Paste that Block

this week's [tip of the week] is brought to you by:

Trumpet Players!!!

We all know the talent of Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie, but is anyone aware of the talent of

Stacy Hedger:

watch the video...need i say more:

Today’s 10 second Tip of the Week is: Pasting as a Block

if you're like me, every once in a while you will have a number of individual objects you'd like to copy.


However, after you copy them, you might not want them acting as individual objects for various reasons.

Simply paste them as a block!


Select all the objects you'd like to copy. Press [Control "C"] to copy them. Now type in [PB] and then Enter, and you'll have all those objects pasted as one block!

"I wanna P-line, and a Door, and a Dimension." " You'll select nothing, and like it!"

this week's [tip of the week] is brought to you by:

Denim Jackets!!!it's getting colder, the leaves are about to start falling, and it's about time to start thinking about fall jackets, and nothing says, "hey, i want to keep warm and make a statement at the same time, why don't i wrap myself in denim"

so while you're out there looking for "that" look this fall, don't forget about those denim jean jackets. and keep in mind, i'm not only sponsored my denim jackets, i'm also a client.

Today’s 10 second Tip of the Week is: the [de-select] command

if you're like me, every once in a while you select a bunch of stuff you don't want, just to grab a few things.

After selecting, simply hold down shift and alt, and "de-select" the objects you don't want.

To "re-select" an object or select a new object during the command, simply hold down just alt.

Pushed to the Edge

this week's [tip of the week] is brought to you by:

Pluto
why pluto? well it's because we all get pushed to the edge sometimes, and last week "pluto" reached his edge point. Some punk kid, kicked this lovable character right in the planets. Pluto then proceeded to chase the kid down, however he was unable to catch the kid and inflict any much needed punishment. too bad......

Today’s 10 second Tip of the Week is: the [ edgemode] command

if you're like me, every once in a while you use the trim command. well here's a little tip that some of you might like.

when trimming you usually trim using intersecting lines. However you can also trim using implied lines. To change this simply type in [edgemode].

you will then be prompted to type in a 1, or 0.

O = the line must intersect to act as a trim line.

1 = the line can be an implied intersection.

Hope this helps you from going "pluto" on anyone today.

It's the little things...

this week's [tip of the week] is brought to you by:

David Davidson, 79, and his wife, Jean, 70


who, for over 20 years, have lived in a Travelodge hotel ,because they love never having to do the laundry or cooking!

Some people say crazy, I say genius!

read more here

Today’s 10 second Tip of the Week is: the [ point] command

all right, all right, i know they've been getting a little lame lately, but sweet always taste better after the sour, hopefully we'll get some sweet here pretty soon, but here's a little tip, that I'm sure some one out there might have a use for.

let me know, I'll be at the travelodge.

If you want to make a point on you drawings simply use the [point] command.

Type in [po] and simply direct your cursor to a place where you'd like a point, click, and you're done!

keeping it short, sweet and to the point

this week's [tip of the week] is brought to you by:

Miss Teen South Carolina herself: Lauren Caitlin!

Question: Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can't locate the United States on a world map. Why do you think this is?

Miss Teen South Carolina: "I personally believe the U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, uh...people out there in our nation don't have maps, and, uh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and, uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and...I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., err, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future for our...children

Today’s 10 second Tip of the Week is: the [ refedit ] also works with blocks

in honor of keeping it short, to the point and coherent, today's tip is a reminder that when you type in [refedit] not only can you edit x-ref's, but also blocks.

i hope this tip helps you build a better future....................for our children.

