Have You Tried: Looking Back at 2021

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 2021.

Layer States

You can save your current layer settings as a layer state which you can restore later or import to other drawings.

Calculate Area and Measure Distance

AutoCAD provides many tools for quick and accurate measurements of distances, areas, lengths, angles, and other geometric calculations.

Streamline Tasks with Scripts

Do you find yourself repeating the same sequence of commands when working on a drawing? Script files can help to reduce errors and streamline repetitive workflows.

Associative Dimensions

Learn how associating dimensions to drawing geometry makes it more efficient to update the dimensions when the design changes.

Just Grip It!

You can stretch, move, copy, rotate, scale, and mirror objects using grips instead of entering commands or selecting from the ribbon.

Command Preview

Command preview temporarily displays the possible outcome for the active editing command before actually completing the command.

Cross-Platform Collaboration Tools

Leverage the connectivity of the AutoCAD desktop and the AutoCAD web and mobile apps to collaborate on your designs.

Putting the Action Into Macros

Action macros allow you to record commonly used command sequences to automate tasks and simplify workflows.

Accessing Data from the Clipboard

Using the clipboard makes it simple to copy text, tables, and other information into AutoCAD from other applications, or between layouts and drawings.

Views with Names

Use named views to easily return to a specific view of a drawing, including which layers are visible.