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Draw bearings from north in AutoCAD
I need my "units" set in AutoCAD to reflect a "compass". I need the bearings I enter to reflect a complete circle with North being 0/360d, East being 90d, South being 180d and west being 270d (as shown in the attachment). I have never had to set…
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Free AutoCAD blocks
I'm looking to tap into the AutoCAD knowledge base on this site. I conducted a quick Goolgle search for free AutoCAD blocks, and it returned 762,000 hits. Certainly, I can find several viable options, but I'm hoping some CAD users can post some…
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How do I extract text from dwg?
I'm trying to convert data from an AUtoCad Civil 3d drawing to a text format to use in ArcGIS. Each dwg has coordinate and text information that I would like to use for point location and attributes. The text looks to be a table but is in fact just…
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How to do spatial join in autocad without Map3d?
My colleague tells me (vaguely) that spatial join is possible in standard versions of autocad using reference manager and xref. Does anyone know how to do this? Or if not, how to do a spatial join of data in autocad.
(Map3d versions…
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Drawing arcs in AutoCAD?
I wish to draw a shape that looks like the following shape:
I have very exact widths of each of the arcs in mind, and a constant spacing between the arcs.
How can I draw this in AutoCAD?
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Autocad Civil Surface creation problem
I'm trying to create a new surface in Autocad Civil 2012. I have elevations for a landfill, and it seems like I'm following all the correct steps. But when I check the surface out under Surface Properties/Statistics, it appears the X,Y & Z…
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How to edit AutoCad coordinate drawing boundaries
How can I edit the Autodesk-AutoCad x and y coordinate surface? I would like it to have a larger coordinate boundary than the default...
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DWG to shapefile?
How to convert AutoCAD (DWG) file to shapefile (SHP)?
if I check in the export option, there is no option for converting the acad file shape,
what is the use of converting the data to shape?
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How to use blocks in AutoCAD
It is easy to make blocks in AutoCAD. I can make AutoCAD blocks bu symply using block command. But I can't use the blocks. I can't insert the blocks that I made. What should I do?
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