Yes! Start your line command, then SHIFT-RIGHT CLICK to get the OSNAP menu. Choose Mid Between 2 Points. Select your two points, and voil\u00e0 \u2014 you’ve just saved some valuable clicks.<\/p>\n
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Automatically Publishing PDFs<\/h2>\n
Diane from Boston writes:<\/p>\n
My boss wants to always be able to see a current PDF of my drawing files. I keep forgetting to make one when I get out of my drawing. Is there a way to do that?<\/em><\/p>\n Diane, simply go to Options > Plot and Publish tab > check Automatic Publish > Set to PDF. It’s easy, and you have a lot of options available.<\/p>\n Eddie from Seattle asks:<\/p>\n Certain dialog boxes seem to lock my AutoCAD. I never see the dialog box, and I have to kill my session through the Task Manager. Not all the dialogs do it, just a few. What’s going on?\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n Eddie, more than likely, your dialog boxes are off your screen. AutoCAD isn’t really locked up, there’s just a dialog waiting for your input where you can’t see it. Here\u2019s the trick: After calling it up, use the Alt key, then Spacebar, then M (not all at once), then use the left\/right arrow keys to move it back to your screen.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a view of what that\u2019s doing. Alt and Space get you to the dialog\u2019s menu, and M is the shortcut for Move. Notice now the move icon appears. You might practice with one that you can see to get the hang of it because you\u2019ll be working blind on the hidden one.<\/p>\n Lisa from Springfield wants to know:<\/p>\n I’ve started a new job, and our standard text color is yellow. I can barely see it on the white background in a layout. Is there anything I can do?<\/em><\/p>\n Lisa, you just need to change the background color of layouts to black. Go to Options > Display tab > Colors… Personally, I like to set the Layout background to a very dark blue (color 158), which still lets me visually differentiate it from Model Space.<\/p>\n And finally, Darryl from Vermont has this issue:<\/p>\n Every now and then I get a drawing in from a consultant, and it will have a Paper Space viewport that I can’t double click to activate. It’s driving me crazy! Any ideas?<\/em><\/p>\n Darryl, no doubt the viewport you’re trying to select is nested within another one. Instead of trying to double click it, select one that will activate, then use CTRL-R. That allows you to cycle through all the viewports in the Layout. Below I\u2019m showing the viewport edges for clarity. If they\u2019re off, it can really be confusing.<\/p>\n No doubt you\u2019re on to me by now. No, I don\u2019t actually<\/em> have a mailbag full of questions, and yes, these questions all came from fictional characters in classic TV sitcoms. It was a fun way though to present some tips that may not have warranted an entire blog post.<\/p>\n Thanks for joining me for a potpourri of assorted questions, and don\u2019t forget to keep those letters and questions coming!<\/p>\n Check out our whole\u00a0Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0Tips<\/a>\u00a0series<\/a>\u00a0for ideas on how to make AutoCAD work for you. Do you have any favorite AutoCAD tips? Tell us in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of my favorite categories on Jeopardy is \u201cPotpourri.\u201d Like Forrest Gump’s chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get. So, today I thought I’d go through the old mailbag, and answer some of your questions that have been coming in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":329,"featured_media":8333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[893],"tags":[11,14,978,375,736,671,266,272,523,665,907],"class_list":["post-8323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning","tag-autocad","tag-autocad-lt","tag-custom-colors","tag-dialog-boxes","tag-object-snaps","tag-paper-space-viewports","tag-pdf","tag-publish","tag-tips","tag-tuesday-tips","tag-viewports","dhig-theme--light"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"AutoCAD](\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Mailbag_2_a3rjrt.jpg\")
<\/p>\nSeeing All the Dialog Boxes<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nChanging Text Colors<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nAccessing All Viewports<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nDisclaimer<\/h2>\n
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<\/h2>\nMore Tuesday Tips<\/h2>\n