r/AutoCAD

Hi everyone, I have a problem, I need to measure a part of a circle, I need the lengt of a curve between two lines. There is a command, like dimarc, to do that? Thanks

Looking for clarification on why my multileader mtext box is giving me extremely long text box widths ( grips ). I have been adjusting my annotation / dimstyles, and think I've changed something but can't determine what it is.

As a quick solution, I've edited my current multileaders ( in dwg ) and have manually set their mtext width to zero ( need to do for each instance). This is what I would like for my default settings ( so I dont have to adjust going forward ).

I typically use a background mask for my mleaders, and this is causing overlap on other elements in my dwg.

What have I done to deserve this LOL! Thanks!

Hello everyone,
What should i read? Which workshops to do etc?
In the end what you recommend me to buy to learn autocad fast. I need to start drawing and become very good at it!! I am gonna be a Civil engineer

I am a High School teacher and I am looking for reccomendations on a textbook to use for teaching AutoCAD. Preferably one with step by step guides included and practice assignments/drawings for students to complete. Also, that starts at absolutely no experience needed. The end goal is to get students comfortable enough using AutoCAD that by the end of the semester they are able to create their own techical drawings and detailed floor plans.

Sorry for the sensationalist title. I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. It's only my first week at my new job, but I'm pretty anxious.

My program nudged funneled me more toward manufacturing, 3D modelling, and additive, but my AutoCAD skills are still okay. Still, I did my first bit of linework yesterday on the most complexly layered and reference-heavy drawings I have ever seen. I had never used geographic coordinates and external references before. Boss came back for informal revisions twice today. I got it done, but I felt incredibly slow and clumsy, and I'm scared I may have disappointed on my first impression.

I know the key is practice, practice, practice, but I was wondering if anyone had similar experiences or some good advice.

I have about 3000 dwg files that I'd like to index into an excel file. Good news is that >90% use a standard title block with a lot of usefull information. So DATAEXTRACTION is a good tool, however linking the resulting rows back to the exact DWG file is a hard, is there a way to add the DWG filepath to the table output? I'm not looking to update the title block or the DWG files, just export the data.