SubscribeWell my flight has been delayed by nearly two hours and we're still awaiting a decision as to whether or not the flight will take off...I say just duct tape the plane and lets get going! So while I wait I thought "what better time to blog?"
This week I am back out again on the Education Tour (well...that is...if my plane actually takes off!) and then on to an AUGI CAD Camp in Honolulu. Now I suspect I am going to get ZERO sympathy for going to Hawaii - but we do have users in Hawaii who want to hear about Tips and Tricks too! We have nearly 200 attendees attending AUGI CAD Camp and I am so looking forward to it!
I spent all last weekend working on my handout for the AUGI CAD Camp (just so we are clear...I realize I still get no sympathy from you!). I am doing what I think will be a very cool presentation called "75 AutoCAD Tips in 75 Minutes". So basically...I have to churn out a tip a minute during my presentation! I thought I would share one of the tips I was working on with you today...(still no sympathy at all?) An AutoCAD Hip Tip on Polylines and Linetypes: One of the interesting things about linetypes and polylines is that they choose to treat each polyline segment as an individual line. Sometimes we want the linetype pattern to display continuously across all the vertices! That's where the PLINEGEN system variable comes into play. If you set PLINEGEN to 0 (the default) - the linetype is negotiated between the vertices - and it starts and ends with a dash at each vertex. If you set PLINEGEN to 1 - the linetype will traverse the vertices and treat the entire polyline as one continuous object (as it probably should!). The odd deal with this is that you might not have a segment at a vertex (as seen below). So there is your Hip Tip to start the week. I am still waiting for the airplane mechanic to get the duct tape out! (or perhaps some chewing gum?)
