Custom toolbars are a great way for AcceliCAD users to provide all the design and drawing tools they use most often in a single toolbar or toolbar suite. You can turn off default toolbars that contain tools you never use and regain valuable screen area. Custom toolbars are are portable and easy to share between computers and a great to standardize your design and drawing environment.
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Using blocks to build a convenient component library reduce the drawing overhead associated with repetitive drawing geometry. Now we look at the benefits of using external reference files and discuss appropriate ways of introducing them into your drawing practise.
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To really use paper space effectively, we need to understand how to set up layers and dimensions. This article continues on from Modelspace & Paperspace I.
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Regardless of whether you’re learning or re-learning CAD, it’s important to understand the concepts of model and paper space.
Read MoreLayers are another important way you can control your information and build intelligence into your design drawings.
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Dimensions are fundamental components of most engineering drawings, but the challenge of wrestling with 59 dimension variables is often daunting. Here we provide a couple of simple techniques to keep you on track.
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A way of achieving Australian architectural-style dimensioning using standard AutoCAD or IntelliCAD facilities, without resorting to LISP programming that also works in AutoCAD LT.
Read MoreAutomating the first act of IntelliCAD drawing creation is a great way to standardize the format, settings, structure and presentation of your drawings.
Read MoreIf you are working with viewports, it is particularly useful to be able to control layer visibility, veiwport by viewport. IntelliCAD has a viewport-specific control over layer visibility.
Read MoreOriginally code-named “Phoenix” the IntelliCAD project came to life when Visio Corporation acquired certain assets of Boomerang Technology Inc., a privately held developer of Autodesk AutoCAD-compatible software, located in San Diego, CA.
Read MoreIntelliCAD made a considerable impression when initially released by the Visio Corporation. IntelliCAD 98 was designed to be completely interchangeable with AutoCAD R14. Visio’s IntelliCAD 2000 was available for free if you knew where to look and were satisfied with what it has to deliver. Free IntelliCAD is still available if you know where to look.
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