CAD Tips & Tricks
Thank you to the Richmond AutoCAD Manifest (RAM)
I’d like to thank Art Thomas and the Richmond Virginia AutoCAD User Group for inviting Jeremy and me to demonstrate Carlson Software and data collection last night. Our hour-and-a-half long [...]Read more
Did you know… About Coordinate Display Toggles?
Did you know that, when you’re in AutoCAD or IntelliCAD, you have a couple of different options when it comes to displaying the coordinate position of your crosshairs? For instance, when [...]Read more
Did you know… How easy it is to spruce up your dimensions?
Anyone who has worked with AutoCAD for any length of time can usually create a standard dimension object. However, if you pay close attention to two items in the Object Properties dialog box, you [...]Read more
Tips & Tricks for Setting Points in Carlson – Webinar
Yeah, you know all of them already… Unless you don’t! Carlson has a lot of great tools that are available for setting points but some of them are a little hidden. I will be covering [...]Read more
Did you know… About Temporary Overrides?
There are others, but my two favorites are: Holding Shift while in a Draw or Modify command allows you to override your current ORTHO setting. So, if you’re drawing a line and ORTHO is Off, [...]Read more
IntelliCAD Webinar – Do Over
Last week I presented a webinar sponsored by Carlson Software on the topic “Updates and Overview of IntelliCAD 7”. Unfortunately we had some technical difficulties and didn’t [...]Read more
Did you know… About the “Mid Between 2 Points” OSnap?
It hasn’t been around forever, but this Object Snap is such a handy little tool you’ll wonder how you ever managed to live without it! The best news is that it’s available both [...]Read more
Special Offer from Esri for Carlson IntelliCAD Users
Since the focus of my class and of the NC Surveyors Show as a whole is GIS, I thought it made sense to bump the information about the free copy of Esri software to the top… Those currently [...]Read more
Did you know… About the Upright flag for linetypes?
I didn’t until this weekend. While working on a new Picks and Clicks article for Professional Surveyor magazine I stumbled on something incredibly handy. This setting keeps text [...]Read more
Picks and Clicks: Field to Finish Follow Up
This article originally appeared in the December 2011 issue of Professional Surveyor magazine. After we published “Understanding Field to Finish” in the September issue, I received more feedback [...]Read more