Tweets this week: YouTube and reTweets

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we cover LT resouces on YouTube and sharing files with others. 

• Do you customize in LT? OSMODE variable is a quick way to set running osnaps http://ow.ly/1u4WGb
• “@katemorrical: Block Editor Hotfix Posted http://t.co/KQq917Y ” for LT2012 users this is important.
• Create DWF quickly, from model or paperspace: EXPORTDWF command, no need to change any predefined PAGESETUPs that aim for another plotter.
• Join @Lynn_Allen today at 4pm EST for a Twitter chat on #AutoCADWS. Use #dellcad - http://autode.sk/jxDjOW
• LT2011 and higher: LAYERP command will Undo the last change or set of changes made to layer settings. Use LAYERPMODE to control the settings.
• LTisACAD Blog: More LT Resources: YouTube Videos http://dlvr.it/XLGSN
• RT @AutoCADLT: More ways to try AutoCAD LT 2012 http://bit.ly/lZBA8i
• Hatching and Transparency in AutoCAD (and LT) 2011 (and 2012 too) video tutorial: http://ow.ly/1tY8Qg
• RT @civil3dguide: Are you using fields in AutoCAD? If not attend my free online class this week to learn a couple of ways to use them!
• Do you share DWF files? Read DWF Markup Sets overviews online at http://ow.ly/1tWloS and http://ow.ly/1tWloR

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Tweets this week: YouTube and reTweets

Tweets this week: worthy retweets

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we cover tips and shred content from other postings on Twitter:

• "How To Use Twitter Hashtags in Tweets Without Looking Like An #Idiot" tinyurl.com/3o9ecbg
• RETWEET JeffBartels: AutoCAD Tip: CUIX files can also be loaded by dragging from Windows Explorer into AutoCAD.
• Freehand draw in LT2011-12 with SKETCH command: the drawn elements can be LINES, PLINES or SPLINES. Pick your choice with SKPOLY variable.
• RETWEET: Best to remember “@bcbenton: AutoCAD tip: in order for objects to print, thier layer must be on, thawed & set to print”
• RETWEET AutoCADLT: Multiple Plotter Support File Paths http://bit.ly/ouj2AP
• Do you use SELECTSIMILAR in LT2011-2012? explore SELECTSIMILARMODE variable to control the matching properties used by it.
• Count objects/blocks in LT: Select one, right-click and pick SELECTSIMILAR. Then use SELECT command and LT will return the total number.
• AutoCAD 2012 and AutoCAD LT 2012: No Experience Required:Amazon Books: http://ow.ly/1uOdvo 
• Are you familiar with Object Snap Tracking? Explore this useful topic here: http://ow.ly/1uNEOq 
• LT2011+: Quickly create a string of dimensions for selected objects: QDIM command, select objects, click to place the dimensions.
• Do you PUBLISH sets of prints in LT often? Use +PUBLISH command (note the + in the name) to open previously saved DSD sheet set to publish.

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Tweets this week: worthy retweets

Tweets this week: tips and retweets

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we cover many core tips and share info from other Twitter users:

• LT2011 suffering from mystery crashes? Explore this http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=15832414&linkID=9240617 and this http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=15832507&linkID=9240617
• Lynn_Allen: Did someone send you an #AutoCAD drawing file from a newer release than what you have? Download TrueView (free!) http://bit.ly/6seedy
• @katemorrical @bcbenton If Kate mentions and blogs it, then it is LT in Linux (or MAC) #design816
• The AutoCAD Design team is experimenting with new ways to get feedback from actual users. Go to http://ow.ly/1vmmlq now to contribute.
• While panning, hold SHIFT to constrain pan to horizontal and vertical movements. Works in modelspace and inside viewports.
• Wish @AutoCAD_WS did that... “@bcbenton: I politely request suggestiins for a good DWF viewer fro Android. Suggestions? What do you use?”
• Tie into 3D printing and you got a market “@Lynn_Allen: #Autodesk buys a DIY online recipe book http://t.co/btPtVhK (so what do you think?)”
• LTisACAD Blog: Understand the Effect of Format Changes http://dlvr.it/dg2Jg
• Select an Object, right click, pick ADD SELECTED: use this to create a matching new object with the same properties as the existing one.
• Switch between Trim and Extend Quickly: while in one of those commands, hold [shift] key to switch to the other.

