The days in Marin County (where I live) are starting out chilly and then warming up as the day goes on. Right now I'm still in the chilly phase (brrrrr). Tiffany, my dog, is running in and out from the backyard and consequently I have the door open - (double brrrr).
Speaking of pets - it seems that pets have been in the news for the past couple of days. First there is the tiny little Chihuahua Zoey who saved a baby from a rattlesnake (and took several bites himself). Now there's a good dog! Zoey somehow managed to survive (although it was touch and go for awhile). There's Jake the Black Lab who just died of cancer. Jake searched tirelessly through the rubble of the World Trade Center searching for survivors. He also helped during Hurricane Karina. Jake was abandoned as a puppy and yet he became a true hero. I am certain Jake went straight to Heaven! Oscar the Cat who can predict when residents in the nursing home (where he lives) are going to die (a little eerie). And then there's Michael Vick...well you don't EVEN want me to go there. I will only mention the following quote:
We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
At the risk of upsetting the Blog Gods I will stop right there...
On to a much happier topic - another AutoCAD Hip Tip! This Tip also works in Excel (so it's a double-tip).
An AutoCAD Hip Tip on "AutoFilling Table Cells:"
So let's say you have the same number you'd like duplicated down through a column. For example, you would like 1.8 to be repeated in the empty cells below it as shown in the following figure.
AutoCAD 2008 makes this process pretty simple. Simply highlight the cell you want to duplicate, and select the light blue grip in the lower right corner as seen below.
Then you'll drag that blue grip down through the cells you want to be "automatically filled-in" with 1.8.
You can use the same process to automatically increment cells (which is probably even more frequently needed). For example, I'd like the first column to automatically be incremented by 1 right down the line.
This time you will need to highlight two cells to establish a pattern. Use the Control key to highlight the top two cells as shown below.
Simply pick the blue grip and drag it down and Voila! All those cells fill in automatically and your work is done! (well perhaps the last part is wishful thinking...)
Well I'm off to work on some things for Autodesk University! Ciao!
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