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	AutoCAD Tips & Tricks Dynamic Input (DYN) tab between distance and angle Editing Vertical Place Text is difficult with AutoCAD 2006 Fixed length extension lines for linear dimensions Lock toolbar locations Multiple select but separate hatches Quick exit when editing Mtext RECTANG with fillets and chamfers Re-create Hatch Boundary Single Line Text and the %%U Switch Slow Zooming in AutoCAD 2006 \X and AutoCAD 2006 dimension
General AutoCAD Tips & Tricks
A long-right-click moves, copies or blocks ARRAY: angle between items, a hidden option An ellipse made of approximated arcs Apparent Midpoint Snap Bare minimum keyboard entries Creating Polylines of any closed space Creating multiple layers Entity selection during dimensioning Expand AutoCAD search paths Fast plotting set-up Find centroid, centre of gravity or center of mass Get the computer name on which AutoCAD is currently running Hiding part of a block How to detach and attach leaders to Mtext How to disable particular commands How to make a Date File Time Stamp How to point the ADC to a specific directory How to solid fill an irregular shape Insert a live text list of the Xrefs in a drawing Invisible printing Keeping the CTB/STB files location neat Last point entered variable Move or copy by displacement Move then rotate with one function Moved instead of copy, oh no	Multiple layout tabs Offset by half the distance Pick Center of Rectangle Pick two points for distances Plotter Wizards on network deployments Repeat a command Save, Edit, Restore System Variables Selection Toggle, CTRL Set a dimension style to content always blank Sharing the spell checker of MS Word with AutoCAD Stretch with grips Superscript / Subscript Text under Dimension Line Toggle OSNAPS Transparent commands Trimming / Extending without cutting edges UCS has a hidden function Use Shift to Remove What prefixes are available for commands Xref attach and overlay Plot with color without changing the Plot Style Table How to FIND special characters

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