AutoCAD is a computer-aided design software developed by Autodesk Company. The versatile software, in this era of digitalization, has changed the entire working scenario for the design and drafting community. It has revolutionized the design and drafting process from hand drafting to quick commanding design thereby creating 2d and 3d designs and cutting down all the manual labour. The excellent capabilities of the software allow all the designers and drafters to work efficiently and smartly. AutoCAD is a vast software, it offers 2D as well as 3D design and it has many features that can make life much easier and help complete the desired task before time with excellent quality. While the software offers varied and vast functions there some tricks that can speed up the process of delivering professional CAD drafting and make work easier. These tips and tricks can be implemented for file setup, drafting standards, or even file handling and printing purposes. Here in this article, you can find some very useful and time-saving tips and tricks to improve productivity.
Software-Specific Keyboard Shortcuts
AutoCAD provides software-specific keyboard shortcuts that can save time and also allow to create or modify the existing shortcuts. These shortcuts make the drafting quicker and more accurate thereby reducing the extra work.
Autosave Setup
Setting the file to auto-save ensures that in case of any mishap, the file will be saved automatically at certain time intervals so the work won’t be lost and if so, it can also be retrieved from the drawing recovery file manager.
Making Proper Use of the Quick Access Toolbar
Generally, all the tools needed for quick access are available in this toolbar but it can be modified as per the use to save time from finding the tools, and customizing this toolbar can help use the tools in a better way.
Use of Layers
It might happen in order to complete before or on time the entire drawing is created in one layer, but organizing the drawing in layers can be very helpful while working further. Organizing in layers will also help in associating many other parameters to the drawing.
Zoom Extents
Zoom command provides prompt options to view the drawing however one wishes. This helps in reducing the time spent manu
Display Plot Styles
In order to see how the drawing will look after plotting, several setup options are provided in the page setup dialogue box. From this dialogue box, we can edit the plot styles to our requirements rather than going back and forth after plotting the sheets.
SHARED VIEWS
AutoCAD allows to share the design without sharing the original DWG file or PDF. A viewable file can be created for which a viewing link can be shared. This option is available in the menu bar under publish option.
Using OSNAP
Using object snap allows one to draw the objects precisely and accurately without any geometrical errors. Disabling OSNAP and working can create many drafting errors in the drawing.
Using MLINE(MULTILINES)
MLINE command helps in creating multiple parallel lines at once at specified distances in one command instead of offsetting them. These lines and junctions can be further modified from the assigned properties. For instance, while drafting a floor plan, we generally provide offsets for wall thickness, but using this command we can draft directly with the wall thickness which makes delivering construction blueprints easier and quicker.
Use of Burst Command Instead of Explode
While working with blocks, in general, EXPLODE command is used the most to re-edit the block for different properties, but instead BURST command makes it easier which explodes the block while preserving the block layers and values and making it editable.
Audit
One of the most frustrating situations is when AutoCAD files act strangely or it keeps crashing randomly while giving specific commands which makes it unworkable. AUDIT command can help resolve this by finding the bad coding error and fixing it within the software by using the pre-programmed intelligence thereby resulting in a corrupt free file to work.
Cycling Through Viewports
It can be very difficult to select one smaller viewport opened inside the larger ones, as it always activates the larger viewport first but with CTRL + R one can select the larger viewport and keep pressing to cycle through the smaller or desired viewport to be selected, thereby making it easier to work in viewports.
Use of Multiple Command
Let’s say some command is to be repeated, so instead of wasting time giving the command every time, type multiple followed by the desired command and it will continue the command until pressed ESC to end the continuity.
OOPS Command
It is possible to bring back any object that has been erased without undoing any changes made after using the erase command. It can be very helpful to work in an uncluttered area in a cluttered drawing.
Cycling Through Objects
At times the drawing file can have many objects piled up and it a very difficult to pick the one desired object. For situations like this, the CTRL key can be used by holding it down as one picks a location and it will then cycle through all the objects under the cursor until the wanting object is selected.
Importing Pointclouds
It is possible to insert point clouds in AutoCAD that can provide real word context to recreate the objects from reference and it can help create quite complex objects with real-time 3D references.
Data Extraction
AutoCAD can make the work easier by allowing extraction of data from one or multiple drawings thereby simplifying the data collection process for scheduling or any other purposes. DX command helps as a shortcut to use this feature or it can also be found in the AutoCAD ribbon. These were some of the quick tips that can be very helpful to work CAD projects. We at Tesla Outsourcing Services, ensure that such informative training sessions and tutorials are shared so that we, as a team can work more efficiently and smartly to deliver the intended CAD drawings in the stipulated time.
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