Entries from December 2008 ↓

Over time, drawings may accumulate many named objects that are no longer needed. For example, you may have a text style that is no longer used by any drawing text, or a layer that contains no drawing objects.
Purging named objects reduces drawing size. You can purge individual named objects, all styles and definitions of a specific type, or all named objects in a drawing. Keep in mind, however, that you cannot purge named objects that are referenced by drawing objects. For example, you cannot purge a linetype used by a line in your drawing.

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As your drawings become more complex, you can rename named objects to keep the names meaningful or to avoid conflicts with names in drawings you insert into the main drawing. You can rename any named object except those that AutoCAD names by default, for example, layer 0.

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AutoCAD supplies a solid fill and more than 50 industry-standard hatch patterns that you can use to differentiate the components of objects or represent object materials. AutoCAD supplies 14 hatch patterns that conform to the ISO (International Standardization Organization) standards. When you select an ISO pattern, you can specify a pen width, which determines the lineweight in the pattern.
You can use a pattern supplied with AutoCAD or one from an external pattern library.

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If you are kind of bored on your Firefox default theme, there are add ons that you can get on the internet to replace it. As I was searching a theme I found a merry looking Firefox theme specially suited this Christmas. It’s called “Tinseltown” Firefox Theme. You don’t have to decorate it because it’s already full of Christmas decoration icons like christmas lights, reindeer, santa hat and some snow falling background. The only thing that you will not like at first is the confusing navigation buttons. But when you get used to it, it’s fun. You can see the sample below: ( Click to enlarge ) Continue reading →