Autocad 2011 DRAWORDER

There are a few new additions to the DRAWORDER command in Autocad 2011. Along with the usual Bring to Front and Send to back. We have a few new commands:

TEXTTOFRONT-Forces text or dimension objects to be displayed in front of all other objects.

HATCHTOBACK-Forces all hatches to be displayed behind all other objects.

These are found under the Home tab in the Modify panel.

Tip: When using Civil 3D 2011, I found that I needed to switch workspaces from the standard Civil 3D workspaces to the 2D Drafting & Annotation to get these new commands to appear in the ribbon.

Civil 3D 2011 Update 1!

Autodesk has released Civil 3D Update 1. This will include all fixes in Autocad 2011 update 1.1 and Autocad Map 3D 2011.

Also keep in mind that if you want to return Civil 3D 2011 to it's pre-update status, you will need to uninstall Civil 3D completely and then reinstall it.

Civil 3D 2011 Update 1

Microstation Tip: Element Selection

Here is a Microstation quick tip on selecting multiple objects by Element Type, Bylevel, Bycolor, Linestyle or Lineweight!

This is a very useful tool if you need to quickly select multiple objects to delete them, move them or take them into a Autocad file.

First, expand the Element selection dialog box using the arrow at the bottom.

Next, you should see the various tabs you have at your disposal to use to select multiple elements!




Once you have selected a Level, or Element Type all the objects on that level or that element type should instantly be selected on your screen! It is that easy.

Now for those of you familiar with Autocad this is very similar to the Quick Select tool found in the Properties dialog box of Autocad.

Snap It Screen Capture 3.7

This is a little off topic from my usual Autocad or Microstation rants but this is a great product worth mentioning.

If you find yourself constantly cropping images from the web, I recommend Snap It Screen Capture software! Snap It let's you easily take a screen capture of what you want in just one click! For more information follow the link.

http://www.digeus.com/products/snapit/snapit_screen_capture_3_5.html">

Autocad for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch!

Autodesk has announced that this fall they will begin offering a free app (for students and educators) that will allow you to edit and share Autocad files on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

AutoCAD for Apple