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Tweets this week: tips and retweets

Tweets this week: command tips

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we provide command tips you can use every day.

• LT2011: collaborate and share/review your DWG files online, for free, by installing the AutoCADWS Plugin now http://t.co/hZyLdV3
• LAYMCH command will move an object from one layer to another, by selecting an object on the destination layer as a reference first.
• How To Create Annotative Text Style. Check out this Webpage basic getting started tip from Daily AutoCAD blog: http://ow.ly/1sUTHY
• LTisACAD Blog: LT2012 New Commands and Variables http://dlvr.it/RLFVc
• Set Zero Fillet without changing the preset radius setting in FILLET command: press & hold down the shift key & select the lines to fillet.
• Are HP's, Microsoft's and RIM's mobile devices relevant against iOS and Android? Developers have their opinions http://ow.ly/1sSCIS
• Try this: OPTIONS command, PLOT tab, turn on the setting to always use the last successful plot parameter. A repetitive plotting solution.

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Tweets this week: command tips

Tweets this week: commands and variables

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we are adding links at the end of each tweet topic that take you to AutoCAD/LT's Online help files for additional information and tips. Feel free to give us feedback on this new approach to command tips and tricks.

• LT2012 Tip- 3DCONFIG command sets hardware acceleration on or off and provides a method to check for driver updates: http://ow.ly/1wVjCk
• AUTOPUBLISH Publishes drawings to DWF, DWFx, or PDF files automatically to a specified location: http://ow.ly/1wVjxy
• AutoCADLT retweet: Sheet Set Manager Video Series http://ltunlimited.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/09/sheet-set-manager-video-series.html
• User's Guide - Create Angular Dimensions http://ow.ly/1x8B7N
• ATTSYNC updates block references with new and changed attributes from a specified block definition: http://ow.ly/1wVjuL
• ATTIPEDIT command changes the textual content of an attribute within a block: http://ow.ly/1wVjpj
• Microsoft unveils Windows 8 software http://bit.ly/ni64Qd
• ERHIGHLIGHT Controls reference names or objects highlighting when selected in the XREF palette or drawing window http://ow.ly/1wViWq
• ATTACH command Inserts an external reference, image, or underlay (DWF, DWFx, PDF, or DGN files) in the current drawing: http://ow.ly/1wViPy

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Tweets this week: commands and variables

Tweets this week: LayOff, LayFRZ, H2B

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we have a few tips for layer commands, Offset, hatching and the User Interface: 

• AutoCAD LT Patches, Updates & Service Packs for all versions can be found here: http://ow.ly/1ttF9r
• To add/remove a command to the Quick Access toolbar explore this link http://ow.ly/1trQCL
• Turn a Layer Off with LAYOFF command; Freeze with LAYFRZ command. Use SETTINGS option in each command to control viewport layers behavior.
• LTisACAD Blog: Quick Tips for LT: Part 2 http://dlvr.it/TjCnG
• OFFSET an entity to the current layer by starting the command, typing L then C , and continue with the command as normal.
• HATCHTOBACK command sets the draw order for all hatches in the drawing to be behind all other objects. http://ow.ly/1tknA2

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Tweets this week: LayOff, LayFRZ, H2B

Tweets this week: LT tips, 123D

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we cover LT tips, and an interesting ability for a free software package.

• Do you use Windows 7: Master these built-in features of the OS to boost your general productivity with all programs http://ow.ly/1tgJJS
• RT: ASimoes76 Autodesk 123D as a free 3D CAD converter CAD Studio blog http://bit.ly/lfCj1B
• Use \X in the Text Override section of Properties to add text below the dim line in Dimensions: \P to just add text below other text.
• New in LT2012: VIEWBACK is similar to Zoom Previous. Make into a shortcut like VB and speed up. VIEWFORWARD is like a redo of Viewback.
• LTisACAD Blog: Quick Tips for LT: Part 1 http://dlvr.it/SxC3n
• Turn All Layers On with LAYON command, and Thaw All Layers with LAYTHW command.
• Diameter and Radius Dimensioning text options in this LT Forum topic is worth exploring: http://ow.ly/1t7zzj

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Tweets this week: LT tips, 123D

Tweets this week: Resources, Tips, Puzzle

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we review more tips, a fun word game to stretch your commands knowledge, sharing files and finding LT Help.

