CorelCAD 2018 is just launched for Mac and Windows December 12, 2017 arka48 Corel Corporation, the renowned Canada based software developer, has recently launched CorelCAD 2018 to provide support for advanced 2D drawing and 3D modeling workflows. If a multileader style has been used, then the multileader can be created from that style Multileader objects can contain multiple leader lines, each of which can have one or more segments, so that one note can point to multiple objects in your drawing.
Learning
If you use AutoCAD every day, you like knowing your go-to tools aren’t going away and that they might, in fact, be getting tweaked just enough—and just often enough—to make your daily experience with the program that much sunnier. You probably know about the big enhancements, like PDF Import. So in this series I’m pointing out some of the more subtle everyday AutoCAD command improvements that you may have overlooked along the way. Today, in Part 2 of my five-part series, we shine a light on Blend, Isometric drafting, Arcs, Join, Express Tools, Nudge, and multifunctional grips.
Blend tool
Use the Blend tool to create a spline that connects two objects. The spline created is tangential from the selected objects. So much better than PEDIT! There are a variety of options available so you have complete control over the final outcome.
Preferred default with REVCLOUDCREATEMODE
Isometric drafting environment
Use the Isodraft tool on the status bar to switch the snap style to Isometric and move from one isometric plane to another. Kill two birds with one stone!
Arcs
AutoCAD loves to draw arcs that are counterclockwise. Use the Ctrl Key to switch arc directions to clockwise!
Many Express Tools become “real” commands
The NCOPY Express Tool is just one of the many tools that is now a core AutoCAD command. Copy nested objects from Xrefs, blocks, and DGN underlays—no need to explode or bind!
Use the Delete Duplicates tool (OVERKILL command) to clean up your drawing and remove overlapping and duplicate geometry. It can even remove extra vertices in polylines!
Nudge
Have you ever wanted to move objects by just a few pixels? Try using Ctrl plus your arrow keys!
Multifunctional grips
Multifunctional grips exist on so many different objects! Editing commands reside with the object, which means less time searching.
Look for these powerful grips in lines, plines, arcs, elliptical arcs, dimensions and multileaders. 3D faces, edges, and vertices also have them. Just hover over a grip to access numerous relevant options.
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Hello everyone, I hope I can get the answer I'm looking for here.
Bit of background on me:
Self-taught (With the help of 'O'Reilly - Learning Autodesk AutoCAD 2017') AutoCAD user here working on MAC, working on cleaning up and making a better version of already existing plans.
So my task is to make everything neater (various layers, 'by layer' settings wherever possible, etc.) and the file I was given has polylines that are not affected with line-weight properties of layer they are on.
So far I figured that might be because when you draw with PL tool, you can set the thickness (or width) manually (PLINEWID) or in PEDIT->W and set its value. Since I am 'cleaning up' everything, I want to have polylines that are on same layer and hence have the same thickness according to that layer line-weight properties. how can I achieve this?
(Here is a screenshot for reference)[http://i.imgur.com/Rv4N85G.png]
Here's explanation on whats up on the screenshot, the transparent polylines are on a different layer and on that layer I was trying to figure out the width of them manually. One of the item I was given is the square (transparent trace visible behind less thick white lines) and as I figured, it is set to value of 0.03. I figured this out by manually setting different values with PLINEWID and finally found one that matched the original.
Side question: how come polyline width isn't changing when I'm zooming in and out while the thickness of lines that are controlled with layer properties change with the zoom?
Follow up question, what does 0.03 value of PL width mean exactly if I'm working in metric units, specifically, in meters. Is it 0.03m = 3cm IRL? if so, isn't it too thick? how can I check the origianl line-weight that will be plotted? (since zooming affects thickness of some lines and not polylines, its even more confusing...)
Multileader Has Thick Lines In Autocad 2018 For Mac Tutorial
Thank you for your time, ask me anything if you are willing to help since I am eager to learn the program 1 tiny detail at a time.