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Must-have utilities...
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Must-have utilities...

Must-have utilities...

(OP)
After having left ACAD at r. 14 and moved on to Solid Edge and then Inventor, I find myself newly back in the ACAD world.

In thinking through how to become more efficient in using ACAD I got to wondering what utilities, macros, etc people find to be "must-haves."

I've got a pretty short list:

1) Layer routines in the Bonus tools
2) A fastener routine like ddfast or something
3) Back in my R14 days we had a routine called "wrench" which created socket, box, and open wrenches - I don't have it and can't find it but I would have considered it "must-have" back in the day.

RE: Must-have utilities...

I can recommend BetterWMF from furix.com, and St(ee)l, Fast(ener), Welds, Chain and Holes from Cadalyst.com

RE: Must-have utilities...

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Take a look a Toolpac 7.0, has many more routines than the bonus tools, I couldn't function without it.

The website is: www.dotsoft.com

Ken

RE: Must-have utilities...

QuikPic from manusoft  trial @ www.manusoft.com

locks toolbars

widens and extends dropdowns for oject properties toolbar
 (since acad 2002 is so small, this is handy)

toolbars activate immediately

auto-select current drawing in explorer file dialogs

remember "list state" in common file dialog
 (sadly, not in win 2000)

use it everyday, should have been built into acad.

Intel P4 1.7 GHZ
768 RDRAM
Win 2000 Pro
Autocad 14, 2002 with EP 2.3.1

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