• LT2012: GROUPEDIT command allows you to add and remove objects from selected groups as well as UnGroup. And rename a group too.
• Test your AutoCAD commands knowledge with this PDF posted by a CAD Manager in the Autodesk Forums: http://ow.ly/1tRNLG
• Your client does not need to install any software to view DWG/DXF files: share them for free and maintain control using AutoCADWS http://t.co/jD6UtZd Explore more HERE.
• Start LAYCUR command, select objects, hit on the keyboard and those objects now moved to current active layer.
• AutoCAD/LT ignores the INSUNITS setting when a drawing whose ANNOTATIVEDWG variable has been set to 1 is being inserted into a drawing.
• HPSEPARATE variable controls whether a single hatch object or separate hatch objects are created when selecting several closed boundaries.
• Turn on “Maintain visual fidelity for annotative objects” (Open-Save tab in OPTIONS command) to share Annotative DWGs with 2007 or lower.
• LTisACAD Blog: LT Resources: free from Autodesk http://dlvr.it/Vy8j

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Tweets this week: Resources, Tips, Puzzle

Tweets this week: Trial, macro tip, and links

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we cover Object Properties controls, new commands tips and customization help.

• All of our Twitter Posts can be found on our blog site here: http://ow.ly/1ttEXS Explore additional AutoCAD/LT topics http://ow.ly/1ugADt
• LT2012 feature: VPLAYER and LAYER commands can freeze specific layers in all viewports except the current viewport you are in.
• F2 keyboard key toggles the AutoCAD Text Window on/off: you can also use TEXTSCR and GRAPHSCR commands to do the same in custom macros.
• LTisACAD Blog: How do you share DWG files? http://dlvr.it/YGl7L
• ReTweet ASimoes76 AutoCAD LT 2012: Online Trial Is Available, CAD Notes (Blog) http://bit.ly/ln1xzQ
• Control new to-be-drawn object properties w/ the variables CELTSCALE, CLAYER, CECOLOR, CELTYPE, CELWEIGHT, CETRANSPARENCY, and CPLOTSTYLE.
• Using FROM while in a command is very useful when you need to draw/place an object a distance FROM an existing point. http://ow.ly/1u838L

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Tweets this week: Trial, macro tip, and links

Tweets this week: XLine, Bass, and edits

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we cover the many abilities of XLINE command, text editing and one CEO's interview.

• An old post that is still worth a read: reassigning F1 key (or any other keyboard F-key) to other commands in LT: http://ow.ly/1sxdNc  
• Add some extra text in your dims and still keep the actual dimension: use <> when you edit a dimension's text with DDEDIT or PROPERTIES.
• When you finish editing Mtext, instead of clicking OK button, just click in the background screen area to accept the changes you made.
• LTisACAD Blog: OTRACK quick tip for AutoCAD/LT http://dlvr.it/NM0CT  
• CNBC's interview with Carl Bass, Autodesk CEO:
  http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000016054  
• XLINE command can create Horizontal, Vertical, set Angle construction lines too: watch the command line for HOR, VER and ANG options.
• Bisect an angle tip. Use XLINE command’s BISECT option: select the intersection point, then the first leg of the angle then the second.
• XLINE command's Offset feature: http://ow.ly/1ssCkF  Resulting XLINE’s center point is the start point of the Line or PLine you offset from.
• Restore any Dismissed Pop-ups that you turned off and now need back on by using OPTIONS command>System Tab>Hidden Messages Settings button

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Tweets this week: XLine, Bass, and edits

Tweets this week: Tips and Books

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we cover books, publications, and of course, user tips:

