Mike Williams | March 9, 2009

Translating through Space

Don’t you hate having to figure out exactly what size you need to make your text in Model Space in order for it to plot properly in Paper Space? Or maybe you need to know what size something should be drawn in Paper Space to match the equivalent size in Model Space. [...]

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Tags: model space, paper space, spacetrans, video tip

Mike Williams | March 8, 2009

AutoCAD 3D Tip: Flatshot Command

How to use the FLATSHOT Command to convert 3D solids into 2D objects. For the best picture quality, I recommend playing the video in full screen mode.

Get the Flash Player to see this player.

var s1 = new SWFObject(”http://autocadtipoftheday.com/tipblog/wp-content/plugins/flash-video-player/mediaplayer/player.swf”,”n1″,”400″,”280″,”7″);
s1.addParam(”allowfullscreen”,”true”);
s1.addParam(”allowscriptaccess”,”always”);
s1.addParam(”wmode”,”opaque”);
s1.addVariable(”id”,”n1″);
s1.addVariable(”controlbar”,”bottom”);
s1.addVariable(”height”,”280″);
s1.addVariable(”playlist”,”none”);
s1.addVariable(”width”,”400″);
s1.addVariable(”autostart”,”false”);
s1.addVariable(”bufferlength”,”1″);
s1.addVariable(”displayclick”,”play”);
s1.addVariable(”icons”,”true”);
s1.addVariable(”linktarget”,”_blank”);
s1.addVariable(”mute”,”false”);
s1.addVariable(”quality”,”true”);
s1.addVariable(”repeat”,”none”);
s1.addVariable(”resizing”,”true”);
s1.addVariable(”shuffle”,”false”);
s1.addVariable(”stretching”,”uniform”);
s1.addVariable(”volume”,”90″);
s1.addVariable(”aboutlink”,”http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/”);
s1.addVariable(”file”,”http://autocadtipoftheday.com/tipblog/wp-content/uploads/Video/3d/flatshot.mp4″);
s1.write(”video1″);

Note: You may need the latest version of flash installed on you computer [...]

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Tags: 3d, flatshot, tips, video tip

Mike Williams | March 3, 2009

AutoCAD Tips and AutoCAD Training: Osnap and Osnap Overrides. Everything you need to know about Osnap

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Tags: M2P, MTP, OSNAP, video tip

Mike Williams | February 27, 2009

Here’s a video tip for everyone. Video Tips are usually only available to our subscribers (you can subscribe for free in the upper right portion of the screen), but I get asked this question so often by AutoCAD 2009 users.

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Tags: 2009, menu bar, toolbars, video tip

Mike Williams | February 14, 2009

I just posted the first Video Tip. It took a while trying to figure out the best file format and then to configure the proper plug-in to make it work. Video Tips are available only to subscribers through the emails you receive from AutoCAD Tip of the Day.

If you are not yet a subscriber, you can subscribe by entering you first name and email address in the form to the right of this post, or go to http://autocadtipoftheday.com and sign-up there.

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Tags: autosave, tips, video tip