AutoCAD Tricks and Treats

Are Map 3D Web type connections supported on ACC?

This post reveals how the different Map 3D tools to load images behave on the ACC

Explore how Map 3D FDO connections behave on the ACC.

Can you see the Picture? Learn how the BING Live Map Service behaves on the ACC.

Will AutoCAD External References work on the Autodesk Construction Cloud?

When plotting in AutoCAD using CTB or STB plot styles, objects using True Type fonts (TTF) are not honoring the lineweight settings in the CTB or STB.

Need your AutoCAD blocks to line up with the out of the box Eccentric Structures? This post uncovers how to set up a strcture style to lineup with the 3D parametric part.

Want your AutoCAD blocks to line up with the out of the box Concentric Structures? This post reveals how to set up a Structure style to lineup with the 3D parametric part.

Issue: After creating a simple deployment for AutoCAD 2024, you download the 15 MB configuration .exe file and start to extract the deployment.

This is a known issue that can occur in some drawings and has no permanent solution, but there is a work-around.

You have slow behaviors when panning or zooming in AutoCAD-based 2022 and newer products.  Viewports in a layout tab will lose linework when zooming or panning, requiring regens to make visible again.

You want the Classic Menubar in either AutoCAD Architecture or AutoCAD MEP and only see Express when you set MENUBAR = 1

Suggested solutions to AutoCAD Electrical Freezing on the Splash Screen

A workflow that should be avoided is opening an old project file and doing a “save-as” and deleting things that are not needed.

Producing text that is clear and sharp makes drawings easier to read in the Vault Thin Client.