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AutoCAD Tips: Use LAYISO to Quickly Show Layers You Only Need

January 18th, 2009 4 comments

LAYISO command isolates the layer of selected objects so that all other layers are turned off. This is very useful to quickly reduce the visual complexity of a drawing without open the Layer Properties Manager.

Before:

Before isolating layer(s)

After:

After isolating layer(s)

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Quick View Drawings and Layouts on AutoCAD 2009

April 4th, 2008 7 comments

If you open multiple drawings or have multiple layouts, then you should try these AutoCAD 2009 features: Quick View Drawings and Quick View Layouts. These tools can preview the visual of opened drawing or layout.
Quick View DrawingsQuick View Layouts

Change Visual Styles on AutoCAD 2009

April 4th, 2008 2 comments

Everyone knows that AutoCAD 2009 brings new cool user interface, called Ribbon. But sometimes it can confuse some users to use some tools. One of AutoCAD tool is Visual Styles. We know that AutoCAD has already five pre-defined styles: 2D Wireframe, 3D Wireframe, 3D Hidden, Realistic, and Conceptual. There are at least two ways to change the visual styles. Read more…