SubscribeAlright...so have you signed up for Autodesk University yet? Time is running short to sign up for classes and attend the biggest CAD show of the year! You don't want to miss out "for sure"! (I threw in a little of my So. California accent for you).
And I want to introduce you to a top secret hidden site called "The AutoCAD Resource Center". Here you can see some slick videos that show you some of the difference between early releases of AutoCAD and the most recent release. I watched them myself and found them to be quite enjoyable! They were put together by one of my favorite bloggers: Heidi Hewett (she did all the videos!). I am one of the hosts for this site so you'll see a little bit of me up there as well (I am just warning you).
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An AutoCAD Hip Tip on Missing Dialog Boxes!
Many of you out there are fortunate enough to work in a dual screen environment. AutoCAD doesn't actually treat the second monitor as a separate screen - in fact it's more like your existing screen just grew - by double. It isn't uncommon for users that go from two screens to one screen to lose a dialog box (it' was no doubt left on that second monitor). If this happens to you - how on earth do you get it back without plugging back into that second monitor? The answer is easy...but not obvious...so I'll walk you through it.
Let's say you lost the HATCH dialog box. It is no doubt hanging out wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy over to the right somewhere and consequently you can't see it on your screen. You need to get that dialog box back over onto the left side of the screen so you can see it. Here's what you are going to do.
Go into the HATCH command (you won't see anything). Do an ALT+spacebar and if you could see the HATCH dialog it would look like this:
The Alt+spacebar drops down a mini-menu that consists of Move and Close (with Move highlighted).
Now you can hit the enter key to select Move (or hit the "M" key - whichever you prefer). Your dialog is now in MOVE mode. You can use the left arrow key to move it over to the left. Just keep hitting it until you see it! You may need to move it down some as well (so use the down arrow).
I have to credit two of the internal AutoCAD folks for their help with this. Markus Kraus and Cliff Young. A user emailed me with a missing dialog box and Markus and Cliff shared with me how to save the day for him!