Looking Back at 2023

In the past year, the AutoCAD CXD (Content Experience Design) Team has created some great content including the monthly Have You Tried articles. Our goal is to increase your everyday productivity and AutoCAD knowledge with the Have You Tried series.

Let's take a look back at the Have You Tried articles from 2023.

Using Annotative Objects and Annotation Scaling

Annotative objects can be used to display annotation at multiple scales in a drawing.

Layers Tips and Tricks

Learn some quick tips and tricks to improve working with and managing layers.

Quickly Output PDF & DWF Files

Learn about options to automate PDF files creation for your drawings.

Command Aliases, Shortcut Keys, and AutoCorrect

Learn how to use and customize command aliases, shortcut keys, and AutoCorrect to improve your access of commands.

Joining 2D Objects

Joins the endpoints of linear and curved objects to create a single object.

The Properties Palette

Learn how to modify object properties and find geometric information without the need to remember specific commands or dialog box settings.

Cleaning Up Layers

Learn how to improve the management of layers in a drawing by viewing, merging and deleting objects on specific layers along with translating layers between two layer standards.

Object Snap Tracking

Learn how to use object snap tracking, together with object snaps, to track along alignment paths to find precise points.