Bona Fide [refedit]

this week's "ten second tip of the week" is brought to you by:

Operating under the assumption that by procuring alcohol for an upcoming party they will finally be able to break their longstanding losing streak with the fairer sex, socially inept high school seniors Evan (Michael Cera) and Seth (Jonah Hill) set out to secure the adult beverages that could get them off of the geek list before they even attend college orientation. Evan is a bright young student whose outward sweetness belies his suffocating fear of heading off to college without his lifelong best friend Seth - a hormone-driven mischief-maker who wasn't accepted to the same school as Evan. But Evan and Seth both know that college is a place of personal reinvention, and that if they are able to make that first leap together they will have forged a bond powerful enough to last a lifetime. Meanwhile, Evan and Seth's friend Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) acquires a hastily rendered fake I.D. that instantly endears him to a pair of truly irresponsible cops (Bill Hader and Seth Rogen). Penned by co-star Rogen in collaboration with former Da Ali G Show co-writer Evan Goldberg, the semi-autobiographical SuperBad was produced by Judd Apatow and directed by Greg Mottola - who previously helmed episodes of Undeclared and Arrested Development. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Now I hate recommending movies to people, however, I do believe that if some of your favorite comedies include, but not limited to:

Animal House
Caddyshack
Old School
Wedding Crashers
Dumb and Dumber
16 Candles
Bridges of Madison County

You’ll want to see “SUPERBAD” for yourself.

Today’s 10 second Tip of the Week is: that is Bona Fide [refedit]

I’m pretty sure this is one of those tips that everyone else knew about and I just found out about, but let’s try it anyway. Now if you’re like me you have a few x-references in your drawings. I use to go back to the drawings the x-ref was in and make the changes, however a co-worker pointed out that I can simply click on the x-ref’ed drawing, and type in [refedit]. This allows you to fix the referenced drawing right where it is! I tell you, I’m “mcloving” this one. I might even go as far as saying it's “superbad”.

Don't be so Square

this week's [tip of the week] is brought to you by:

"The five questions asked about 'Dirty Dancing' on VH1's the 'World Series of Pop Culture"here are the questions in case you might have missed it.

Category 1-Dirty Dancing:

• #1: What song on the “Dirty Dancing” soundtrack was written and performed by Patrick Swayze?
  
• #2: Baby first meets the hunky Johnny Castle after helping his cousin Billy carry what food items to the staff quarters?
• #3: Although rarely mentioned in the movie, what is Baby’s actual first name?
• #4: What “Seinfeld” actor made one of his first big-screen appearances in “Dirty Dancing,” playing a portly resort employee named Stan?
• #5: When his dance partner Penny becomes pregnant, Johnny teaches Baby what type of dance for a performance at a nearby resort?
• #6: Also the surname of the jovial proprietor Max and his twerpish nephew Neil, what is the name of the fictional mountain resort where the film takes place?

how many do you know? Post answers to the comments.

Today’s 10 second Tip of the Week is: the [ WPolygon ] and the [CPolygon] command

Now if you’re like me, every once in a while you'd like to use a different shape, other then the default square you get when selecting objects.

Now you can!

After typing in a command such as [copy] or [move], you have the option to select objects using a polygon. this is basically so you can narrow down and really select only the object you really want.

one option is the WPolygon command. after typing in a command simply type [wp] and you will have the option to create a polygon and select everything within the lines. after creating your shape hit return, and those object will be selected.

the other options is the CPolygon command. after typing in a command type in [cp] and you will be allowed to create a polygon and select everything that crosses the lines. after creating your shape hit return and those objects will be selected.

now that you know the steps, get out there and practice. don't be so square.

I Now Pronounce You "JOINED"

this week's [tip of the week] is brought to you by:

"I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" Chuck Levine and Larry Valentine are the pride of their fire station: two guy's guys always side-by-side and willing to do anything for each other. Grateful Chuck owes Larry for saving his life in a fire, and Larry calls in that favor big time when civic red tape prevents him from naming his own two kids as his life insurance beneficiaries. But when an overzealous, spot-checking bureaucrat becomes suspicious, the new couple's arrangement becomes a citywide issue and goes from confidential to front-page news. Forced to improvise as love-struck newlyweds, Chuck and Larry must now fumble through a hilarious charade of domestic bliss under one roof. After surviving their mandatory honeymoon and dodging the threat of exposure, the well-intentioned con men discover that sticking together in your time of need is what truly makes a family.

