Recoverall

Here is Cindy's tip of the week.

If you are working on a project and the drawings are slow to load a great tool to help is called RECOVERALL. What does it do?

Recoverall opens and recovers the selected file and all associated Xrefs and cleans up the integrity of the drawing . A great time to use this tool is when you start working on a pre-AutoCAD 2009 project.

Here is how it works:

1. Make sure that you are not in any of the files that you want to Recover.
2. Type RECOVERALL at the command line (or from the File pulldown -> Drawing Utilities > Recover drawings and xrefs).
3. Select the Wolski (non-xref) drawing that you want to Recover.
4. Repeat on other Wolski drawings.

Give it a try!

Freeze Layers in Door Blocks and Xrefs

Here's this weeks tip from Cindy. Have you ever been frustrated by trying to freeze a layer within the new door blocks or an Xref.

Here is a great tip on using the new Deep Freeze tool. It is on the new Layer toolbar.

Use this tool when you need to freeze a nested layer within a block or Xref. The standard Freeze command right next door.

Later.

Image Frame

Do you want the image frame to be selectable but don't want it to print? Set IMAGEFRAME to 2 and you are in business.

Centering a Block Between Two Points

Here is Cindy's tip of the week. If you are inserting a block and want to insert it to the centre of a room or wall here is how you do it:

• Select the block from the palette.
• Press the Ctrl button and right click (at the same time).
• Select Mid Between 2 Points

 

• Pick the 2 corners of the room and the block will be inserted in the center.