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You can edit a referenced drawing by opening it directly or by editing it in-place within the current drawing. Clip external references You can define a clipping boundary for a XREF to establish which part should be visible or hidden. Clipped... Read More

If you want to simulate the display of paper, you can use the Layout. Select a Paper Size for a Layout You can select a paper size form a standard list or add custom paper size using the Plotter Configuration Editor. The custom paper sizes can be... Read More

The placement of dimension text, arrowheads and leader lines relative to the dimension and extension lines can be organized. Fit Dimension Text Within Extension Lines If enough space is available, dimension text and arrowheads will be shown between... Read More

A multiline text (MTEXT) object includes one or more paragraphs of text that is manipulated as a single object. You can create mtext in the In-Place Text Editor or an alternative text editor, you can also insert text from a file. The In-Place Text... Read More

When you select objects with a pointing device, grips will be displayed at strategic points on objects as small filled squares or arrow. Grips can be dragged to edit objects directly and quickly. Stretch with Grips When you drag selected grips to... Read More

Define custom properties for the dynamic block by specifying positions, distances, and angles for geometry in the block. You add parameters (BPARAMETER) to a dynamic block definition in the Block Editor. In the Block Editor (BEDIT), parameters have... Read More

Donuts (DONUT) are solid-filled circles (CIRCLE) or filled rings. It is a closed polyline (PLINE)with width.     Related tutorial video:     Status bar related setting 00:23 Line command 00:33 Polar 00:39 Edit objects + grips 00:56 Grips... Read More

You can choose one of the following methods to draw a CIRCLE : Center, Radius (Default) Center, Diameter 2 points 3 points Tangent, Tangent, Radius(TTR) Tangent, Tangent, Tangent(TTT) Arc (Convert arc to circle) Depends on the conditions and... Read More

Use RECTANG to create rectangular shape polylines. You can specify the length, width, area, dimensions and rotations. Use POLYGON to create closed polylines with 3-1,024 equal-length sides, you can create equilateral triangles, squares, pentagons... Read More

You can use the LINE command to generate one or a series of continuous line segments. Each segment is a separate line object, you can assign properties such as COLOR , LINETYPE and lineweight (LWEIGHT) to each line. If you want to connect the... Read More