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Hello,.

 

In this article we shall see the function on Dimension Break.

 

Dimension Break can be accessed using Menu Bar, Tool Bar and Command Prompt

 

1) Menu Bar:

 

 

2) Tool Bar:

 

3) Command Prompt:

 

 

Well now let's consider an example to understand the concept of Dim Break. Consider the drawing shown below

 

Let's use the dim break command for the above drawing

Step 01: select the dim break command and select the diameter and linear dimension [Multiple]

Step 02: Now the object and enter

Step 03: Now you will notice that, all dimension line will not have any contact with the drawing see figure below

 

 

Incase you wish to know more about dimensions, do register at [www.augi.com] course on ATP 197

"AutoCAD 2008 Dimensions Learn the Easy Way" on August 06' 2007

http://www.augi.com/education/detail.asp?Source=Schedule&CourseId=197

 

See you soon, with another interesting command in AutoCAD 2008

Sunith Babu. L

Sunithbabu@hotmail.com

 

Hello and Welcome Back,

In this session we shall focus on associative hatch option. Well, have you any time used the associative hatch option before hatching your objects or entities. Then its time to see this options now.

AutoCAD 2008, has an option of creating associative hatches - An associative hatch is dynamically updated as and when you change the boundary of the drawing. Hatched areas are generally associative when the option is used. To understand this better, let's consider an example. Create a rectangle of arbitrary sides as shown below

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now Select the Hatch command and click on Add: Pick Point followed by scale [20] and Associative Option and later click within the rectangle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hatched Rectangle:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now using the Grips, try to change the orientation of the rectangle, by using the grips, we notice that hatch also belcomes associative.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The above settings are stored in an SYSTEM VARIABLE : HPASSOC

However you can remove these settings or create an NON ASSOCIATIVE HATCH PATTERN when the HPGAPTOL system varilable is set to 0 (by default)

When the hatch is not associative, the figure changes as shown below

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See you soon, with another interesting command on AutoCAD 2008,

 

Thanks

Sunith Babu. L

sunithbabu@hotmail.com

 

 

Have you any time lost your valuable items, wallet. What about the most important data deleted from computer during a system crash, you might have immediately tried to use a data recovery manager to recover the best you can.

But what about a CAD file ? I bet you don't what such things happen.

But wait, may be if there is a way to recover, apart from DATA recovery softwares, Yes got it right.

In AutoCAD there is a command which most of them don't use, but this is the only command you better use in case of  system crash or trying to retrieving your backup files.

Command: Drawing Recovery Manager,

Click File menu >  Drawing Utilities > Drawing Recovery Manager

 

Command prompt: DRAWINGRECOVERY

 

This tool automatically opens next time you open AutoCAD, further it displays a list of drawing files that were opened during a failure. Sounds interesting. 

See Images below to have a better Idea,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See you soon with some more commands . . .

 

Sunith Babu. L