Wednesday, September 09, 2015
Top Secret In-Place Attribute Editing in AutoCAD!
Lynn Allen's Blog: You are probably aware that you can double-click on a block with attributes to edit it...but there are just SOOO many steps involved when all you want to do is a quick modification to the attribute value. Wouldn't you just like to get straight to the point?
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All I have to say: I HATE ATTRIBUTES WITH A BURNING PASSION! Don’t get me wrong, I love AutoCAD (sometimes), but attributes are extremely annoying when you need to edit them slightly. I actually prefer to have a blank template with guidelines and manually put in the information so that editing it becomes easier. Holding down the control key and clicking is actually a very useful tip! If I had known this last year, it would have made my life so much easier, but now my future self who is AutoCADing hopefully won’t be as frustrated by the little thing. Overall, AutoCAD is an incredibly useful tool, but it is so complex and difficult sometimes that I wonder someone doesn’t try to make it more user friendly. 3D AutoCAD is something that should definitely be more user friendly. I spent countless hours teaching myself how to 3d AutoCAD so that I could slice a sphere in a cube in a cub and laser cut it out of acrylic for one of my box projects. I’m sure that there was a much more simple answer than to how I created it, but sometimes AutoCAD is the bane of my existence.
If I have learned one thing over my years of using computer programs, it is that the EVERY COMMAND HAS A SHORTCUT. Sometimes they aren’t jumping out of the screen at you, but with a little digging you should be able to find a faster way to do something. This is no different for AutoCAD. As Lynn said, shortcuts will make your life so much easier. If you want to become fluent in a program like AutoCAD, I suggest you take a day and master all the shortcuts. Not only will you look like a master at AutoCAD, but you will also finish your projects in half the time. Although AutoCAD is not something I would consider myself to be a master at, I have used it on multiple occasions, and I’m looking forward to learning about it more in my class next semester, where I can learn all the tricks of the trade.
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