Today’s 10 second Tip of the Week is: the [ join ] command

Now if you’re like me every once in a while you’ll have a lot of single lines that you really wished were a single poly line. Well now, just like in chuck and larry’s case, just join them together using the [join] command.

First of all make sure all the lines are touching. Then type in [PE], for “Poly-line Edit”. Then select one of the lines that you’d to “join”. You will then be given many options, one of which will me join. Type in [J]. Now select all the lines you’d like to join. Now hit enter to join them. Hit enter again to get out of the command.

Congratulations! I now pronounce you a Poly-line!

Previously...back in the day

this week's [tip of the week] is brought to you by:

"Three Orange Whips"

An Orange Whip is a sweet cocktail, made with rum and vodka containing the base alcohols mixed with cream and orange juice. It is typically blended to a froth like a milkshake, and poured over ice in a Collins glass.

Ingredients :

- 4 oz orange juice

- 1 oz rum

- 1 oz vodka

- 1 package cream

The drink had a resurgence in the early1980's after the release of The Blues Brothers, Where John Candy asks the uniformed police he's with if they want "orange whips". Whether you consume alcholic drinks or not, it's always a hit when you use the quote,

"Who wants an orange whip? Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips!"

If by some chance you haven't seen this movie, or have forgotten the clip, here it is.

this weeks tip is:

the [previous] command.

alright, this command is a little tricky, and i still haven't mastered it yet, but i think it may come in handy every once in a while.

basically, after you have completed any command, i.e. move, copy, mirror, rotate, and have gone back to an inactive screen. you can re-select all the objects you just had selected by using the [previous] command.

simply activate the command you'd like to use, and the hit [p], and then enter. this should select the objects that had been previously selected.

so far this command has helped out when moving buildings on to site plans to make sure things are lined up, and then moving them off again.

Still haven't found, what I'm looking for...

this week's [tip of the week] is brought to you by:arguably the second best sitcom of all time,

"Wings"

The series Wings, could best be described as Cheers 2, as it followed much the same pattern as the other series did. The similarities are numerous, such as both being easy going character comedies and being produced by the same team (David Angell, Peter Casey and David Lee). The main difference being the setting. Instead of a Boston bar being the main setting, a small airport terminal on the island of Nantucket was used as the main backdrop. The regular "gang" included brothers Joe and Brian Hackett, both pilots, who ran a one-plane local cummuter service called Sandpiper Air. They had little else in common. Joe was button-down, organized and serious, and Brian, a hang loose, free spirit. Thier mutual best friend since childhood was Helen, a once chubby but now beautiful aspiring concert cellist who ran the lunch counter. These three lifelong friends were the "three musketeers". The other regulars included, Faye, Sandpipers rather flighty but always perky, sixtyish ex-stewardess who ran the ticket counter; Lowell Mather, the eccentric airport mechanic and Roy, the loud mouth blow hard who ran rival airline Aeromass.

information:

here and here

this weeks tip is:

the [find] command.

A quick shout out to Corbin over at ZGF for sending this tip on.

If you’re like me every once in a while you need to find a certain text line in a drawing, but have a hard time finding it. Now you can simply type in [find] and this window appears.

You can then type in the text you were looking for and hit find. You can then zoom right to it by clicking the “zoom to” button. While you’re at it, if you need to replace that text, you can do so from the very same command box!

Yes...but I want to do a P-Line around a Curve.

this week's [tip of the week] is brought to you by:

Milton Waddams

You may know him as the soft-spoken, squirrely, fixated collator who mumbles to himself incessantly (most notably about his co-workers borrowing his stapler) who is repeatedly harassed by management, in the movie “Office Space” (1999).

Some of Milton’s more famous lines include:

“I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven, I told Bill that if Sandra is going to listen to her headphones while she's filing then I should be able to listen to the radio while I'm collating so I don't see why I should have to turn down the radio because I enjoy listening at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven.”

