, but they‟ll never look exactly the same. This is much like plotting in GstarCAD; you‟ll probably find the right... Read More

For mechanical design, we often need stretch the keyway to a certain length. Now, let us see how to realize the accurate stretch. 1. Pick Linear Parameter: In block editor, pick the linear parameter, then click entry frame which is in the right... Read More

Now the Options dialog box supports a new tab (Plot and Publish). This tab helps users to control options related to plotting and publishing.     Read More

Block attributes is a nice tool to have. We can use it to preserve text style and size as annotation block. Drawing title and title block is a good example. The problem is when we need it explode it somehow, we will lose any information we put in... Read More

When building the block definition, the selection order is the key. If you simply window off the geometry there is a good possibility the prompt order will not be as desired. When selecting objects for a block definition, first individually pick the... Read More

Changes the case of selected text, mtext, attributes and dimension text. Menu : Express>Text Tools>Others>Change Text Case Command Entry : TCASE Command line prompts as follows : Select object: Use a selection method to select annotation... Read More

TextMatch is a specific tool to match both text and Mtext attributes in the current drawing, avoiding to select and edit text attributes one by one. You can access it from: Menu: Text>Text Match Command Entry: Textmatch After starting the command,... Read More

You can create blocks by selecting objects, specifying a name and base point. You can also create TEXT information as attributes of blocks. You can define a blocks by BLOCK , insert a DWG/DXF file, COPYCLIP and paste as BLOCK , or binding an XREF... Read More

The TCASE command changes the case of selected text, mtext, attributes and dimension text. Command Access :  Command : TCASE Menu : Express>Text Tools>Others>Change Text Case Command line prompts as follows : Select object: Use a selection... Read More

The EATTEDIT command is used to edit attributes of blocks. Command Access: Ribbon : Home > Block> SingleMenu : Modify > Object > Attribute > SingleCommand : EATTEDIT Command Prompts: Select a block: Function Description:   Related... Read More