SubscribeWell I've moved on to Jakarta, Indonesia after a lovely weekend in Singapore. I was able to enjoy some of the Great Singapore Sale (although my credit card is still on fire). The crowds definitely came out for this big time annual event - check it out below!
My good friends Paul and Serene took me out for dinner at the "No Signboard Seafood" restaurant (yes that's really the name).
We enjoyed an "interesting" feast of tiny fried squid that looked and crunched like bugs (not that I would know what a bug would crunch like) along with Shrimp (with their heads on) and Black Pepper crab.
I must admit it was definitely delicious (although scary to look at). After that we went to a wonderful chocolate restaurant - Max Brenner where we had hot chocolate we made ourself (with melted chocolate, cream and a little candle to melt the chocolate).
It just doesn't get any better than that! Thank you so much for a great evening Paul and Serene!
And my blog wouldn't be complete unless I showed a picture of the Starbucks across the street from my hotel where I indulged in sugar free vanilla lattes...just like being at home.
So here's your AutoCAD Hip Tip from Jakarta!
AutoCAD Gurus use Layer States!
If you find yourself spending too much time in the inner sanctity of the Layer dialog box then you really need to take a look at Layer States. What exactly is a layer state? It's a saved snapshot of your layer settings. You make layer states up front and then restore them whenever you need them! This is much faster than manually switching the layers yourself.
You can get to the Layer State Manager from the Layer dialog box.
Here you'll simply select "New" to create a snapshot of your current layer settings. Spend time up front creating Layer States and you'll save lots of time in the long run. You can even Export your layer states out to a .LAS file. That means you can use the handy Import option to bring your incredibly cool layer states into any drawing! (hey - share them with your friends!).
If you are using AutoCAD 2008 you can assign a layer state to a specific viewport (without affecting the other viewports). And you can get to the Layer State Manager directly from the Dashboard.
And even better than that (yes it gets better!) - there is a handy drop-down list on the Dashboard that lets you get to your saved layer states faster than you can say "Shrubbery!" (for you Monty Python fans).
Just a quick pick and then you are on your way! No more wasting time in the layer dialog box when you have much better things to do...
Hmmm...I wonder if there are any Starbucks here in Indonesia! I think I hear a sugar free Vanilla latte calling my name...