“Mr. Lumbergh told me to talk to payroll and then payroll told me to talk to Mr. Lumbergh and I still haven't received my paycheck and he took my stapler and he never brought it back and then they moved my desk to storage room B and there was garbage on it...”

“The ratio of people to cake is too big.”

“Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler...”

But today Milton is our sponsor mostly because I could see him as an architect trying to use today’s tip. It would go something like….

“ yes….but I wanted to draw a P-line, but I have a curve, a big, giant curve… in my floor plan, but I can only get the P-line command to work with straight lines…and they’ve switched from AutoCad 2000 to 2007, but I still like my AutoCad 2000…..”

Either way, on to today’s tip.

this weeks tip is:

switching from p-line to p-arc.

Now I’m hoping that most of you know this, but if you don’t, this is an amazing and very easy tip.

Simply type in [pl] to start a poly-line. Follow the lines until you get to a curve. After clicking the point at the start of the curve, type [a]. this will start a “poly line arc”.

Don’t worry where the arc goes or forms to, simply click the point after the curve. Upon closing the poly line, you can go back and fix any curves that don’t line up.

See example below.

The start.

Typing in [a] after clicking the first point of the curve, and then clicking the point after the arc.

Going back to fix the arc, after closing the poly-line.

The final product.

If I Only Had More Time

this week's [tip of the week] is brought to you by:

Crystal Rock Salt Lamps

Crystal Rock improves air quality by emitting negative ions to their
surroundings. Salt lamps emit negative ions when the heat produced from the
lamp breaks down Na CL Sodium Chloride in a process called ionization. The
ionization helps combat many of the harsh elements that bombard our bodies,
causing us to feel unwell.

You may have see these lamps featured in the Germany’s Box Office Sensation…….

Schultze Gets the Blues

Schultze is a retired lignite miner living in an East German village and a passionate Polka musician on his accordion. One night he listens to a Zydeco tune in the radio, which changes his taste of music radically. Notwithstanding his complete ignorance of the English language he starts a trip into the heart of the Zydeco; to Louisiana.

I fully recommend “netflixxin’” this one.

this weeks tip is:

setting your mouse up to be "time sensitive".

Just last week, like Schultze, I had the blues. Why you ask? Because if you’re like me, you enjoy having your “right-click” mouse button as [enter, and repeat last command]. However I was missing the benefits of not using it for the short cut menu.

Now I know we all have our own “user preferences” but if you like using your “right-click” mouse button, here’s a tip that lets you do both.

Since 2004, Auto-Cad has a “time sensitive right-click” option. When clicked fast, the “right-click” is enter, however when held down just a little longer, it becomes the shortcut menu. To set this up, simply follow these easy instructions:

1. 1. Command: OPTIONS

2. 2. Choose the “user preference” tab.

3. 3. Turn on “shortcut menus in drawing area”

4. 4. Click the “right-click customization” button

5. 5. Turn on “time sensitive right click”

6. 6. Change interval if desired

Oops, I did it again...

this week's [tip of the week] is brought to you by:

CHiPs – The Complete First Season (1977)

Where the rubber meets the road and the bad guys meet the badge -- that's where you'll find California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers Jon (Larry Wilcox) and Ponch (Erik Estrada). Set in the sun-drenched sprawl of Los Angeles, CHiPs combines action, heroics and fun in 22 Season One episodes whose event-packed story lines range from freeway gridlock (let's use a circus elephant to tow that broken-axled truck!) to wild roadway pursuits (who's that beautiful woman lead-footing a Rolls Royce?), from spilled onions (crying time, fellas) to pure venom (an overturned van loaded with...sssnakes!). Attention all units: Report now for arresting entertainment!

this weeks tip is:

the [oops] command.

