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AutoCAD 2025 Best Practices, Tips, and Techniques
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AutoCAD 2025 Best Practices, Tips, and Techniques

by Jeanne Aarhus
October 2024
Beginner to intermediate
444 pages
10h 55m
English
Packt Publishing
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Using Commands to Improve Performance

This chapter will teach you how to use many utility commands to improve your drawing performance by cleaning up unused and duplicated data and how to repair a file using the AUDIT and RECOVER commands. You will also learn how to use system variables and how they can personalize your AutoCAD experience. We will also learn how to use some of the hidden features of viewports, such as Merge, Rotate, and Change Space. You will learn how to automate and control those custom linetypes and how to use more Bonus Tools.

In this chapter, we’ll cover the following topics:

  • Drawing performance
  • Repairing files
  • Using linetype scales
  • Advanced viewport options
  • Bonus commands

By the end of this chapter, you will be able ...

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