AutoCAD Miscellaneous Tips

Hold down the right mouse button to deselect.

For subscript or superscript in mtext, put a carat before or after the character then you can click on the stack icon.

If LT scaling is not the same in paperspace as in model space: 1. type LT, 2. expand to view details if necessary, 3. check box that says use paper space units for scaling.

To disable auto-stacking: 1. create fraction and let stack, 2. right click on it, 3. select stacking properties, 4. find the disable option

To fix upside-down dimensions: 1. type the following: UCS / world / plan / current, 2. adjust the UCS accordingly



How do I find out which version a drawing was saved in? [beta]

Open the AutoCad drawing file using Wordpad or other suitable text editor. The beginning of the file has the version info:

dwgversion.JPG

The codes used are as follows:

AC1021: AutoCAD 2007/2008
AC1018: AutoCAD 2004/2005/2006
AC1015: AutoCAD 2000, 2000i, 2002
AC1013: AutoCAD Release 14 sample drawings
AC1014: AutoCAD Release 14
AC1012: AutoCAD Release 13