• LT2012 tip: you can now BIND a DGN file.
• Selecting an Annotative Object shows the other scales/ghosts? set the system variable SELECTIONANNODISPLAY to 0 to hide the other scales.
• In a DWG file and suspect a problem? run AUDIT command (answer Yes to question), then use PURGE command to remove unused items, and SAVE.
• LTisACAD Blog: Draw 2D Isometric Views http://dlvr.it/cmCGB
• AutoCADLT: AutoCAD 2012 books out now http://bit.ly/qZVnrj
• Having trouble in a file? Fix it: Start LT, then start RECOVER command and open your file. Use RECOVERALL command if it contains Xrefs.
• Lynn_Allen: Check out Jeanne Aarhus video on the @ACADExchange as she talks about using PDF Overlays as reference files http://bit.ly/o0lLZP
• Have many Toolbars from an older LT version? Start CUI command, right-click over a Toolbar and turn it into a Panel, place on a Ribbon Tab.

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Tweets this week: Tips and Books

Tweets this week: pop-ups and more

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we cover customizing access to command pop-ups:

• Open the UCS manager command in the tab you want: use +UCSMAN (note the + in the name) then the tab number, 0 thru 2
• VPORTS command allows you to quickly create multiple predefined viewports in model space OR paper space. Customize? explore -VPORTS command.
• Customize AutoCAD/LT: Always open options command in the tab you want. Use +OPTIONS (note the + in the name) then the tab number, 0 thru 7
• Watch the Recording “@autocad: Get your AutoCAD LT questions and bring them to Facecast, Wed. July 13 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time http://t.co/mZ0XTLw”
• LTisACAD Blog: Did you know...? http://dlvr.it/b1K8k
• EXPORTLAYOUT command creates a new DWG modelspace file from your current paperspace layout: http://ow.ly/1uxr9B
• Customize? +SAVEAS command (note the + in the name) lets you specify the file format; the OTHER option lets you specify the version number.

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Tweets this week: pop-ups and more

Tweets this week: File Attachments, Conversions, Lynn and CTRL

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we cover file Attachment options for LT, LT2012's pagesetups tip, and common variables settings.

• For many, the following settings work: LTSCALE 1 (or less, your preference). MSLTSCALE 1 PSLTSCALE 1 CELTSCALE 1 CANNOSCALE as needed.
• Hold down CTRL keyboard key and double-click any attribute in a block: now you edit the attribute in-place just like editing Text objects.
• Not using LT2012? DWGTRUEVIEW app's TRUECONVERT has a REPLACE PAGE SETUPS option: use it to fix/assign a new page setup to DWG layouts.
• LT2012's DWGCONVERT command has a REPLACE PAGE SETUPS: use it to assign a new page setup to DWG layouts aiming at a missing printer/plotter
• LTisACAD Blog: Attach Files in AutoCAD/LT http://dlvr.it/P6RBS
• Going to see @Lynn_Allen in person at the DC CADD event tonight in Dallas. Y'all come down for a spell too!
• Need to move/copy to a specific point? @x,y is for relative coordinates. #x,y is absolute to the current UCS. *x,y,z is absolute to WCS.
• Press/hold middle mouse button down then hold the SHIFT key: you will be in the PAN command in a horizontal or vertical constraint mode.

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Tweets this week: File Attachments, Conversions, Lynn and CTRL

Tweets this week

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we cover linking, archiving sheetsets and underlays.

• DIMANGULAR Command Creates an angular dimension: http://ow.ly/1wVkMS  Note: You can create baseline and continued angular dimensions relative to existing angular dimensions. Baseline and continued angular dimensions are limited to 180 degrees or less. To obtain baseline and continued angular dimensions larger than 180 degrees, use grip editing to stretch the location of the extension line of an existing baseline or continued dimension.
• DATALINK Command Displays the Data Link dialog box: http://goo.gl/DmXgf  Note: Microsoft Excel must be installed to use Microsoft Excel data links. To link to the XLSX filetype, Microsoft Excel 2007 must be installed.
• BOUNDARY Command creates a region or a polyline from an enclosed area: http://ow.ly/1wVkxX
• BATTORDER command specifies the order of attributes for a block: http://ow.ly/1wVksK Note: If a multiple-line attribute makes a round trip to an earlier release of AutoCAD LT, the differences between these two types of attributes might result in truncating very long lines of text and loss of formatting. However, before any characters are truncated, AutoCAD LT displays a dialog box that lets you cancel the operation.
• ATTACH command Inserts an external reference, image, or underlay (DWF, DWFx, PDF, or DGN files) in the current drawing: ow.ly/1wViNN Note: Although underlay files are reproductions of their source drawing, they are not as precise as drawing files. Underlays may show slight discrepancies in precision.
• BASE command sets the insertion base point for the current drawing: http://ow.ly/1wVkbo
• LT2012 Tip - ARCHIVE command packages the current sheet set files for archive: http://ow.ly/1wVjIR and http://goo.gl/1tT5r

