(New for AutoCAD 2006)(14 Nov 2005)
RECTANG command in AutoCAD 2006 how sports to cool new features, Fillet and Chamfer.
Step 1. Type RECTANG
Step 2. Type F for fillet
Step 3. Enter fillet distances
Step 4. Observe results
(New for AutoCAD 2006)(14 Nov 2005)
I often accidentally move my toolbars because I am drawing at 10 million miles and hour, Now you can lock tool bar locations.
Step 1. Right click any toolbar.
Step 2. Near the bottom of the list click "Lock Location" > "All" > "Locked".
(New for AutoCAD 2006)(14 Nov 2005)
For all you old blokes that are still using the single line text approach to drafting (DTEXT and TEXT commands) you will find it difficult to edit text that is underlined with the %%U switch. Why? Because it does not display the letters %%U when you edit the text. A work-around is this: Where the underlining begins type %%U again, this will work like a toggle and turn off/on the underlining.
(New for AutoCAD 2006)(14 Nov 2005)
Many of us are use to the \X for text under a dimension line. This still works in AutoCAD 2006 even though when you type it a "?" mark appears.
Step 1. Type DDEDIT.
Step 2. Select existing dimension.
Step 3 Hit the "End" key.
Step 4. Type \X (note: capital X is important) and the words "TEXT UNDER" (for an example)
Step 5. Observe the results
(New for AutoCAD 2006)(14 Nov 2005)
This is one feature of the new "edit text in place" feature I do not like at all. Vertical text is harder to work with when it stays vertical on edit!
Here are a couple of work-arounds:
For Mtext (multi-line text) set MTEXTED to OLDEDITOR
For Dtext (single-line text) set DTEXTED to 1
(New for AutoCAD 2006)(14 Nov 2005)
Many users don't like the new slow zooming transition on ZOOM extents. I don't either because it makes me feel sea sick. Set VTENABLE to 0 for no smooth view transitions. Also VTDURATION sets the duration of a smooth view transition, in milliseconds.