AutoCAD tutorials for Advanced users

Raster Image Overview

A raster image file (also called a bitmap or texture file) is a file thatBits per pixelcontains an ordered arrangement of pixels (picture elements). each tiny pixel is assigned a…

Aligning Images To Drawings

When you combine raster and vector data in a single drawing you must set the image insertion parameters appropriately. it may be difficult to know the required parameters before you…

Transparency & Display Order

While display order is normally not an issue for most AutoCAD objects, it can be very important when you work with images. for example, the background in a raster image…

Adjusting Images In AutoCAD

One way to adjust image quality in AutoCAD is to change the Imagequality setting for all images in the current drawing. Use a draft quality to make images display quickly…

Managing Image Paths

Image objects are like Xrefs because they will not display in a drawing unless AutoCAD can load the associated external files. however, unlike Xref drawing files, an Image file can…

Clipping Images

You can use Imageclip to clip Images in the same way you can use other utilities to clip Xrefs & Viewports (in layouts) except you cannot use an existing LWPOLYLINE…

Using Snap & Grid In Isometric Sketches

You can turn On the GRID in the status bar to see an array of dots on your screen at a fixed spacing in the X and Y directions. use…

Using Object Snaps Osnaps Effectively

When you use object snap overrides to supply points that relate to existing objects, they are in effect only for your next point. you can type abbreviations of desired osnap…

Polar Tracking & Direct Distance Entry

Polar Tracking is new in AutoCAD 2000 and it can be used as an alternative to how Ortho was used in earlier AutoCAD Releases. Polar Tracking is On if the…

Tracking With Alignment Points

The Object Snap Tracking tool is an alternative to using point filters in earlier AutoCAD versions. you can use Object Snap Tracking to pick a point that is generated using…

Tracking With Parallel & Extension OSNAPs

The Parallel osnap  is powerful when combined with the other tools described earlier in this document. you can acquire Alignment points using the Parallel osnap to constrain the tracking vector…

Dimension Styles Overview

Dimension variables are special system variables stored in each drawing to control the way dimensions appear. a dimension style is a collection of dimension variable settings that you save with…

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