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our top “Tips and Tricks” for Autodesk. AutoCAD, Architectural Desktop, Revit and … Autodesk AutoCAD 2004 Tips. and Tricks. Tip 1: MTEXT Zooming …

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Core CAD
Introduction
It is a well known fact that most users of
software applications use only a limited
set of the software features and despite
developers adding more functions in new
software releases many of these are still
not used or even known about.Yet these
simple functions can not only make
designing easier but also have a dramatic
improvement on design productivity -
hence the popularity of these in Excitech’s
training courses. Feedback from readers of
our last DPJ issue suggested we should
publish some of the most useful and so we
have. In the following pages you will find
our top “Tips and Tricks” for Autodesk
AutoCAD, Architectural Desktop, Revit and
Bentley MicroStation.
Autodesk AutoCAD 2004 Tips
and Tricks
Tip 1: MTEXT Zooming
On entering the MTEXT dialogue box
you find the text is displayed either too
small or too large. Holding down the CTRL
Key and rolling the wheel on your mouse
can easily resolve this problem.Depending
on which direction the wheel is rolled will
determine whether the text appears larger
or smaller.
Tip 2: Personalised MTEXT Cursor
After loading the MTEXT command you
will notice the letters “abc” appear alongside
the cursor….