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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

Function Description: The DIMTOFFSET system variable is used to control the gap between the dimension line and the dimension text, if the space above the arrows is not enough for the dimension text when you place the dimension below or right the... Read More

This new function allows to batch purge the excess objects such as blocks, layers, line type, dimension style or text style on several DWG files. The Batpurge tool doesn't need to open files. It executes the command of purge directly, which... 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

Trim one side of an object which is intersecting with other objects. The object can be polyline, line, circle, arc, ellipse, image or text. Menu : Express tools>Modify>Trim Enhancement Command Entry : EXTRIM Operation steps: 1. Start the... Read More

Globally attaches leaders line to mtext, tolerance, or block reference objects Menu : Express>Dimension>Global Attach Leader to Annotation Command Entry : QLATTACHSET Select objects: Select one or multiple leader lines and annotation objects... Read More

Detach leader line from mtext, tolerance, or block reference object. Menu : Express>Dimension>Detach Leaders from Annotation Command Entry : QLDETACHSET Select objects: Select leader line Usage Example: Select a leader line to detach from an... Read More

Attach leader line to Mtext, tolerance, or block reference object. Menu : Express>Dimension>Attach Leader to Annotation Command Entry : QLATTACH Select Leader: Select a leader Select a dimension: Select the Mtext, tolerance, or block reference... Read More

When the texts are mixed with Chinese characters, English letters and Arabic numerals, because of the definition of font types, the text height will be different and the visual effect is not good. You can use this function to match the text height,... Read More