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Tweets this week

Tweets this week: Updates, rebates and LT tips

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we cover many good basic user LT tips, LT updates and special pricing, and investigate the free AutoCADWS for LT users.

• Autodesk Exchange's Ask The Expert: http://t.co/NMubXXI
• RT: Get Current with Rebate Offers for AutoCAD LT 2012 http://bit.ly/lwIXBU
• OSOPTIONS variable controls object snaps on hatch objects: http://t.co/3yqZR0x
• LAYMRG command will move all objects on destination layer to target layer, then deleted the layer after the move: http://ow.ly/1t1w8N
• Add/change your commands shortcuts? In AutoCAD classic interface, Tool menu>customize>edit program parameters (acadlt.pgp)
• Need to add/change your commands shortcut letters? Access EDIT ALIASES in AutoCAD Ribbon, manage tab, customization section.
• LTisACAD Blog: LT2012, AutoCADWS, your Phone and Tablet http://dlvr.it/S6S4j
• Use one Panel from the Ribbon a lot? Click/drag into the drawing area, float and always be available. Return when done: http://ow.ly/1sZnd8
• RT: Update 2 for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 2011 http://bit.ly/j0szIE
• Need to check each Layer in a file one at a time for content? Use LAYWALK command. http://ow.ly/1sYqV0

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Tweets this week: Updates, rebates and LT tips

Tweets this week

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we cover a quiet news release, and many user tips:

• LTisACAD Blog: EXPORT from AutoCAD/LT http://dlvr.it/MFNfw
• Instead of SAVEAS (moves your current file) use WBLOCK command’s ENTIRE DRAWING option: it creates a new file with all the layouts intact
• AutoCAD's Design Center (ADCENTER command) can be used to Reverse Search for Xrefs, two tips:: http://ow.ly/1siulw and http://ow.ly/1siulv
• New word according to iPhone's spell checker: coordinarea. What I meant to write was coordinates. Oh well!
• Use any copy/paste command to copy XREFs from one file to another: PASTEORIG to locate the Xrefs in the same ccordinarea in the new file.
• MULTIPLE command is often missed for it's power: type it, then type MOVE and start selecting many lines to MOVE non-stop. ESC to end.
• HATCH command will display small red circles at the location of every gap in your boundary that will prevent the command from completion.
• A discreet Sunday Morning announcement by @AutoCAD_WS that the Android version will be out soon http://autode.sk/iewFAD  

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Tweets this week

Tweets this week: Filters, Counting, and LT2012

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we cover some of the core basics: the advantages of Layer Filters, how to count blocks (or objects) by using the built in selection tools in LT (which you must use in conjuction with a command that will return a count, such as SELECT command), and why we like LT2012 and think it may be worth you, the end user, upgrading to it.

• Autodesk's Knowledge Base Web page for is a great resource for posted solutions and additional help: http://ow.ly/1sQU1m
• LT2012: JOIN command can now use more selection methods and then let AutoCAD find and join what is possible.
• Need to count the blocks in your AutoCAD Drawing? Use FILTER or QSELECT commands. In LT2011 and LT2012 right-click and pick SELECTSIMILAR.
• LTisACAD Blog: Why upgrade to LT2012 http://dlvr.it/QbBlM
• At the "Select Objects" prompt, type F for FENCE: it draws continuous selection "lines", anything it crosses is selected; when done
• Simplify the AutoCAD Layer Manager List with the use of Layer Filters. Explore these helpful tips: http://ow.ly/1sMS5m

