Sunday, January 20, 2013
Do you know everything you can do with the Mouse Wheel in AutoCAD?
Lynn Allen's Blog: We are all mouse wheel experts - aren't we? We use it all day long to zoom and pan in AutoCAD (as well as other programs). But did you know that with a few clever mouse wheel and key combinations you open the door to so much more functionality?
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Every time I use autocad, I accidentally push a wrong button, and I find a new way to do something that before was several clicks. I think that the following is a basic truth: if you need more than 3 clicks to do something in autocad, you are doing it wrong. I knew a couple of these mouse-wheel tricks, but I will be using all of them. Love autocad.
This video is definitely interesting watching since I just started to learn about AutoCAD. Also, I frequently use mouse wheel, so I know how useful it will be if I get to know intricate tricks with it. Watching this video, I feel like I can apply those new tricks that I learned into a practical use in which it will make me work on my work even easier and faster. But still, I think that those tricks are kind of basic knowledge that everyone knows because it applies to other programs too such as in Google SketchUp.
I was surprised I knew all those (well except for the command for changing the zoom rate). I was surprised because, honestly, I know my knowledge of AutoCAD barely scratches the surface of the program's utility. I still watch a lot of the youtubes for tutorials when I am trying to model something a little beyond my ability and I find them surprisingly helpful. This one I was hoping would be more illuminating on the endless ways one can modify CAD settings to one's personal preferences. I have just begun doing this with my own platform to make shortcuts make more sense for me (like "d" for distance for instance: who needs a shortcut for DIMSTYLE?). I know there must be ways to manage the way the mouse works too, and I hoped this video would get into them. Luckily there are endless resources on the web like this one: http://www.we-r-here.com/cad/tutorials/level_4/4-12.htm
But what I really want is a transferable file I can save online and download to any machine I might be using that has all my personalized shortcuts, blocks, and dimstyle settings. I know this is possible but don't know how Anyone?
I too have to say that the only one I wasn't previously aware of was zoomfactor, so I'll have to make sure that I explore that more later. I noticed she has a video about meshes which I'll be interested in watching later, I hope it's a bit more in depth than this quick tricks video was.
Andrew, the only thing I can think of is setting up a template file for yourself and keeping it on a jumpdrive or cloud agent so you can always access it. That's what I do, not sure if you've thought of it yet...but my guess is probably. Also, thanks for the link.
Now that we are learning autocad in class I feel like i can use these simple tools to help me do things a bit more efficiently as i continue on with my knowledge of auto cad. and although this video taught me how to use it with a computer mouse i know the connection between a mouse and a track pad on my computer in order to do the same functions. knowing these little tips i feel will be really helpful when trying to get work done quickly and efficiently without making me go insane. I can't wait to see how i can use these and see what other tips i can get as i go along in learning about auto cad.
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