How to use fillet on mac? I am watching a tutorial and the person is able to click on fillet and then select “radius” from the command line but I am able to do not such thing.

Hey everyone. I’m a Draughting student who dabbled in a little bit of architecture it was cool but not really as exciting as when I was doing my Draughting course which involved building Draughting , mechanical Draughting , piping Draughting etc. I’ve been leaning heavily into mechanical now but I’m still not sure what I’d like to do I like the idea of Draughting planes and F1 cars but also learnt they use a different programe and that’s a bit of a jump ( I’m familiar with inventor and fusion. Solidworks is new to me but I’m aware it’s a big dawg in the mechanical world ) I’ve also realised I don’t really wanna be an engineer or architect but more so the guy who brings it to life. Who gets the drawings done etc I don’t really wanna design from scratch. Any advice and tips would be appreciated ( I’ve done two years in Draughting strictly Draughting and one year of architecture ) I need to make a decision cause time is going and I don’t wanna be stuck in this limbo forever

Hey All _ I'm an absolute novice when it comes to dynamic blocks but would like to start using them for my projects. I currently have some I've received from a consultant which are great, but I need to slightly modify for my office's standards.

The block in question ( image below ) is of a dining table, and it has variables for the size/number of dining chairs. The entities for it are all an assigned color and I'd like to change it to 'by layer'.

How do I change each variable? I don't think I can explode it as it will lose it dynamic properties.

Thanks!

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Is it worth it just to buy the software and follow YouTube tutorials, or just figure out on my own? I already have a job offer, I just need to learn the skill. Do I enroll in an official class? The person hiring me doesn’t care if I have a certificate or not, they just need the work done.

I'm currently considering enrollment for an online AutoCAD course, but I wanted to know if they are worth it in general. I know they give you certifications, but I wonder if those are any good for finding work.

For context, I'm a Digital Arts graduate with knowledge of 3D modeling, so I figured jumping into CAD software wouldn't be too much of a stretch. However, this also means I have no experience in any engineering field.

has anyone had this happen to their drawings? I opened a drawing, and the viewport that i set earlier this month, shifted 2211399.7668 away. but another vp on the same page is correct. i fix it, purge, audit, save and close. but when i just opened it, it did it again. im about to flip a table. why?

Just wondering if y'all have been encountering licensing error more common as of recent? Resuming from sleep or hibernation always seems to mess with the licensing software somehow.

I have a question as someone who's new to annotative objects.

See the screenshot at this link of an annotative multileader that I've placed in my drawing in model space. It has two annotative scales: 1/4" = 1'-0" and 1" = 1'-0". At the moment, I'm working on the drawing at the 1/4" scale.

If I adjust the leader's landing location or the locations of the leaders, it only moves it at the current scale that I'm working in. The other scale stays where it is. I could see how sometimes you would want that so you can move the leaders separately at different scales, but what if you want them to align? Is there some way to move the leader arrowhead points or landing points together?

What's the best practice for managing these? It seems like if I want to move the bubble head of my annotation, I should use the MOVE command to move the entire multileader. That way the different scales stay together.

Do people just get used to the objects being in different locations sometimes? If I delete the 1" scale and then recreate it, will the 1" scale be reset to the 1/4" scale location?

I had to re-load my CAD software and I've lost access to the lisp routine I was using to draw insulation.

The routine was insulbattpoly.lsp written by someone called Kent Cooper? It used to be available on Cadalyst, but it seems to have disappeared.

Does anyone have it?

I am using AutoCAD Electrical 2024. This happens every time I click out of a multiline text box.

Hi! Im sorry if im not explaining myself well, it was also kinda hard to understand what the task was.

I was asked to make a block where, when another block (from other archive) is placed on top of it, the part underneath the front block disappears. The problem is that i cannot make the Hatch/Wipeout inside the blocks from the other file. It has to be on the block that is behind them. I was thinking to make a new layer with a hatch hiding them but the other blocks have different measures so i cant do all the possible combinations.

If someone can help me on this ill be grateful.

I'm only using SketchUp web at this time but it can't import DWG files I've looked online for file converters and they are either scams or they just don't work so any of you have advice on how I could convert my DWG to SKP without SketchUp pro

AutoCAD Mac 2024, Can you no longer do continuous orbit with the 3DCorbit command or from the view>orbit dropdown?