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Tweets this week: Filters, Counting, and LT2012

Tweets this week: worthy retweets, and AutoCAD

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we retweet many worthy topics, and how AutoCAD can differ from LT:

• Ellen Finkelstein: I just posted a tip for AutoCAD: "How to create a text style for a dimension" http://t.co/HmI3B0P
• Jeff Bartels: AutoCAD Tip: In Windows Explorer (Windows 7) hover over DWG filenames to display pop up showing AutoCAD version used to create file.
• Ellen Finkelstein: I just posted a tip for AutoCAD: "Understanding how dimensions are associated with objects" http://bit.ly/qFdMn2
• Where to find and edit the PGP file, from the LT forum at Autodesk Product Forums: http://ow.ly/1vECbD
• Applies to LT as well: “@VMichl: New CAD tip: Overlapping selection cycling in AutoCAD 2011/2012. http://t.co/olcVnna”
• SELECTIONCYCLING variable lets you cycle between overlapping objects by holding [shift] then press [space] consecutively.
• Applies to LT2012: “@Lynn_Allen: Cool XREF Enhancements in #AutoCAD 2012 http://t.co/qGhnBIS @heidihewett”
• Do you know the difference between the left (crossing) and the right (window) selection? http://ow.ly/1vzNSU
• LTisACAD Blog: Work with AutoCAD Drawings in AutoCAD LT http://dlvr.it/fdGWW
• Two hidden commands: use +LAYER command to switch layer filters. FILTERS command launches a dialog box for speedy deletion of Layer Filters.
• Lynn  Allen: Fine Tuning Match Properties in #AutoCAD http://bit.ly/pJaFQD @Cadalyst_Mag
• Similar to ORTHOMODE, POLAR TRACKING works along polar angle increments of 90, 60, 45, 30, 22.5, 18, 15, 10, and 5 degrees, or custom angles

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Tweets this week: worthy retweets, and AutoCAD

Tweets this week: Underused commands

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we cover a few commands that many users forget about, and explore Hatch commands and variables in detail. 

• Search the Solved section of the Autodesk Discussion Groups Forum for LT for Tips, Tricks, solutions and more at http://t.co/0SxN9A4
• Switch Layer Filters directly by using +LAYER command (note the + sign to type) in AutoCAD/LT without going into the LAYER Command/Palette.
• Is the RIBBON taking up too much screen space? Minimize it to Panel Buttons (it looks like the Classic Workspace menus) http://ow.ly/1sIFnd
• COPYTOLAYER command does what it's name implies, COPY entities you select TO another or different LAYER: http://ow.ly/1sHzHH
• LTisACAD Blog: AutoCAD/LT Hatch, commands and variables http://dlvr.it/PsRY8
• DIMROTATED command, instead of DIMALIGNED, when you need your dimension string to align with an object/angle and not two points picked.
• When EDGEMODE variable is set to 1, you can extend and trim lines that do not intersect: AutoCAD creates an invisible extension to use.

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Tweets this week: Underused commands

Tweets this week: LT for MAC, LT Guide

Below is a summary of topics we covered this week on Twitter. This week we review the new LT for MAC, and tap LT's User Guide for display tips:

• LT User's Guide: Control the Display of Polylines, Hatches, Gradient Fills, Lineweights, and Text: http://ow.ly/1whuQV
• LT User's Guide: Control the Display of Objects: http://ow.ly/1weODF
• LT User's Guide: Control How Overlapping Objects Are Displayed http://ow.ly/1wbYG6
• LTisACAD Blog: LT on Apple/MAC: is it enough? dlvr.it/hbkRj
• Free AutoCAD/LT Tutorial videos available online: http://ow.ly/1w6vt4
• Angela Simoes: Back to School with Cool FREE Autodesk Software - http://bit.ly/ppBz5P
• Vladimir Michl New CAD tip: How to change background color in DWG TrueView 2012? http://bit.ly/oqTgGu
• Want to add another LINE, lines, or PLines to an existing PLINE? use FILLET command and they become part of the final Pline.

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Tweets this week: LT for MAC, LT Guide