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Objects can be moved to a different location or rotated to a new orientation. Move Objects To move objects at a specified distance or direction from the originals, you can use coordinates, grid snap, object snaps and other tools. Specify Distance... Read More

You can select one or more objects individually at the Select Objects prompt.   Use the Pick box Cursor Move the pick box cursor over an object and click, you can select objects. If selection preview is turned on, when you move the pick box cursor... Read More

For mechanical designs, we often need to stretch the keyway to a certain length. Now, let us see how to realize an accurate stretch. Pick linear parameter in block editor (BEDIT), click entry frame which is on the right side of" distance type" on the... Read More

Actually, limited to the demand of the material mechanics characteristics, keyway is only allowed to be placed on the central line. So, a horizontal movement is enough for keyway and the movement to other direction is not meaningful. Next we will... Read More

Using the Visibility Parameter function, you can control the display and hide a certain view in Dynamic Block. 1. Prepare view. Prepare a three cars view and define as block.     2. Add Parameter of Visibility Enter into Block Editor by Double... Read More

Controls the displaying and plotting order of overlapping objects. When you create a drawing, overlapping objects like TEXT , wide polylines (PLINE) or solid-filled polygons are displayed in the order in they are created. To change the draw order,... Read More

Lineweights are width values of graphical objects and some types of text. You can use lineweights to draw heavy and thin lines. For example, heavy lines for walls in architecture drawing but thin lines for them in electrical drawing. Lineweights are... Read More

A line or a curve in a drawing can consist of repeating patterns of dashes, dots and blank spaces, which is called the linetype. Objects can have their individual LINETYPE or by layer or independent of layers assigned individually. You can set its... Read More

You can save and restore model viewport arrangements by name. Viewports and views don't need to be set up every time. Viewport arrangements can be saved and later restored with command VPORTS . Available viewport arrangements can be listed,... Read More

You can split the drawing area into one or more adjacent rectangular views, which are also called model space viewports on the Model tab. For example, If you choose 2 or 3 viewports, you can set the arrangement of viewports: Three viewports: ... Read More