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How to Hide/Unhide Command Line

August 21, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

Sometimes while doing our job in AutoCAD there is some instances that happens unexpectedly. And one of that is the accidental turning off of the command line, and with that, you are unable to see the command that you’re keying-in.

Fig.1

There is two way actually to hide the command window of AutoCAD or in these case to unhide. One of these is on the keyboard shortcut, by pressing CTRL+9. The other is at the Tools pulldown menu, then Command Line (fig.1). Alternatively if you are using AutoCAD Architecture 2008 and beyond, you can find the command line in Window pulldown menu as well (fig.2).

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Using Baseline Dimension

July 22, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

A multi-faceted object on your drawing, will consumed most of your time dimensioning it, if you don’t know the techniques, or the commands that can be use to dimension it continuosly and automatically.

Just in case you encounter such object in your drawing, you can use the command Baseline Dimension and Continue Dimension. You can find these commands, under Dimension Pulldown menu, or at the Dimension Toolbar. Alternatively at the command prompt, type DIMBASELINE or DIMCONTINUE.

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Baseline Dimension or DIMBASELINE, is a AutoCAD command that creates multiple dimension measured from the same baseline. While Continue Dimension or DIMCONTINUE, is an AutoCAD command that creates a multiple dimension placed end to end. To create a baseline dimension continued dimension you should create first a linear, aligned, or an angular dimension to serve as a starting point, or click any extension line from any existing dimensions from your drawing.

Baseline Dimension

Continue Dimension

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using Dimension Space

July 22, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

Dimension presentation is vital in a drawing, a drawing plans cannot be use if the dimension is not readable. Thats why it is important for us AutoCAD Drafters and Architects that we assure that, the dimensions are shown in a nice and in a readable way. But sometimes, in an unavoidable situation like rushing up yourself to finish your drawing and eventually making it to submission day. This is the time when your drawing presentation might suffer, specially the dimension presentation.

Goodthing, AutoCAD has this routine, that can automatically adjust existing parallel linear and angualr dimension in a drawing, so they are equally spaced or aligned at the dimension line with each other.

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This routine called, the Dimension Space, or DIMSPACE, you can find this routine at the Dimension Pulldown menu, Dimension Space, you can also find it at the dimension toolbar (fig.1). Alternatively, at the command prompt, type DIMSPACE, then ENTER, then select the dimensions you want to adjust. The dimension that to be selected must be linear or angular, of the same type (rotated or aligned), parallel or concentric to one another, and on the extension line of each other. See the example below (fig.2 and fig.3).