But with Ortho turned off, the Change command will put the endpoints selected all on the same point. With Ortho on, angled lines will be changed to horizontal/vertical lines. This will move the line's endpoints horizontally/vertically. The key here is to make sure Ortho is turned on. The Change command is not trimming/extending in reality it is changing the coordinates of the selected line's endpoint nearest to the selection point. This tip provides us with another method of trimming/extending lines, and it can save a user several picks and clicks.
#ENTERING METES AND BOUNDS IN AUTOCAD FULL#
Click here to download Steve's full tip, CHANGE.DOC.ĪutoCAD is great (and bad) because it provides us with dozens of tools to accomplish our goals. However, the Change command is still the most efficient way to both extend and trim lines at the same time (provided you still use plain old lines for anything). "In the old days it was mostly used to change the properties of objects (among other things), but that has become obsolete with all the new toolbars and features. Steve Rodgers sent this tip about AutoCAD's Change command. Furthermore, if you pick your limits just a tiny bit outside your border's thick or heavy outer lines, you can guarantee that the line work (and the line work's thickness) will get plotted in its entirety." It also allows users to move a chart or stack of notes (again, in paper space) outside of the border area without having to remember to select a display, or plot by window, or even remember the default view. Presetting the limits to the actual border area prevents this problem. Plotters then (and now too) will try to plot everything in a drawing's extents - even stuff outside of the border. "In the Olden Tyme CAD Dayes, we used the Limits command to set limits equal to the actual (paper space) border area of our master title blocks. It can help to keep a file under control.Ĭadalyst Tip Patrol member Mitchell Hirshklau shared his experience with limits in AutoCAD. Lines and objects may extend past the set limits, but it will only allow input inside the limits area.
When on, this setting will allow the user to insert points only within the limits. Users can turn on or off the Limit Checking setting.
Setting limits will control the area of the file where the grid will be displayed when activated. Several methods now can accomplish what formerly could only be done with limits. NOTES FROM CADALYST TIP PATROL: We agree. Also in paper space, zoom all shows the entire sheet, so you can see how your title block sits on it." Type Limits, then type or pick the lower left and upper right as you would for a window. Steve Knopf writes: "Since about AutoCAD release 14, the drawing limits have been inconsequential, except that zoom all takes you there, like restoring a named view.
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