If you’re like me, every once in a while you delete something that you didn’t want to delete. However sometimes you realize this after already using a few other commands. I believe most of us would [control Z]-it back to the point of the deleted object, losing whatever work we may have done in the process…to this I say “nay”. You now have the power of the [oops].

When using the [oops] command, simply type in [oops], and hit enter This will bring back the last object to be deleted, no matter how much work with other commands you have done since.

Hope this helps.

A Long Line Of "Quick Dimensions"

this week's [tip of the week] is brought to you by:

generra hypercolor shirts

New hypercolor shirts will blind you with science. Using a revolutionary dye process, the shirts overlay a traditional neon dye with a special dye that becomes colorless when hot, exposing patches of bright color beneath!

Unfortunately, as we all know, these shirts stopped working after a couple of washes, and it’s no surprise that the company that owned it was bankrupt by 1993.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercolor

this weeks tip is:

quick dimensions.

I’m not sure if this week’s tip is a tip so much, or just a button discovery. Either way I hope you enjoy.

When working on almost any drawing there comes a point where you have to start dimensioning. To make this process quicker simply use the [quick dimension] button. It’s the one highlighted in the picture, the one with the dimension string with the “lightning bolt” through it. Yeah…….I know…..it’s probably the coolest looking button I’ve ever seen, and by cool, I mean totally sweet.

After hitting the button, simply select the side of the drawing you would like to dimension. For example the side of a storefront window system.

Then hit [enter] and pull or cursor in the direction that you want your dimensions to go, and you’re done!

This button is so hot, it just might change color!

So similar..yet so different

this week's [tip of the week] is brought to you by:

the british pop band known as Kajagoogoo

With hits like “too shy” and……………..well I think some others, what’s not to love.

http://www.kajagoogoo.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajagoogoo

this weeks tip is:

the [select similar] command.

To follow up last week’s tip of [Quick Select]. This is another way to select similar items in a drawing.

Make sure that your “right click” mouse customization brings up your short cut menu.

Whether you need to select all the doors, windows, furniture, or even a type of line weight, simply select one object, “right click” and scroll down until you see select similar. Upon release you will find all the objects in your drawing that are similar to the one you clicked, selected.

There aren’t as many options to narrow down what you select as with [QS], but…

don’t be “too shy” about using this tip.

The Quick and the Selected

this week's [tip of the week] is brought to you by:

the Delorean DMC-12

Standard Features:

Stainless steel body panels
Counter-balanced gull-wing doors
Leather seats and trim
Air conditioning
Multi-speaker, high output stereo system with cassette
Power windows
Tilt and telescopic steering wheel
Dual electric remote side mirrors
Full instrumentation
Central door locking system
Tinted glass
Body side moldings
Intermittent windshield wipers
Sylvania halogen headlamps
Engine/luggage compartment lights
Interior hood and engine compartment release
Electric rear window defogger

It was also featured in possibly the best movie ever, “BACK TO THE FUTURE” parts 1,2, and 3.

this weeks tip is:

the [quick select] command.

I’d like to send a quick “shout out” to jon over at “sp” for suggesting this tip.

If you’re like me, and jon, every once in a while, you need to select a whole lot of one thing. Whether it’s doors, furniture, walls, line types or blocks. This can be made simple using the “quick select” command.

Let’s say for some reason you need to select all the doors in a particular project that has a lot of doors.

“You'll have to forgive the crudeness of this model, I didn't have time to paint it or build it to scale”

Now type [QS], and this box will appear

Now, you can either select the entire drawing or click on the little box with the arrow and “x” to select only a portion. In this case I wanted to select only a portion. After clicking the box and selecting the area on my screen. I hit “enter” and then use the “quick select box” to narrow down, what I want selected.

In this case, I just wanted doors, but there are many, many options to select exactly what you want. After clicking ok, all the doors are selected.

Your B.O. is in my Boundary

this week's [tip of the week] is brought to you by:

Old Spice High Endurance Clear Gel

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-I don’t write them people…that’s right off the website.

this weeks tip is:

boundry command.

