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WELCOME TO HAVE YOU TRIED

Here, we'll share some of the features we think are useful but that you might
not have tried yet. Around the middle of every month, we feature a Have You
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RECENT ARTICLES


RESTORE, REPAIR, AND RECOVER DRAWINGS

Learn how to restore, repair, and recover drawings after your workstation or
AutoCAD unexpectedly shuts down.


THE DIVIDE AND MEASURE COMMANDS

Learn how to place evenly spaced objects along another object, or place objects
at specific intervals along another object.


CREATE ASSOCIATIVE CENTER MARKS AND CENTERLINES

Efficiently mark the center of an arc or circle, or draw a line through the
apparent midpoint between two lines or polylines.


MTEXT BASICS AND BEYOND

Learn some essential tips and techniques when working with multiline text
objects.


POPULAR ARTICLES FROM THE PAST


JUST GRIP IT!

You can stretch, move, copy, rotate, scale, and mirror objects using grips
instead of entering commands or selecting from the ribbon.


CREATE A STRETCHABLE DYNAMIC BLOCK

A static block with dynamic properties is known as a dynamic block. For example,
you can have a single dynamic block that contains a stretchable property to
represent windows of different widths in a plan or elevation view.


ASSOCIATIVE ARRAYS

Arrays are amazingly flexible, supporting rectangular arrangements, polar
arrangements, and objects arranged along a straight or curved path.


CALCULATE AREA AND MEASURE DISTANCE

AutoCAD provides many tools for quick and accurate measurements of distances,
areas, lengths, angles, and other geometric calculations.


ASSOCIATIVE DIMENSIONS

Learn how associating dimensions to drawing geometry makes it more efficient to
update the dimensions when the design changes.


LAYER STATES

You can save your current layer settings as a layer state which you can restore
later or import to other drawings.


COMMAND PREVIEW

Command preview temporarily displays the possible outcome for the active editing
command before actually completing the command.


COORDINATE ENTRY WITH DYNAMIC INPUT

Entering coordinate values allow you to accurately create and position objects
within a design.

RELATED CONCEPTS

 * Welcome to Have You Tried
 * About Creating and Restoring from Backup Files
 * About Repairing Damaged Drawing Files
 * About Recovering from a System Failure

RELATED TASKS

 * To Restore a Drawing From a Backup File
 * To Repair a Damaged Drawing File
 * To Repair an Open Drawing
 * To Restore a Drawing Using the Drawing Recovery Manager
 * To Repair a Drawing File Damaged by a System Failure

RELATED REFERENCE

 * Commands for Restoring Drawings
 * Commands for Repairing Damaged Drawings
 * Commands for Recovering From a Crash or Power Failure


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