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In order to speed up performance, the display of certain kinds of objects can be simplified. If you display wide polylines (PLINE) and donuts (DONUT), solid-filled polygons, hatches (HATCH), gradient fills, and TEXT in a simplified form, the display... Read More

An ordinate dimension annotates the perpendicular distance from an origin or base point (the origin of the current UCS). Ordinate dimensions consist of an x- or y-coordinate and a leader. The ordinate dimension text is always aligned with the... Read More

Linear, angular, radial, ordinate and arc length are the basic types of dimensions. You can create dimensions for selected existing entities by selecting them or picking points within a drawing. Linear dimensions can be horizontal, vertical, aligned,... Read More

Although the majority of parameters only taken into effect when operations are matched with actions, there are exceptions, base point parameter is one of them. 1．Define blocks Define block and draw a circle in the block editor, as shown in the... Read More

When you use the "roughness symbol block" to label the spare parts, the symbol is sometimes already in the right position, however, the characters' direction is not right. We need to add the "character flip" function to receive the correct label... Read More

You can select an object to HATCH or fill, or specify an internal point to define a boundary. A hatch boundary or enclosed area can be formed with any combination of objects like LINE , ARC , CIRCLE and polylines (PLINE). Only objects that are in... Read More

Using the Visibility Parameter function, you can control the display and hide a certain view in Dynamic Block. 1. Prepare view. Prepare a three cars view and define as block.     2. Add Parameter of Visibility Enter into Block Editor by Double... Read More

Imports block attribute values from an external, tab-delimited ASCII file. Menu : Express>Blocks>Import Attribute Information Command Entry : ATTIN Using ATTIN and ATTOUT together, you can quickly make changes to attribute values for selected... Read More

This function can split single line texts to single text one by one, because the English word is a combination of several letters, this function only make sense for Chinese Characters. Menu : Express>Text Tools>Others>Chinese Characters... Read More

Sometimes a designer sends drawings to other people, but doesn't want others to modify the drawings. The "Drawing Lock" function can turn the drawing into a whole block. You can't explode it or modify the objects of the original drawing. It... Read More