Autodesk have found a security vulnerability within all AutoCAD-based 2023 (2024 for Mac) products. They have released an update for each product to mitigate the vulnerability. To ensure you’re on the latest version, follow the below steps. We also recommend running a critical anti-virus scan on your machine using your anti-virus software. Checking AutoCAD Version …
Ever seen the little lightning bolt next to an AutoCAD block and wondered how to make these magical adaptive blocks? The Block Editor can be a scary place, but in this blog I will attempt to make it that little bit less intimidating. At the end we will be able to set free the creative …
When working within the Revit environment, you need to provide 2D exports of sheet files or elements of your model to other team members or companies, to aid with the production of their outputs. This can be achieved using the export to DWG function in Revit however, what many users are often not aware of …
Autodesk AutoCAD shared views and drawings allow you to share a view of your model or drawing quickly and easily online. Those with access to your shared view, can view it, take measurements from it, analyse the properties and make comments. Here’s a look at how it is done in AutoCAD. On the Collaborate tab …
Issue After drawing a model in AutoCAD, the text and dimension text disappears in your Paper space. This can cause a huge issue and will prevent any text or dimensions to be printed or shown in layout views. Sometimes the drawing can appear broken, or the text can be distorted when you zoom in and …
Have you ever tried to find a point exactly midway between two objects or points on your drawing using snap override in AutoCAD? Here is a handy tip to help you do exactly that. When you start a create command to create a new object, hold the shift key down and right click on your …
How to quickly activate and deactivate Ortho mode in AutoCAD (Orthographic mode). Ortho mode in AutoCAD can be quickly and easily activated via the status bar on the bottom right corner, but did you know that you can temporarily activate it with a shortcut key, without adjusting the status bar options. When Orthographic mode is …
When creating a new layer in our project drawing we can set various parameters for it, the colour and line type style for the layer, line weight, plot style and so on. Rather than setting all these parameters each time we create a new layer, we can find a similar layer with all these parameters …