When working on AutoCAD drawings or creating drawing templates, especially for drawing sheets with large number of viewports, it is more efficient to use FIELDS for scale annotations as they can be updated automatically. Please see the video guide below for adding automatic viewport scale annotations using FIELDS.
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AutoCAD Electrical won’t let you create additional records in the database with the “Unable to add record” due to your record having values that match an existing entry message.
2:49Learn how to add automatic scale fields to Viewports in AutoCAD.
The PDF Preset dropdown menu becomes greyed out and inactive when selecting the option to Publish to PDF in the Publish dialog in AutoCAD.
When opening a Plant 3D P&ID file from a cloud project, the tag text and/or instrumentation bubble text may shift. This behavior is intermittent and does not occur every time the P&ID file is opened.
Issue: Running Recover on a drawing shows an AcDbSpatialIndex error was present and repaired:
The Vault Job Processor produces the error "The AutoCAD process did not create the output file” when processing a PDF with the IMAGINiT.PDFCREATOR for Vault 2025 and Vault 2026.
How to setup Automatic Layering in Vanilla AutoCAD
A Proxy object is an object that was created by a 3rd Party or an Autodesk Vertical program. This means AutoCAD does not understand the object. So, it cannot do anything with the object.
53:48AutoCAD expert Ryan Wunderlich walks through practical exercises to help you understand, create, and manage linetypes, along with real-world tips for using Design Center more effectively.
53:34AutoCAD expert Ryan Wunderlich shares practical tips to make data extraction easier and more useful. See real examples, learn how to pull meaningful information from your drawings, and improve accurac
1:00:51AutoCAD expert Ryan Wunderlich shows you how to organize and present your data more effectively using tables in AutoCAD. Whether you are new to tables or want to take your skills to the next level, t
59:25In this session, Ryan covers the top 5 ways to enhance your AutoCAD experience.
16:04Discover which CAD product suits your needs and when to transition to specialized Autodesk tools to enhance your design capabilities and streamline workflows.
1:06:17Want to supercharge your AutoCAD workflow without learning to code? In this in-depth tutorial, Matt from IMAGINiT Technologies walks you through how to use ChatGPT to create custom AutoCAD automations
When multiple 3D points (different -values) project to the same 2D screen coordinate. AutoCAD guesses the wrong -depth point because it can't distinguish them in a flat view.
In AutoCAD 2026: When launching message “ Catalog file ‘Support\AcFields.fdc’ is not found/”. Here's what you need to know and do.
You are using AutoCAD Architecture or AutoCAD MEP 2024 or older in an environment that uses Vault and cannot enable Sheet Set features when using Sheet sets.
When bringing in a custom dynamic block with Attributes, and that dynamic block is Annotative, via the tool palette, when changing the Annotation scale, the Attribute text reverts to original size
There is a specific plotting behavior with the AutoCAD-based 2026 software when using anything but the standard rectangular viewport in a layout tab.