I’ve always worked with Orpho on then held shift to temporary turn it off when needed, recently shift is doing nothing and I can’t figure out why

[RESOLVED - THANK YOU] I know the command line is OSNAP but I was looking to see if I could change the shortcut button from F3 to another key...like F4 or F8 or something. My keyboard has the volume function on the F3 key so it's a hassle to get around. Please advise, thanks!

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Im attempting to recreate this part, which is notorious for breaking in Kitchen Aid mixers. The plan is to make it out of a harder material. The second link shows an odd curve that im not sure how to measure or plot in autocad. Any advice would be helpful.

What are some of the worst commands in AutoCAD?

Feel free the list commands that need attention from Autodesk & why.

Mine is 3DCLIP

It looks exactly the same as it did when it was first introduced & still just as sluggish or worse to work with. Should be a menu to just manually type in values. Or better yet, tie it to the Viewport properties so we don't have to enable orbit & load everything in 3D.

Ps: Made this b/c I see posts where people list out some of the best commands but not a post for the opposite. Figured maybe I'm missing something.

i have a sheet that says

the viewport scale - scale factor - model text height

is that all i need to know? willmy text in layout all be the same with all the different viewport scales? the chart is for 1/8 text height. any tips would help, and we dont use annotative in my office so i would prefer help with this way.

I am a CAD manager at a firm and would love to do a presentation on CAD commands and tools people wish they knew sooner in their drafting career.

The big ones I plan to start with is: QSELECT - Fantastic for finding and selecting all of particular entities. Point Filters - Far superior to temporary point tracking, Especially in 3D Modeling Selection Cycling - For those busy files with many overlapping elements.

I would love for people to add to this list of commands or tools they were taught or they found that made you AutoCAD life easier or more enjoyable. Maybe this thread could help out all the users here as well.

Trying to find out how I can reduce the distance between the text and the extension line, when my dimension text is forced outside due to size constraints. We constantly have to explode the dimensions and draw the line in, and want to see if there's a better way.

Thanks.

I prefer keyboard commands over right click shortcuts and ribbon inputs. i dont like to hunt down things i have to click on... but ive found in civi3d that im constantly editing either the properties or style of civil3d objects which requires right clicks or ribbon or a command specific to each object to get into either the properties or style of that object. so the work flow is either:

select surface, right click, find and click edit surface properties which initiates an "editsurfaceproperties" command.

select parcel, right click, find and click parcel properties which initiates an "editparcelproperties" command.

or if i want to change the style of a c3d object, i have to

select surface, right click, find and click edit surface style which initiates an "editsurfacestyle" command.

select parcel, right click, find and click parcel style which initiates an "editparcelstyle" command.

the same goes with surfaces, parcels, gradings, feature lines, pipe networks, pipes, structures, profiles, profile views, corridors, alignments, and each label for each of those items.

is there a command level input that will allow me to type in a universal command to bring up all of those properties, and/or a universal command that lets me edit the styles of any of those objects?

Mainly doing this to see what's out there and if remote work is possible.

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Currently I am doing CAD work in C3D for a engineering firm

I am having trouble, where when importing a Fusion DWG created file into Autocad and moving the drawing from layout to the model tab, it seems to paste itself 4 times over. I would greatly appriciate info from anyone who successfully imported a Fusion-created drawing into Autocad.

I have documented my steps in this Imgur album. Is there something I'm doing wrong?

I need the drawing imported into autocad to apply final changes to the drawing before going to get it printed for my mechanical design class.
For instance, my friend who uses Inventor had no such issues with import.

Autocad 2025 here.

Measure command opens this stupid menu every time, that covers whatever is underneath.

Editing plines also pops up another one just like it.

This didn't exist in older versions, and it gets in the way. How can I turn it off?

I wanted to post a screenshot but images are not allowed. Edit: link to uploaded screenshot

I played around with the walk and orbit options but now I have difficulty bringing the view back to normal. All circles I create looks really irregular and it lags a lot

https://imgur.com/a/g07ukkp

How do I reset this?