If you’re like me, every once in a while you need to draw a polyline, whether it’s for a ceiling grid, create an area to hatch, or just for kicks. However, every once in a while, you’ll have to create a polyline in a awkward space, and you may not be thrilled with all the pointing and clicking you have to do. Well now it’s “no bigs” Simply use the Boundary command.

Say you have a very “odd shape” that you want to put a polyline around. See “odd shape” below.

Simply type in [BO], and this box will appear.

Select [pick points] and then select an area within the “odd shape”

You will now have a polyline matching that shape!!!

Empty Nest

this week's [tip of the week] is brought to you by:

Giada De Laurentiis’s “Everyday Italian – 125 simple and delicious recipes ” it’s a new york times best seller!

Italians are masters at transforming simple, everyday ingredients into dishes that are quick, healthy and satisfying. In Everyday Italian, chef Giada De Laurentiis shares updated versions of the homey recipes she grew up with in her Italian family. She'll show you easy dishes that are perfect for every occasion: a weeknight meal, entertaining a crowd or a cozy dinner for two. Buon appetito!

Please check her show out on the “food network”. Check local listings for times.

this weeks tip is:

copying nested items.

drawing onto your current working drawing. To do this you need to use the “copy nested items” command, or the “robin hood” as people in the underground world of “cad club” call it.

Let’s start out assuming you have a drawing open, as well as an x-ref drawing.

Type in: [ncopy]

You will then be asked to select the lines from the x-ref’ed drawing you like. Note: you have to pick the lines individually, you will not be able to use “window” or “cross window” to select objects.

After selecting your objects to copy hit [enter]

You will then be asked to “specify a base point”.

This is where this command gets a little tricky. As soon as you’re asked to “specify a base point” CAD shuts off your [osnap]. So you will then have to click on [osnap] and select what points you’d like to snap to.

After this, select a point on your x-ref file where you’d like to copy from, then select the point on your current working drawing you’d like to copy to. The lines you wanted will now be placed on your current drawing, on the current layer.

Clean Your Screen!

this week's [tip of the week] is brought to you by:

“The Gap Tailored Boyfriend Khaki ”

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The centerpiece of the Gap Khaki collection, the Boyfriend Trouser, fits great and is one of the softest khaki fabrics Gap has ever offered. It comes in both relaxed and tailored fits.

It is also a women’s khaki……just in case there is any confusion!!!!!!

this weeks tip is:

how to clean your screen.

If you’re like me, every once in awhile you just want a clean screen with no tool bars…………actually, I have no idea when you’d actually use this tip. However, if you’d like to get rid of all your toolbars, and just leave your drawing, click the highlighted button that you see in the picture below.

The Other Wonders of LEN

this week's [tip of the week] is brought to you by:

The Very Best of - Hall and Oates

With hits that include:

Kiss On My List
Maneater
Sara Smile
You Make My Dreams

From their first hit in 1974 through their heyday in the '80s, Daryl Hall and John Oates' smooth, catchy take on Philly soul brought them enormous commercial success -- including six number one singles and six platinum albums -- yet little critical success. Hall Oates' music was remarkably well-constructed and produced; at their best, their songs were filled with strong hooks and melodies that adhered to soul traditions without being a slave to them by incorporating elements of new wave and hard rock.

this weeks tip is:

the [LEN] command.

to follow up with last week’s “10 sec T.O.W.” , and if you didn’t find them for yourself, there are many options after typing the [LEN] that allow you to modify a diagonal line.

After typing [LEN] and selecting the line, you can type [DE] for the DELTA command.

As we all know, DELTA means “change in”, there for if you would like to change your line in increments, simply type the distance you would like it to “change in”.

Another option under the [LEN] command is the Total command. If you have a line that you would like at a certain and specific distance, simply type [T], and then the total amount you would like your line. Select the line and it should magically appear at your desired specified distance.