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AutoCAD Slow when switching tabs

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A customer of mine recently experienced slow response when changing to another layout while working on a specific drawing. It took up to 20 seconds...

Slow AutoCAD drawing performance

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Ever experienced an AutoCAD drawing responding very slowly, often resulting with the infamous “Not Responding” message for a couple of seconds before the program woke...

AutoCAD Drawing Slow And Unstable

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In another case a customer received an AutoCAD drawing from a consultant. The drawing performance was very slow and crashed when he tried to edit...

How to fix the issue of : No Graphics Acceleration in AutoCAD

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After installing AutoCAD 2015 on a year-old Dell Laptop, a customer had trouble enabling the hardware acceleration – even though he had an NVidia Quadro...

How to create your own linetype in AutoCAD

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To create your own linetype in AutoCAD is actually very easy. You only need to look at an example and then you will be able...

AutoCAD for MAC vs PC

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So I am currently giving a training course for AutoCAD for MAC and boy has it been a ride.  I have been helping the wife...

How to install and activate an older AutoCAD version when you are not on active Subscription

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The other day a customer phoned in wishing to reinstall his older AutoCAD and Revit versions. In this case he bought the 2013 version of...

Cross Licensing of AutoCAD PC and for MAC

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A few years ago Autodesk introduced AutoCAD for MAC to the world and boy was everybody happy. It did not have all the bells and...

AutoCAD Mechanical – A Hidden Gem

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I have recently received my Product Design Suite 2016 (PDS) and am more excited than a kid in a candy store. So the first package...

AutoCAD Mechanical – Construction Lines

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Let’s get down to some nitty gritty. There has been a name change for the command switch ray/xline. It is now called Ray Mode. Sounds...

3D to 2D AutoCAD

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Drawing 3D in AutoCAD has the stigma that it is difficult and very user unfriendly.   That may have been true in previous versions but definitely...

Two common AutoCAD System Variable Errors

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Two common system variable errors that I get contacted for is firstly that the DEL key on the keyboard does not seem to work. Now...

The Real Difference between AutoCAD Full and AutoCAD LT 2016

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What exactly is the difference between AutoCAD Full and AutoCAD LT? I have been asked this question many times so I have decided to do...

Adding an old Classic Toolbar into AutoCAD’s ribbon.

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A customer phoned in to ask how he could add an old UCS2 toolbar added into his ribbon in AutoCAD 2016. As you all know...

3D Printing a Revit Toposurface using AutoCAD

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An Architect wants to print the Toposurface around a house that has been designed in Revit. Revit does not export the topography as a solid...

How to add a Hatch pattern in AutoCAD

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A customer asked us how to load custom hatch patterns into AutoCAD as they see that you can download free ones from the internet. The first...

Extensions – Roof Members into AutoCAD

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There are some extensions in Revit that can be used to generate the layout roof members. These roof members may be exported as DWG a...

How to customise your AutoCAD P&ID Line Number

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To customise AutoCAD P&ID Line Numbers you will set it up in the project setup.   This is accessed by right clicking on the name of...

How to insert your Company Title Block for Isometrics in AutoCAD Plant 3D

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As in all customisation and setup you need to have your own title blocks and borders on all your printed drawings. When you setup your...

AutoCAD P&ID Customization – Adding Additional Lines

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AutoCAD P&ID comes with predefined Pipe Lines.  These are: Primary Line Segment Secondary Line Segment Primary Line Segment – Existing Secondary Line Segment – Existing...

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